China’s Chang’e-5 moon probe has landed in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, the official Xinhua news agency reported, completing its return to Earth and bringing back the first lunar samples since the 1970s. The return capsule touched down in the Siziwang, or Dorbod, banner of Inner Mongolia, in the early hours of Thursday… Read More China’s moon probe returns to Earth with lunar samples
Texas, backed by nine other states, filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc-owned Google on Wednesday, accusing it of breaking antitrust law in how it runs its online advertising business. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had joined the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against the company in October. “Google repeatedly used its monopolistic power to control pricing… Read More Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files lawsuit against Google
A French court has found former Vatican ambassador to France Luigi Ventura guilty of sexual harassment against five men in 2018 and 2019 and given him an eight-month suspended sentence, AFP reported on its Twitter feed on Wednesday. Prosecutors had opened an investigation after a junior official at Paris City Hall accused the papal nuncio,… Read More French court gives former Vatican ambassador eight-month suspended sentence for sexual harassment
Romania’s Constitutional Court overturned on Wednesday a blanket ban on gender identity studies voted through by lawmakers and which rights groups and universities said would infringe on human rights and fuel discrimination. Parliament passed the amendment to the education law earlier this year, pushing Romania’s sexual politics closer to the conservative stances of neighbouring Hungary… Read More Romanian top court overturns ban on gender identity studies
Facebook Inc accused rival Apple Inc of engaging in anticompetitive practices on Wednesday, firing another shot in a monthslong standoff between the two tech giants over Apple’s planned privacy changes for iOS14. “Apple is behaving anticompetitively by using their control of the App Store to benefit their bottom line at the expense of creators and… Read More Facebook accuses Apple of anti-competitiveness over planned privacy changes
Nigeria will reopen four border crossing points immediately, more than a year after closing its land frontiers to crack down on smuggling, the government said on Wednesday. Nigeria closed its land borders last year to curb smuggling of rice and arms, which it says threatens efforts to boost local production and security, and to generate… Read More Nigeria announces immediate reopening of land borders
A French court found guilty on Wednesday 14 accomplices of the French Islamist militants behind the January 2015 attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris. Among the 14 was Hayat Boumeddiene, former partner of Amedy Coulibaly who killed a policewoman and then four people in a Jewish supermarket. One… Read More French court finds fourteen accomplices of 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks guilty
The U.S. Treasury labeled Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators on Wednesday and added three new names to a watch list of countries it suspects of taking measures to devalue their currencies against the dollar. In what may be one of the final broadsides to international trading partners delivered by the departing administration of U.S.… Read More U.S. Treasury labels Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators
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