Italy

Italy recalls Senate as no-confidence vote looms

2:38 am August 13, 2019

Political crisis in Italy edged forward on Monday after party leaders decided to recall the Senate to vote on a timetable that could include a no-confidence vote and spell the end of the populist coalition. Far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini called last week for swift elections after withdrawing the support of his anti-immigration League party […]

US won’t approve labels that say glyphosate causes cancer

12:06 am August 10, 2019

Washington: The US Environmental Protection Agency has said it will no longer approve warning labels that claim the controversial herbicide glyphosate causes cancer, calling the statement “false and misleading.” The ruling, issued Thursday, is a boost to US agriculture giant Monsanto and its German parent company Bayer, which has been battered by a wave of […]

Eritrean wins asylum in Italy after mistaken trafficking charges

8:56 pm August 3, 2019

Rome: An Eritrean wrongly accused of being a human trafficking kingpin in a case of mistaken identity has been granted political asylum in Italy and set free, his lawyer told AFP on Saturday. Carpenter Medhanie Tesfamariam Berhe was arrested in Sudan in 2016 on suspicion of being at the heart of one of the world’s […]

Sjostrom sets pace as nightclub deaths stun world swim

2:18 pm July 27, 2019

Gwangju (South Korea): Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom limbered up for a world sprint double with the fastest 50 metres freestyle heat Saturday as a fatal nightclub accident shook the world swimming championships. Eight athletes were among the injured after a balcony at a South Korean nightclub collapsed in the early hours Saturday, sending party-goers plummeting over […]

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 […]

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