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Britains highest court has ruled that a business executive who was investigated over suspected fraud had a right to keep his identity private — a ruling media groups said would make it harder for journalists to expose crimes by the rich and powerful.

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's highest court has ruled that a business executive who was investigated over suspected fraud had a right to keep his identity

The Supreme Court rules Bloomberg invaded a businessman’s privacy by reporting on a criminal inquiry | Britain

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Bloomberg on Wednesday as judges ruled that a person under criminal investigation has in general a reasonable expectation of privacy until charged, a decision with far-reaching consequences for media reporting.

The EU is to publish early next month proposed legislation to make the continent a leader in chip production, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced yesterday. The European Chips Act would further adapt state aid rules “under a set of strict conditions,” the head of the EU’s executive arm said during a virtual address at the World Economic Forum. “This will allow public support — for the very first time — for European ‘first of a kind’ production facilities...

From Bloomberg: Intel Corp. CEO Pat Gelsinger urged the U.S. and Europe to push ahead with efforts to bring back chip manufacturing, arguing that government funding is needed to address an overconcentration of production in Asia. The company's next domestic factory will be in the Columbus area, according to cleveland.com.

"Why did this suddenly pop up with all these new mutations?” one doctor asks.

Turkish president Recep Erdogan is at it again. Not content to merely be viewed as a megalomaniacal, ring-coveting authoritarian...

Reporters Without Borders says at least 127 journalists are detained in China, amid harsher line on media freedom.

China is committing an "unprecedented campaign of repression" against journalists, according to a new report by Reporters Without Borders. The report finds at least...