Court rules Turkey’s Wikipedia block as unconstitutional
The high court of Turkey has ruled that the government’s two-year-old ban on Wikipedia is unconstitutional. Following a 10-6 vote in favor of the multilingual online encyclopedia, the constitutional court ordered that the ban shall immediately be lifted adding that it has violated the right to freedom of expression. The Turkish government blocked access to […]
Israel’s PM Netanyahu wins landslide victory despite corruption charges
The embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed
a “giant victory” after capturing 72% of votes in a primary election for
leadership of the ruling Likud party.
Despite...
Iraq president offers to resign after rejecting PM candidate
Iraq’s President Barham Saleh
rejected to name Iran-backed Governor Asaad al-Eidani as their country’s next
prime minister in his hope “to avoid more bloodshed and in...
Media network CNN says Amazon sells fake and dangerous kids’ products
American news-based pay
television channel CNN published an article entitled “Fake and dangerous
kids’ products are turning up for sale on Amazon” citing a 4 in 1...
Russian President claims lead on hypersonic weapons, surpassing US
From merely catching up with the United States
in the past, President Vladimir Putin of Russia claims that their country is
now the world leader on...
Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick to resign from ride-hailing giant board
Uber’s co-founder and former
CEO Travis Kalanick is set to step down from the board of directors of the
world’s largest ride-hailing company effective December 31.
Kalanick...
Hong Kong protesters returned to streets on Christmas Day
Shouting popular slogans
"Liberate Hong Kong” and “Revolution of our times,” hundreds of protesters
in Hong Kong once again took to the streets on Christmas Day....
Global stock markets slip on Christmas Eve
With numerous major global markets
closed for Christmas, the equity markets across the globe mostly slipped in a subdued
trading held few hours before the 25th....
Chinese supplier of Tesco claims prison labor allegations untrue
"This
is completely fabricated and slander. We have never established any commercial
relationship with Qingpu prison."
Thus, said General Manager Lu Yunbiao of Zhejiang Yunguang Printing, the...
Croatia sets run off for presidential post as no candidate wins majority of votes
For the second time in a row, Croatians need to choose their next President during the scheduled runoff on January 5. This, after no...
