A Sudanese court Sunday began the trial of four Sudanese protesters accused of killing a high-ranking police officer in January. The judge ordered a medical examination of the accused to investigate allegations they were tortured in jail and deferred the hearing to June 12. The fatality took place in months of unrest following the October [...]
India and Australia Saturday signed an economic pact, entitled “The India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement” (IndAus ECTA), that will eliminate tariffs on over 85 percent of Australian good exports to India. Prime Minister Modi of India remarked that this agreement will contribute to the stability of the Indo-Pacific region. The free trade agreement is anticipated [...]
France data watchdog, Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), announced Thursday that Google does not guarantee the protection of European data as per GDPR norms. It analyzed the conditions under which data is transferred to the United States through Google Analytics, a service determining site visits by an Internet user. The investigation by [...]
Google Friday filed a motion to dismiss the antitrust complaint that was filed against the company by a coalition of state attorneys. The motion denied the allegation that Google colluded with Facebook to manipulate programmatic ad markets in a collaborative project codenamed “Jedi Blue.” The suit claimed that the project intended to limit ad header [...]
The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the social security claim of a National Guard member who served as a dual-status technician, categorized as both a civilian and a military employee. The US government had reduced his retirement benefits by about $100 per month under a statutory rule known as the “windfall elimination provision” which [...]
The High Court of England and Wales ruled last week that victims of trafficking should be allowed to stay in the UK and not be forced to return to their home countries. The complainant was a 33-year-old Vietnamese woman referred to as “KTT.” She was subjected to long-term prostitution and forced labor in various countries [...]
