The US tech giant has been barring third-party app developers from accessing contactless payment technologies, the EU argues. The EU Commission issued a Statement of Objections to Apple on Monday over the US tech giant’s supposedly abusive practices in the field of mobile wallets technology ... Read more Apple and Amazon fined for secret deal ... .
OTTAWA — Ukraine's ambassador-designate to Canada says Russia must be held accountable for its troops committing sex crimes, including against children ... This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 2, 2022. The Canadian Press. .
For the past few weeks, Nazeer Ahmed has been living in one of the hottest places on Earth. As a brutal heatwave has swept across India and Pakistan, his home in Turbat, in Pakistan’sBalochistan region, has been suffering through weeks of temperatures that have repeatedly hit almost 50C (122F), unprecedented for this time of year ...Photograph ... .
European Union countries are split on how soon they wind down dependence on Russian energy supplies. While sanctions have been applied to other areas of business, the EU remains heavily reliant on Russian oil and gas ... However, Hungary has said it opposes such a move, stating it would not back measures that could endanger supplies ... More on this story ... .
JERUSALEM. The Palestinian militant group Hamas claimed responsibility Monday for a deadly shooting that left an Israeli security guard dead at the entrance of a Jewish settlement in the West Bank last week. It was the first time Hamas has claimed such an attack targeting Israelis in the occupied West Bank since 2018 ... ....
A US federal jury disagreed with Thomas Webster's claim that he acted in self defense after seeing footage of the incident. Webster struck an officer with a metal pole ... He claimed that Rathbun instigated the confrontation. He called Rathbun a "rogue cop" who tried to punch him in the face ... The federal jury convicted Webster on all six counts ... .
TUNIS. Tunisian President Kais Saied has announced the launch of “national dialogue” to help resolve a political crisis. Saied, a former law professor elected in 2019, sacked the government on July 25 last year, later moving to rule by decree ... That would cover his arch rivals, the Ennahdha party ... 17 ... ....
Israel is holding around 600 Palestinian detainees without charge or trial, the highest number since 2016, an Israeli rights group said. HaMoked, an Israeli rights group that regularly gathers figures from prison authorities, said on Monday that as of May there were 604 detainees held in administrative detention ... .