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UN identifies 158 firms linked to Israeli settlements
AFP, Published on 26/09/2025
» GENEVA - The United Nations on Friday released a long-awaited update of its database of companies with activities in Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories, listing 158 firms from 11 countries.
Chinese disinformation clumsy but unkillable
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/12/2023
» When a Twitter account for Spencer Taggart, a business coach in the US state of Utah, began posting about hot-button political issues in 2020, it garnered widespread attention. Tweets about an endemic cultural divide in the US and support for Black Lives Matter were shared by two Chinese embassy officials.
Google Maps and Tripadvisor nix war news in reviews
AFP, Published on 04/03/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Thursday said it has stopped allowing reviews to be added to its online Maps service in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine to prevent them from being used for war news.
Google hit with third antitrust lawsuit, by new state coalition
AFP, Published on 18/12/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO - Dozens of US states on Thursday hit Google with its third antitrust suit in as many months, accusing the internet giant of abusing its internet search dominance to eliminate competition.
Texas leads US states suing Google for anti-competitive practices
AFP, Published on 17/12/2020
» NEW YORK - Several US states led by Texas filed a suit against Google Wednesday over alleged anti-competitive practices, branding it an "internet Goliath" that had eliminated competition in online advertising and was harming consumers.
UN identifies 112 firms linked to Israeli settlements
AFP, Published on 13/02/2020
» GENEVA - The UN has released a list of 112 companies with activities in Israeli settlements, which are considered illegal under international law, including Airbnb, Expedia and TripAdvisor.
Art blooms in gritty Dakar neighbourhood
AFP, Published on 18/01/2020
» DAKAR - Mamadou Boye Diallo, an art curator with a penchant for heart-shaped glasses, calls Dakar's working-class Medina neighbourhood an open-air museum.
Airbnb will leave West Bank homes listed to settle suits
AFP, Published on 10/04/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO - Home-sharing platform Airbnb on Tuesday announced it will back off a plan to remove Jewish settler homes in the occupied West Bank from its rental listings to end lawsuits brought by hosts.
Dogs blowtorched alive at brutal Indonesia animal markets
Associated Press, Published on 24/01/2018
» JAKARTA: Campaigners are calling for the closure of Indonesian animal markets touted as tourist attractions where dogs are bludgeoned by the thousands and blow-torched alive.