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The Brussels government has approved an emergency decree that should allow Uber to resume its operations in the EU’s capital. Uber halted its operations in...

Cleared tropical forests can regain ground surprisingly fast https://ift.tt/3IBmWjG Published December 10, 2021 at 12:30AM https://ift.tt/3j9aYmP

After years of public outcry and court cases, the EU on Thursday presented its plans to regulate platforms like Uber and Deliveroo, which may...

European citizens will be able to use their mobile phones without excessive extra costs when traveling abroad in the EU, negotiators agreed Thursday morning. The...

PARIS — A French court on Thursday will hear a case aimed at shedding light on Twitter’s best-kept secret: Just how much the social network...

Italy’s competition authority announced Thursday it was slapping a €1.13 billion fine on Amazon for abusing its dominant position in the market and harming...

Robotic vacuum cleaners halted in their tracks. Doorbell cameras stopped watching for package thieves, though some of those deliveries were canceled anyway. Netflix and...

Wildfire smoke may ramp up toxic ozone production in cities https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Published December 09, 2021 at 12:31AM https://ift.tt/3j9aYmP

While the COVID-19 pandemic lingers on, one might not know it by looking at 2021’s most searched items on Google.  According to the list released...

These are Science News’ favorite books of 2021 https://ift.tt/2Z48v5E Published December 08, 2021 at 07:30PM https://ift.tt/3j9aYmP

LONDON — The world’s democracies must break their strategic dependency on energy, investment and technology from China and Russia, the British foreign secretary said...

BERLIN — It’s changeover time in Germany after 16 years of Angela Merkel. Social Democrat Olaf Scholz took over as chancellor on Wednesday, leading a...

Gut bacteria let vulture bees eat rotting flesh without getting sick https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Published December 08, 2021 at 05:30PM https://ift.tt/3j9aYmP

If you thought cheap mobile roaming was a fait accompli in Europe, think again. European Union lawmakers are butting heads once again over what the...