By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Amazon’s $1.4 billion acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot will be blocked by EU antitrust regulators, three people familiar with the matter said on Friday, as enforcers beef up scrutiny of Big Tech deals. The U.S. online retail giant defied a European Commission’s warning that the deal could …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian lawmakers have prepared a bill allowing for the confiscation of money and property from people who spread “deliberately false information” about the country’s armed forces, a senior member of parliament said on Saturday. Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the State Duma, said the measure would also apply to those found guilty of …
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By IbraheemAbu Mustafa and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/DOHA/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -The Palestinian Red Crescent accused Israel of firing on Friday at a hospital in Khan Younis, as a major advance in the main city in the southern Gaza Strip threatened the few healthcare facilities still open. The Red Crescent said displaced people were injured “due to …
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By Layli Foroudi and Juliette Jabkhiro BOBIGNY, France (Reuters) – Three French police officers were handed suspended jail sentences for using excessive force during the 2017 arrest of a young Black man, a French court ruled on Friday, sparking protests outside the courtroom calling for police officers to serve time in prison. The arrest of …
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party signaled it would continue the current government’s strong support for Ukraine in its war with Russia if it came to power, with its foreign policy spokesperson warning the rest of Europe against complacency. The Labour Party is currently around 20 percentage points ahead of the governing Conservatives in …
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(Reuters) – A large fire broke out on an industrial estate in South Wales on Friday evening, the BBC reported. The blaze appeared to be at Bridgend Industrial Estate, the BBC said. Several emergency service vehicles were at the scene, according to the report. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland has met the final conditions needed to gain access to 76 billion euros ($83 billion) in funds from the European Union’s 2021-2027 budget, a minister said on Friday, but Brussels said it was still assessing the situation. The European Union has held back billions in funds earmarked for Poland due to concerns …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The government of the United States has found evidence of “egregious” labor rights violations at call centers belonging to Atento in Mexico’s central Hidalgo state, labor and trade officials said in a statement on Friday. U.S. officials asked the Mexican government to conduct a review, according to the statement. Atento, a …
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(Reuters) -Struggling British music investor Hipgnosis Songs Fund said on Thursday it had called for an extraordinary shareholder meeting to vote on a special resolution that could help the company draw potential bidders. Hipgnosis’ board is proposing to amend the articles of the company to enshrine the payment of a fee of up to 20 …
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(Reuters) – A pair of scientists at Google’s artificial intelligence subsidiary DeepMind is in talks with investors to form an AI startup in Paris, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the conversations. Scientists Laurent Sifre and Karl Tuyls, who have already given notice to leave DeepMind, have held discussions with investors about …
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