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EU regulators investigate Google’s plan to buy Fitbit

10:17 pm August 4, 2020

London: European Union regulators say they’re opening an in-depth investigation into US tech giant Google’s plan to buy fitness tracking device maker Fitbit. The EU’s executive commission said on Tuesday it’s concerned the deal would entrench Google’s position in the online ad market by “increasing the already vast amount of data” that the company could […]

Jaishankar holds discussions with Ireland FM

6:45 pm August 4, 2020

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday discussed with Ireland Foreign Minister Simon Coveney the key challenges in the world today. Jaishankar said he is looking forward to working closely. “Discussed with FM @simoncoveney of Ireland the key challenges in the world today. India and Ireland will serve together in the #UNSC. We […]

Spain’s former king leaving country amid financial scandal

11:38 pm August 3, 2020

Madrid: Spain’s former monarch, King Juan Carlos I, says he is leaving Spain to live in another country amid a financial scandal. The royal family’s website on Monday published a letter from Juan Carlos to his son, King Felipe VI, saying “I am informing you of my considered decision to move, during this period, out of Spain.” Juan Carlos, […]

Genoa has new bridge 2 years after span’s deadly collapse

11:35 pm August 3, 2020

Genoa: With a rainbow as a backdrop, Italy’s president and other dignitaries inaugurated a replacement bridge Monday in Genoa, but the families of those killed when the Morandi Bridge collapsed boycotted the event along with the firefighters who pulled many of the 43 dead from smashed cars and trucks. Two years ago this month, a stretch of the Morandi […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Portland police declare unlawful assembly during protest

4:46 pm August 2, 2020

Portland: The Portland Police Bureau declared an unlawful assembly Saturday night when people gathered outside a police precinct in Oregon’s largest city and threw bottles towards officers, police said. Until that point, federal, state and local law enforcement had been seemingly absent from the protests Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The demonstrations — that for weeks ended with […]