Brazil passes trailblazing Internet privacy lawBrazil's Congress on Tuesday passed comprehensive legislation on Internet privacy in what some have likened to a web-user's bill of rights, after stunning revelations its own president was targeted by US cyber-snooping.
24 April 2014
Juicy court case leaves Coca-Cola on defensiveCoca-Cola was taken to task by the US Supreme Court on Monday, with justices questioning whether a drink sold as fruit juice was the real thing.
22 April 2014
Canadians rally to legalize marijuanaSeveral thousand people came out in Canada's biggest cities on Sunday to call for the legalization of marijuana -- a yearly protest that happens internationally on April 20.
22 April 2014
Nazarbayev calls for changes in international lawSpeaking at last week's session of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev asserted a need for a profound change in the international law and world order towards multipolarity.
21 April 2014
No job without medical examination in KazakhstanMedical examination has been proposed as a necessary condition for employment in Kazakhstan in a new amendment to the Code on People’s Health and Healthcare System of Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan can block Internet access without warrantNew amendments to the Law On Communications allow Kazakhstan authorities to block access to networks, including the Internet, and turn off communications equipment without even needing to obtain a court ruling.
Kazakhstan toughens punishment for separatismThe calls for illegal changes in the territorial integrity of Kazakhstan would be punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment, according to the draft of the new Criminal Code.
08 April 2014
Singapore seizes ivory disguised as coffee berriesSingapore authorities said Thursday they had intercepted about one tonne of ivory worth $1.6 million in a shipping container from Africa marked as carrying coffee berries.
04 April 2014
Whaling ban applauded despite fears of Japan sidestepAustralia and New Zealand on Tuesday hailed a landmark court decision that Japan must halt an annual Antarctic whale hunt, despite fears it may try to sidestep the order.
01 April 2014
First gay marriages take place in England and WalesGay couples across England and Wales said "I do" on Friday night as a law authorising same-sex marriage came into effect at midnight, the final stage in a long fight for equality.
29 March 2014
Polygamy bill poses dilemma for KenyaThe adoption by Kenya's parliament of a controversial bill that legalises polygamy has provoked a fierce national debate pitting modern secular values and Christianity against local traditions.
Couples ready to tie the knot in UK's first gay marriagesWhen the clock strikes midnight on Friday, gay and lesbian couples across England and Wales will begin exchanging vows as an historic law legalising same-sex marriage finally comes into force.
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