NOV
29
2018

European court to rule on whether article 50 can be reversed

Judges to decide if UK can stop Brexit without consent of 27 other EU member states

NOV
29
2018

Belgium launches first criminal investigation of euthanasia case

Three doctors suspected of improperly euthanising a woman with autism in 2010

NOV
29
2018

Dusky gopher frog suffers setback in U.S. Supreme Court ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to timber company Weyerhaeuser Co and other landowners seeking to limit the federal government’s power to designate private land as protected habitat for endangered species in a property rights case involving a warty amphibian called the dusky gopher frog.

NOV
29
2018

New York top court: Jury trials needed when deportation a risk

New York State’s highest court said on Tuesday that the U.S. Constitution guarantees jury trials to noncitizens charged with crimes that could subject them to deportation, in a divided ruling that prompted a call for the Supreme Court to weigh in.

NOV
29
2018

Trump again threatens to shut government over wall funding: USA

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would “totally be willing” to shut down the federal government unless Congress authorized $5 billion to fund his long-promised wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, according to a Politico interview published on Wednesday.

NOV
29
2018

Trump studying new auto tariffs after GM restructuring

General Motors Co’s monumental announcement that it will close three car assembly plants in North America and slash its workforce will only partially close the gap between capacity and demand for the automaker’s sedans, according to a Reuters analysis of industry production and capacity data.

NOV
28
2018

France urged to change heritage law and return looted art to África

Report commissioned by Macron recommends restitution of artworks taken during colonial era

NOV
28
2018

South Africa president signs minimum wage bill into law

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday signed into law the National Minimum Wage Act, setting South Africa’s minimum wage at 20 rand (USD $1.45) an hour, equal to 3,500 rand per month.

NOV
28
2018

The crazy tale of how the UK parliament ended up with secret Facebook documents

An American app developer who gave confidential documents about Facebook to UK lawmakers during a visit to London says he did so because he panicked and feared he wouldn´t be let out of the country unless he complied.

NOV
28
2018

Google attacked by EU consumer groups over location tracking

Google runs the risk of hefty fines from the European Union’s beefed-up data-protection watchdogs after consumer groups accused the search-engine giant of abusing tools that track users’ location.

NOV
27
2018

Foreign powers enforcing ruling on South China Sea

Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio disputed yesterday Malacañang’s claim that “no power on earth” can enforce an international arbitral court’s ruling invalidating China’s massive claim in the South China Sea and the West Philippine Sea.

NOV
27
2018

Poland reverses disputed Supreme Court reform

Poland´s parliament on Wednesday passed legislation reversing a disputed Supreme Court retirement law, bowing to a ruling from the EU´s top court, which had raised fears of a threat to judicial Independence.

NOV
27
2018

Taiwan votes down same-sex marriage as China welcomes midterm results

LGBT activists said it was a major blow to the island’s reputation as a rights trailblazer

NOV
27
2018

Legal aid cuts are ´huge threat´ to access to justice in UK

Bar Council chair says rule of law is at risk because of political folly and expediency

NOV
27
2018

Let terminally ill man choose when he dies, supreme court told: UK

Lawyers appeal for permission to bring Noel Conway’s case before UK’s highest court

NOV
27
2018

Russia opens civil case against Google over search results

Russia has launched a civil case against Google (GOOGL.O), accusing it of failing to comply with a legal requirement to remove certain entries from its search results, the country’s communications watchdog said on Monday.

NOV
27
2018

EU sends WTO reform proposals to break U.S. deadlock

The European Union published proposals on Monday for reform of dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization that it has agreed with China, India and other countries, hoping to overcome U.S. objections that have thrown the WTO into crisis.

NOV
27
2018

U.S. Supreme Court weighs antitrust dispute over Apple App Store

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday will take up Apple Inc’s effort to bury a lawsuit seeking damages from the company for allegedly monopolizing the market for iPhone software applications and forcing consumers to overpay.

NOV
26
2018

EU agrees ´best possible´ Brexit deal

European Union leaders finally sealed a Brexit deal on Sunday, saying the package agreed with Prime Minister Theresa May was the best Britain will get in a warning to the British parliament not to reject it.

NOV
26
2018

Chinese e-commerce sites remove Dolce & Gabbana products after anti-China slur by company founder

Gabbana’s comment, labelled a “racist outburst” by Chinese netizens, came in response to complaints that the fashion house’s DG Loves China video campaign was itself racist for showing a Chinese woman in a red D&G dress trying to use chopsticks to eat pizza, spaghetti and a giant version of the Italian pastry cannoli.

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