After the IAEA study, Fukushima fishermen still don't want the water to be released.

Even though a U.N. watchdog said the plan was safe, fishing groups in Fukushima Prefecture told the industry minister on Tuesday that they still don't want cleaned radioactive water from the broken nuclear power plant to be dumped into the sea.

At a meeting in northeastern Japan, Ec...

Expert to French privacy watchdog says Apple should pay a 6 million euro fine

Apple should face a 6 million euro ($6.3 million) fine for breach of privacy a  top advisor to France's data protection authority's penalty board recommended on Monday that Apple be fined 6 million euros ($6.3 million) for violating privacy rules. The CNIL's sanction body can cho...

Lobbying in Queensland is on the rise while the possibility of corruption grows, according to a watchdog

According to a report by Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission, lobbying has increased since Annastacia Palaszczuk's Labor administration was re-elected in 2020. Lukas Coch/AFP/Getty Images

According to a watchdog, lobbying in Queensland has increased since the Palaszczuk...

UK LAUNCHED NEW REULATOR TO KEEP TECH GIANTS IN CHECK

Highlights:

• The government of UK has launched a new regulator for keeping the technology company in check
• The new regulator has been launched so that the tech giants cannot exploit their market dominance to crow out competition

The g...

UK’S ELECTION WATCHDOG CONTACTS TORY PARTY OVER REVAMP OF DOWNING STREET FLAT

Highlights:

• The election watchdog has reached the Tory Party over a revamp of the Downing Street flat
• The Electoral Commission of UK said that, it has been in touch to establish any sums related to the renovation works

The official e...

AUSTRALIAN MEDIA REGULATOR IN SEARCH OF MORE PROOFS AGAINST GOOGLE 

HIGHLIGHTS

• Australia's competition regulator could bring a third claim against Google for abusing its market power in the promoting area if proof accumulated throughout the following months backs protest from publicists and distributors

The...

RICHARD HUGHES - NEXT HEAD FOR BRITAIN’S BUDGET WATCHDOG

Highlights –

• Richard Hughes, a former senior official at Britain’s Treasury and the International Monetary Fund.
• Appointed as next head for the country’s influential budget watchdog.
• Hughes is a researcher at the country&r...

FATF Blacklist: The Straw That May Break the Iranian Camels Back.

Paris: The global anti-terrorism financial watchdog, Financial Action Task Force [FATF], is most likely to place Tehran on its blacklist further endangering the Iranian Economy. The move comes amidst the claims by FATF that Tehran has failed to comply with the global anti-terrorism financial norm...