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UN slams Google $3.5 billion fine for unfair advertising practices

Harrison Mason September 6, 2025

United Nations European Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a 2.95 billion euro ($3.5 billion) fine for breaching the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services, but the bloc’s latest move to crack down on Big Tech companies drew outrage from

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UN Chief Guterres advocates for climate justice

Harrison Mason September 5, 2025

United Nations Before leaving Papua New Guinea, the Secretary-General highlighted the importance of climate justice and called for reforms in international financial systems to give developing nations a stronger voice. Speaking in Port Moresby, he praised Papua New Guinea’s 50 years of uninterrupted democracy amidst its diverse linguistic and geographical challenges.

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Ukraine nuclear city became a stronghold of fear as Russia strikes hot

Harrison Mason August 29, 2025

Ukraine The Soviet planners who founded Enerhodar in 1970 bestowed the city with a fitting name: “the gift of energy.” For decades, the southern Ukrainian city was an affluent company town for power plant workers and their young families, with tree-lined avenues and tall apartment blocks. But as the Russian occupation enters its fourth year, the hub […]

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Microsoft fires four staff for protesting company’s support for Israel

Harrison Mason August 29, 2025

USA Microsoft has fired four employees who participated in protests on company premises against the firm’s ties to Israel as it wages war i Gaza, including two who took part in a sit-in this week at the office of the company’s president. Anna Hattle and Riki Fameli received voicemails informing them that they were fired, the protest […]

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EU scraps tariffs on US goods to rescue the world

Harrison Mason August 29, 2025

European Union The European Commission proposed on Thursday removing duties on imported U.S. industrial goods in return for reduced U.S. tariffs on European cars, a key part of the trade agreement the EU and the United States struck last month. The proposals mark the EU’s first step in enacting the framework agreement between U.S. President Donald […]

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Fire guts Church in San Vicente Spain

Harrison Mason August 26, 2025

Spain In Carballeda de Valdeorras, 3,000 hectares have already been destroyed. In San Vicente, a church was reduced to ashes, wiping out a central community landmark. Firefighters battled multiple blazes early Monday in León and Asturias, where shifting winds forced emergency crews to act quickly as flames neared Genestoso before controlled burns halted their advance. […]

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Military music festival to begin in Moscow

Harrison Mason August 25, 2025

Russia Military bands from across the world converged on Moscow’s Red Square to take part in the 17th edition of the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival. Twenty-seven teams from 10 countries are taking part this year, including Ethiopia’s National Defence Force Marching Band, Zimbabwe’s Armed Forces Orchestra, and for the first time, Burkina Faso’s […]

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Again, UN calls for ceasefire in Gaza

Harrison Mason August 22, 2025

United Nations United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday renewed calls for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza war. His plea came as Palestinians started fleeing parts of Gaza City after the Israeli military began the first stages of its planned offensive there. “I must reiterate that it is vital to reach immediately a ceasefire […]

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Plane bursts into flames during take-off in Greece

Harrison Mason August 19, 2025

Greece A Condor Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Italy after the plane’s engine burst into flames shortly after takeoff — prompting one terrified passenger to send out “goodbye texts” to loved ones. The Boeing 757 carrying 273 passengers and eight crew members from Corfu, Greece, to Düsseldorf, Germany, experienced a […]

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UK economy staggers

Harrison Mason August 14, 2025

United Kingdom UK economic growth slowed as US President Donald Trump’s tariffs hit and businesses grappled with higher costs, official figures show. A measure of everything produced in the economy, gross domestic product (GDP), expanded just 0.3% in the three months to June, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). UK economic growth slowed […]