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Activision Blizzard
organizationThe FTC voted 3-1 in favour of the complaint, which was filed in its in-house court. Regulators said Microsoft’s ownership of Activision could hurt other players in the $US200 billion gaming market. Microsoft has said that it is fully prepared to defend its acquisition in court.
David Warner
personDavid Warner posted a throwback to his primary school days on Instagram. He stunned many of his 9.6 million followers after revealing he was in the chess team in 1998 at Matraville Public School in Sydney's east. Warner was also later named school captain after being voted in by his peers. It comes as Warner withdrew his bid to have his lifetime captaincy ban lifted from Cricket Australia.
Dimple Yadav
personDimple Yadav wins Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, inheriting it from her late father-in-law and SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav. Bypolls held in Rampur, Khatauli and Padampur in Odisha, Sardarshahar in Rajasthan and Bhanupratappur in Bihar.
Bharatiya Janata Party
organizationBJP seems to be winning big in the counting trends for the assembly elections in Gujarat. Early trends show the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is headed for a huge win. The BJP has ruled Gujarat continuously for 27 years.
FTC
organizationMicrosoft said in January 2022 that it would buy Activision for $68.7 billion. FTC says Microsoft has a record of buying valuable gaming content and using it to suppress competition. Meta Platforms Inc. has been unsuccessful in its bid to have the case dismissed.
Microsoft
organizationThe Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Microsoft’s $69 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard. The FTC claims that the mega-deal would stifle competition in the lucrative video-game industry. If it cannot close the deal, Microsoft would owe Activision a $3 billion termination fee.
Gujarat Assembly
organizationThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on December 8 registered a historic victory in the Gujarat Assembly elections for a record seventh term. trends at 3.30 pm show the saffron party has won 61 seats and is leading in 96 others. The Congress - the ruling party's traditional rival in the state - has been decimated with just six wins so far.
Celine Dion
personCeline, 54, diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) Condition causes her muscles to tense uncontrollably. Leaves sufferers as 'human statues' as it progressively locks body into rigid positions.
Narendra Modi
personHindu nationalist party looks set to retain control in his home state of Gujarat. The landslide win is expected to provide a big boost to the party ahead of national elections due in 2024. Modi was Gujarat’s top elected official for 13 years before becoming prime minister in 2014.
Bhupendra Patel
personBhupendra Patel on course for second straight win from urban constituency of Ghatlodia. Patel has so far received over 23,000 votes, compared to 3,800 votes polled by his Congress rival Amiben Yagnik. AAP candidate Vijay Patel is currently running third with around 2,100 votes.
Netflix
organizationSix-part Harry and Meghan series launched on Netflix on Thursday. Episode 3 delves into Meghan's complicated relationship with her father's side of the family. Director Liz Garbus described it as a 'privilege' to work with the couple.
Lok Sabha
organizationMainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll was necessitated after the death of SP Patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on October 10 this year. Counting of votes is underway in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. Rashtriya Lok Dal displaced the BJP from the Khatauli assembly seat.
Google has to delete search results about people in Europe if they can prove the information is wrong. People in Europe have the right to ask Google and other search engines to delete links to embarrassing information.
WNBA
organizationWNBA star Brittney Griner was released from a Russian penal colony on Thursday. She is coming home to the United States in a one-for-one prisoner swap for convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout. President Joe Biden signed off on the trade, which took place in the United Arab Emirates. Griner had been held in a Russian prison since February for possessing illegal cannabis cartridges.
Netflix
organizationFirst three episodes of Harry and Meghan, released yesterday by Netflix, present a grotesquely distorted version of our country. Britain is presented as a deeply racist place, and the country’s media are alleged to be at the epicentre of this racism. Comes after the Sussexes faced an awkward grilling from journalists about their explosive documentary.
Harry Dunn
personUS citizen Anne Sacoolas, 45, has been sentenced at the Old Bailey. Sentenced to eight months in prison suspended for 12 months. Admitted to killing Harry Dunn by careless driving outside RAF Croughton. Harry Dunn, 19, died in August 2019 when his motorbike collided with her car.
Xander Bogaerts
personXander Bogaerts agrees to an 11-year, $280 million deal with the San Diego Padres. The move comes two days after the Padres lost the race for Trea Turner. The 30-year-old is a four-time All-Star, five-time Silver Slugger winner and two-time World Series champion with the Boston Red Sox.
Theranos
organizationRamesh Balwani, 58, was convicted in July of 12 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in the failed blood-testing start-up. Theranos promised to perform more than 200 medical tests with just a few drops of blood despite its technology never working properly.
Paul Whelan
personBrittney Griner was exchanged for international arms dealer Viktor Bout in a swap that took place in the United Arab Emirates. The deal did not include Paul Whelan, a 52-year-old former Marine who was arrested in 2018 on accusations of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Republicans have accused President Joe Biden of favoring celebrities over veterans, as he is left to languish in a Russian penal colony.
Harry
personFirst three episodes of Harry and Meghan’s tell-all Netflix documentary begin. Duchess of Sussex accuses media of wanting to ‘destroy’ her. Claims ‘salacious’ stories were ‘planted’ by the press in lead up to wedding.