Ride-sharing company Uber has agreed to pay $10m (£7m) to settle a dispute over its background checks for drivers.
Uber was sued in 2014 after it claimed its vetting process was better than systems traditional minicab firms used.Thursday, April 7, 2016
Pope Francis to make key marriage pronouncement
Pope Francis is to
make public the conclusions of his two Synods on the family in a
document eagerly awaited by 1.3 billion Roman Catholics.
David Cameron had stake in father's offshore trust
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David
Cameron has said he and his wife Samantha owned shares in an offshore
trust set up by his late father, before selling them for £30,000 in
2010.
US election: Tensions escalate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders
Hillary
Clinton has dismissed as "ridiculous" a charge by Bernie Sanders that
she is "unqualified" to be president, as tensions rise in the Democratic
race.
Cambodia diplomat to South Korea charged with fraud
Cambodia's ambassador to South Korea has been charged in Cambodia with a string of corruption offences.
The
Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) alleged Suth Dina had amassed $7.2m in cash,
$3m more than when he began his tenure in Seoul in 2014.They allege he made more than $100,000 (£72,000) selling visas and kept insurance payouts meant for Cambodian workers who died in South Korea.
Mr Dina denies the charges, which carry a possible sentence of 15 years.
He told reporters outside court on Thursday that his arrest on Monday was "unjust".
He is also accused of misusing large amounts of official funds.
"We have a lot of evidence. Primarily that he embezzled money worth $116,995 by selling visa stickers," Om Yentieng told reporters.
Suth Dina is a former anti-government student activist who defected to Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party in 2009. He was made ambassador to Seoul in February 2014.
Cambodia is ranked as one of the world's most corrupt countries by Transparency International.
Since its creation in 2011, the ACU has arrested dozens of people, including a foreign ministry official arrested last week for allegedly taking bribes from a overseas company.
South Africa's Winnie Madikizela-Mandela fails to inherit home
Nelson Mandela's ex-wife has lost her legal bid for ownership of the former president's rural home in South Africa.
Nigeria Boko Haram militants offered olive branch by army
Nigeria's
army says 800 militants from the Islamist Boko Haram group who have
surrendered and shown remorse will be rehabilitated into society.
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