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China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has filed a motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit against the U.S. government, according to a court filing in the United States, in the telecoms equipment maker’s latest attempt to fight sanctions from Washington that threaten to push it out of global markets. The motion, filed late Tuesday (May 28) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, asks it to declare the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) unconstitutional in an update to the lawsuit brought by the telecommunications equipment maker in March. The NDAA bill, passed into law by…

The two main UK parties where punished by voters in the European elections, which saw both the BREXIT and LibDem parties surge at the expense of Labour and the governing Conservatives, Labour said a public vote was the way to reunite the country, but said this could also be a national election. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has so far said the option of a second referendum should be kept on the table, is under pressure to endorse one without qualification. The prospect poses a dilemma as many of the party’s supporters backed Brexit. Veteran socialist Corbyn has shifted Labour,…

Joining the trend of emerging far-right parties in Europe, Spain’s new party Vox led by a former member of the conservative People’s Party is expected to win its first representatives in the European parliament after getting seats in the national parliament for the first time in the April 28 general election. A GAD3 poll published by the ABC newspaper on May 13 predicted 7.8% of the vote for Vox which would get them five seats in the European assembly. Riding on the tide of nationalist feelings triggered by Catalonia’s independence drive, party leader Santiago Abascal has described Vox’s gains as…

Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge gave a group of children a guided tour of her woodland wilderness garden designed for London’s Chelsea Flower Show. Also known as Kate, the Duchess joined in the cooking and eating of marshmallows over a campfire with her young companions as well as climbing in and out of a tree house which she designed as part of the garden. Co-created with landscape artists Andree Davies and Adam White, Kate’s “Back to Nature Garden” includes a rope swing and a stream with waterfall. Kate, wife of Prince William, is a strong advocate in the mental and physical…

San Francisco officials on Tuesday voted 8 to 1 to ban the purchase and use of facial recognition technology by city personnel, in a move to regulate tools that local Silicon Valley companies helped develop. The action puts San Francisco at the forefront of increasing discontent in the United States over facial recognition, which government agencies have used for years and now has become more powerful with the rise of cloud computing and artificial intelligence technologies. Amazon.com Inc has come under scrutiny since last year for selling an image analysis and ID service to law enforcement. Researchers have said this…

A couple in Woodburn, Oregon is suing their school district after they discovered their eight-year-old son was asked repeatedly by his teacher if he was transgender. The parents, who are keeping their identity private, are suing the district for nearly $1 million because they say their son’s second-grade teacher held him back from recess on multiple occasions to personally ask him if he believed he was really a girl. They said the teacher also gave their son reading materials, videos, and other resources explaining what it means to be transgender. The parents say they had no idea this was happening…

Hackers were able to remotely install surveillance software on phones and other devices using a major vulnerability in messaging app WhatsApp, it has been confirmed. WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, said the attack targeted a “select number” of users, and was orchestrated by “an advanced cyber actor”. A fix was rolled out on Friday. The attack was developed by Israeli security firm NSO Group, according to media reports. On Monday, WhatsApp urged all of its 1.5 billion users to update their apps as an added precaution.The attack was first discovered earlier this month. WhatsApp promotes itself as a “secure”…

Politicians arrived at 10 Downing Street on Tuesday as British Prime Minister Theresa May was told by senior members of her own party to abandon talks aimed at finding a Brexit compromise with the opposition Labour Party. Nearly three years after the United Kingdom voted 52% to 48% to leave the European Union, there is still no agreement among British politicians about when, how or even if the separation should take place. The country was due to leave the European Union on March 29, but May has been unable to get her divorce deal approved by parliament and has turned…

British Gas owner Centrica has revealed a fresh customer exodus at the start of the year and warned that a “challenging trading environment” will put further pressure on its annual performance. The FTSE 100 company said it lost 234,000 UK home energy supply accounts in the first four months of 2019, partly blamed on changes to the government’s energy price cap. Centrica said in a trading update that its performance was hit by a “specific set of external factors” including the price cap as well as warmer than usual weather and falling UK natural gas prices.

Shares in embattled lender Metro Bank have come under renewed pressure despite a statement over the weekend that its plans to raise £350m in fresh capital were “well advanced”. The bank said it was in “final discussions” with existing shareholders and new investors over the share placing – after Sky News revealed that details were set to be unveiled this week. Metro Bank has been forced to raise fresh capital after a major accounting error first disclosed in January, which has spooked investors and sent its market value tumbling. Shares were down by 7% in early trading on Monday, leaving…