Streaming giants challenge new Canadian revenue-sharing rules | Business and Economy News

Streaming giants challenge new Canadian revenue-sharing rules | Business and Economy News

Global streaming companies have said they were challenging new Canadian rules that oblige them to help pay for local news, saying Canada’s federal government had acted unreasonably and provided no legal basis for the demand. The Motion Picture Association-Canada, which represents Netflix, Walt Disney Co and other companies, said on…

Americans swat away high fuel prices and gear up for record July 4 travels | Business and Economy News

Americans swat away high fuel prices and gear up for record July 4 travels | Business and Economy News

Record 71 million people are expected to travel on upcoming long weekend, a growth trajectory similar to pre-pandemic. High fuel costs and the threat of a hurricane are not expected to dampen Americans’ desire to hit the road, with vacationers preparing for record travel to kick off Fourth of July…

Sport clubs in the crosshairs? Argentina’s austerity measures prompt debate | Politics News

Sport clubs in the crosshairs? Argentina’s austerity measures prompt debate | Politics News

Marengo also describes them as a place of resistance. Now 72, he joined Franja de Oro in 1962, following in the footsteps of his grandfather who had been the group’s treasurer. A decade later, in the 1970s, Argentina would descend into dictatorship, when the military and other right-wing forces took…

Google blames AI as its emissions grow instead of heading to net zero | Climate Crisis News

Google blames AI as its emissions grow instead of heading to net zero | Climate Crisis News

Three years ago, Google set an ambitious plan to address climate change by going “net zero”, meaning it would release no more climate-changing gases into the air than it removes, by 2030. But a report from the company on Tuesday showed it is nowhere near meeting that goal. Rather than…

New twist in clash between US short seller Hindenburg and India’s Adani | Business and Economy News

New twist in clash between US short seller Hindenburg and India’s Adani | Business and Economy News

India’s securities regulator has alleged Hindenburg colluded with another entity to help it short Adani Group. Hindenburg Research has denied allegations by India’s securities regulator that it colluded with a United States asset manager to use nonpublic information to set up a short bet against Adani Group last year, which…

Indonesian band takes stand for Taiwan’s migrant workers | Labour Rights News

Indonesian band takes stand for Taiwan’s migrant workers | Labour Rights News

Kaohsiung, Taiwan – Surrounded by his fellow band members, Rudi takes the stage in Taiwan’s southern port city of Kaohsiung. As he looks out over the crowd, his bandmates begin to play, whipping the audience into a frenzy of excitement. “Silenced by threats, here we stand against this system of…

US Supreme Court weakens federal regulators in boost for business | Business and Economy News

US Supreme Court weakens federal regulators in boost for business | Business and Economy News

The Supreme Court has upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the United States federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections, delivering a far-reaching and potentially lucrative victory to business interests. On Friday, the court’s six conservative justices overturned the 1984 decision…

Tension and stand-offs as South Africa struggles to launch coalition gov’t | Politics News

Tension and stand-offs as South Africa struggles to launch coalition gov’t | Politics News

Johannesburg, South Africa – Nearly a month since landmark national elections saw the African National Congress (ANC) lose its majority for the first time, forcing it to form a coalition to govern South Africa, a deadlock stemming from the allocation of cabinet positions threatened to topple the whole house of…

Mongolians vote amid anger over corruption, sluggish economy | Elections News

Mongolians vote amid anger over corruption, sluggish economy | Elections News

The ruling Mongolian People’s Party is expected to win another term despite concerns over its rule. Polls have opened in Mongolia where the ruling Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) is widely expected to secure victory despite deepening public anger over corruption and the state of the economy. Voters across the vast…