JAN
24
2019

South African Law on Party Funding to Be Implemented April 1

Failure to disclose may result in fine, criminal prosecution.

JAN
24
2019

Philippine lawmakers support bill to jail 12-year-olds

The proposed law was among measures sought by President Rodrigo Duterte to further extend his deadly crackdown on drugs and crime.

JAN
24
2019

Telecom Italia Network Spinoff Plan Spurned by Regulator

Landline network has an estimated value of $17 billion.

JAN
24
2019

Iowa´s ´fetal heartbeat´ abortion ban ruled unconstitutional

Iowa’s “fetal heartbeat” law, the most restrictive abortion ban in the United States, was declared unconstitutional Tuesday, as it violates the Iowa state constitution, a state judge ruled.

JAN
24
2019

Russia judge refuses to release US citizen on bail

A Russian judge ruled in a closed pretrial hearing Tuesday that US citizen Paul Whelan will remain in Russian custody until his trial.

JAN
23
2019

China deletes 7 million pieces of online information, thousands of apps

China’s cyber watchdog said on Wednesday it had deleted more than 7 million pieces of online information as well as 9,382 mobile apps, and it criticized tech giant Tencent’s (0700.HK) news app for spreading “vulgar information”.

JAN
23
2019

The African Union called on Congo to suspend its election’s results. That’s unprecedented.

After a contentious race, on Jan. 10, Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission pronounced Felix Tshisekedi the winner of the country’s Dec. 30 presidential elections

JAN
23
2019

EU fines Mastercard 570 million euros over cross-border barriers

The European Commission said on Tuesday it had fined Mastercard 570.6 million euros for limiting the possibility for merchants to benefit from better conditions offered by banks elsewhere in the European Union.

JAN
23
2019

U.S. to formally seek extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou

The United States will proceed with the formal extradition from Canada of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, Canada’s ambassador to the United States told the Globe and Mail, as Beijing vowed to respond to Washington’s actions.

JAN
23
2019

South Korea to launch its biggest investigation of sex abuse in sports

The inquiry will aim to address “systematic, sustained” abuse in sports, which had been hushed up for generations by victims afraid of being banished from their sport, said Choi Young-ae, chairwoman of the National Human Rights Commission.

JAN
22
2019

‘MPs would vote down 2nd EU referendum’: May presents her ‘plan B’ to parliament

UK PM Theresa May reveals her Brexit ‘Plan B’ to parliament on Monday in a bid to garner the support of a majority of MPs to get an agreement through the House of Commons and avoid a no-deal withdrawal scenario.

JAN
22
2019

WhatsApp restricts message-sharing to fight fake news

WhatsApp is limiting all its members to forwarding any single message up to five times in an effort to tackle the spread of false information on the platform.

JAN
22
2019

Britain´s opposition Labour tries to seize initiative on Brexit

British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn moved a step closer to paving the way for another referendum on European Union membership by trying to use parliament to grab control of Brexit from Prime Minister Theresa May.

JAN
22
2019

Japan considers applying domestic privacy rules to global tech giants

A communications ministry panel says Japan should consider a legal revision so it can impose “secrecy of communications” rules on overseas-based technology giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.com.

JAN
22
2019

Japan may accept Russia peace pact if handover of two islands secured

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is en route to Moscow for summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, is leaning toward accepting a postwar peace treaty with Russia if Moscow hands over two of the four islands contested by the two countries, Japanese government sources said Sunday.

JAN
22
2019

Zimbabwe High Court Says Internet Services Must Be Restored

Zimbabwe’s High Court ruled that unrestricted access to internet services must be restored following a shutdown of social-media applications that has lasted for almost a week.

JAN
22
2019

Google fined €50 million for GDPR violation in France

France’s data protection regulator, CNIL, has issued Google a €50 million fine (around $56.8 million USD) for failing to comply with its GDPR obligations

JAN
22
2019

Apple ordered to pull part of press release in Qualcomm case

Apple Inc has been ordered by a German court to stop using part of a press release claiming all iPhones would be available in the country through carriers and resellers, a copy of the ruling seen by Reuters showed.

JAN
22
2019

Ethiopia legislature grants refugees new rights

Ethiopia’s House of Peoples’ Representatives passed a law on Thursday that will grant expansive rights to the nation’s refugee population.

JAN
22
2019

India Supreme Court eases restrictions on Mumbai dance bars

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of a law imposing restrictions on the licensing and functioning of dance bars in the state of Maharashtra and its capital Mumbai. At the same, it struck down certain provisions of the law that it deemed unconstitutional and unreasonable.

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