Month: March 2019

Chinese CFO claims she was detained and interrogated before being told she was under arrestMeng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese technology company Huawei, is suing the Canadian government, its border agency and the national police force over her high-profile detention. Meng claims they detained, searched and interrogated her Read more…

Coalition-building begins after Kaja Kallas’s centre-right party wins 28.8% of vote Estonia’s opposition liberal Reform party won Sunday’s general election, outpacing centre-left prime minister Juri Ratas’s party and a surging far-right that was buoyed by a backlash from mostly rural voters.Led by former MEP Kaja Kallas, Reform garnered 28.8% of Read more…

NDAs will not be able to keep workers from whistleblowing, after high-profile alleged casesThe government has announced proposals to prevent employers from using gagging clauses to stop people reporting criminal behaviour, harassment or discrimination to police.Ministers have decided to act following high-profile cases including that of Sir Philip Green, the Read more…

Six of the biggest British banks found to suffer at least one major glitch every two weeksBritish banks are being hit by IT or security failures that prevent customers from making payments at an average rate of more than once a day, according to Which? Money.In the most comprehensive analysis Read more…