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Epic Games, the maker of the popular game “Fortnite,” launches a battle against Google in federal court today in a closely watched antitrust showdown that could reshape how smartphone users get Android apps and pay for in-app content. Epic’s lawsuit in the US District Court in California’s Northern District targets the Google Play Store, focusing on Google’s fees for in-app subscriptions and one-off transactions, along with other terms that app developers such as Epic say helped Google maintain an illegal monopoly in app distribution. The legal battle follows a years-long debate about whether app store operators such as Google and…

The Men’s Cricket World Cup match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Delhi went ahead as planned despite poor air quality. New Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) was at 411 – in the “very unhealthy” range – on Monday afternoon and many schools have been closed for the week. Both teams raised questions over the safety of playing the fixture with the International Cricket Council (ICC). Bangladesh and Sri Lanka cancelled training sessions before the match. While Bangladesh did manage to train over the weekend, asthmatic players were left out as the Indian capital topped a real-time list of the…

British Steel plans to close down its blast furnace in Scunthorpe, putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk. The business, owned by China’s Jingye Group, wants to replace it with two electric arc furnaces (EAFs) – one at Scunthorpe and one at Teesside. The construction is expected to take between two and three years. British Steel said it aimed to transform the firm into a “green and sustainable company” and had to look at different scenarios to help it do this. Unions estimate the shift could ultimately lead to the loss of 1,500 to 2,000 jobs, predominantly at Scunthorpe. Sources…

Fortnite’s makers say the game had the biggest day in its history over the weekend. The battle royale blaster regularly changes up its arenas and has transported players back to its original island setting for its latest. Publisher Epic Games says 44.7 million players logged a total 102 million hours of play in new season Fortnite OG on Sunday. That’s despite some people struggling to log in or getting stuck in queues. Fortnite, first launched in 2017, puts up to 100 players against each other in a fight to be the last one standing. The game is currently in its…

Fast-fashion firm Boohoo has broken promises to make its clothes fairly and ethically, a BBC Panorama investigation has found. An undercover reporter at the company’s Manchester HQ saw evidence of staff pressuring suppliers to drive prices down, even after deals had been agreed. It comes after the company pledged to overhaul its practices in 2020. Boohoo said it hasn’t shied away from the problems of the past and has driven positive changes in its business. The retailer is a market leader in getting its customers the latest styles as cheaply and quickly as possible. Last year, Boohoo Group had 18 million customers…

Loud wails fill a riverside village in western Nepal that was struck by a powerful earthquake last Friday. Grieving survivors have gathered around funeral pyres to send off 13 people who died in the 6.4-magnitude quake. As they grieve their loved ones, survivors in the remote Jajarkot district worry about their future. They have been sleeping outdoors in the cold since the earthquake flattened their homes and are in dire need of aid. Jajarkot, in Karnali province, was one of the worst-hit by Friday’s earthquake, which left 157 people dead and more than 300 others wounded. Some of the mourners…

About 50 young people have clashed with riot police in Edinburgh with fireworks and petrol bombs being thrown directly at officers. Video footage from the Niddrie area of the city showed officers in riot gear standing in a line while youths threw explosives at their feet. Police Scotland also responded to disturbances in Glasgow and Dundee. The force said eight officers suffered minor injuries on a night of “unprecedented levels of violence”. Meanwhile, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said nine crews were attacked during an eight-hour period across the country. In Niddrie, police were called to the Hay…

A man in South Korea has been arrested for a late-night attack on a female convenience store worker after thinking she was a feminist. CCTV footage showed the man in his 20s entering the store in the south-eastern city of Jinju after midnight and punching and kicking the woman. He also assaulted another customer, in his 50s, who tried to intervene. Police said he had attacked the woman because she had short hair, and so assumed she was a feminist. “Since you have short hair, you must be a feminist. I’m a male chauvinist, and I think feminists deserve to…

The elderly woman sits, alone among strangers, at an aid centre in Odesa in southern Ukraine. Nina survived German air strikes in World War Two. Now, at the age of 91, she is a refugee again. Hundreds of people arrive here every day, as intensified shelling and fighting forces them to flee their homes near the front line. Many, like Nina, have come from the Kherson region. “I couldn’t sleep,” she tells the BBC. “I couldn’t eat, there were explosions.” Her eyes, hooded with age, are exhausted. As she speaks, it becomes evident that the last few weeks have rekindled…

The world’s second largest economy is struggling to attract foreign companies and investments, despite Beijing’s efforts to address its myriad economic challenges, according to new data from China. A gauge of foreign direct investment (FDI) into China has slipped into the red for the first time since 1998, underscoring the country’s failure to stem capital outflows. Direct investment liabilities, a measure of FDI, stood at minus $11.8 billion in the third quarter, according to data published by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) on Friday. In the third quarter of 2022, China’s direct investment liabilities was at $14.1 billion. This is the…