Chinese engineer sentenced to eight years in prison in case of financial espionage

Chinese engineer sentenced to eight years in prison in case of financial espionage

A Chinese engineer was sentenced to eight years in prison in the United States on Wednesday (January 25th) for providing Beijing with information on the profiles of American experts for the purpose of recruiting them. Arriving in 2013 on American soil on a student visa, Ji Chaoqun was accused of identifying American scientists and engineers … Read more

The US welcomes the withdrawal of Eritrean troops from northern Ethiopia

The US welcomes the withdrawal of Eritrean troops from northern Ethiopia

A large number of Eritrean soldiers left two towns in Ethiopia’s Tigray region where they supported the Ethiopian army for two years in its conflict against Tigrayan rebels, residents told AFP. According to these testimonies, since Friday afternoon, troops have left the towns of Shire and Adwa for an unknown destination. Soldiers were still present … Read more

data of 37 million T-Mobile customers hacked

data of 37 million T-Mobile customers hacked

The US mobile operator T-Mobile announced on Thursday 19 January that it had fallen victim to a computer hack that affected 37 million customers’ data. The company realized on January 5 that a “malicious actor” had managed to infiltrate its computer system and was in the process of extracting information without being authorized to do … Read more

Venezuelan opposition closes US embassy

Venezuelan opposition closes US embassy

The Venezuelan embassy in Washington, whose staff supported the opponent Juan Guaidó, announced on Friday, January 6, its closure after the Venezuelan opposition officially ended “provisional government” of the latter. Juan Guaidó declared himself interim president in January 2019 and received broad international support. The Venezuelan diplomats then stationed in the US capital, loyal to … Read more

The life insurance gets color again in November

The life insurance gets color again in November

Life insurance deposits exceeded outflows in November, up 1.4 billion euros, after several months of discontent, according to figures released Wednesday by the French Association of Assureurs. All the contributions, that is the amounts paid on the contracts, amounted to 12.4 billion euros.i.e. a level that has never been observed in a November month“, emphasizes … Read more

Congress avoids state paralysis

Congress avoids state paralysis

The US Senate passed on Thursday, December 15, a text that provided for the funding of federal services until December 23, after the House of Representatives, which had done the same on Wednesday, thus for a week pushed the specter of a paralysis of state, federal government, the famous “shutdown”. The senators voted in favor … Read more

Amazon sued for misappropriating tips from delivery people

Amazon sued for misappropriating tips from delivery people

The Washington City Attorney has filed a complaint against Amazon, which he accuses of misusing tips intended for independent delivery people, according to a press release from the judge published Wednesday, Dec. 7. The e-commerce giant is accused of using those tips to pay a portion of the amounts it owed those couriers. Already in … Read more

Life insurance is still skating in September

Life insurance is still skating in September

Life insurance contracts registered a net inflow of 0.5 billion euros in September, three times less than in the same month last year, according to figures released on Friday by France Assureurs. However, it is slightly better than the month of August 2022, when life insurance had registered a net outflow: The amounts paid out … Read more

Asian Development Bank pledges $14 billion in loans

Asian Development Bank pledges $14 billion in loans

The Asian Development Bank pledged on Tuesday to provide $14 billion in loans over four years to improve food security in poor countries in the Asia-Pacific amid rising global prices and climate change. The bank, which provides loans and grants to the poorest countries in the Asia-Pacific region, said the funding will target, among other … Read more

Crédit Mutuel and Allianz merge

Crédit Mutuel and Allianz merge

Assurances du Crédit Mutuel and Allianz France announced on Friday in a joint press release a partnership to offer products to companies, especially to farmers, to the chagrin of the self-employed who distribute contracts and fear competition from banks. Specifically, the Crédit Mutuel banks, of which every third French company is a customer, with the … Read more

British motorists and lawyers demonstrate against inflation

Lawyers in gowns and wigs demanding an increase in their remuneration to snail operations on the roads for the drop in fuel prices, British inflation gave rise to new demonstrations on Monday. Read alsoModerna to build RNA vaccine research and production facility in UK Historic strike last month in the UK Against a background of … Read more

Elon Musk donates 5 million Tesla shares, without specifying to whom

Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, donated 5.04 million shares of his company Tesla to philanthropy in November, indicates a stock market document released Monday evening, without specifying to whom. Read alsoWhy Elon Musk panics the stock market That’s $5.7 billion at closing prices on the days the donations were made, $4.4 billion … Read more

Elon Musk opposes rapid judgment of litigation with Twitter

Elon Musk filed a lawsuit on Friday to stop the lawsuit with Twitter from taking place until next year, after the social network asked for an expedited procedure. In a court document quoted by the American media, the lawyers of the boss of Tesla accuse the board of directors (CA) of Twitter of wanting to … Read more

Two-month ban on practicing for lawyer Emmanuel Pierrat suspected of harassment

Lawyer Emmanuel Pierrat was sentenced on Thursday, for suspicion of harassment, to a two-month ban on practicing after a disciplinary hearing with the Paris Bar Council, learned the AFP Tuesday, July 5 from a source familiar with the matter. Contacted, the lawyer did not respond immediately. His counsel, Me Jean-Didier Belot, indicated that he had … Read more

lawyers denounce the “deviation of the rule of law”

The lawyers of the ten former Italian activists who had taken refuge in France and claimed by Italy denounced on Monday July 11 a “deviation from the rule of lawafter Emmanuel Macron’s statement and the decision of the Paris public prosecutor’s office to challenge the rejection of their extradition requests. “In these cases, I never … Read more