The probe launched by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in January 2021 was initiated following a complaint alleging that the companies promoted select sellers on their platforms and that deep discounts stifled competition. Both Amazon and Flipkart have denied any wrongdoing. Two people familiar with the issue told Reuters …
Read More »#ClioMusic 2020/2021: RT Creative Lab wins GOLD, 2 SILVERS & BRONZE at global competition celebrating use of music in advertising
The original soundtrack for ‘The Endless Letter’ Instagram series composed by Maxim Makarychev (co-founder of the On-The-Go music band and a guitarist for the Sirotkin music band) has won gold in the Branded Entertainment & Content medium at the Clio Music Awards. Among other gold winners were Spotify, MediaMonks, Amazon …
Read More »Feeling vindicated, Trump demands China pay $10trn in global Covid-19 reparations, calls Fauci ‘science fiction’
The CCP should pay $10 trillion in “global reparations” for allowing “the worst event in world history,” Trump said in a statement issued on Thursday. He also mocked the White House’s chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, saying: “Dr. Fauci likes to say that he is ‘science’ when, in fact, …
Read More »800+ suspects arrested in ‘exceptional’ global sting operation where gangs were lured into using monitored chat app – Europol
The FBI in cooperation with Australian police has been secretly operating encrypted chat app ANOM, which was popular among criminal gangs. The criminals had no idea that they were being surveilled while using the app. The covert operation eventually evolved into a joint effort by 16 countries to crack down …
Read More »G7 finance ministers reach ‘historic agreement’ on Biden’s push for global minimum corporation tax of 15%
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met with her counterparts from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom in London on Saturday, where she made her administration’s case for a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15%. The ministers agreed to back her proposal, with UK finance minister Rishi …
Read More »Germany pumps $10 billion in hydrogen in bid to become global leader
Germany will provide $9.72 billion (€8 billion) to the 62 projects it has selected to reduce emissions in the transportation, steelmaking, and chemicals sectors. Germany wants to become a global leader in hydrogen technology, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said, noting that the investment announced today is a step toward making …
Read More »Navalny’s revolutionary zeal feeds global headlines but most Russians prefer stability & steady change using local civic activism
Navalny has risen to prominence internationally over the past six months, widely characterized overseas as a pro-Western liberal democrat who is being persecuted because he represents a popular and genuine threat to President Vladimir Putin’s government. However, polling from Levada, a pollster which has received Western funding and is considered …
Read More »Hoist the Black (Lives Matter) flag! US embassies to champion ‘global racial justice’ on George Floyd anniversary – leaked memo
George Floyd was killed a year ago on Tuesday, and the Black Lives Matter message has since become official diplomatic policy of the US. That’s according to a memo sent out to US embassies by Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week, and revealed by conservative magazine Human Events on …
Read More »WHO classes Indian Covid-19 variant as ‘global’ concern, amid worries of vaccine resistance
First identified in India last year, the B.1.617 strain is believed to be behind the wave of infections and deaths in the country in recent months. More than 400,000 cases were recorded on multiple days last week in India, with deaths hitting a record 1,187 on Friday. “We are classifying …
Read More »Hillary wants a ‘global reckoning’ with social media ‘disinformation’ as apparently just banning conservatives isn’t enough
In a new interview with The Guardian, Clinton had two targets in her sights: conservatives and Big Tech. Clinton called for a “global reckoning” over “the disinformation, with the monopolistic power and control, with the lack of accountability that the platforms currently enjoy.” The former secretary of state takes particular …
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