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UPDATE 1-Spanish officials under fire for jumping vaccine queue as COVID-19 cases surge
MADRID, Jan 22 (Reuters) - A steady drip-feed of public officials admitting to having been vaccinated ahead of priority groups has sparked uproar on social media in Spain at a time when several regions are tightening restrictions in an effort to curb a spike in infections.
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Russia says TikTok deletes some posts promoting illegal pro-Navalny protest
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday that TikTok had deleted some of what it called illegal posts promoting weekend protests aimed at securing the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
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Amazon seeks to halt union election at Alabama warehouse
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has filed a motion asking the U.S. National Labor Relations Board to halt the union election at its Bessemer, Alabama warehouse, scheduled to start Feb. 8.
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EU lawmakers want Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google CEOs at Feb. 1 hearing
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU lawmakers have invited the chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet to a Feb. 1 hearing in Brussels as they try to crack down on the powers of U.S. tech giants.
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Russia says TikTok deletes some posts promoting illegal pro-Navalny protest
MOSCOW, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday that TikTok had deleted some of what it called illegal posts promoting weekend protests aimed at securing the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
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Twitter suspends account of Iranian Supreme Leader after apparent Trump threat
DUBAI (Reuters) - Twitter suspended an account linked to Iran's Supreme Leader on Friday, hours after it carried the image of a golfer resembling former President Donald Trump apparently being targeted by a drone alongside a vow to avenge the killing of a top Iranian general in a U.S. drone attack.
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BioNTech to provide 50 million needles to extract more vaccine doses
FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - BioNTech is to supply 50 million specialty needles at no profit to countries struggling to extract a sixth dose from vials of its COVID-19 vaccine, while Europe's immunisation campaign is hampered by a temporary supply shortfall.
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Twitter suspends account of Iranian Supreme Leader after apparent Trump threat
DUBAI, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Twitter suspended an account linked to Iran's Supreme Leader on Friday, hours after it carried the image of a golfer resembling former President Donald Trump apparently being targeted by a drone alongside a vow to avenge the killing of a top Iranian general in a U.S. drone attack.
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UPDATE 1-BioNTech to provide 50 mln needles to extract more vaccine doses
FRANKFURT/BERLIN, Jan 22 (Reuters) - BioNTech is to supply 50 million specialty needles at no profit to countries struggling to extract a sixth dose from vials of its COVID-19 vaccine, while Europe's immunization campaign is hampered by a temporary supply shortfall.
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Alphabet's Pichai to hold video call with EU antitrust chief Jan. 25
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai will hold a video-conference call with EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager on Jan. 25, according to a European Commission schedule published on Friday.
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