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Month: February 2023

Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard could harm competition

UK competition regulator warns Microsoft’s Activision deal could harm millions of gamers

By Brian Fung, CNN Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard could harm competition by letting Microsoft restrict Activision’s video games to proprietary platforms such as Xbox, UK officials said Wednesday, in the latest challenge to the tech giant’s blockbuster acquisition. The UK’s competition regulator said the proposed deal, which would make Microsoft the world’s

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Flight MH17 was shot down over territory held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. All 298 on board were killed.

‘Strong indications’ Putin decided to give separatists the missile that downed MH17 in 2014, say Dutch investigators

By Mick Krever, CNN There are “strong indications” that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the decision to provide separatists in Ukraine with the missile that shot down the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, Dutch investigators said Wednesday. Citing intercepted telephone conversations by Russian government officials, the Public Prosecution Service’s Joint Investigation Team said

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Danish queen to undergo ‘major back surgery’

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s royal palace says Queen Margrethe II will undergo “major back surgery” later this month. The palace said Wednesday that the 82-year-monarch would be hospitalized afterward and undergo “a longer rehabilitation process.” Margrethe has reigned for a half-century and is Europe’s longest-serving monarch. She is Denmark’s head of state but has

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