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Meta offers to limit use of ad data to address UK competition concerns

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s competition watchdog on Friday said social media giant Meta had offered to limit its use of other businesses’ advertising data for its Facebook Marketplace service to address the regulator’s competition concerns. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was minded to accept the commitments, which include advertisers being able to …

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Trial Actually – actor Hugh Grant gets his day in court against Murdoch paper

By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – British actor Hugh Grant’s claims that journalists at the Sun used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house can proceed to trial, but his allegations about voicemail interception were made too late, London’s High Court ruled on Friday. Grant, alongside King Charles’ son Prince Harry, is …

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Microsoft sets out grounds for Activision appeal against UK regulator

By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Microsoft is challenging Britain’s decision to block its $69 billion takeover of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard on the grounds of “fundamental errors” in the assessment of Microsoft’s cloud gaming services. Britain’s anti-trust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), vetoed the deal in April, saying it could hurt …

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Cycling-British federation bars transgender women from competing in female category

(Note: Some readers may find language in paragraph 14 offensive) By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – British Cycling became the latest sports governing body to ban transgender women from competing in the female category of competitive events on Friday, tightening its rules around participation to “safeguard the fairness” of the sport. Announced after a …

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Brexit to blame for a third of Britain’s food bill rise, researchers say

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s departure from the European Union has accounted for about a third of the increase in food bills for households since 2019, equivalent to about 250 pounds ($316), researchers from the London School of Economics and other universities said. Britain has been battling inflation for over a year, partly …

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Poland says it will close border to freight vehicles from Belarus and Russia

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will close its eastern border to freight vehicles registered in Belarus and Russia until further notice, according to a draft regulation published on Friday by the interior ministry. The move comes as a Belarusian court upheld an earlier decision to sentence a journalist of Polish origin to eight years in prison, …

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Cricket-Six ex-Yorkshire players sanctioned for using racist language by disciplinary panel

(Reuters) – Six former Yorkshire players have been sanctioned for the alleged use of racist and discriminatory language in verdicts released by the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) panel on Friday. Yorkshire and a number of individuals were charged by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) last year after an investigation into racism allegations made …

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