On 1 April, the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act comes into force. It creates a new crime of stirring up hate against people on the basis of their age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or transgender identity, and incorporates existing laws on racial hatred. At the same time, the national force has announced it will no longer investigate every minor crime, moving to a model of “proportionate investigation” to free up an additional 136,000 officer hours. Senior officers brushed...
The FBI has told passengers on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max that lost a door-plug panel in midflight that they might be victims of a crime.
Chief executive Dr Paul Bate said the development was ‘a transformational moment’ for the agency.
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is concerned that the merger Three and Vodafone announced last year could lead to "substantial lessening of competition" and might conduct an in-depth investigation into the deal. Three years after Virgin Media's merger with O2, Three and Vodafone revealed their intention to enter a joint venture agreement that would knock off a standalone mobile network from consumers' choices in the region. go Apparently, CMA regulators launched a preliminary...
Thailand's major mobile players True Corp and AIS, backed by two of the largest companies in the country, aim to secure virtual banking licences from the central back, Bloomberg reported.
The airstrike - on January 18, 2024 - hit a residential compound housing members of the Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and International Rescue Committee (IRC) Emergency Medical Team (EMT), as well as Palestinian civilians and their families. The compound was in Al Mawasi, one of Gaza’s so-called “safe zones”. The compound was attacked after its coordinates had been shared with the Israeli military through the UN deconfliction process and registered as a ‘sensitive site’ by the Israeli...
Five men from cities across Canada are facing a combined total of 52 charges after a nine-month, cross-country investigation into organized crime kidnappings in Calgary.Last May, two women were kidnapped in separate incidents that occurred within hours of each other, the Calgary Police Service said Monday.In the first incident, a woman in her 20s was approached by an unknown man outside of her workplace in the city's northeast on May 2 and forced into a vehicle, according to police,While...
The Treasury says the secondment scheme deepens ties with Asia and boosts British business.
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NEW DELHI: The Government of India has requested all agency banks to keep their branches dealing with government receipts and payments open for transactions on March 31that is Sunday, in a move aimed at facilitating seamless government transactions.According to Reserve bank of India, this decision comes with the objective of ensuring that all government transactions related to receipts and payments for the fiscal year 2023-24 are accounted for within the stipulated timeframe.This measure aims to...
The latest case involved a Parkersburg middle school basketball coach who was charged last week.
On Tuesday, the World Bank's Board of Directors approved a $1.5 billion Growth Foundations Development Policy Loan (DPL) for Ukraine to support its development policy. — Ukrinform.