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Lisbon fined €1.25m for sharing personal data to foreign embassies
Lisbon shared personal data of protesters to foreign embassies targeted by the protests. It received a fine for violating EU general data protection regulation, accounting for 0.1% of the city's annual budget.
The U.S. condemns the FARC to pay $36m for the kidnapping of Íngrid Betancourt
A United States Court sentenced the FARC to compensate the son of Íngrid Betancourt for the emotional distress caused by the kidnapping.
In Ghana, some call for a boycott of phone calls
As Ghana launched a plan to better identify phone users to combat fraud, registering the SIM card to keep using a phone may take hours.
Thailand plans to collect a new tax on international tourists from April
Thailand is planning to collect a tax from international tourists of US$9 per person.
Nigeria removes a country ban on Twitter after 7 months of suspension
Nigeria lifted a ban on Twitter that lasted 224 days because the company removed a tweet from the president.
Argentine administration asked to work from home to avoid power outage
Argentina suffers from a heat wave increasing energy demand that resulted in power outage in Buenos Aires.
Modern Human fossils in Ethiopia 33,000 years older than thought
Oldest proof of Homo Sapiens in Eastern Africa is older than thought. Fossils are older than a volcanic eruption 233,000 years ago.
Chilean lawmakers approve a decade-old reform on water code
Chile has approved a reform on Water Code initiated a decade ago. Water is considered as a national asset for public use but all the country's water management issues won't be solved.
Portuguese commission on Church sexual abuse cases receives plenty of calls on the 1st day
A commission in Portugal will study sexual abuses in the Catholic Church from 1950 until now.
