Big tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Twitter can be challenged on data privacy by any EU country regulator, the bloc's top court has ruled. The EU Court of Justice concluded that platforms can now be sued under certain conditions by any data protection authority in the European Union, not just the lead regulator.
China's space industry has produced a remarkable scorecard, further boosting international cooperation on space exploration, said experts in recent interviews. The achievements are characterized by the nation's first independent Mars mission, the completion of a global navigation satellite network and a landmark adventure that retrieved rocks and soil from the moon.
Digital images of fake people–that look real–are being sold online—by the thousands. Deana Mitchell explores the issue.
A dispute over a mask at a grocery store led to shootout that left an employee dead and two people, including a sheriff's deputy, injured, according to DeKalb County Sheriff Melody Maddox.
Nigeria's headline inflation fell to 17.93 per cent in May. Joining CNBC Africa to discuss the just released report is Ibukun Omoyeni, Economist at Vetiva Capital Management joins CNBC Africa for more.
A mass rally saw hundreds march through the streets of London, Ontario on Friday to condemn an anti-Muslim attack that left four people dead in its wake and call for an end to racism and Islamophobia.
Karan Bilimoria, President of the Confederation of British Industry, discusses how the free trade agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom could forge new economic relationships.
The United States and the European Union have resolved a long-running trade dispute over Airbus and Boeing, a move that could improve transatlantic relations as both sides seek to counter China's rising economic influence. CNN's Anna Stewart reports.
Two Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem have been flashpoints of tension over plans to evict hundreds of Palestinians from homes they have lived in for decades – among the reasons for the recent fighting between Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement in Gaza that left hundreds dead.
Vaccinating more people globally will help prevent new, more dangerous COVID-19 variants from emerging, experts say. But fewer than 1% of people in low-income countries have so far received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the University of Oxford's Our World in Data.
As the pandemic advances in Brazil, poverty gains ground. Despite having one of the world's largest economies, nearly 13 percent of the country's population is surviving on just over eight dollars a day. For VOA, Edgar Maciel in Sao Paulo visited one of Brazil's poorest favelas – and reports on how families are coping.
Sexual and gender minorities continue to suffer discrimination and harassment around the world. But in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, some transgender women are finding solace in religious teachings, as reported by VOA's Rendy Wicaksana.
