Google cries foul after EU unveils new laws challenging ‘gatekeeping’ supremacy of tech giants
US firm Google has complained that proposed new EU laws aimed at curbing tech giants’…More
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US labels Bahraini group Saraya al-Mukhtar terrorist, accuses Tehran of backing its plots against American soldiers
The US government has designated a Bahraini group as a terrorist organization, accusing it of…More
Draining the swamp? French couple ordered by court to destroy pond after losing years-long legal battle over loud frog sex
A years-long legal battle between pond owners in a French village and their neighbors, pestered…More
Brain’s tsunami-like mechanism may foreshadow migraines, but non-drug therapy could reduce need for opioids, research finds
Migraine researchers have observed a tsunami-like phenomenon sweeping across mice brains just prior to the…More
School’s out: French students can skip classes to isolate before Christmas to reduce Covid spread risk
French Prime Minister Jean Castex has given the country’s schoolchildren permission to skip school on…More
1 in 10 people in Spain have been infected with Covid-19, nationwide antibody test finds
A national seroprevalence study has shown that nearly 10 percent of Spain’s population is, to…More
EU drugs regulator brings forward meeting on Pfizer’s Covid vaccine amid pressure for pre-Christmas approval
A meeting to evaluate data for the approval of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine is to be…More
Sweden suffers deadliest November since Spanish flu era as Stockholm ICUs hit 99 percent capacity
According to Sweden’s Central Statistics office, the country suffered its deadliest November since Spanish Flu…More
Twitter fined €450,000 under EU data privacy rules in world first
Social networking site Twitter has been fined €450,000 ($547,000) under the EU’s GDPR law in…More
Inquiry finds Swedish govt ‘bears ultimate responsibility’ over failures to protect elderly from Covid-19 pandemic
An official commission has published damning findings which say that responsibility for Sweden’s relatively high…More