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    Jurist China enacts blocking rule to fight Western sanctions

    China’s legislature passed a new anti-sanctions law Thursday following the enactment of blocking rules earlier this year. In January, China’s Ministry of Commerce published new rules designed to counteract extraterritorial application of other countries’ sanctions and export control laws. China...
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    Jurist EU Commission advances legal action against Malta and Cyprus over passport for investment scheme

    The European Commission on Wednesday advanced its infringement proceedings against the EU island states of Cyprus and Malta over their cash-for-passports schemes, in a move that may eventually see the two states face court proceedings and fines. The Commission justified its actions by arguing...
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    Jurist EU Commission sues Italy over unsafe drinking water

    The European Commission on wednesday referred Italy to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for the country’s failure to comply with the requirements of wholesome and clean drinking water under the Drinking Water Directive. The Drinking Water Directive requires EU member states to ensure that...
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    Jurist Biden, Johnson sign amended Atlantic Charter at G7 summit

    US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed an amended version of the Atlantic Charter on Thursday during the G7 summit in Cornwall, England. The original Atlantic Charter was a post-war declaration signed by former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and former UK Prime...
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    Jurist European Parliament urges European Commission to support patent waiver for COVID vaccine

    The European Parliament urged the EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, Thursday to support waiver for patents surrounding COVID-19 vaccines. The proposal, submitted to the World Trade Organization (WTO), demands that COVID-19 vaccine patents be exempt from provisions in the...
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    Jurist L’autorité française de la concurrence a imposé à Google une amende de 220 millions d’euros pour ses pratiques anticoncurrentielles

    L’Autorité française de la concurrence a infligé à Google une sanction pécuniaire de 220 millions d’euros (268 millions de dollars) ce lundi pour avoir abusé de sa position dominante sur le marché des serveurs publicitaires pour éditeurs de sites en ligne et applications mobiles, en violation...
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    Jurist Ghana court denies bail to 21 gay rights activists

    The Ho Circuit Court in Ghana on Tuesday denied bail to 21 LGBTQ rights activists who have been detained since May 20. The 21 individuals, comprising 16 women and five men, will reappear in court on June 16 for their next hearing. The activists were arrested in a hotel on May 20 after a raid by...
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    Jurist UN court confirms Ratko Mladić convictions and life sentence

    The Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) on Tuesday confirmed Ratko Mladić’s convictions and life imprisonment sentence by a Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Mladić, commander of the Main...
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    Jurist France antitrust authority fines Google €220M for subverting competition

    France’s antitrust watchdog fined Google €220 million (USD $268 million) Monday for giving preferential treatment to its own proprietary technologies in digital advertisements. Complaints about Google advertising practices, filed in September 2019 by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., French...
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    Jurist El Salvador becomes first country to accept Bitcoin as legal currency

    El Salvador’s legislature on Wednesday approved President Nayib Bukele’s proposal to adopt Bitcoin as a national legal currency. The approved Bitcoin law protects cryptocurrency with unrestricted liberating power, and allows its unlimited use in any transaction. Bukele’s cryptocurrency plan...
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