The South Korean government has imposed a heavy fine of $32 million on Google for squeezing a local video gaming firm. The South Korean governmental body accused Google of exploiting its market dominance by blocking its rivals from releasing video games.
Russian authorities have arrested a gay couple accusing them of breaking the Russian propaganda law. The multinational couple has been sharing videos on Youtube and TikTok about their experience as a same-sex couple. Both the bloggers have been facing death threats for some time due to which they had to hide their identities for some time.
Hamza Yousaf has been elected as the First Minister or the head of the government by the Scottish parliament, becoming the first ever Muslim government head in the history of Western Europe’s history. The former First Minister from the Scottish National Party, Nicola Sturgeon, resigned in February, creating confusion of who is going to become the new First Minister.
Three men who were accused of killing the 20-year-old rapper in 2018, were found guilty on Monday. The men were convicted of murdering the young rapper during an ambush robbery in 2018, when Jahseh Onfroy went out of the bank after withdrawing money. The controversial rapper, XXXTentacion, died on spot after being fatally shot in the car.
After seven decades of extinction, the wild African cheetahs are back in India. The Indian government brought eight cheetahs last year to populate the endangered species in the country. The animal was declared extinct in 1952 after it vanished from the country in 1947.
Republicans wins in congress as a result of the midterm elections is projected to constrain US president Joe Biden in his ability to conduct foreign policy.
Advisors to the Biden administration opened back-channel communications with a senior Chinese diplomat, after Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August, reports the Wall Street Journal. Beijing widely cut communication to the US and both sides were looking for reengament.
Two civilians were killed in a missile strike on Tuesday in the Polish town of Przewodow, near the Ukrainian border. Poland is a member of NATO and President Biden made clear in recent months that the US will defend every inch of NATO territory.
The heads of the two largest global powers, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on Monday in Indonesia as the G20 Meeting takes place in Bali
In the recent midterm elections, the democrats have managed to seal control over the senate. Biden’s democrats are now controlling 50 seats in the senate. The results have gone opposite to the predictions about the midterm elections. Months before the midterms, many predicted the decline of the democrats which did not happen.
The battled cryptocurrency exchange FTX declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. CEO Sam Bankman-Fried resigned from his leadership position at the helm of the company, passing on the CEO role to John J. Ray III, a lawyer experienced with leading companies such as Enron Corp. through bankruptcies.
Binance, one of the top cryptocurrency exchanges, announced it would not go ahead with the purchase of FTX, another top cryptocurrency exchange and major Binance rival.
