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The European Union has slapped a $475 million fine on U.S. biotech giant Illumina for buying out cancer-screening company Grail without the approval of the 27-nation bloc’s antitrust watchdog

Kosovo’s government has decided to reduce by one-fourth the number of special police officers and also hold new mayoral elections in four Serb-majority municipalities

One person has been killed as some Kenyans angered by the rising cost of living are back on the streets Wednesday in the latest of a series of protests

Some congressional Democrats say three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over at least two years

Optus has joined Telstra in circumventing the National Broadband Network and turned to Elon Musk’s satellite fleet Starlink to let its customers get signal almost anywhere in the country.

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is taking on the world’s biggest technology companies—and losing. Khan failed Tuesday in her latest effort to block a big-tech deal when a federal judge denied her agency’s bid to block Microsoft from closing its purchase of videogame publisher Activision Blizzard. The FTC suffered a similar setback earlier this year when it tried to thwart Meta Platforms’ purchase of a virtual-reality gaming company.

Wordle is an internet-based word puzzle available on The New York Times website. The game is accessible globally. Wordle was earlier designed by Engineer Josh Wardle for his partner who loved word games. Wordle is currently one of the most-played online games across the globe. It does not require any login or sign-up formalities.

Cabinet approved amendments to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, on July 12, allowing for mining of lithium and other minerals, ET Now reported citing sources. Lithium, one of the most prominent minerals in the EV era, is expected to get a sizeable boost from the new changes. ET had earlier reported that the government was planning to amend the the act to encourage exploration of deep-seated minerals such as lithium, gold, silver, copper and zinc.

Quordle was designed by Freddie Meyer back when Wordle was at its peak. Quordle can be played easily on mobile browsers or Pcs. It does not require any fishy sign-ins or logins.

The Guardian, parts of southern and western Europe are experiencing unusually high temperatures this year due to a large area of high pressure over the region, known as a blocking high This weather phenomenon is preventing the usual pattern of low-pressure systems moving eastwards from the Atlantic into Europe, leading to very dry and stable conditions. The report noted that this weather phenomenon causes warm air to be trapped under the blocking high, triggering a heat dome that acts like a lid, raising the temperature.

Kullu district owing to incessant rainfall have been evacuated safely, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Wednesday.The Kullu-Manali road was opened Tuesday evening and about 2,200 vehicles crossed Kullu. There was no mobile signal in several areas in Manali and its suburbs for the past two days and the tourists were unable to contact their families, officials said. The Kullu-Manali road was opened on the left bank of Manali, while the road on its south was washed away, a local resident said, adding that a majority of the tourists have left the place.

While the adoption of digital payment modes has brought a lot of convenience, they have also made us vulnerable to fraudsters who are coming up with new ways to cheat unsuspecting customers by gaining access to their main bank accounts and wiping off large amounts of money. This is because you use your main account to make every kind of transaction and end up exposing large sums of money to fraudsters.

heavy rainfall. As reported by ANI, the district administration took this precautionary measure to ensure the safety of the travellers in light of unfavourable weather conditions. As a result of the rain, 4 state roads and 10 connecting roads are blocked due to debris.

ANI, as reported This action was taken in response to the alleged manipulation of results in the Panchayat polls, counting for which had commenced earlier in the day. Majumdar, as the state BJP chief, announced his intention to seek legal remedies to address this matter. "Despite our candidates winning in the elections...the results are being fabricated.

Washington | Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has agreed to invest more than $US1 billion ($1.5 billion) in a new commercial entity controlled by the PGA Tour, and Greg Norman will be ousted as the CEO of LIV Golf if the business deal between the Saudis and the tour is finalised, a tour executive told US Congress on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST).

Microsoft can close its $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, delivering a major setback to the Biden administration’s attempt to rein in big mergers. The deal would combine Microsoft’s Xbox videogaming business with the publisher of popular franchises such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush. The ruling means there is no current U.S.

Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP of double standards, saying when that party was ruling in Karnataka, its government bought 95% of Food Corporation of India’s rice stock in open auction between January and May this year, but now in opposition, it is blocking a similar sale of the grains to the state. The Congress wrested power from the BJP after the May 10 assembly polls.

ByteDance, the Chinese owner of short video app TikTok, will allow shares of US employees to vest without waiting for the company to list in the stock market, thereby allowing them to cash out, according to people familiar with the matter. The move is aimed at appeasing restless employees who have been waiting for an initial public offering to profit from the shares they have been awarded as part of their compensation. It is also an indication that ByteDance, whose worth in excess of $200 billion makes it the world's most valuable startup, is in no rush to go public amid Beijing's heightened scrutiny of China's technology giants.

NEW DELHI : Signalling systems along India’s sprawling rail network will turn fully electronic over the next six years as part of a ₹1 trillion plan to avert the kind of errors that led to the Balasore rail tragedy in June, two people aware of the plans said. The mission mode programme will replace the existing electro-mechanical system with solid-state electronic route relay devices and signals to reduce chances of human error and signalling failures, the people said on condition of anonymity.

Xchanging Solutions, Tirupati Forge Ltd, Kshitij Polyline, among others saw heavy buying and selling on July 11. According to NSE data, QE Securities bought 7,25,588 shares of Xchanging Solutions at an average price of ₹114.91. Balaji Securities sold 5,00,000 shares of Tirupati Forge at an average of ₹7.40 and Finstock Investment also sold the company's shares at an average of ₹7.30.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to send Sweden’s accession protocol for joining NATO to the Turkish Parliament “as soon as possible” and to help ensure that the assembly approves it. Stoltenberg made the announcement after talks with Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on the eve of a NATO summit in Lithuania. Sweden’s NATO accession has been held up by objections from Turkey since last year. “This is an historic day because we have a clear commitment by Turkey to submit the ratification documents to the Grand National Assembly, and to work also with the assembly to ensure ratification,” Stoltenberg told reporters. Earlier Monday, with NATO hoping to put on a public display of unity in its support for Ukraine more than 500 days into the war, Erdogan said that he would block Sweden’s path unless European members of the military organization “pave the way” for Turkey to join the world’s biggest trading bloc. His surprise announcement added new uncertainty to Sweden’s bid to become the alliance’s 32nd member. Turkey was already blocking its entry because Erdogan believes that Sweden has been too soft on Kurdish militants and other groups that he considers to be security threats.