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India tightens regulatory grip on Facebook, WhatsApp with new rules

Italy fines Facebook over Cambridge Analytica case

10:35 pm June 28, 2019

Rome: Italy’s data protection watchdog slammed Facebook Friday with a fine of one million euros (USD 1.1 million) for violating privacy laws over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The penalty was for “illegal actions committed in the ‘Cambridge Analytica’ case, the company that gained access to the data of 87 million users through an app for […]

Germany swelters in record June temperatures

10:31 pm June 28, 2019

Berlin: Germany experienced temperatures more than four degrees higher in June than the average during an international reference period for tracking climate change, the national weather service said Friday. The German Weather Service based in Offenbach near Frankfurt said that June temperatures in the EU’s most populous country averaged 19.8 degrees Celsius (67.4 degrees Fahrenheit). “That was 4.4 degrees […]

May tells Putin end ‘destabilising’ acts against UK, allies

7:51 pm June 28, 2019

Osaka: British Prime Minister Theresa May told Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday that normal relations will not be restored until Moscow ends its “irresponsible and destabilising” activity, a Downing Street spokesperson said. The comments came as May met Putin for the first time since the row over the poisoning of a former Russian spy on […]

Putin invites Trump to Russia to mark war anniversary

7:46 pm June 28, 2019

Osaka: President Vladimir Putin on Friday invited Donald Trump to Russia in May to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory over Adolf Hitler, according to top foreign policy advisor Yury Ushakov. Trump responded in a “very positive manner,” said Ushakov, according to rolling news channel Russia 24. At the beginning of the meeting, Trump […]

Nirav Modi faces suicide risk, politically biased trial in India, UK court told

Nirav Modi to appear via videolink from prison for UK hearing

1:54 pm June 27, 2019

London: Fugitve diamantaire Nirav Modi is set to appear via videolink from prison for a routine remand hearing before Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Thursday. The 48-year-old, who has been lodged at Wandsworth prison in south-west London since his arrest in March in connection with the nearly USD 2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) […]