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Brussels launches antitrust probe into Google's digital ad tech practices
BRUSSELS — The European Commission announced on Tuesday that it has opened a new antitrust probe into Google to determine whether the American multinational is abusing its position when it comes to online digital advertising technologies.The Commission said the investigation will assess "whether Google has violated EU competition rules by favoring its own online display advertising technology services in the so-called "ad tech" supply chain, to the detriment of competing providers of advertising technology services, advertisers and online publishers."It will focus on whether the company is stifling competition by restricting access to third parties to user data for advertising purposes on website and apps, while using that data itself."Online advertising services...
June 22, 2021

Brussels launches antitrust probe into Google's digital ad tech practices

File photo shows major infrastructure projects like this dam on the Nura River in Kazakhstan often require foreign direct investment. — courtesy World Bank/Shynar Jetpissova
Pandemic ‘rolled back’ sustainable development funding for weak economies: UNCTAD
GENEVA — Financial assistance to the world’s 83 weakest economies fell by 15 per cent in 2020, to $35 billion as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, UN trade and development experts UNCTAD said on Monday.According to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2021, total foreign direct investment also dropped by more than a third globally, to $1 trillion (from $1.5 trillion in 2019), threatening progress on sustainable development.This level was last seen in 2005 and it is an urgent problem because foreign direct investment is vital to promoting sustainable development in the world’s poorest regions, said Isabelle Durant, acting secretary-general of UNCTAD.“The (COVID-19) crisis has had an immense negative impact on the most productive types of investment, namely, greenfield...
June 22, 2021

Pandemic ‘rolled back’ sustainable development funding for weak economies: UNCTAD

File photo shows UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks to the Congolese press during a visit to Ituri, DRC. — courtesy MONUSCO
Human Rights Council urged to support UN chief’s call for a ‘new social contract’ after COVID-19
GENEVA — UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Monday urged UN member states to promote a more inclusive post-pandemic recovery to help the world’s most vulnerable recover from the impact of COVID-19.Citing a rise in “extreme poverty, inequalities and injustice” in the last 18 months, Bachelet also warned that democratic and civic space has been eroded.These were all problems that could be addressed if countries embraced the UN Secretary-General’s call for a New Social Contract, Bachelet said, on the opening day of the Human Rights Council’s 47th session in Geneva.The initiative will be supported by a “New Global Deal of solidarity”, which shares “power, resources and opportunities more fairly”, in line with a plan for a UN-wide agenda that António Guterres intends to...
June 22, 2021

Human Rights Council urged to support UN chief’s call for a ‘new social contract’ after COVID-19



Police order shoppers queuing up outside a shop to maintain a safe distance from each other in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa, 30 March 2020. — courtesy IMF Photo/James Oatway
COVID-19: First mRNA vaccine tech transfer hub a ‘great step forward’
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting a South African consortium in establishing the first COVID-19 mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub, the UN agency announced on Monday.The facility will allow manufacturers from developing countries to receive training in how to produce vaccines, and the relevant licenses to do so, as part of global efforts to scale-up access to lifesaving treatments.The development follows WHO’s call in April for public and private companies to express their interest in creating technology transfer hubs so that low and middle-income countries could meet their urgent need for vaccines, amid critical shortages.‘A key moment’“Today’s announcement is a great step forward for South Africa, and for the world. I hope this will be a key moment...
June 22, 2021

COVID-19: First mRNA vaccine tech transfer hub a ‘great step forward’

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said in a speech on Monday that the Spanish Cabinet will approve pardons for nine separatist Catalan politicians and activists imprisoned for their roles in the 2017 independence move despite strong opposition.
Spain to approve pardons for 9 imprisoned Catalan separatists, PM says
MADRID — Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said in a speech on Monday that the Spanish Cabinet will approve pardons for nine separatist Catalan politicians and activists imprisoned for their roles in the 2017 independence move despite strong opposition. Sánchez made the announcement in Barcelona while outlining the roadmap for the future of the northeastern region before a few hundred civil society representatives. The Cabinet is due to approve the pardons on Tuesday. Twelve separatist leaders were convicted for sedition and other crimes and nine of them were handed lengthy prison terms after they pushed ahead with a banned secession referendum and declared independence a few days later based on its results. Most unionists boycotted the vote, which took place amid police...
June 22, 2021

Spain to approve pardons for 9 imprisoned Catalan separatists, PM says

In a statement, the EU said it has blacklisted 8 individuals, 3 economic entities and the War Veterans Organization, saying the recent measures are largely aligned with those of major international partners. — Courtesy file photo
EU, UK unveil new round of sanctions targeting Myanmar military
Saudi Gazette reportBRUSSELS/LONDON — The European Union and the United Kingdom imposed a new round of sanctions targeting Myanmar’s military for staging a coup against an elected government on Feb. 1 this year.In a statement, the EU said it has blacklisted 8 individuals, 3 economic entities and the War Veterans Organization, noting that the recent measures are largely aligned with those of major international partners.“The individuals targeted by sanctions include ministers and deputy ministers, as well as the attorney general, who are responsible for undermining democracy and the rule of law and for serious human rights violations in the country. The four entities are either state-owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), contributing directly or indirectly to the...
June 21, 2021

EU, UK unveil new round of sanctions targeting Myanmar military

 The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium comprising Biovac, Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, a network of universities and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish its first COVID mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub. — Courtesy file photo
WHO backs S. African consortium to establish first COVID-19 mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium comprising Biovac, Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, a network of universities and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish its first COVID mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub. The move follows WHO’s global call to establish COVID mRNA vaccine technology transfer hubs to scale up production and access to COVID vaccines. Over the coming weeks, the partners will negotiate details with the Government of South Africa and public and private partners inside the country and from around the world. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said: “The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the full extent of the vaccine gap between developed and developing...
June 21, 2021

WHO backs S. African consortium to establish first COVID-19 mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub

 The European Union, in coordination with the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, slapped new sanctions on the regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in response to the
EU, UK, US, and Canada slap new sanctions against Belarus over Ryanair flight diversion
BRUSSELS — The European Union, in coordination with the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, slapped new sanctions on the regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in response to the "forced and unlawful landing" of a Ryanair flight that resulted in the arrest of journalist Raman Pratasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega. In a joint statement, the countries said: "We are united in calling for the regime to end its repressive practices against its own people. We are disappointed the regime has opted to walk away from its human rights obligations, adherence to democratic principles, and engagement with the international community." The EU considers the reaction is necessary "in view of the escalation of serious human rights violations in Belarus...
June 21, 2021

EU, UK, US, and Canada slap new sanctions against Belarus over Ryanair flight diversion

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven lost a no-confidence vote on Monday morning.
Swedish Premier Lofven loses no-confidence vote
STOCKHOLM — Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven lost a no-confidence vote on Monday morning. He now has one week to decide whether to resign or call for a snap election.Lofven, from the Social Democratic party, had been in power since 2014. He is the first Swedish prime minister to lose a vote of no-confidence.The motion against him was brought forward by the Left party, an ally of the minority government made up of a coalition between the Social Democrats and the Green Party.According to the Swedish Constitution, a snap election would come on top of next year's planned ballot and would therefore see the Swedes brought to the polls twice in a little over a year.If he resigns, he could theoretically find himself at the helm of a caretaker government. The bust-up with the Left Party...
June 21, 2021

Swedish Premier Lofven loses no-confidence vote

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell
EU promises new sanctions will hurt Belarus
BRUSSELS — European Union foreign ministers will approve Monday a fresh set of sanctions against scores of officials in Belarus and prepare a series of measures aimed at hurting the country’s economy, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.The EU has ratcheted up sanctions since President Alexander Lukashenko won a sixth term last August in elections slammed as fraudulent by the 27-nation bloc. The measures have targeted people accused of electoral misconduct and responsibility for the police crackdown that followed.But the EU has tightened ranks further since Belarus' authorities forced a Ryanair plane to land in Minsk last month and by what appears to be the use of migrants to pressure Lithuania, which has provided safe-haven to opposition figures and is one of...
June 21, 2021

EU promises new sanctions will hurt Belarus

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