Europe toughens rules for unvaccinated as fourth COVID wave swells
World “Our friends on the Continent have been forced to respond with various degrees of new restrictions.” An Austrian police officer checks a driver’s vaccination certificate on a smartphone during a traffic control in Graz, Austria, on…
Alphabet to reopen Google News in Spain after govt amends rules By Reuters
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Google app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration MADRID (Reuters) – Alphabet (NASDAQ:) plans to reopen its Google News service in Spain early next year after the…
Russia’s ‘Foreign Agent’ Reporters Navigate ‘Absurd’ Rules
In her Moscow apartment, reporter Yelizaveta Mayetnaya motions to her laptop displaying a message now infamous among independent Russian journalists. “This news media/material was created and/or disseminated by a foreign mass media performing the…
White House, lawmakers brainstorm AI ground rules
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Canadian pastor arrested on tarmac over COVID rules says police confiscated luggage, snooped laptop
EXCLUSIVE: The Polish-Canadian pastor who has been repeatedly arrested for holding church services in Calgary, Alberta, said Canadian border police confiscated his belongings and apparently broke into his personal computer. When Pastor Artur Pawlowski…
New international travel rules to be announced ‘as soon as possible’
A clutch of top holiday destinations could be removed from the red list in the latest traffic light update expected later this week. Covid data analyst, Tim White, has predicted that 12 countries popular with British travellers could be promoted to the…
Brazil discusses simplified data protection rules for SMEs and startups
A consultation has been launched to debate a proposal for simplified rules and exemptions relation to data protection for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and startups in Brazil. In the proposed framework put forward on Monday (30), the National Data…
MLB can punish players for stealing signs in new rules
If you, like Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly, think Houston Astros players got off light when they weren’t punished for stealing signs and cheating their way to the 2017 World Series, there’s good news on the horizon: the next time it happens,…
Malaysian Government Walks Back Filming Rules After Political Overreach
Click here to read the full article. Malaysian authorities have largely reversed a ruling made last week that would have required every conceivable form of film-making to apply for licenses and shooting permits. “Social media users such as those of…