Attention is increasingly turning to the region’s shaky civil liberties plight at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) even though economic integration has long been the focus of this group. A group of experts shared their dreams for the bloc and human rights emerged as a common denominator at a World Economic Forum (WEF) discussion…
The effect of Brexit is steadily having an impact on the British economy. As per the results of a survey, British shoppers are increasingly looking for bargains to offset rising inflation with employers finding it difficult to recruit migrant workers. These trends are a result of 2016’s Brexit referendum. As per the British Retail Consortium,…
As you might expect, prompted by the success in the U.S. elections, the same players tried the same tactics in France. Computer security researchers have come to the conclusion that far-right activists from the United States, armed with automated bots, along with WikiLeaks, have helped amplify the leak of hacked emails belonging to the French…
The office of Director of National Intelligence has reported that the NSA did collect 151 million records of metadata from U.S. citizens in 2016. U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that he was spied upon, according to Democrats and Republican members who sit on the congressional intelligence committee, there is no evidence to support…
The executive order bases itself on the findings of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report which saw instances of critical government machinery using legacy systems. In a significant development, U.S President Donald Trump has announced, he has signed an executive order to create a new technology council which will oversee the transfer and modernisation of…
By allowing Brexit talks to touch on trade before the two sides agree to a specific exit bill, European governments may give U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May political cover, reported news outlet Bloomberg citing information from two people familiar with the plan. By the time – December, the new German and French governments will be…
The seriousness with which U.S. President Donald Trump is viewing his intention to enforcing trade rules was exhibited by the U.S. governments’ new tariff averaging 20 percent on Canadian timber imports, said the Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. “The Trump administration has been much more focused on enforcement than had been true previously,” he said, taking a…
The head of the biggest U.S. business lobby group said that by the middle of next year, a basic accord over reworking the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) would most likely be reached by the United States, Mexico and Canada. Pledging to ditch it if he could not rework terms in favor of the…
Elements attributed to Russia are trying to weaponise information through a campaign of disinformation and misinformation while trying to influence national policies through the globe. As per the results of a study conducted by researchers from Oxford University, French voters are increasingly being flooded with false stories on social media ahead of the country’s presidential…
In recent years, LeEco has grown so fantastically that it faced financial issues. Its founder termed these issues as the “big company disease.” LeEco, a recent Chinese tech company with global ambition whose businesses have ranged from electric vehicles to smartphones, has been forced to abandon its proposed $2 billion acquisition of Vizio, a U.S.…
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