ATHENS, Greece—Greece imposed a vaccination mandate Monday for people 60 and older, as the country’s vaccination rate remains below the European Union average and a spike in infections has put sustained pressure on Greek hospitals. Older people failing to get vaccinated will face penalties, starting at a 50-euro ($57) fine in January and followed by…

SHANGHAI—China’s foreign exchange regulator said it fined Tencent Holding’s Tenpay for violating foreign exchange rules, as authorities step up supervision of the country’s fintech (financial technology) industry. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), Shenzhen branch, fined Tenpay, Tencent’s online payment platform, 2.78 million yuan ($436,000) for misconduct, including conducting foreign exchange business beyond the…

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA—Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, whose iron-fisted rule of the country following a 1979 military coup sparked massive democracy protests, died on Tuesday at the age of 90, his former press aide said. A former military commander, Chun presided over the 1980 Gwangju army massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators, a crime for which…

The NFL has fined star quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers for COVID-19 protocol violations. After wrapping up its investigation on Tuesday evening, the NFL notified the Green Bay Packers and Rodgers of their financial penalties—$300,000 and $14,650 respectively—according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, who noted in a statement on Twitter that Packers wide…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has been hit with four additional fines for defying mask rules on the House floor, bringing the total number of financial penalties the lawmaker has received to at least $48,000. The House Ethics Committee said in a statement on Nov. 8 that on four occasions from Sept. 29 through Oct….

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has been been hit with four more fines for defying mask rules on the House floor, the House Ethics Committee said on Monday. In a statement, the House Ethics Committee said Greene refused to comply with House rules on four separate incidents over the span of three days in late…

WARSAW—Poland must pay 1 million euros ($1.16 million) a day for maintaining a disciplinary chamber for judges, the European Union’s top court said on Wednesday, in the latest episode of a clash over the rule of law with implications for Warsaw’s future ties with the bloc. The long-running conflict over Poland’s judicial reforms that the…

American tech giant Google has paid Russia more than 32 million rubles ($455,079) in fines for not deleting content deemed illegal by Moscow, a Russian lawmaker said on Monday. “Today, the figure of fines issued by Google for not removing illegal content was announced in the amount of 32.5 million rubles,” said Vasilii Piskarev, head…

Russia said on Tuesday it is seeking to fine Google more than $200 million after the U.S. tech giant repeatedly failed to remove content deemed illegal by Moscow. Communications regulator Roskomnadzor said Google had failed to pay 32.5 million roubles ($458,100) in penalties levied so far this year and that it would now seek a…

President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday doubled the fines for people who are caught violating the federal mask mandate in effect at airports and on some modes of public transportation. The fees, previously ranging from $250 to first-time offenders to up to $1,500 for repeat offenders, will now be $500 and up for people caught…