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In Japan, new rules may leave home-sharing industry out in the cold

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Lesbian mums can't register baby in Italy

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U.S. Supreme Court dismisses major privacy rights case

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Supreme Court dismisses major privacy rights case

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Brazil's Supreme Court delays debate that could see Lula released

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Sexual harassment case 20 years ago causes heat debate in China

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A sexual harassment case reexamined 20 years later

ThefiringofShenYang,aChinesescholaraccusedofsexuallyharassingGaoYan,afemalePekingUniversitystudent,morethan20yearsago,hasgeneratedintensivedebateonline.Thevicti

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China: A sexual harassment case reexamined 20 years later

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Facebook CEO stops short of extending European privacy globally

FacebookInc(FB.O)ChiefExecutiveMarkZuckerbergsaidonTuesdaythatheagreed“inspirit”withastrictnewEuropeanUnionlawondataprivacybutstoppedshortofcommittingtoitasthes

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Hong Kong must uproot seeds of secession

BennyTaiYiu-ting,oneoftheinitiatorsoftheillegalOccupyCentralmovementandanassociateprofessoroflawattheUniversityofHongKong,blatantlypreached"HongKongindependence

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Lebanon gears up for parliamentary elections after decade-long absence

AsregistrationofficiallyclosedforcandidatesrunningforLebanon'supcomingparliamentaryelections,thecountryinchescloserinholdingitsfirstelectionssince2009,butanalys

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White House wants to let law enforcement disable civilian drones

TheWhiteHouseisgearinguptorequestthatlawenforcementandsecurityagenciesbeallowedtotrackandshootdownciviliandrones,Bloombergreported.Anofficialtoldthepublicationt

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Europe seeks power to seize overseas data in challenge to tech giants

‍TheEuropeanUnion(EU)ispreparinglegislationtoforcecompaniestoturnovercustomers’personaldatawhenrequestedevenifitisstoredonserversoutsidethebloc,apositionthatwil

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U.S. Supreme Court weighs Microsoft overseas data fight

AmajorprivacyrightsfightbetweenMicrosoftCorpandtheJusticeDepartmentreachestheSupremeCourtthisweek,withthejusticesconsideringwhetherU.S.lawallowsprosecutorstocom

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India's Punjab National Bank detects 1.77 bln USD fraudulent transaction

India'sstate-ownedmultinationalbankingandfinancialservicescompanyPunjabNationalBank(PNB)Wednesdaydetected"fraudulentandunauthorised"transactionsworthabout1.77bi

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German opposition calls for abolition of online hate speech law

Germany’soppositionpartiesonSundaycalledfortheabolitionofanewlawthataimstoridsocialmediaofhatespeech,sayingitwaswrongforprivatecompaniestobemakingdecisionsabout

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China enforces environment tax and nuclear safety law

ChinaonMondayenforcedlawsrelatedtoenvironmentprotectiontax(EPT)andnuclearsafety.Whiletheformerreplacesoutdatedpollutantdischargefee,latterfocusesonnuclearplants