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BLUMENAU (Reuters) – Residents of Blumenau, a city in Southern Brazil, gathered on Thursday at a cemetery to attend the burial of one of the four children killed by a man armed with a small axe in a local daycare center. As the coffin was carried to the burial site, it was met by an emotional atmosphere. A religious mass was held and several wreaths of flowers with messages of […]

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian government-backed service for victims of identity theft blasted a plan to toughen privacy laws amid an explosion of online data theft, saying it would spur compromised companies to pay ransom and invite more hacking. IDCare, a non-profit that helps internet crime victims, said by making it easier for regulators to fine companies for poor data security and failing to criminalise ransom payment, […]

By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) -A Ugandan court charged a minister on Thursday with several corruption offences connected to accusations of diverting metal roofing sheets meant to help residents in the restive northeastern Karamoja region, court documents showed. Prosecution of ministers for corruption is rare in Uganda, where stealing and the misuse of public funds and materials is routine. Karamoja, in a remote region bordering Kenya and South Sudan, is […]

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s antitrust regulator has opened the door for measures to curb Apple after deciding that the U.S. tech giant’s market dominance makes it worthy of such measures, the body said in a statement on Wednesday. The Bundeskartellamt regulator has designated Apple a “company of paramount significance for competition across markets”, it said. “The company is – beginning with its mobile devices such as the iPhone – the operator […]

By Stephanie van den Berg and Deisy Buitrago THE HAGUE/CARACAS (Reuters) -Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled they had jurisdiction over a long-running border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela, which could determine which country has rights to territory rich in oil and gas. Guyana in 2018 asked the ICJ, also known as the World Court, to confirm that the border was laid down in an […]

(Reuters) – Juventus have been ordered to close part of their stadium for their next home Serie A match against Napoli by an Italian sports judge after Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku was racially abused during Tuesday’s Coppa Italia semi-final. The Tribuna Sud section of Juve’s Allianz Stadium will be closed for their game against Napoli on April 23 after racist chants were heard coming from that area during the […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday it has reached a settlement with Microsoft Corp over the tech firm’s apparent sanctions violations. Microsoft has agreed to remit about $3 million to settle its potential civil liability for more than 1,300 apparent sanctions violations in relation to restrictions on Cuba, Iran, Syria and Russia involving the exportation of services or software from the U.S. to sanctioned jurisdictions, the […]

By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s government approved on Thursday the abolition of the scandal-hit immigration agency SEF, whose border force officers, uncertain about their future, have mooted industrial action during the usually busy Easter period. The officers agreed to start a five-day strike on Thursday but their union suspended the first day of action to hold talks with the government on compensation packages and other issues. It was […]

(Reuters) – Authorities in Russian-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine said a total of seven civilians were killed on Thursday in two separate Ukrainian artillery strikes, Russian news agencies said. Four civilians died in Donetsk when shells hit a car park, and another six people were injured, Tass said. RIA later said three people died in blasts at a bus stop in Lysychansk, some 120 km (75 miles) to the northeast […]