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Pakistan bans TikTok over 'immoral' videos
Pakistan banned TikTok again in the country after reviewing a complaint accusing the popular video app of hosting immoral and objectionable content.
EU struggles to gather evidence in antitrust case against Amazon
European regulators are struggling to build a case with enough evidence to bring antitrust charges against tech giant Amazon.
Almost 6m Europeans have lost their jobs during pandemic - Eurofund
The Covid-19 pandemic has cost 5. 7m citizens of the European Union their jobs as of December 2020, revealed the latest report by Eurofund.
Rouhani's offer to return to nuclear deal snubbed by conservatives in Iran
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s offer to return to the 2015 nuclear deal in exchange for the US scrapping its sanctions against Tehran was rebuked by conservative factions in his country.
Boris Johnson backs cutting air passenger duty on domestic flights
The prime minister has backed cutting air passenger duty on domestic flights, following the publication of an interim review into transport between the UK nations.
Kremlin slows Twitter's speed over failure to remove banned content
Russia’s state communications watchdog said on Wednesday it was slowing down the speed of Twitter with the aim of restricting its use over claims that the platform had failed to remove banned content from its site.
EU Parliament rescinds Puigdemont's immunity
The European Parliament voted in favour of rescinding immunity for Catalonia’s former regional leader Carles Puigdemont and two other Catalan lawmakers.
EU agrees WTO agriculture quotas with US following Brexit
The European Union and the United States have concluded negotiations to implement the EU's agricultural quotas under World Trade Organization rules following the UK’s exit from the bloc.
EU to take legal action 'very soon' over UK Brexit deal breach
The European Union will launch legal action against the UK “very soon” over its decision to delay implementation of part of the Brexit deal relating to Northern Ireland.
Resource nationalism surges in 2020 as side effect of Covid-19
In 2020, 34 countries have witnessed a significant increase in the nationalisation of natural resources as a side effect of Covid-19, revealed the latest report by Verisk Maplecroft published late on Thursday.
David Crosby sells music catalogue to Iconic Artists Group
David Crosby has become the latest major artist to sell his music and catalogue, as he blamed the inability to perform live during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sunak's spending plans, tax cuts undeliverable, says IFS
UK Finance Minister Rishi Sunak’s plans to bring the budget into surplus through tax increases and spending cuts are undeliverable, an influential thinktank said on Thursday.
Sunak targets business to recover billions spent on Covid measures
UK Finance Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday unveiled tax rises for businesses and employees as he sought to claw back some of the billions spent on mitigating the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
UK Budget: Brexit disruption to hit Q1 GDP by 0.5%
Brexit disruption at the start of the year will reduce British productivity by 4% over the longer term and hit first quarter GDP by 0. 5%, the Office for Budgetary Responsibility said on Wednesday.
Kremlin pledges to retaliate against US/EU sanctions
The Kremlin on Wednesday sought to minimise the importance of the sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union over Russia’s treatment of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, but at the same time pledged to retaliate.