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FTC investigating TikTok over privacy and security
CALIFORNIA — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating TikTok for its data and security practices, two sources told CNN on the condition of anonymity.The probe is yet another complication for the social media platform, which is already facing the threat of a potential US ban or a forced divestment from its Chinese parent company.The sources said that the FTC is probing TikTok over an alleged violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection rule, which requires companies to notify parents and obtain consent before collecting data from children under 13.The agency is also investigating whether TikTok violated a portion of the FTC Act that prohibits “unfair or deceptive” business practices, the sources said, in denying that TikTok user data could be accessed by...
March 27, 2024

FTC investigating TikTok over privacy and security

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Sussex team to join NASA’s galaxy probe project
HOUSTON — The University of Sussex team will investigate the formation of planetary systemsScientists in Sussex have secured a significant grant to become the UK lead on a NASA space research project.A University of Sussex team has been selected by the UK Space Agency as part of a £7m investment in space research.The scientists will be working on developments for a potential probe mission to investigate the formation of planetary systems and the evolution of galaxies.A university spokesperson said its team had demonstrated "scientific excellence in critical areas of space science and exploration technology".The UK Space Agency funding is to enable scientists and engineers to play a role in major global space science missions in partnership with other space agencies around the...
March 27, 2024

Sussex team to join NASA’s galaxy probe project

Former Hungarian government insider Peter Magyar gives a speech next tot Kossut Lajos Square on Tuesdy, in Budapest
Thousands protest in Budapest as Orban embroiled in corruption cover up
BUDAPEST — Thousands took to the streets of Budapest to protest after a former government insider turned critic released an audio recording embroiling top officials in Hungary in a conspiracy to cover up corruption.Peter Magyar, the ex-husband of Justice Minister Judit Varga, has released an audio recording featuring what appears to be Varga's voice describing how other government officials caused evidence to be removed from court records to cover up their roles in corrupt business dealings.On Tuesday morning, Magyar published a recording on Facebook and YouTube."They suggested to the prosecutors what should be removed," Varga says in the recording, which Magyar says he made during a conversation in the former couple's apartment.He has given the tape to the Public...
March 27, 2024

Thousands protest in Budapest as Orban embroiled in corruption cover up

The FlixBus coach veered to the right and overturned on the A9 autobahn
Five dead as coach crashes on German motorway
BERLIN — At least five people have been killed and others injured in a motorway crash involving a coach near the eastern German city of Leipzig.The FlixBus coach veered to the right on the busy A9 autobahn before falling on to its side.The FlixBus service had left Berlin with two drivers and 53 passengers and was on its way to Nuremberg en route to Zurich, the company confirmed.Officials in the state of Saxony said their thoughts were with the victims.FlixBus runs coach services in Europe and beyond. It said the accident had happened at around 10:00 (09:00 GMT).The bus was two hours into its journey at the time of the crash at a junction near Leipzig/Halle airport, to the north-west of the city."The exact circumstances of the accident are not yet known," the company said in a...
March 27, 2024

Five dead as coach crashes on German motorway

Police move in to clear a demonstration of farmers near the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday
More farmers protests cause disuption in Brussels
BRUSSELS — The farmers' protests are ongoing, despite the EU relaxing its demands.The concessions made to farmers haven't helped to calm the anger of the demonstrators who gathered again in Brussels on Tuesday, just a few meters from where the EU agriculture ministers were meeting.Unlike the February rallies, where several hundred tractors were gathered, only a few turned up this time around. The reasons for their protests remain largely the same.Brussels has taken note of the farmers' demands, including several meetings with European politicians, such as the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and several agricultural ministers. "We have listened to our farmers and taken swift action to respond to their concerns at a time when they are facing...
March 27, 2024

More farmers protests cause disuption in Brussels

Politicians bowl at the construction site of the Northvolt factory, Hedwigenkoog, Germany, Monday, March 25, 2024
German officials break ground for major electric car battery factory
BERLIN — Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz has joined local, federal and international officials to mark the breaking of ground for a battery factory in the town of Heide in Schleswig-Holstein.In remarks at the ceremony, Scholz emphasized the importance of electric cars to the climate crisis and energy transition.He said, ''Northvolt's new factory near Heide will soon produce one million battery cells a year for electric cars.''Some 3,000 jobs would be created directly at Swedish battery cell manufacturer Northvolt, with another 10,000 expected in the vicinity of the factory.Federal economy and climate protection minister Robert Habeck said, “Today is a good day for the west coast and for Germany as an industrial centre. The start of construction in Heide shows that...
March 27, 2024

German officials break ground for major electric car battery factory

In 2023, the EU received over 1.14 million asylum applications, the highest level since 2016
Half of Europeans disapprove of EU migration policy and demand stronger border controls, poll shows
BRUSSELS — Europeans give a thumbs down to the European Union's efforts to control irregular migration and demand stronger border controls.This is one of the eye-catching takeaways from an exclusive Euronews poll conducted by Ipsos among almost 26,000 respondents across 18 member states ahead of the elections to the European Parliament, which will be held between 6 and 9 June.The first-of-its-kind survey shows that 51% of Europeans have a "negative" assessment of the bloc's impact on migration policy, while only 16% have a "positive" view. Meanwhile, 32% say the impact has been "neither positive nor negative."The trend cuts through genders, age groups and occupations, and is consistent in most countries, where the negative side clearly outweighs the...
March 27, 2024

Half of Europeans disapprove of EU migration policy and demand stronger border controls, poll shows

Lukashenko, pictured here in July 2023, may have muddied Putin's claims that Ukraine was involved in the attack on a Moscow concert hall
Lukashenko undermines Putin’s Ukraine claim on Moscow concert hall attack
BELARUS — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko appears to have cast doubt on Russia’s claims that Ukraine was involved in the brutal attack at a Moscow concert hall last week.ISIS claimed responsibility for the massacre, which killed at least 139 people, and released graphic footage of the incident, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly suggested, without evidence, that Ukraine had helped orchestrate it.Putin on Saturday claimed that a “window” had been prepared for the attackers to escape to Ukraine, which Kyiv has denied.But Lukashenko, one of Putin’s most loyal allies, on Tuesday appeared to contradict the Kremlin’s claims, saying that the attackers initially intended to enter Belarus rather than Ukraine.“They could not enter Belarus. Their handlers......
March 27, 2024

Lukashenko undermines Putin’s Ukraine claim on Moscow concert hall attack

Robert Habeck
We have to be more pragmatic and less bureaucratic, says Germany's Robert Habeck
BERLIN — Germany aims to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2045, despite being one of Europe's biggest polluters.The powerhouse economy is also the third largest in the world after the US and China, however, Gross Domestic Profit shrank 0.3 percent in 2023.According to the German government, real GDP is forecast to increase just 0.2 percent in 2024 and 1.2 percent in 2025.Following a period of sluggish growth, the country fought to keep inflation down but can the Bundestag balance economic and climate policies?Euronews reporter, Olivia Stroud, spoke with Germany's Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, Robert Hack, to find out more.Euronews: What is at stake for Germany in the European elections in June?Habeck: For Germany, it is...
March 27, 2024

We have to be more pragmatic and less bureaucratic, says Germany's Robert Habeck

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an expanded meeting of the Prosecutor General's Office board in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday.
Russian FSB says US, UK and Ukraine behind Moscow attack
MOSCOW — The director of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov, said on Tuesday that the US, UK and Ukraine were behind the Moscow concert hall attack that killed at least 139 people on Friday — despite repeated claims of responsibility by Islamic State.Russian officials persisted in saying Ukraine and the West had a role in last week's deadly Moscow concert hall attack despite vehement denials of involvement by Kyiv and a claim of responsibility by an affiliate of the Islamic State group.Without offering any evidence, Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Federal Security Service, or FSB, followed similar allegations by President Vladimir Putin, linked the attack to Ukraine even as he acknowledged that the suspects arrested were “radical Islamists.”The IS...
March 27, 2024

Russian FSB says US, UK and Ukraine behind Moscow attack

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