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Guatemala ex-president maintains innocence at court appearance
Former Guatemalan president Otto Perez Molina declared his innocence Friday at his hearing for corruption charges. Judge Migues Angel Galvez suspended proceedings until Tuesday. Molina resigned on Thursday amid corruption charges related to an all (More) |
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Colombia agencies collecting bulk data without warrants: report
Privacy International reported Monday that Colombian intelligence agencies have been developing surveillance tools to collect large amounts of data without a warrant. According to the advocacy group, a newly changed intelligence law has made it po (More) |
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Thailand court indicts labor rights activist for report on food industry
A Thai court on Monday indicted British labor rights activist Andy Hall for making false statements in a report he co-authored that alleged sever labor abuse issues in Thailand's food industry. Natural Fruit, the company at the center of the disput (More) |
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Brazil ex-president faces corruption charges linked to Petrobras
Brazil's attorney general on Thursday charged two top political figures with corruption. Eduardo Cunha, current speaker of the lower house of congress, is charged with accepting five million dollars in bribes, corruption and money laundering. The ch (More) |
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EPA proposes rules to cut methane emissions
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday proposed new rules to cut methane emissions by the oil and gas industry, as part of the Obama Administration's commitment to taking action on climate change. The new measures will reduce emis (More) |
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Germany drops treason probe into Netzpolitik journalists
Germany's acting top federal prosecutor on Monday dropped a much-criticized treason investigation into two prominent journalists working for Netzpolitik.org . In July, Netzpolitik, a blog on digital rights issues, announced that two of its journalis (More) |
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Top German prosecutor fired after treason probe involvement
Harald Range , Germany's top prosecutor, was dismissed from his duties on Tuesday by Justice Minister Heiko Maas after Range accused the German government of obstructing his investigation against two German journalists. Range was interested in an i (More) |
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China court allows first pollution suit under new law
China's Qingdao Maritime Court on Monday ruled that a lawsuit against ConocoPhillips China and China National Offshore Oil for a 2011 oil spill can proceed. The suit was brought by China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation [of (More) |
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US, Brazil, China set climate change reduction goals
US President Barack Obama and Brazil President Dilma Rousseff met Tuesday and announced an agreement to address climate change. Both countries pledged to reduce carbon emissions by increasing the use of wind and solar power sources to 20 percent of (More) |
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Indonesia court rejects French citizen's death sentence appeal
The State Administrative Court of Jakarta on Monday denied the clemency appeal of a French citizen sentenced to death on a drug trafficking charge. The appeal of Serge Atlaoui was an effort to reverse the original clemency denial made by President (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
