The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) First Nation announced on Monday that they reached a settlement with Canada’s federal government, securing $601.5 million to address long-standing unfulfilled promises under the cows-and-plows clause of Treaty 6. The LLRIB First Nation is a prominent First Nation with a membership of over 12,000 members and is the [...]

The New Zealand Court of Appeal (NZCA) dismissed an appeal from Uber on Monday by reaffirming the Employment Court’s (EC) finding that four drivers were considered employees of Uber. The drivers were thereafter allowed access to employment entitlements, including minimum wage and parental leave, under the New Zealand statute. The EC previously held in a [...]

The Data Protection Agency (DPA) of the Netherlands fined Uber 290 million euros on Monday for violating the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by storing the personal data of European taxi drivers on US servers. The DPA found that Uber did not sufficiently protect the personal data that it transferred to the US. Uber sent [...]

French President Emanuel Macron said Monday that the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on French territory was not a political decision but a part of an ongoing judicial investigation. While addressing the alleged “false accusations” against France, he stated on X (formerly Twitter) that it is “up to the judges to decide” and “France is [...]

Employees in Australia now have the right to disconnect from their employers outside of working hours, pursuant to a new law which came into force for non-small businesses on Monday. This means that employees now have a right to refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact from an employer or work-related contact from a [...]

The German Federal Prosecutor General issued an arrest warrant Sunday on charges of murder and membership in a terrorist organization for the individual accused of fatally stabbing three people in Solingen on August 23. Issa Al H. will face charges as a suspected member of a foreign terrorist organization under sections 129a and 129b of [...]

Egypt’s Criminal Court has referred the case of Karim Salim, the notorious “al-Tagamoa Serial Killer,” to the Grand Mufti for approval of the preliminary death sentence passed against him. The decision was made on Saturday under Article 2-381 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, with the final verdict set to be announced on September 12. Salim, [...]

Footage from Northeast Live shows tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees were holding rallies in refugee camps Sunday to mark the seven-year anniversary of “genocide day” in Myanmar. Individuals involved in the rallies continued to call for an end to the violence and the ability to return to their home state, seven years on from [...]

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi reaffirmed on Sunday his call for a “secular civil code,” underscoring the strong support his administration demonstrated for the introduction of the code since the commencement of his term. The address builds on Modi’s Independence Day speech, in which he argued strongly for the establishment of a secular Uniform [...]

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Roza Otunbayeva, warned Sunday that the Taliban’s “Law on Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice” imposes severe restrictions on the rights of Afghans. Otunbayeva noted that the 35-article law, which includes harsh measures such as a ban on women’s [...]