Month: January 2019

An e-commerce law has come into force in China that seeks to regulate online business, protect intellectual property rights and increase cybersecurity. The law came into force on 1 January

A recent UK Supreme Court decision on the common law meaning of ‘highway’ will have significant implications for property developers, an expert has said.

Footage of a troop of snow monkeys in northeastern Japan making their way across electrical wires has charmed hundreds of thousands of people on Twitter.
The minute-long clip, posted on Monday, shows about 20 Japanese macaques walking across a wire tightrope-style, as though they were circus acrobats. They were apparently heading in the direction of a forest near a residential area. 実家に猿の大群現れたって
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Court costs will be capped at £80,000 should parties opt into a pilot that gets underway in the business and property courts (BPCs) in England next week, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed.

Beijing’s detention of two Canadians – including the political analyst Michael Kovrig – has sent a “chill” through American researchers studying China, even if think tanks are not yet cautioning them against visiting the country.
That was the assessment of prominent US-based sinologist Bonnie Glaser on Thursday when asked in Singapore about whether the arrests in December were affecting China-focused academics. “There is a lot of concern in Washington…

Medical device manufacturers will not be required to obtain new ‘CE’ markings for their products in the immediate aftermath of Brexit to continue supplying those devices in the UK, the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has confirmed.

Will Anwar Ibrahim actually succeed Mahathir Mohamad as Malaysia’s next Prime Minister? That question has dominated Malaysian politics for months, and the opposition’s high-flying Khairy Jamaluddin – an ex-minister who was once viewed as prime minister material – says he has had to deal with the poser even though he is now far from the corridors of power.
It has huge implications on succession planning and on stability for Malaysia
Khairy Jamaluddin
The speculation has…

Facebook was defending itself on Wednesday against allegations that it allows illegal content in violation of Vietnam’s new cybersecurity law.
The social media giant said it had restricted such content and is in discussions with the government. “We have a clear process for governments to report illegal content to us, and we review all those requests against our terms of service and local law,” it said in a statement. “We are transparent about the content restrictions we…

Singapore immigration authorities said on Tuesday they had foiled a bid to smuggle four kittens that were stuffed down a man’s trousers into the city state after hearing meowing coming from the suspect’s crotch.
In a statement, they hailed their “fur-midable” officers for stopping the “impawsible” attempt to transport the animals in a car through a border checkpoint with neighbouring Malaysia. “Our officers were checking the travellers in the car, they…

ANALYSIS: Brexit concerns will continue to be a boardroom issue for the life sciences sector in 2019, but a focus on corporate restructuring, partnering and greater use of new technologies is likely to drive change and growth in the sector this year.