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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany and France are joining the EU Commission’s infringement proceedings against Hungary over its anti-LGBT law, a German government spokesperson said on Thursday. The European Commission referred Hungary to the Court of Justice of the EU in mid-2022 over the law banning the use of materials seen as promoting homosexuality and gender …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and Microsoft Corp reached a settlement on Thursday over the tech firm’s apparent violations of sanctions and export controls, which it disclosed voluntarily, the government and the company said. Microsoft has agreed to remit about $3 million to settle its potential civil liability for more than 1,300 …

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By Juliette Jabkhiro and Yiming Woo PARIS (Reuters) – Just over two weeks after being arrested at a spontaneous protest in Paris, student Louise Thomas took to the streets again during an eleventh day of nationwide demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform. The 23 year-old political science student was holding a sign that read …

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By David Shepardson (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators proposing to give the Biden administration new powers to ban Chinese-owned short video app TikTok on Thursday rejected criticism arguing it is the best way to address security concerns about a broad range of foreign-owned apps. Senators Mark Warner, a Democrat and John Thune, a Republican, last …

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By Patrycja Zaras (Reuters) -Poland’s biggest bank PKO BP’s acting Chief Executive Pawel Gruza will step down from his role on April 12, the bank said on Thursday. Gruza plans to stay on the bank’s management board and continue serving in the role of vice-president of the management board but will not seek the chief …

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(Reuters) -Britain’s antitrust watchdog said on Wednesday it would restrict how much Motorola Solutions Inc could charge the emergency services to use its radio network, Airwave. The U.S.-based walkie-talkie maker said it disagreed with the regulator’s decision and would appeal it. “We are generally reluctant to impose price controls, but the particular circumstances of this …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain unveiled on Thursday plans for a new research funding programme as a backup to the Horizon Europe scientific research scheme in case talks with the European Union on rejoining the programme fail. The new plan, called “Pioneer”, provides for 14.6 billion pounds ($18.2 billion) of funding over seven years — the …

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