WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google broke the law with monopolistic behavior over online search and related advertising, a federal judge ruled on Monday, the first victory for U.S. antitrust authorities who have filed several lawsuits challenging Big Tech’s market dominance. The decision is a significant win for the Justice…
Aug. 5 (UPI) — Bangladesh’s embattled prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, resigned Monday and fled the country after protesters stormed her official residence in the capital amid a growing revolt that began over quotas for government jobs in which hundreds of mostly protesters have died. The announcement from the head of the army, Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman, came…
Wall Street’s main indexes nosedived on Monday, as fears of the United States tipping into recession following weak economic data last week rippled through global markets. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Index plunged more than 1,100 points after the opening bell, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell nearly 5% after entering correction territory last week….
Shops, banks and GP surgeries across the country shut early tonight amid fears of further rioting in the wake of the Southport stabbings. Reports spread on social media suggesting a ‘riot’ was set to hit the West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield at 1pm today, while protesters gathered in Birmingham afterrumours of a gathering spread online and…
Greetings from Tyler, So many things are happening all at once, we can hardly keep up. Israel took out a couple of terrorist commanders, and now it’s on. Iran is signaling that they’re going to respond in a big way, but anybody knows they’re braggarts. They better hope they don’t do anything rash, or … Not…
Employers in the United States added 114,000 workers to their payrolls in July, the Department of Labor said Friday, and the unemployment rate jumped to 4.3 percent. Economists had been expecting 180,000 jobs and an unemployment rate of 4.1 percent. The disappointing payroll growth and the sudden jump in unemployment suggest that the economy may…
KYIV/POKROVSK, Ukraine, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Russian assaults are raising pressure on the strategic eastern logistics hub of Pokrovsk, Ukraine said on Friday, as waves of guided bombs and infantry lead to some of Moscow’s largest territorial gains since the spring. The push is fuelling a surge in civilians fleeing, with requests for evacuation in…
A boxer deemed a ‘biological male’ today won against an Italian woman in one of the most controversial Olympic bouts ever. The fight between Italy‘s Angela Carini and her Algerian opponent Imane Khelif took just 46 seconds, with the Italian throwing her helmet onto the floor as the clash was abandoned, yelling: ‘This is unjust.’ The 25-year-old…
The news that the man accused of plotting the September 11, 2001, attacks and two alleged accomplices have reached plea deals that will reportedly spare their lives has sparked fury. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind, and two accomplices, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, have agreed to plead guilty to charges related to the…
Russia and the West agreed to a massive prisoner exchange carried out Thursday that involved six countries, two dozen prisoners, and extensive negotiations from all parties involved. Four Americans were released from Russia, as were 12 German nationals and Russian political prisoners, while the United States, Germany, Slovenia, and Norway agreed to give up eight…