Social media network Facebook's policies around political advertising have come under scrutiny lately, and the European Union has said that the company's online marketplace is “killing competition.” Boom Bust is joined by Hilary Fordwich of the British-American Business Association to discuss the antitrust regulation. According to Fordwich, the basic issue in the EU is that...
Jobseekers unable to afford smart clothes for interviews will be able to borrow some thanks to a new scheme at a library.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon surprised school children when she joined them for a boogie in the rain as they celebrated their involvement in a dance project.
Italy's new Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese has said that there was no migrant “invasion,” countering statements by her anti-immigration predecessor Matteo Salvini. Lamorgese told the Repubblica newspaper in an interview published on Friday that this year 9,600 migrants and asylum seekers had arrived in Italy, compared to 22,000 in 2018. Lamorgese, 66, a former civil...
A man has been sentenced to death in the case of a British woman who was raped and killed in Beirut nearly two years ago, Lebanon's national news agency said.
Canadian writer Robert B. Marks tells the story of how he fought against the Escapist pop culture website and escaped the online lynch mob defaming him and his colleagues. I knew my victory was too late when I learned that Alec Holowka, one of the developers behind the video game Night in the Woods, had...
Brazil's appeals court has ruled the country's farmers cannot save seeds for replanting if the seeds are harvested from agribusiness giant Monsanto's patented Roundup Ready soybeans. The seeds are genetically engineered to withstand direct application of the company's herbicide, Roundup . The Bayer-owned company said the decision will strengthen “agricultural innovation in Brazil.” Also on...
