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Apple stands in global antitrust crosshairsThe iPhone-maker is rapidly becoming the test case for competition actions from Brussels to Washington.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInFree article usually reserved for subscribersPeople shop in an Apple retail store in Grand Central Terminal, January 3, 2019 in New York City | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesAugust 7, 20196:30 am CETBy Mark ScottApple 鈥?not Facebook or Google 鈥?is rapidly emerging as the test case for how officials in Brussels, Washington and beyo
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Ukraine mulls referendum on NATO membershipPolls show more than half of Ukrainians would favor joining the transatlantic alliance.Copy L
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stanley canada nkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInUkraine s President Petro Poroshenko said he would do all I can to achieve NATO membership if people voted in favor | Odd Andersen/AFP via GettyFebruary 2, 20178:03 am CETBy Esther KingUkrainian President Petro Poroschenko plans to put NATO membership to a referendum after polls showed 54 percent of the country favored joining the alliance, German media reported Thursday.Four years ago, only 16 percent [of the Ukrainian people] favored Ukraine entry into NATO. Now it 54 percent, Funke Mediengruppe quoted Poroshenko as saying in an interview. As president, I am guided by the views of my people, and I will hold a referendum on the issue of NATO membership.Poroschenko said he would do all I can to achieve NATO membership if people voted in favor.AdvertisementAdvertisementHis statement comes amid a surge of violent incidents in eastern Ukraine over the past few days and as聽U.S. President Donald Trump has indicated he is open to removing sanctions on Russia, imposed after it annexed Crimea in 2014.NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday called on Russia to use its considerable influence with separatist rebels fighting in eastern Ukraine to stop the violence.The Un
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