Sixteen U.S. Marines arrested on suspicion of human trafficking
Sixteen U.S. Marines were arrested on Thursday at their base in Southern California on suspicion of drug-related offenses and the smuggling of undocumented migrants along...
Australia to set up antitrust office to police Facebook, Google
Australia said it would establish the world’s first dedicated office within an antitrust regulator to police Facebook Inc and Google , setting a precedent for...
Australian regulator to get unit specializing in tech companies
Australia’s antitrust watchdog will be strengthened with a special branch to oversee the market power of U.S. technology giants Facebook and Google under sweeping regulatory...
SoftBank Group announces new $108 billion Vision Fund, broadens investor base
SoftBank Group Corp announced on Friday a second Vision Fund aimed at investing in technology firms, saying it has secured memoranda of understanding (MOU) for...
U.S. lawmakers grill E-cig maker Juul over efforts targeted at schoolchildren
E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc funded a “holistic health education” camp as part of efforts to market directly to school-aged children, members of a U.S....
China suspects FedEx broke law by declining Huawei shipments: media
Chinese authorities suspect U.S. package delivery company FedEx Corp violated the law by not making shipments of goods from the tech company Huawei to their...
In Roundup case, U.S. judge cuts $2 billion verdict against Bayer to $86 million
A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup...
Armed men steal $40 million of gold, metals from Brazil airport
Armed men stole $40 million of gold and other precious metals on Thursday from a Sao Paulo cargo terminal at South America’s busiest airport, taking...
North Korea’s Kim says missile launch a warning to South Korean ‘warmongers’
North Korea said on Friday its latest missile launch was a warning to South Korean “warmongers” to stop importing weapons and conducting joint military drills,...
McAfee detained in Dominican Republic, released after four days
John McAfee, the eccentric creator of eponymous antivirus computer software, and an entourage were detained by Dominican immigration authorities for entering the country with a...