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LONDON (Reuters) – Almost a decade after his WikiLeaks website enraged Washington by leaking secret U.S. documents, a London court will begin hearings on Monday to decide whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States. FILE PHOTO: WikiLeaks’ … Continue reading Assange’s fate hangs in balance as UK court considers U.S. extradition bid
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranians began voting on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to help religious rulers tighten their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home. Iran’s Supreme … Continue reading Iran holds parliamentary election likely to bolster hardliners
AZAZ, Syria/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish forces and Syrian rebels fought government troops in northwest Syria on Thursday and Russian warplanes struck back in an sharp escalation of an already intense battle over the last rebel bastions, Russian and Turkish officials … Continue reading Flare-up in fighting in northwest Syria pulls in Russian, Turkish and Syrian forces
DUBAI (Reuters) – Campaigning officially ended on Thursday for Iran’s parliamentary election, a day before a vote seen as a litmus test of the popularity of the clerical establishment. A man looks on parliamentary election campaign posters in Tehran, Iran … Continue reading Iran prepares for vote seen as litmus test for establishment
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – In Qibao, an old river town on the outskirts of Shanghai, officials have deployed more than 2,700 staff and volunteers to check temperatures and monitor traffic as they work to contain the coronavirus that has now killed … Continue reading In coronavirus fight, Shanghai river town opts for caution
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google is planning to move its British users’ accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead, the company confirmed late on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: The Google internet homepage … Continue reading Google plans to move UK users’ accounts outside EU jurisdiction
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google is planning to move its British users’ accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead, the company confirmed late on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: The Google internet homepage … Continue reading Google plans to move UK users’ accounts outside EU jurisdiction
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The first draft decisions by Ireland’s data privacy regulator on probes into some of the world’s biggest technology firms will go for consultation with other EU regulators this year, the lead watchdog for the bloc said on … Continue reading Irish regulator readies draft decisions in first big tech privacy probes
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has revoked the press credentials of three journalists with the Wall Street Journal after the newspaper declined to apologize for a column with a headline calling China the “real sick man of Asia,” the foreign ministry … Continue reading China revokes three Wall Street Journal reporters’ credentials
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google is planning to move its British users’ accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead, sources said. FILE PHOTO: The Google internet homepage is displayed on a … Continue reading Exclusive: Google users in UK to lose EU data protection – sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has revoked the press credentials of three journalists with the Wall Street Journal after the newspaper declined to apologize for a column with a headline calling China the “real sick man of Asia,” the foreign ministry … Continue reading China revokes three Wall Street Journal reporters’ credentials
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will prioritise access for high-skilled workers from around the world in its post-Brexit points-based immigration system, the government said on Tuesday, setting out its plans to put an end to a reliance on “cheap labour from … Continue reading UK heralds end of ‘cheap labour from Europe’ with post-Brexit immigration system
