Laws that place restrictions on the ‘profiling’ of individuals do not just apply to data processing completed entirely automatically, EU data protection authorities have said.
Supreme Court: local authority ‘vicariously liable’ for abuse of child in foster care
A local authority has been held vicariously liable for the abuse of a woman by two sets of foster parents she was placed with as a child, despite not being negligent in its selection or supervision of the foster parents.
Off-grid power growth ‘to attract new business players’ to sub-Saharan Africa
Off-grid generating capacity across the power sector in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is predicted to almost triple in 2022 to 3,000 megawatts, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Asia in 3 minutes: If Kim dies, don’t ask CIA; if he fires a missile, read manga
If Kim Jong-un suddenly dies, don’t ask me: CIA chief Pompeo
The US Central Intelligence Agency thinks North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is a rational actor who is focused on staying in power and “waking up in his own bed” each day. But if Kim should suddenly not show up for work, there is no point asking US spy chief Mike Pompeo about it. “If Kim Jong-un should vanish, given the history of the CIA, I’m just not going to talk about it,” he said at a defence…
Oxford college removes Aung San Suu Kyi from common room name
Undergraduates at the Oxford college where Aung San Suu Kyi studied have voted to remove the de facto leader of Myanmar’s name from the title of their junior common room because of her response to the Rohingya humanitarian crisis.
In a vote on Thursday evening, students at St Hugh’s college at the University of Oxford resolved to eliminate the name of the 1991 Nobel peace laureate from the Aung San Suu Kyi junior common room with immediate effect.
The motion criticised the “…
Insurers welcome calls to delay introduction of Insurance Distribution Directive
Trade bodies for UK and EU insurers have welcomed calls by a European parliamentary committee to delay the introduction of the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) until October 2018, almost eight months later than planned.
‘Jack Bauer’ versus ‘Macron’: the colourful candidates clashing in Japan’s election
From an opposition leader nicknamed “Jack Bauer” to a gaffe-prone finance minister who used Adolf Hitler as an example when talking about leaving a political legacy, there are some colourful characters competing in Japan’s election.
Yukio Edano
Edano, a former trade minister and leader of the new centre-left Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, won fame as chief cabinet secretary during the country’s 2011 tsunami disaster, briefing reporters every day, often at odd…
Facebook denies Thai PM-Zuckerberg meeting
By Tery Fredrickson Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha’s hopes of meeting Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg look to have hit the rocks as a Facebook spokesman said no such plans are on the drawing board. “There are no plans currently for any of our senior leaders to visit Thailand,” according to the statement by a Facebook spokesman. The government has yet to respond to the denial. On Tuesday, Gen Prayut told the media Mr Zuckerberg will visit…
New Delhi closes coal-fired power plant as smog worsens during annual Diwali festival
India’s environmental watchdog shut down a coal-fired power plant and banned the use of diesel generators in New Delhi as air quality plummeted in the world’s most polluted capital on Wednesday, the start of the Diwali festival.
New Delhi experiences suffocating smog every year around Diwali, when farmers in north India burn the stubble left behind after the harvest and revellers let off firecrackers. The onset of winter aggravates the problem as the cooler air traps the pollutants…
Philippines arrests militant leader’s widow for trying to recruit fighters
Philippine law enforcement agents have arrested a woman who tried to spread radical ideas and recruit hundreds of foreigners to reinforce pro-Islamic State rebels occupying a southern city, the justice minister said on Wednesday.
Karen Aizha Hamidon, the widow of a former leader of a small extremist group in Mindanao, was arrested by special agents at her home in a Manila suburb a week ago and has been charged with inciting to rebellion, Vitaliano Aguirre told a news conference.
Hamidon is…