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UN climate summit opens with warning against 'backsliding'
AFP, Published on 06/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt: The UN's COP27 climate summit kicked off Sunday in Egypt with warnings against backsliding on efforts to cut emissions and calls for rich nations to compensate poor countries after a year of extreme weather disasters.
COP27 summit racing against the climate clock
AFP, Published on 06/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt: The COP27 summit kicks off Sunday in Egypt with nearly 200 countries struggling to outpace increasingly dire climate impacts in a world upended by war and economic turmoil.
Governments help arms firms avoid Covid slump: report
AFP, Published on 06/12/2021
» STOCKHOLM - The world's biggest weapons manufacturers largely avoided the economic downturn caused by Covid-19 and recorded a growth in profits last year for the sixth year in a row, according to a report published on Monday.
Apple revives encryption debate with move on child exploitation
AFP, Published on 07/08/2021
» WASHINGTON - Apple's announcement that it would scan encrypted messages for evidence of child sexual abuse has revived debate on online encryption and privacy, raising fears the same technology could be used for government surveillance.
Hong Kong leader dismisses Big Tech privacy law fears
AFP, Published on 06/07/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday brushed off a warning by major tech companies including Google, Facebook and Twitter that they may quit the financial hub if authorities push ahead with a new privacy law.
Biden seeks EU support on China, but trade battles persist
AFP, Published on 15/06/2021
» BRUSSELS: US President Joe Biden will seek the EU's backing on Tuesday to face the rise of China, but Brussels wants a swift end to lingering trade rows and a clean break from Donald Trump.
Google prevails over Oracle in key Supreme Court copyright case
AFP, Published on 05/04/2021
» WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Monday handed Google a major win in a long-running copyright battle with Oracle, ruling that the use of the Java programming language for the Android mobile operating system was "fair use."
Top US court sides with Google over Oracle in key copyright case
AFP, Published on 05/04/2021
» WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Monday handed Google a major win in a long-running copyright battle with Oracle, ruling that the use of the Java programming language for the Android mobile operating system was "fair use."
Biden presses Xi on HK, Xinjiang in first phone call
AFP, Published on 11/02/2021
» WASHINGTON - Joe Biden pressed Chinese leader Xi Jinping over human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang late Wednesday in their first call since the new US president took office on January 20, according to the White House.
WhatsApp flap shows importance of message platform to Facebook
AFP, Published on 10/02/2021
» WASHINGTON: When WhatsApp users began to raise concerns about a new privacy policy being rolled out, members of a Washington pickup soccer group decided to switch their communications to rival messaging platform Signal, ditching the Facebook-owned service.