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UK probes Apple, Google over cloud gaming, browsers
UK probes Apple, Google over cloud gaming, browsers
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Britain launched Tuesday an in-depth competition probe into the domination of US tech giants Apple and Google of cloud gaming and mobile internet browsers. The watchdog will investigate "the way that Apple and Google dominate the mobile browser market and how Apple restricts cloud gaming through its App Store".

Migrant boat docks in Crete after dramatic rescue
Migrant boat docks in Crete after dramatic rescue
World
by  AFP

A rusty fishing boat carrying around 500 migrants docked at the Greek island of Crete on Tuesday after being dramatically rescued during near gale-force winds. The Greek coastguard said the migrants were safe and that the fishing boat had sent a distress call after midnight on Monday whilst sailing south of Crete.

Suspended sentence sought for German ex-Nazi camp secretary
Suspended sentence sought for German ex-Nazi camp secretary
World
by  AFP

German prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a suspended sentence for a 97-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary in what they described as one of the country's last trials over the Holocaust. In June, a court in the eastern city of Brandenburg an der Havel sentenced a 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, the oldest person so far to go on trial for complicity in war crimes.