Canada sues Google alleging anti-competitive conduct in advertising

Canada sues Google alleging anti-competitive conduct in advertising

The antitrust watchdog wants Google to sell two ad tech tools and is seeking a penalty as well. Canada’s Competition Bureau is suing Alphabet’s Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, the antitrust watchdog has said. The Competition Bureau, in a statement on Thursday, said it had filed an application with the Competition Tribunal […]

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Could the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal be a step towards regional peace? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Could the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal be a step towards regional peace? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Pause in hostilities renews a push to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza. A day after announcing the Lebanon ceasefire, US President Joe Biden said he would resume efforts with international partners to end Israel’s war on Gaza. Qatar and Egypt have shown a willingness to join the negotiations. The Palestinian armed group Hamas has indicated

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Sweden asks for China’s cooperation over Baltic Sea cables cut while a Chinese ship was nearby

Sweden asks for China’s cooperation over Baltic Sea cables cut while a Chinese ship was nearby

HARPSUND, Sweden (AP) — Sweden has formally asked China to cooperate in explaining the recent rupture of two data cables on the Baltic Sea bed in an area where a China-flagged vessel had been sighted, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Thursday. The two cables, one running from Finland to Germany and the other from Lithuania

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The Investigator: War crimes and justice during the Yugoslav wars | Documentary

The Investigator: War crimes and justice during the Yugoslav wars | Documentary

A former war crimes investigator for The Hague tribunal returns to the Balkans to see if justice was ever delivered. Former Czech police commissioner Vladimir Dzuro is a criminal investigator who worked for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the ICTY, based in The Hague. In the 1990s he collected evidence against war

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Developing | China accuses PLA ideology official Miao Hua of ‘serious discipline violations’

Developing | China accuses PLA ideology official Miao Hua of ‘serious discipline violations’

Miao Hua, one of the top generals in charge of the party work at China’s powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), has been placed under investigation for suspected “serious violations of discipline”, the defence ministry said. Miao is director of the political work department of the CMC, which oversees China’s People’s Liberation Army. The department handles

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UK police launch new probe into associates of late Harrods boss al-Fayed

UK police launch new probe into associates of late Harrods boss al-Fayed

London police say they are investigating associates on suspicion of ‘assisting and facilitating’ sexual abuse. British police have announced they are investigating associates of late Harrods owner Mohamed al-Fayed on suspicion of “assisting and facilitating” his alleged rape and other sexual abuse of female staff. London’s Metropolitan Police Service said on Wednesday that it had

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Will the US-brokered ceasefire in Lebanon hold? | Israel attacks Lebanon

Will the US-brokered ceasefire in Lebanon hold? | Israel attacks Lebanon

Agreement ends more than a year of fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli military. At least 3,823 people killed, more than 1.2 million displaced and estimated economic losses of $8.5bn. Lebanon’s prime minister is calling Hezbollah’s nearly 14-month conflict with Israel the “cruellest phase” in the country’s history. The ceasefire offers hope for a return to

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France Suggests It Would Not Immediately Arrest Netanyahu Despite I.C.C. Warrant

France Suggests It Would Not Immediately Arrest Netanyahu Despite I.C.C. Warrant

France’s Foreign Ministry strongly suggested on Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel would not immediately be arrested if he came to French territory, despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant targeting him. A member of the court, France has been cautious so far in its reaction to the arrest warrants issued last week

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Gukesh beats Ding Liren in Game 3; ties World Chess Championship final

Gukesh beats Ding Liren in Game 3; ties World Chess Championship final

Indian teenager makes a comeback on day three after losing the opening game and drawing the second one against China’s reigning world champion in Singapore. India’s Gukesh Dommaraju has won the third game of the ongoing World Chess Championship final against reigning world champion Ding Liren of China to tie the overall score at 1.5-1.5

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Australian police officer who Tasered 95-year-old is found guilty of manslaughter

Australian police officer who Tasered 95-year-old is found guilty of manslaughter

SYDNEY, Australia — An Australian police officer who fatally shocked a 95-year-old care home resident with a Taser gun was found guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday. Kristian White was called to a care home in Cooma, a town about 90 minutes south of the capital, Canberra, in May 2023, after reports that resident Clare Nowland,

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