Wednesday, December 25, 2024

WORLD

Armie Hammer won’t face sex assault charges in LA case

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's (DA) office has decided not to file sexual assault charges against actor Armie Hammer, following a lengthy...

Amazon Ring to pay $5.8 mn over unlawfully accessing consumer videos

Ring, the Amazon-owned maker of video surveillance devices, will pay $5.8 million in consumer refunds and will be prohibited from profiting from unlawfully...

Global conservation, trade regulation under CITES for 34,000 plant species

The listings of plant species in CITES Appendices have been steadily increasing in recent years, and in particular those of tree species, including...

Amazon fined $25 mn for violating children’s privacy law, deceiving parents

E-commerce giant Amazon will pay $25 million penalty to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over violating the children's privacy law by keeping...

Instagram testing new ‘Interested’ option for recommended posts

Social networking platform Instagram is testing a new 'Interested' option for recommended posts which will allow users to indicate what they are interested...

Australian mining giant says it underpaid workers for 13 years

Australian mining giant, BHP on Thursday apologised for underpaying its former and current workers across the country for 13 years. In a statement, Geraldine...

S.Korea to overhaul warning system following erroneous alert

The South Korean government will quickly overhaul its emergency messaging system in the wake of this week's erroneous alert in an effort to...

French Open: Djokovic, Alcaraz advance to third round in pursuit of title, top ranking

Former champion Novak Djokovic and World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz continued their pursuit of the French Open title and the chance to become World...

Shoplifting cases spike in UK; beef, cheese, coffee main targets

Amidst an increase in the number of shoplifting cases in the UK, supermarkets are fitting steak and cheese with security tags and replacing...

Football: England announce squad for 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Sarina Wiegman, head coach of England's women's football team, announced the squad for the 2023 FIFA World Cup. The Lionesses, who clinched the Euro...