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EU medicine watchdog brings Moderna vaccine decision forward to Jan. 6

The European Union's medicines watchdog says it has moved forward the date for a decision on authorizing Moderna's coronavirus vaccine to next year January 6 from January 12. /VCG The European

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Ant Group to implement comprehensive risk management in every business

Compliance with supervision is the cornerstone for stable and long-term development of financial technology and Ant Group will implement comprehensive risk management in every business, said Eric

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France Slaps Google, Amazon With a Total of 135 Mln Euros in Fines

Last year, France imposed a 3-percent digital tax, targeting big tech corporations, such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple, which resulted in a major spat between

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France imposes 135 mln euros in fines on Google, Amazon

France's CNIL data privacy watchdog said Thursday it had fined two Google units a total of 100 million euros ($120.9 million) and an Amazon subsidiary 35 million euros ($42.3 million) over advertisin

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Iran tells IAEA it will accelerate underground uranium enrichment

Natanz nuclear facility 300km south of Tehran. /Reuters Iran plans to install hundreds more advanced uranium-enriching centrifuges at an underground plant in breach of its deal with major powe

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Iranian Parliament Ratifies General Outlines for Nuclear Revival Plan After Top Scientist Killed

Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday ratified the general outlines of a national plan to boost nuclear activity in the wake of the recent assassination of Iranian nuclear physi

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Facebook-backed cryptocurrency changes name in an effort to seek approval

It wants to set itself apart from other cryptocurrencies by focusing on things that concerned western governments and regulators.

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Tech giants face tougher UK rules to curb dominance

The Digital Markets Unit will enforce a new code of conduct governing the behaviour of the powerful online platforms.

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Ethiopia war destabilising east Africa, warns EU

Fighting between Ethiopia's military and regional forces from the northern Tigray region is seriously destabilising the East African and Horn region and hostilities sho

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European regulator to lift Boeing 737 MAX grounding in January

Europe is set to lift its flight ban on the Boeing 737 MAX passenger jetliner in January after U.S. regulators last week ended a 20-month grounding triggered by two fatal crashes.The head of the E

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Russia's EpiVacCorona Vaccine Is in Phase III Post-Registration Trials

The EpiVacCorona vaccine against COVID-19, developed by Russian research center Vector, is now in Phase III post-registration clinical trials, the head of the federal p

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Ticketmaster fined for losing payment card details

It took the company more than two months to respond to reports of fraud from customers who had used the website.

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India opens antitrust case against Google over its payments app

India’s antitrust watchdog has opened an investigation into Google for allegedly abusing the dominant position of its app store to promote its payments service in the world’s second largest internet

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Beijing blasts U.S. smearing its fugitive-catching efforts

Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin speaks at a news conference in Beijing, October 29, 2020. Photo/fmprc.gov.cn China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin expressed strong oppositio

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Russia orders national mask mandate as coronavirus cases surge

Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking his most drastic measures yet to curb the second wave of COVID-19. Putin on Tuesday implemented a nationwide mask mandate, as coronavirus cases surge gl

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Ant Group prices Shanghai leg of IPO at record 68.80 yuan a share

China's AntGroup has set the price of its A-shares at 68.80 yuan ($10.27) per share, according to an exchange filing.Ant Group plans to sell 1.67 billion shares in the Shanghai float, which is set to

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Instagram investigated over children's data leak

The EU's lead authority for Facebook in Ireland is investigating whether the company illegally processed children's data.