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China removes 94 apps for privacy violations: Official

CFP China has completed technical tests on 440,000 apps with high popularity in China's mainstream app stores, among which 1,336 apps with privacy violations were asked

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World Soccer Body slaps 5-year ban on African football chief Ahmad

FIFA, the world's highest governing body of football decided on Monday to ban African soccer confederation and FIFA vice president, Ahmad Ahmad for five years over financial misconduct and other

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Financial institutions criticized for fees to small businesses

Several Chinese banking, insurance and credit institutions have been criticized for charging excessive fees on loans to small and micro businesses, involving a total of nearly 100 million yuan ($1

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Apple places supplier Pegatron on probation over labor conditions

Apple has suspended new business with supplier Pegatron after the Taiwan-based original equipment manufacturer misclassified student workers. Apple also said Pegatron broke its Code of Conduct for s

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Delhi suffers 'severe' air pollution for third straight day

Air quality in India's capital New Delhi remained in the "severe" category for a third straight day on Saturday due to increased stubble fires and vehicle emissions, SAFAR, the country's main envi

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Deputy head of National Energy Administration under investigation

Liu Baohua, deputy head of China's National Energy Administration (NEA), is being investigated for suspected serious violations of Party disciplinary rules and laws, sa

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Azerbaijan says France is not neutral in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Azeri foreign minister Jeyhun Bayramov accused France on Saturday of not being neutral when it comes to mediating the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.He told a news conferenc

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Whereabouts of Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov unknown

The whereabouts of Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov is unknown, the Interfax News Agency reported on Thursday, citing the deputy head of the country's security coun

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China urges Germany to respect facts in China's human rights issue

Chinese foreign ministry's official on Tuesday urged Germany to respect basic facts and abide by the basic norms of international relations especially the principle of

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Apple iCloud, Google Drive and Dropbox probed over ‘unfair’ T&Cs in Italy

Italy’s competition authority has opened an investigation into cloud storage services operated by Apple, Dropbox and Google, in response to a number of complaints alleging unfair commercial pra

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Apple will now allow developers stuck in App Store jail to push bug fixes to their apps

Apple’s App Store policies have gotten quite a bit more attention in the past few months, and while it seems likely that Apple’s team will fight tooth and nail to avoid dismantling any of

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Missing children rescued in U.S. sex trafficking bust

Nearly 40 missing or endangered children were rescued by U.S. federal and state agents during a law enforcement bust in the state of Georgia, authorities said.On Thursday, the U.S. Marshals Service s

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Vice mayor of Shanghai under investigation

Gong Dao'an, vice mayor of Shanghai and director of the municipal public security bureau, has been under disciplinary and supervisory investigation by the Communist Pa

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PLO calls for UN protection to Palestinians from Israeli assaults

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Monday called on the United Nations to provide international protection to the Palestinians from "the escalating Israeli ass

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China amends provisions on reference of suspected criminal cases to protect IPR

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has signed a State Council decree to publish a decision on amending the Provisions on Reference of Suspected Criminal Cases by Administrativ

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Cuban leader slams U.S. "perverse obsession" with undermining gov't

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Monday denounced what he described as the U.S. "perverse obsession" with undermining the island's government. "New millions for ol

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Chinese lawmakers meet to review draft state honor decision, hear reports

Chinese national lawmakers met on Monday morning to deliberate a draft decision and multiple reports at a plenary meeting during the 21st session of the Standing Commi