Ministers and officials are working on a new definition of extremism, with groups captured by the term set to be effectively blacklisted and cut off from public funding and engagement.

Twitter has been accused of keeping a ‘secret blacklist’ of topics and accounts with the intention of stopping them trending, according to new documents published on Thursday by Bari Weiss.

The United States said on Friday it would add 33 Chinese firms and institutions to an economic blacklist for helping Beijing spy on its minority Uighur population or because of ties to weapons of mass destruction and China’s military. The U.S. Commerce Department’s move marked the Trump administration’s latest efforts to crack down on companies […]

As the US leads a drive for the West to shun Huawei over security fears, the Chinese tech giant has sought to strengthen its position in Africa, where it is already well-established. Huawei has taken a leading role in developing next-generation 5G mobile phone networks around the world. Russian President Vladimir Putin weighed in on […]

The new blacklist that will be distributed to Benidorm establishments will carry the name, nationality and passport number of any tourist who has caused bother in the past.

The U.S. administration is considering Huawei-like sanctions on Chinese video surveillance firm Hikvision, media reports show, deepening worries that trade friction between the world’s top two economies could be further inflamed. The restrictions would limit Hikvision’s ability to buy U.S. technology and American companies may have to obtain government approval to supply components to the […]

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s (BABA.N) hugely popular Taobao Marketplace is one of 25 online markets that along with 18 physical markets made the USTR’s annual list of the world’s most “notorious markets” for sales of pirated and counterfeit goods. While Taobao’s inclusion does not carry any direct penalties, it is a blow to Alibaba’s efforts […]

The EU pushed on Tuesday for Europe to draw up a blacklist of tax havens after the “Paradise Papers” revealed loopholes used by Apple and Nike as well as celebrities including Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton. While seeking to minimise taxes is not necessarily illegal, revelations from the 13.4 million leaked documents have already proved […]

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Friday expanded targeted sanctions against North Korea after its repeated missile tests, adopting the first such resolution agreed by the United States and Pyongyang’s only major ally China since President Donald Trump took office. The Trump administration has been pressing China aggressively to […]