Minecraft offers innovative education tools, becomes popular in Ukraine
Children study using the game-based platform Minecraft: Education Edition as they prepare for a Minecraft championship at the Inventor school in Kyiv in June 2020
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Corporate America worries WeChat ban could be bad for business: WSJ
(Reuters) – U.S. companies whose fortunes are linked to China are pushing back against the Trump administration’s plans to restrict business transactions involving Tencent Holdings Ltd’s WeChat app, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. More than a dozen major…
Deutsche Telekom reiterates opposition to barring Huawei from Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – Deutsche Telekom said no telecoms equipment vendor should be barred from Germany on political grounds, reiterating its opposition to calls from some lawmakers to bar China’s Huawei Technologies on national security grounds. CEO Tim Hoettges’ comments on…
Apple readies subscription bundles to boost services: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – Apple Inc is readying a series of subscription bundles that will let customers sign in for several of the iPhone maker’s digital services at a lower monthly price, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The bundles, dubbed “Apple One”…
PrivatBank petitions NABU on unlawful appointment of judge Vovk to case involving Surkis’ offshore deposits
State-owned PrivatBank (Kyiv) on August 12 appealed to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) with a statement about the unlawful appointment of judge of Kyiv's Pechersky District Court Serhiy Vovk to case No.757/7499/17 involving offshore companies of the Surkis…
Aircraft building enterprises to be removed from Ukroboronprom, combined into holding with aerospace firms – Dpty PM
The State Concern Ukroboronprom is to be transformed into two managing state holding companies, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Strategic Industries Oleh Urusky has said at a briefing during the visit of Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to Kharkiv State Aircraft…
China, worried about food security, cracks down on ‘big stomach kings’
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s biggest short-video platforms said on Thursday they will punish users seen to be wasting food in their broadcasts, cracking down on so-called “big stomach kings” as the government urges against food wastage in the middle of…
Facebook, Twitter step up fight against misinformation on U.S. elections
(Reuters) – Social media platforms stepped up fight against misinformation on the U.S. elections, with Facebook starting a hub to help users with poll-related resources and Twitter expanding rules against misinformation on mail-in ballots and early voting. The move comes…
Cabinet approves program for reforming and developing alcohol industry for 2020-2023
The Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday, August 12, approved the program for reforming and developing the alcohol industry in 2020-2023. According to the draft resolution, the text of which is available to Interfax-Ukraine, the action plan for implementation of the…
President signs law on financial markets
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has signed the law on amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine on facilitating the attraction of investments and the introduction of new financial instruments (bill No. 2284). The relevant information has been posted on…