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Farm workers left sick or sterilized after working with a toxic pesticide on Nicaraguan banana plantations saw their case rejected by a Paris court on Tuesday. "We lost on the substantive public policy issue, with the court ruling that the damages were disproportionate, which we believe to be an error of assessment," Raphael Kaminsky, the farm

The European Commission said on Tuesday that it had opened formal proceedings against Shein under its Digital Services Act (DSA).  It said that regulators would investigate the Chinese-founded discount fashion retailer that does most of its business online for "its addictive design, the lack of transparency of recommender systems, as well as the sale of illegal

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has granted 10 athletes from Russia and Belarus wildcard spots for the upcoming Winter Games in Italy from March 6-15.  The IPC on Tuesday told news agencies AFP and SID that the limited number of athletes would be allowed to compete under their own flags. The athletes would be "treated

Home advantage smaller than ever before, but still a factor Italian women playing a huge role in host's success Familiarity with facilities the main reason for Italy's strong display History shows negative spillover possible From Francesca Lollobrigida setting an Olympic record in the women's 3,000-meter speed skating for Italy's first gold to alpine skier Federica Brignone

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) said it was investigating Chinese-owned e-commerce giant Temu amid concerns over its data protection practices.  "The investigation into Temu was triggered by concerns around online surveillance through personal data processing, accountability, data minimization requirements, transparency, duty of care, and cross-border data transfer," the NDPC said in a statement published online

A last breakfast in her small house in Mazan, southern France. That November morning in 2020, Gisele Pelicot would have had no idea that her life as she had known it was about to end. She had an appointment — a summons to a local police station. Two months earlier, her husband, Dominique Pelicot, had

The northern state of Lower Saxony's internal intelligence agency will monitor the Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party as a "surveillance object of considerable import" on the far-right.  Interior Minister Daniela Behrens and state intelligence agency (or Verfassungsschutz) head Dirk Pejril announced the move at a press conference on Tuesday.  What did officials say about the

"Bound by responsibility" is the motto of the upcoming Christian Democratic Union (CDU) federal party conference in Stuttgart, set to take place February 20 and 21. It is the first large meeting of the conservative party since its leader Friedrich Merzbecame German chancellor in May 2025 and the Union parties of the CDU and their

Germany's inflation rate increased to 2.1% in January, confirming preliminary data and showing price pressures have strengthened at the start of the year, particularly with food and services. Consumer prices were up only 0.1% from December, as cheaper energy partly offset higher costs elsewhere, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Energy prices fell 1.7%

A poison found in threatened frog species in the Ecuadorian foothills has been named as the cause of Alexei Navalny's death in prison. Scientists from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK performed a postmortem analysis of the Russian pro-democracy campaigner and opposition leader, who died on February 16, 2024. In a joint statement , released