EU to unveil tough rules to curb tech giants
BRUSSELS: The European Union yesterday will unveil tough draft rules targeting tech giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook, whose power Brussels sees as a threat to competition and even democracy.
BRUSSELS: The European Union yesterday will unveil tough draft rules targeting tech giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook, whose power Brussels sees as a threat to competition and even democracy.
BAGHDAD: While much of the world fears COVID-19, Iraqis have mostly stopped wearing facemasks as they worry more about the pandemic’s economic impact than the virus itself.
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health (MoH) registered yesterday 261 additional COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, increasing the total number of infections to 146,710, while one new death was recorded taking the death toll to 913.
LONDON: Britain said yesterday it will hold talks with French energy giant EDF concerning the construction of a nuclear power plant on England’s east coast, in a project reportedly worth £20 billion ($26.4 billion, 22 billion euros).
TOKYO: Confidence among major Japanese manufacturers has recovered further after plunging on pandemic woes to its worst level since the global financial crisis, a key survey showed yesterday.
BRUSSELS: EU negotiator Michel Barnier yesterday signaled there was a “narrow path” to a post-Brexit trade deal with Britain, as key sticking points remain after both sides abandoned a supposed make-or-break deadline.
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health (MoH) registered yesterday 231 additional COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, increasing the total number of infections to 146,449, while one new death recorded in the same period raised the death toll to 912.
KUWAIT: By the end of November 2020, the 8th month of the current fiscal year 2020/2021 ended and the average price for Kuwaiti oil for November scored $43.1 per barrel.
KUALA LUMPUR: Bangladeshi migrant worker Sheikh Kibria recalls with horror the filthy, overcrowded dormitory where he was housed by the world’s biggest rubber glove manufacturer when a coronavirus outbreak erupted and infected thousands.
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