August 3, 2013
US regulators demand clamp down on Apple e-book contracts
US regulators have called for Apple to be forced to cancel certain e-book contracts with major publishers. They added Apple should be hit with a five-year ban on entering distribution contracts deemed anti-competitive. The move follows a court…
August 3, 2013
Johnson & Johnson fined in China monopoly case
The healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson has become the latest foreign company to be accused of misconduct in China. A ruling by a Shanghai court ordered the US company to pay $85,000 (£56,000) to a local distributor for violating anti-monopoly…
August 3, 2013
US in worldwide travel alert after ‘al-Qaeda threat’
The US state department has issued a global travel alert because of an unspecified al-Qaeda threat. In a statement, the department said the potential for an attack was particularly strong in the Middle East and North Africa. It comes shortly after…
August 3, 2013
Tunisian Military Launches Air Strikes on Mountain-Based Militants
Tunisian forces launched air strikes and sent in troops Friday to surround suspected Islamist militants in the mountains near the Algerian border.The military carried out the operation in the Chaambi area after fighting broke out Thursday. This is…
August 3, 2013
US Diplomat Says China Becoming More Repressive
A senior U.S. diplomat says human rights in China are deteriorating, accusing Beijing of harassing activists' families and repressing ethnic and religious minorities. Uzra Zeya, acting U.S. assistant secretary of state, said Friday that talks this…
August 3, 2013
Tense Standoff at Protests in Cairo
Tens of thousands of supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi marched through Cairo Friday to demand his reinstatement, even as the interim government threatens to break up their protest camps. State TV reports Egyptian police are…
August 3, 2013
US to Close Embassies August 4
The United States will close a number of its embassies and consulates around the world on Sunday for security reasons. The chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Ed Royce, told CNN Friday an al-Qaida-linked terror…