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Europe’s top court has ruled Google must pay a €4.1bn (£3.5 bn) fine handed down for using its Android mobile operating system to block rivals.The European Commission had originally handed out a €4.3 bn (then £3.9 bn) fine in 2018, but this was trimmed to €4.1 bn in 2022. An appeal brought by the tech giant has now been dismissed. It is the largest penalty the Commission has ever imposed against Google,A Google spokesperson said the judgement “fails to recognise” the firm’s “significant investment to ensure Android remains open, interoperable and free”.”In any event, we adapted our agreements to comply…

Police say 11-year-old boy who took his parents’ vehicle without permission is now in custody and will be questioned.Published On 2 Jul 20262 Jul 2026Eight Thai monks have been killed and other people injured after a child drove his family’s pick-up truck into a Buddhist procession.The child – who media reports said is 11 years old – stole his parents’ vehicle on Thursday and drove into a procession of about 30 monks on a pilgrimage in Thailand’s northeastern Mukdahan, local police told Al Jazeera.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listReports said 10 to 20 other people were injured, according…

Many adults living with obesity have “indistinguishable” cholesterol and blood pressure levels compared with those who are a healthy weight, largely because of the use of statins, according to a study.In some cases, people with obesity were “better off” than those of a healthy weight, researchers added.In the past, adults with obesity were more likely to have increased blood pressure and higher levels of unhealthy cholesterol, but the study has found that differences in unhealthy cholesterol levels and blood pressure have “narrowed or disappeared” among those aged 40 and over.Experts say the finding is largely due to use of cholesterol-busting…

Key eventsThanks Will, and hello all. Well after all yesterday’s drama and angst I didn’t think today’s liveblog would generate hot South Korea v Bolivia in 94 chat. Did I ever tell you I was there? My own recollection was that it was quite enjoyable, though I might just have been starstruck over being at an actual World Cup finals game for the first time. All of which invites the question: was that American World Cup better than this one? The former took place at hotter times of the day and in mostly unroofed stadiums and without ad breaks, which…

See Paris and die! See Paris Paris and see the world differently! The title of the debut fiction feature of Belgian writer-director Isabelle Tollenaere (Battles, Victoria), which world premieres on Tuesday, July 7 in the Proxima competition program of the 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), hints at what awaits audiences in the drama about home, the idea of home and displacement. Repetition as a way of keeping one’s memory of home alive, for example. And the fact that there is also a Paris, kind of, in China – Tianducheng, a huge residential development in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province that mimics buildings, boulevards…

Security operatives on Wednesday night repelled another attack on the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Plateau State, killing one of the assailants during a gun battle, officials have said. The attack occurred at about 11 p.m. when some gunmen attempted to breach the institute’s outer security perimeter, security sources told PREMIUM TIMES. In a statement issued on Thursday, the institute’s head of public affairs, Osime Samuel, said the attackers exchanged gunfire with security personnel until they were forced to retreat following what he described as a swift and coordinated response by security forces. “One of the…

Death toll after overnight attack on Kyiv rises to 17Meanwhile, the ⁠death ⁠toll following ​a ⁠Russian ⁠drone and ​missile ‌attack ‌on Kyiv ‌has ​risen ⁠to 17, Ukraine’s ​emergency ​services ​said.ShareKey eventsGermany alleges Nord Stream sabotage was carried ‘on the orders of state authorities in Ukraine’Meanwhile, German prosecutors alleged that Ukrainian state authorities were behind the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline linking Russia with Europe in a move which AFP said could complicate close relations between Kyiv and its key military backer Berlin.Police escorts Serhii K. to a helicopter following a hearing with the German Federal Public Prosecutor,…

The desperation of patients haunts Gaza’s hospitals – their exterior walls eaten away by gunfire and Israeli strikes, the health-care system inside them still unrepaired.Eight months after the ceasefire deal instructed that “full aid” be sent into the Gaza Strip, aid workers say the continued lack of essential medicines and equipment has meant doctors are rationing or loaning each other essential life-saving drugs, or turning patients away from chemotherapy or dialysis appointments.”The fact that the medical evacuation list is thousands long is a sign that people in Gaza don’t have access to what they should have – which Israel, as…

Currency strategists at Credit Agricole, Morgan Stanley and TD Securities are among those bucking the consensus call for a stronger dollar.

It has been a strange decade for the rhythm game genre. The legendary progenitors Rock Band and Guitar Hero are seemingly gone, yet companies are manufacturing plastic guitars again. Tango Gameworks, a studio best known for delivering survival horror hauntings, made Hi-Fi Rush and it ruled, but Microsoft sold the studio. Indie titles such as Sayonara Wild Hearts and Rift of the NecroDancer have done well on the margins, but now Epic Games has swept in, adding a rhythm action mode to Fortnite so now its mainstream again. All these titles have reinforced the ideas laid out by their forefathers:…