Wall Street Journal

Murdoch media appears to turn its back on 'loser' Trump

Conservative Rupert Murdoch's media criticises ex-US president Donald Trump for making Republicans underperform in the midterm elections.

Indian hackers at helm of a lawsuit involving former WSJ reporter

The Wall Street Journal’s ex-chief foreign correspondent, Jay Solomon, accuses law firm Dechert LLP for using hackers to steal emails between him and Iranian American businessman Farhad Azima.

Citigroup to close Russian consumer, commercial business

The closure will affect about 2,300 of Citi's 3,000 employees in Russia across 15 branches, the bank says.

Whistleblower: Facebook chooses 'profit over safety'

Frances Haugen, a 37-year-old data scientist from Iowa, who has worked for companies including Google and Pinterest - says in an interview that Facebook was "substantially worse" than anything she had seen before.

US tech giants warn of halting service in Hong Kong over proposed data laws

Hong Kong's Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau in May proposed amendments to the city's data-protection laws that it said were needed to combat doxing – an act of revealing people's personal information without their permission.

Microsoft confirms probe into Bill Gates affair with employee

Microsoft says its board began an investigation after it received a concern in the later half of 2019 that Gates "had sought to initiate an intimate relationship with a company employee."

Indonesia probes whether faulty system contributed to Sriwijaya Air crash

A problem with the Boeing 737-500's autothrottle system was reported after a flight a few days earlier, says National Transportation Safety Committee investigator Nurcayho Utomo.

China dismisses US spy chief's claims as 'hodgepodge of lies'

Beijing has accused John Ratcliffe of slander after the US intelligence head said China posed the "greatest threat to America and freedom worldwide since World War II."

US Justice Department files landmark antitrust case against Google

Google said in a statement that the lawsuit is deeply flawed, adding customers choose the company intentionally.

Libya: French celebrity writer Levy's visit unwelcome

Controversial French Jewish intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy's trip to government-run Misrata city triggers uproar amid calls for investigation.

Report: Greek police using pandemic as cover to expel asylum seekers

Human rights activists accuse Greece of using the coronavirus pandemic as cover for abusing asylum seekers, says Wall Street Journal.

China expels American journalists over escalating spat with US

The move escalates a tit-for-tat between China and the United States over resident foreign media that saw Washington this month slash the number of Chinese nationals permitted to work at the US offices of major Chinese state-owned media outlets.