Lawyer and MP Christopher de Souza guilty of professional misconduct
Loh Kean Yew in another agonising loss to nemesis Jonatan Christie
Ukraine: Drone strikes hit Russia as Zelenskyy travels east
Scrutiny of Ukraine church draws praise, fear of overreach
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NewsAFP NewsParts of new Indonesian criminal code seem 'incompatible' with rights: UN
Parts of Indonesia's revised criminal code appear "incompatible" with fundamental freedoms and human rights, the United Nations said Thursday.
NewsHuffPostGOP Sponsor Of Florida's 'Don’t Say Gay' Bill Indicted On Fraud Charges
Republican state Rep. Joe Harding is accused of illegally obtaining or trying to obtain $150,000 in COVID relief funds.
NewsReutersGoogle must remove 'manifestly inaccurate' data, EU top court says
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -Alphabet unit Google must remove data from online search results if users can prove it is inaccurate, Europe's top court said on Thursday. Free speech advocates and supporters of privacy rights have clashed in recent years over people's "right to be forgotten" online, meaning that they should be able to remove their digital traces from the internet. The case before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) concerned two executives from a group of investment companies who had asked Google to remove search results linking their names to certain articles criticising the group's investment model.
NewsAFP News'Downton Shabby': US producer quits Hollywood to do up UK family pile
As a child, Hopwood DePree heard stories about the family owning an ancestral country home in England but always thought it was the stuff of legends.
NewsAFP NewsAfter 20 years in a cage, freedom for Albania brown bear
After more than two decades in a cage at an Albanian restaurant for diners to look at, brown bear Mark is heading towards a better life in an Austrian sanctuary.
BusinessReutersGoogle to merge mapping service Waze with maps products teams
Google said on Thursday it will merge teams working on mapping service Waze and products like Google Maps, effective Dec. 9, in a bid to consolidate processes. The Alphabet Inc-owned company will integrate Waze, which it acquired in 2013 for $1 billion, into Google Geo, its portfolio of real-world mapping products that include Google Maps, Google Earth, and Street View, a Google spokesperson said.
BusinessReutersAir India to spend over $400 million to refurbish cabin interiors
Air India would spend more than $400 million to refurbish the interiors of its entire wide-body fleet to attract more flyers after the carrier was taken over by Indian conglomerate Tata Group at the start of this year, it said on Thursday. The refurbishment will involve introduction of a premium economy cabin, it said in a statement, adding that the first aircraft with refurbished interiors will enter service in mid-2024. The airline is working closely with partners to speed up the refit process and is leasing at least 11 new widebody aircraft with brand new interiors in the meantime, it added.
NewsAFP NewsTributes pour in for whistleblower doctor after China's zero-Covid U-turn
Hundreds of Chinese internet users have paid tribute to "martyr" doctor Li Wenliang, who first blew the whistle on the coronavirus outbreak, in the wake of a dramatic reversal of strict Covid rules by the government.
NewsReutersStolen data of 600,000 Indians sold on bot markets so far - study
Around five million people globally have had their data stolen and sold on the bot market till date, of which 600,000 are from India, making it the worst affected country, according to one of the world's largest VPN serice providers NordVPN. Bot markets are used by hackers to sell stolen data from victims' devices with bot malware. The study by NordVPN, of Lithuania's Nord Security, said the stolen data included user logins, cookies, digital fingerprints, screenshots and other information, with the average price for the digital identity of a person pegged at 490 Indian rupees($5.95).
NewsAFP NewsChina's capital adjusts to life with Covid after policy reversal
The Chinese capital showed tentative signs of a return to normal Thursday after a sudden reversal of a hardline pandemic policy that hammered the world's second-biggest economy and ignited rare protests.
BusinessReutersIndian state-run banks to pass up bonds to focus on lending -analysts
Indian state-run banks that sold government bonds in the last few sessions may not immediately turn buyers, as their focus shifts to cutting down investment under the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) to fund credit growth, analysts said. State-run banks sold bonds worth more than 304 billion rupees ($3.69 billion), on a net basis, in the 25 trading sessions through Dec. 6, data from the Clearing Corp of India showed.
BusinessReutersSlowing crypto startup funding may still surpass 2021 record - Pitchbook
Total funding at crypto startups this year is set to exceed investments in 2021, research firm Pitchbook said on Thursday though the pace of capital deployment is slowing as a series of crypto blowups sapped private equity investment appetite. The amount of capital deployed, however, has trended downwards through this year with only $4.0 billion invested in third quarter, representing a 38.3% quarter-over-quarter decline and the lowest amount since second quarter 2021, Pitchbook said. The collapse of FTX last month was the most shocking in a series of closures of key market players this year including Celsius and Voyager, major tokens terraUSD and Luna that have shaken investment sentiment and wiped out $1.5 trillion in cryptocurrency market capitalization.
BusinessReutersIndia's Sun Pharma hit by U.S. FDA import alert on plant, shares drop
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd's drug shipments from its Gujarat plant could be refused entry in its key U.S. market after the drug regulator slapped an import alert on the facility, the drugmaker said on Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) import alert is effectively a ban, implying all future shipments of products made at the plant in Halol, Gujarat could be refused admission to the U.S. market until the facility becomes compliant with the regulator's Current Good Manufacturing Practice standards. Shares of Sun Pharma slid 3.9% in its sharpest intraday drop since end-May, and were the top loser on the blue-chip Nifty 50 index.
PoliticsHuffPostGOP Governor Digs Into The 'Cost' Of A Trump Endorsement
“There’s a cost that comes with his endorsement," Governor Asa Hutchinson said.
BusinessReutersMusk's bankers mull new Tesla margin loans to slash Twitter debt - Bloomberg News
The margin loans are one of the options that the Morgan Stanley-led bank group and Musk's advisers have discussed to ease the $13 billion debt Twitter took on as part of Musk's $44 billion deal, the report said, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The discussions have so far centered around replacing the $3 billion of unsecured debt on which Twitter pays an interest rate of 11.75%, the maximum banks had agreed to finance the acquisition in April, the report said.
NewsHuffPostBiden Renews Calls For Gun Reform At Vigil For Victims
The president spoke at the National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence — nearly 10 years after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
BusinessAFP NewsGrape expectations: India's biggest winemaker seeks millions
India's largest winemaker Sula Vineyards is heading to the stock market, betting on the diversifying tastebuds of a booming urban middle class in a country that has long favoured strong liquor.
NewsAFP NewsHow not to retire: South Korean ex-president bedevilled by protests
After five years running South Korea, former president Moon Jae-in moved to a peaceful village far away from Seoul, in search of a quiet retirement. Then the protests began.
BusinessReutersU.S. House committee chair says Bankman-Fried subpoena 'definitely on the table'
Bankman-Fried, 30, faces scrutiny by regulators in the United States and elsewhere over the stunning collapse of Bahamas-based crypto-exchange FTX, which filed for bankruptcy last month after a liquidity crisis that saw at least $1 billion of customer funds vanish. CNBC reported that Waters, a Democrat who chairs the panel, had no intention of subpoenaing Bankman-Fried if he does not voluntarily testify. "Lies are circulating @CNBC that I am not willing to subpoena @SBF_FTX," Waters said on Twitter.
BusinessHuffPostNew York Times Staffers Plan Massive Walkout Over Union Contract
The strike will empty much of the newsroom as an agreement on compensation remains elusive.
NewsHuffPostChallenging Industry, White House Looks To Set 'A New Gold Standard' For Green Buildings
The private consortium that writes the nation’s codes sided with industry over Biden. A new push to clean up federal buildings may put pressure on builders.
PoliticsHuffPostAn 88-Year First: Democrats Defend All Their Senate Seats While Holding White House
With Raphael Warnock's win, Joe Biden did something we have not seen since FDR.
PoliticsHuffPostRep. Paul Gosar Endorses Trump's Call To Terminate The Constitution
Amid swift backlash, the extremist Republican then deleted his tweet.
PoliticsHuffPostSupreme Court Hears Arguments On Fringe Election Theory That Could Upend American Democracy
The independent state legislature theory came under harsh criticism, but at least three conservatives appeared supportive.
PoliticsHuffPostTrump Apologists Have Found Scapegoat For Midterms Fail: RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel
Some are also blaming Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell and House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, but deny Trump had anything to do with it.
