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Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard has been given permission to intervene in Microsoft's legal battle with Britain's anti-trust regulator over its decision to block the $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,71,730 crore) takeover.Microsoft is appealing against the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) decision to veto the deal, which it did in April on the grounds it could hurt competition in the nascent cloud gaming market.The shock decision jeopardises gaming's biggest-ever deal and drew a furious response from the…

Image via Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney A sudden firing over at Marvel has left many confused and wondering what on earth went down. The dismissal of Victoria Alonso has shocked many in Hollywood given her vital role as Marvel’s president of physical production, post-production, VFX, and animation. Now it turns out that due to the mire created around her dismissal, her boss Kevin Feige did not intervene to save her job. Only a week before her dismissal, Alonso attended the Academy Awards where she took a…

The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise on Sunday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately intervene to put an end to the hardship caused by the currency redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In a statement signed by Muda Yusuf, director of CPPE, the think tank said the cash scarcity has not only crippled economic activities in the country but has now become a major risk to the livelihoods of Nigerians. He explained that millions of citizens have slipped into penury and…

A violent brawl that was captured on video broke out Saturday among family members at Disneyland as horrified parkgoers ushered children past the melee and bystanders tried to separate the fighters.Police responded to the park after a verbal confrontation between family members visiting Mickey’s Toontown escalated to a physical fight, Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt said.Wyatt said the family involved in the melee was “uncooperative” with authorities. There was no video available at the time, so police did not make any…

Nights out in our favourite club – especially during our formative years – often help create our sense of identity and our place in the world. And become part of our collective memory.I know all this from my long association with the Haçienda in Manchester, a nightclub that closed 23 years ago but was remembered in a one-hour BBC2 documentary.The Haçienda changed lives. Other venues have had equally as intense effects. Whether it’s the Tunnel in Glasgow, the Que club in Birmingham or Spiders in Hull, the best club in the…

WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court will not intervene in a fight between the Justice Department and former President Trump.The court announced its decision in a one-sentence order released Thursday. No dissents were made public.Last week, Trump asked the Supreme Court to intervene and allow a special master to examine roughly 100 classified records found during the court-approved search of his Florida home in early August. The Justice Department is investigating alleged retention of classified information, theft of…

WASHINGTON —  Lawyers for former President Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to step into the legal fight over the classified documents seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate.The Trump team asked the court to overturn a lower court ruling and permit an independent arbiter, or special master, to review the roughly 100 documents with classified markings that were taken in the Aug. 8 search. A three-judge panel last month limited the special master’s review to the much larger tranche of nonclassified…

Ellen Barry / New York Times: A look at the research project tracking people at risk for suicide using data from smartphones and wearables to identify periods of high danger and intervene — A unique research project is tracking hundreds of people at risk for suicide, using data from smartphones and wearable biosensors … Ellen Barry / New York Times: A look at the research project tracking people at risk for suicide using data from smartphones and wearables to identify periods of high…

President Biden appointed a federal panel that seeks to resolve a labor dispute between freight railroads and their labor unions, forestalling a possible strike that would disrupt already strained services. Railroads including BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation Inc, Union Pacific Railroad Co. and Norfolk Southern Railway, and 12 unions have been in contract talks since late 2019, after the existing contract came open for renewal. The White House faced a Sunday deadline to…

TOKYO—President Biden said the U.S. would respond militarily to defend Taiwan if China tries to take it by force, sparking uncertainty over whether the U.S. was moving away from its longstanding policy of strategic ambiguity and prompting a clarification from the White House. Mr. Biden’s comments were met with anger from Beijing and praise from Taipei. They were also part of a pattern: In August and October of last year, the president answered questions on Taiwan by suggesting a break in U.S. policy toward the…