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The adviser to the EU’s top court has issued a recommendation to allow data protection agencies in any EU country to take legal action against Facebook or any other tech firm even if their regional headquarters are in a different EU state. The recommendation was issued after Facebook sought to rebuff Belgium’s privacy regulator in a data case by saying its European Union headquarters were in Dublin and so Ireland was the lead authority in the EU for the U.S. social media giant. Advocate-General Michal Bobek, the adviser to the Court of Justice of the European Union, recommended that the data protection agency in any EU country should be able to take legal action in various situations even if they were not the lead authority. If the recommendation is followed, it could prompt action by national agencies in the 27-member EU against other U.S. tech companies, such as Google, Twitter and Apple, which also have their EU headquarters in Ireland. Facebook did not provide an immediate comment. EU judges often follow advocate-general opinions but do not have to. They usually deliver a ruling in two to four months. Belgium’s regulator sought to stop Facebook gathering data on the browsing behaviour of Belgian users to show them targeted advertising without their valid consent. The regulator said this took place even if the user did not have a Facebook account. Facebook challenged this on the basis that the Irish privacy watchdog is the lead authority for Facebook. Bobek said the lead authority had a general competence over cross-border data processing and the power of other authorities to start legal proceedings was curtailed in cross-border cases based on the “one-stop-shop” mechanism enshrined in EU rules. But he said the lead authority needed to cooperate closely with other data protection authorities, which he said could still bring cases to their courts. EU privacy rules, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), give leeway for other national privacy regulators to rule on violations limited to a specific country. France and Germany have already done this. -Reuters
A Nigeria Railways Corporation official said the train departs Ibadan for Lagos at 8am daily with a return trip scheduled at 4pm.
The Lagos-Ibadan expressway is notorious for heavy trucks and traffic gridlocks that can stretch for several kilometres.
The Lagos-Ibadan line is the first part of a new 2,733km Lagos-Kano standard gauge line. The total cost of the project was valued at $11.117bn.
Symone Sanders and Karine Jean-Pierre were part of a historic all-female communications team that will serve Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' administration.
by Steve Peoples and Michelle L. Price - NEW YORK — Michelle Obama delivered a passionate condemnation of President Donald Trump during the opening night of the Democratic National Convention, declaring him “in over his head” and warning that the nation’s mounting crises would only get worse if he’s reelected over Joe Biden. “Donald Trump […]
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[Nation] In just 48 hours, eight health staff at Kenyatta National Hospital tested positive for coronavirus, with one admitted to hospital, even as the parent ministry reports that most hospitals have little to no-infection control mechanisms.
A time-honored tradition in the United States has been the peaceful transfer of power from one president to their successor... View Article
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — As President Donald Trump's reelection campaign challenged Nevada's new voting law in court, the president and Republicans argued the rules would facilitate fraud and illegal voting. Chief among their criticisms was a provision allowing 'ballot harvesting.' The Nevada lawsuit highlighted a practice that has long fueled Republicans' suspicions about mail-in voting. Although widely practiced and rarely found to be abused, the rule permitting a third party to collect and return multiple ballots remains a source of partisan dispute. Those fights are likely to continue up to Election Day as states […]
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Jessica A. Krug, an associate professor at George Washington University, has written extensively about Africa, Latin America, the diaspora and identity, all while claiming her own Black and Latina heritage. But in an article published on Medium.com on Thursday, Krug revealed the truth: She is White.
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Kanye West is doing a million things at once. Besides allegedly running for President and exercising his Twitter fingers, Yeezy found time to hit up Haiti.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement of a stricter stay-at-home order that also lumps together all of Southern California, a region spanning thousands of miles, received mixed reviews from elected officials Thursday, Dec. 3, the same day Los Angeles County broke its single-day coronavirus case record, for the second time this week — once again underscoring the […]
President Donald Trump implied Tuesday he would continue contesting election results for at least another week, forestalling for days the required steps to transition government to President-elect Joe Biden and signaling to his administration that any moves toward a hand-off are on hold. Trump's refusal to concede has prompted senior officials across the government to spread word that any cooperation […]
Press Release - Africa should open markets, diversify supply and strengthen regional value chains to become a competitive provider of certain health-related products, a new ITC report finds.
SpaceX's Dragon capsule with with four astronauts docked at the International Space Station Monday after a 27-hour, completely automated flight.
By Kathy Gannon Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The long-awaited peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government's negotiating team are to begin on Saturday in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar, the Taliban and Qatar's foreign ministry said Thursday. The talks — known as intra-Afghan negotiations — were laid out in a peace deal that Washington brokered with the Taliban and signed in February, also in Qatar, where the Taliban maintain a political office. At the time, the deal was seen as Afghanistan's best chance at ending more than four decades of relentless war. Shortly after the announcement, […]
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France's Romain Grosjean is lucky to be alive, but in good enough spirits to post an update from his hospital bed.
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Images Just before midnight on December 22 (Tuesday) the U,S. Congress approved a $900 billion-dollar stimulus relief package, which includes another round of direct payments to Americans making $75,000 annually and below. This new coronavirus-related relief bill includes mandates on funding similar to the ones in […]
The US embassy in Uganda has cancelled plans to observe the vote after accreditations were denied.
Tentative NBA Schedule Reveals There Won't Be An All-Star Game This Season
[New Times] Statistics by NAEB show that the value of horticulture exports increased from over $27 million in the fiscal year 2018-2019, to more than $28 million in the year 2019-2020.
FEMALE creatives in southern Africa have called on governments in the region to establish quotas for women in the sector, provide safe working spaces and support their work to encourage productivity in the post COVID-19 era. BY LIFE STYLE REPORTER Speaking during a Unesco ResiliArt debate organised by the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ), Zimbabwe Music Crossroads director Melody Zambuko said governments should establish quota systems for women when providing assistance. “The unequal access to opportunities is quite clear. The working space needs to be levelled as women are the multi-taskers of our society. You will remember that long before COVID-19 women were marginalised in the workspace. Regardless of occupying the same position at work, the female officer earned less than their male counterparts, she said. Bulawayo-based artist and businesswoman Patience Phiri said the COVID-19 period had extended the gap between male and female artists. “What we need as women is for the government to invest in us. We want to say to the government please love us, please pay us, please give us safe platforms, and can we please be treated equally to your boy children that you love so dearly. If you invest in us, we will make you so proud,” she said. Trade Union for Musicians of South Africa (TUMSA) founder Ernestine Deane said many female artists found themselves in a prolonged situation of unemployment as the arts, culture and tourism sectors were the first to be affected by the COVID-19 lockdown measures. “We call upon the governments to issue as a matter of urgency any available relief funds. The government needs to quickly identify the different needs of the various communities that make up the creatives sector and support each community with its desired needs. There is no one-size-fits-all, especially for women who have been severely affected by COVID-19,” she said. Tapiwa Langa from Mozambique said female artists in the region felt left out of government programmes but were afraid to speak out. ResiliArt is a global movement initiated by Unesco that aims to strengthen the resilience of artists and cultural professionals in the face of the enormous challenges posed by the current health crisis.
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press U.S. Postal Service records show delivery delays have persisted across the country as millions of Americans are voting by mail, raising the possibility of ballots being rejected because they arrive too late. Postal data through Oct. 9, the latest numbers available, show nearly all the agency's delivery regions missing its target of having at least 95% of first-class mail arrive within five days. Parts of the presidential battleground states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio fell short of delivery goals by wide margins as the agency struggles to regain its footing after a tumultuous […]
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(Reuters) - Finishing a maiden Ironman is a huge moment for any triathlete but when 21-year-old Florida resident Chris Nikic crossed the line at the weekend he became the first athlete with Down’s Syndrome to achieve the feat.
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THE Ministry of Education, in the wake of complaints from students and parents regarding perceived irregularities in the just-released Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams, says it is investigating the concerns.The preliminary report and analysis of the exams showed that 76.5 per cent of Jamaican students were awarded grades one to three in the subjects sat this year.
President Trump on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 addressed the issue of police brutality by taking executive action that would provide incentives for police departments to increase training about the use of force and to strengthen a national database to track misconduct.
That is why today I’m signing an executive order encouraging police departments nationwide to adopt the highest professional standards to serve their communities.
Trump’s executive order comes as the prospects for police reform legislation on Capitol Hill remain unsettled.
House Democrats are moving forward with a sweeping package that would ban police chokeholds, make it easier for victims of police violence to sue officers and departments and create a national database of police misconduct, among other measures.
At Tuesday’s ceremony, Trump defended the police beyond what he called the “tiny” numbers of bad officers and reiterated his desire for states to use the National Guard to disrupt protests if they turn violent or include looting.
(Trinidad Guardian) Although Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said his daughter got no favours in her repatriation from the United States, former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the US Dr Neil Parsan is saying otherwise.
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