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Serbian Court overturns convictions in 1999 murder of Milosevic critic

An appeals court in Serbia has overturned four convictions linked to the murder of news publisher Slavko Curuvija and ordered a retrial, local media reported on September . Four former intelligence officers had been given lengthy prison terms over the killing of Curuvija, a prominent critic of Yugoslavia s president at the time,

TikTok Agreement authorises application to work in US

The Chinese application, TikTok, for short videos, and the American company, Oracle, have reached a preliminary agreement according to which the company will be its technical provider in the United States and Walmart, the trading partner, prior to the enforcement of a federal ban on the Chinese company that owns the application. Oracle

This is why Tik Tok chose Oracle instead of Microsoft

ByteDance founder and CEO Yiming Zhang s decision to drop his pursuit of a sale of TikTok s U.S. operations to Microsoft in favor of a partnership with Oracle was the culmination of pressure from the Beijing-based firm s investors as it searched for a deal to appease the United States and China,

Reprisal alert after Tik Tok, WeChat bans

China has promised retribution for Donald Trump’s decision to ban new downloads of TikTok and WeChat, escalating a bitter trade war between the superpowers. China’s Ministry of Commerce accused the US of “bullying” after US President Donald Trump followed through on an executive order requiring that the apps be sold to an American

Malawi Sweeps Access to Information Law Into Effect

BLANTRYE, MALAWI – Malawi’s government has moved to implement the Access to Information law. The approval came four years after the law was passed by the country’s parliament. This follows the official publication of the law Friday by the information minister.   A regional media watchdog welcomed the move but warned the government against

Business groups back pandemic insurance bill modeled on post-9/11 law

Business groups are throwing their support behind a pandemic insurance bill modeled after a post- law that created a federal backstop for claims related to acts of terrorism. The Pandemic Risk Insurance Act, much like the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act TRIA, would provide compensation for losses resulting from pandemics or public health emergencies.

Brexit: Buckland ‘prepared to quit’ if UK breaks law

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has said he is prepared to resign if the UK ends up breaking the law over Brexit in a way I find unacceptable . He said he was committed to upholding the rule of law but defended plans to potentially override the EU Withdrawal Agreement as an insurance policy

Who’s most likely to binge eat amid pandemic?

A lot has been made of the so-called “quarantine.” Now, a new study suggests certain people are more likely to binge eat during the coronavirus pandemic than others. Most often they are young adults who faced social stigma about being overweight before COVID- swept the globe. The researchers found this group had higher

Why did COVID-19 become partisan?

You just breath the air, and that s how it s passed … This is deadly stuff, said President Donald Trump. The date of Bob Woodward s bombshell recording, February , is important. President Trump knew then the threat of COVID- – and had no qualms about downplaying it. We don t want