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Google agrees $36 million fine for anti-competitive deals with Australia telcos
By Byron Kaye and Himanshi Akhand SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android ph...Reuters
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy says he hopes 'shared strength' with US, Europe will compel Russia to peace
Aug 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said upon his arrival in Washington that he hopes that Ukraine's "shared strength" with the U.S. and European counterparts will compel Russia to peace.Reuters
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Watchmaker Swatch apologises for 'slanted eye' ad after online backlash in China
SHANGHAI, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Swiss watchmaker Swatch UHR.S has issued an apology and pulled ads featuring images of an Asian male model pulling the corners of his eyes up and backwards in a "slanted eye" pose.Reuters
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Trump-Zelenskiy meeting to take place at 1:15 p.m. ET on Monday
Aug 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will take place at 1:15 p.m. (1715 GMT) on Monday at the White House, the White House said in a press guidance statement on Sunday. Trump will participate in a multilateral meeting wit...Reuters
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Bragg Gaming Group Announces Cyber Security Incident
Aug 17 (Reuters) - Bragg Gaming Group Inc BRAG.TO:BRAGG GAMING GROUP ANNOUNCES CYBER SECURITY INCIDENTBRAGG GAMING GROUP INC - DATA BREACH LIMITED TO INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT, NO PERSONAL INFO AFFECTEDBRAGG GAMING GROUP INC - TAKEN IMMEDIATE STEPS TO MITIGATE ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTBRAGG GAMING GROUP INC -...Reuters
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Official Bolivia presidential count shows centrist Rodrigo Paz in surprise lead
Centrist Rodrigo Paz leads early results, left-wing MAS party trails oppositionVote took place without major disruptionsEvo Morales barred from running, called for boycott and annulled his voteBy Lucinda Elliott and Monica Machicao LA PAZ, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Early official results in Bolivia show...Reuters
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Europeans to back Zelenskiy in Washington as Trump presses Ukraine deal
LONDON/KYIV/WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - European leaders will join Volodymyr Zelenskiy to meet Donald Trump in Washington, they said on Sunday, seeking to shore up Zelenskiy's position as the U.S. president presses Ukraine to accept a quick peace deal to end Europe's deadliest war in 80 years.Reuters
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South Korea's Lee orders partial phased implementation of existing North Korea pacts
SEOUL, Aug 18 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, who has been seeking to improve strained relations with Pyongyang, ordered on Monday his cabinet to prepare a partial step-by-step implementation of existing agreements with North Korea. Lee did not specify which agreements he was refer...Reuters
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ACCC Says Google Admits Anti-Competitive Conduct Involving Google Search In Australia
Aug 18 (Reuters) - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC):GOOGLE ADMITS ANTI-COMPETITIVE CONDUCT INVOLVING GOOGLE SEARCH IN AUSTRALIAGOOGLE HAS CO-OPERATED WITH ACCC, ADMITTED LIABILITY, AGREED TO JOINTLY SUBMIT TO COURT GOOGLE SHOULD PAY TOTAL PENALTY OF A$55 MILLIONCOMMENCED FEDERAL...Reuters
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REFILE-Australian regulator sues Google over anti-competitive Search deals
Aug 18 (Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator said on Monday it has begun proceedings against Alphabet's Google GOOGL.O over its past deals with telecom operators Telstra TLS.AX and Optus for the pre-installation of Google Search on Android mobile phones.Google has cooperated with the...Reuters
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Tesla almost halves monthly payments in UK as sales slump, The Times reports
Aug 18 (Reuters) - British motorists can now lease a Tesla TSLA.O electric vehicle for just over half of what they would have paid a uear ago, The Times reported on Monday, citing industry sources. Tesla has been forced to offer discounts of up to 40% to car leasing companies to shift more units, th...Reuters
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RPT-Outline emerges of Putin's offer to end his war in Ukraine
Putin offers land swaps, security guarantees at Alaska summitUkraine rejects retreat from key Donetsk regionPutin wants official status for Russian language in UkraineBy Tom Balmforth LONDON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Russia would relinquish tiny pockets of occupied Ukraine and Kyiv would cede swathes o...Reuters
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Russia strikes Kharkiv with ballistic missile, injures 11, Ukraine says
By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Russia hit a residential area in Kharkiv with a ballistic missile, injuring at least 11 people, Ukrainian authorities said late on Sunday, as the U.S. president presses Kyiv to accept a quick deal to end the war that Moscow had started.Among the injur...Reuters
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