China: Canada violates agreements
China is angry with Canada because of the question about Huawei’s arrested financial director Meng Wanzhou. The North American country would not have fulfilled bilateral agreements. For example,…
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Pensions and healthcare: UK offers assurances to Brits in EU over no-deal Brexit
The British government spelled out on Thursday what it would do to protect the rights of British citizens living in the EU in the event that the UK…
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Opinion matters: PwC UK asks 7,000 customers for their opinion on future audits
PwC UK has asked seven thousand customers how they think the audit can be improved. In a letter with questionnaire, PwC UK chairman Kevin Ellis asks customers, among…
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UK and US announce post Brexit open skies deal
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has announced a new open skies agreement between the UK and US, which the government says will safeguard flights across the atlantic after Brexit.…
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Denmark supports ending fossil fuel cars in EU by 2030
Denmark will work for a phasing-out of diesel and petrol-driven cars and an end to production of new vehicles of this type in the EU by 2030. The…
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EU court rules against British expats’ challenge over ‘illegal’ Brexit
A European Court has rejected an appeal by Brits living in Europe, including 97-year-old war veteran Harry Shindler, who claim that the Brexit referendum was invalid because at…
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FNV Trade union broke into employers’ office in Zoetermeer
A group of about 150 metalworkers has entered the head office of employers’ association FME this afternoon. According to an FME spokesperson, they did so by forcing an…
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AVG tenderly admonished Microsoft over the illegal mail processing
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner has tapped LinkedIn US for processing more than 18 million e-mail addresses from non-users, in violation of privacy rules, to target them via…
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Collection campaign Shenmue 3 reaches $ 7.2 million
The collection campaign for Shenmue 3 raised a total of 7.2 million dollars, converted 6.3 million euros. The crowdfunding campaign has been running since 2015 and has now…
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Blizzard to launch mobile Warcraft game with Pokémon Go elements
Blizzard has a mobile game around its Warcraft franchise under development, claims Kotaku on the basis of discussions with developers of the company. The game would look like…
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