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Coronavirus: 40 European students quarantined in Himachal
A group of 40 European students have been quarantined on the campus of the International Sahaja Pub…
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The EU is bracing for a 'recession of historic proportions' and predicts a 7.4% contraction in 2020
Italy and Spain will be the worst-hit major economies, contracting 9.5%, forecasts said in a statem…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Biden will team up with Europe to be tougher on China than Trump
Biden's commitment to traditional alliances could prove more effective in countering the rise of Ch…
Thomas Colson
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Google's $2.1 billion Fitbit takeover is set for regulator approval after the tech giant made new concessions on user data, according to reports
Google has promised not to use data from Fitbit devices to personalize adverts for 10 years — up fr…
Kate Duffy
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Europe's second wave is here: France and the UK recorded their highest daily COVID-19 cases ever, and the EU warned that some countries have worse outbreaks than in March
European countries are seeing cases surge and, in some cases, the highest number of new cases since…
Sinéad Baker
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Facebook's policy chief said Europe is too fragmented to produce a Facebook or Google to rival the US and China
"My own slight concern is that whilst policymakers in Europe quite understandably talk about digita…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Facebook said it might stop operating in Europe if the EU suspends all data transfers to the US
Facebook said it may have to pull its services from Europe.
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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The EU is launching a full-blown antitrust investigation into Google's Fitbit acquisition
Google's senior vice president of Devices and Services put out a blog post on Tuesday defending the…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Intelligence on terrorists will be deleted from EU databases after a no-deal Brexit, former security commissioner warns
'UK data that was held in EU systems could, indeed would, be deleted if there was no data adequacy …
Thomas Colson
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Italy announces tight measures to fight coronavirus, shuts down shops, coffee bars, pubs and restaurants
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has announced the closure of all retail shops, coffee bars, p…
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The FDA could authorize Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds 'in time for the fall school year,' former FDA commissioner says
Scott Gottlieb was asked on CNBC on Tuesday when he thought the FDA could approve the vaccine for 1…
Sinéad Baker
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Australia does an India, in its biggest crackdown on tax defaulters yet
Australia Monday announced plans to go after large multinational firms shifting profits offshore to…
AFP
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The European Union's subversion of democracy contributed to the recession in Italy
The idea that the Dutch government should have a say on government budgets in Italy is about as inf…
Jim Edwards
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EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager says there's 'no limit' to how AI can benefit humans
In September, the EU appointed Vestager to a role titled "Executive Vice President for A Europe fit…
Charlie Wood
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Americans dating Europeans can now see their partners in some EU countries, with a 'love contract' or a 'sweetheart visa'
The ban on travel between the EU and the US means trans-Atlantic couples have been apart since Marc…
Canela López
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Mark Zuckerberg to meet with European regulators ahead of proposals intended to rein in power of US and Chinese tech giants
Facebook is already in Vestager's crosshairs over its use of data collected by the company over the…
Reuters
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US weighing new tariffs on $3.1 billion worth of European goods, with products like olives, beer, gin, and planes on the list
The US trade representative said on Tuesday that it might levy tariffs on products such as airplane…
Saloni Sardana
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EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager doesn't want to break up big tech companies like Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook
"We have questions not only about the tying of the Facebook product and the payment product and the…
Julie Bort
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Airlines may soon stop flying near-empty 'ghost flights' thanks to a potential European Commission rule change
Even before the COVID-19 crisis hit Europe, so-called ghost flights have been used by airlines as p…
Thomas Pallini
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Google made it impossible for Amazon to license its own version of Android, EU commissioner claims
"And manufacturers were interested. But due to Google's restrictions, manufacturers could not launc…