Category: PMN Business

Jun 7

Senators call on TikTok CEO to explain ‘inaccurate’ statements about how company manages US data

Article content NEW YORK (AP) — Two U.S. senators are asking TikTok to explain what they called “misleading or inaccurate” responses about how it stores and provides access to U.S. user data after recent news reports raised questions about how the Chinese-owned social media platform handles some sensitive information. In a letter sent Tuesday to […]
Jun 6

Construction companies say digital technology key to addressing labour shortages

Article content TORONTO — Nine in 10 Canadian construction companies say they are dealing with a shortage of skilled labour or trades — and it’s affecting their ability to bid on projects and meet deadlines amid unprecedented demand. Article content The industry widely views digital technology as a solution to addressing those shortages, according to […]
Jun 6

Reports: Italian ex-premier, business executives investigated over Colombia deal for ships, planes

Article content ROME (AP) — Police on Tuesday searched the offices and homes of a former Italian premier and several leading business executives in an investigation of alleged corruption involving the sale of military planes, ships and submarines to Colombia, Italian state television reported. Massimo D’Alema, a leftist politician who served as Italian premier from […]
Jun 5

U.S. sanctions Russia-backed actors over Moldovan destabilization protests

Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. sanctioned a group of Russian-intelligence linked individuals Monday for their role in allegedly helping the Kremlin destabilize Moldova’s democratically-elected government through protests in Moldova’s capitol earlier this year. Article content Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated seven members of a group linked to sanctioned Moldovan oligarch, Ilan […]
Jun 4

Senegal’s government suspends mobile internet access amid days of deadly clashes

Article content DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s government temporarily suspended mobile phone data on Sunday as the country reels from days of deadly clashes between police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. Article content The ministry of communication, telecommunications and digital economy said that because of the diffusion of “subversive messages in a context […]