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Spain hits Apple, Amazon with 194-mn-euro antitrust fine
Spain hits Apple, Amazon with 194-mn-euro antitrust fine
by  AFP

Spain's competition watchdog said Tuesday it has slapped US tech giants Amazon and Apple with fines totalling 194 million euros ($218 million) for collusion in the sale of products. The authority imposed a fine of 50.5 million euros on Amazon and 143.6 million euros on Apple.

Dutch e-bike firm VanMoof declared bankrupt
Dutch e-bike firm VanMoof declared bankrupt
by  AFP

Dutch electric bicycle maker VanMoof has been declared bankrupt, prompting the company to cease sales on Tuesday and angering customers who sought to file charges over the shop's failure to return broken bikes. Meanwhile, Dutch police asked angry VanMoof clients, many of whose bicycles have been in for repairs, not to press theft charges as their bicycles have not been returned.

Japan PM rounds out energy-focused Gulf tour with Qatar visit
Japan PM rounds out energy-focused Gulf tour with Qatar visit
by  AFP

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited gas-rich Qatar on Tuesday to wrap up a Gulf tour centred on energy security and cooperation with Tokyo's main suppliers. "Cooperation will be enhanced in respect to the production of hydrogen, ammonium," and decarbonisation technology, said the prime minister, the first from Japan to make a Gulf tour since Shinzo Abe in 2020.

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