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Apple details $30 million settlement for off-the-clock bag search lawsuit

The lawsuit was filed way back in 2013. Apple's long-running legal battle in California over off-the-clock bag searches of its employees is nearly done. While...

Half of Europe to be infected with Omicron within weeks – WHO

Within the next six to eight weeks, half of Europe will have gotten the Omicron Covid strain, according to the World Health Organization. On top...

A US judge dismisses Facebook’s request to throw out its monopoly case.

A judge determined that Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook must face a monopoly case filed by the US government, saying that the firm abused its...

The federal government of the United States spent $1.1 billion on carbon capture projects that mostly failed.

Because renewable energy is getting more affordable, coal should be phased out, but the US government is keeping it alive by promising to capture...

In February, Amazon will face a second Alabama union vote.

The NLRB said Amazon interfered with the first election. The date of a mandated second union election for Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, has...

Biden signs a law prohibiting the import of goods from China’s Xinjiang region.

New rules imposed by Congress require Xinjiang exporters to the US to prove their products were not made by forced labour. Amid worsening relations between...