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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 83576" data-attributes="member: 524">Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard_by_Microsoft" target="_blank">Proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The UK <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_and_Markets_Authority" target="_blank">Competition and Markets Authority</a> has provisionally concluded that the proposed acquisition of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" target="_blank">Activision Blizzard</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft" target="_blank">Microsoft</a> will likely lead to substantial loss of competition in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console" target="_blank">console</a> market and might strengthen Microsoft's position in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_gaming" target="_blank">cloud gaming</a>. <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/08/microsofts-69-billion-activision-takeover-could-harm-gamers-british-regulator-says.html" target="_blank">(CNBC)</a></li>
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</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_visit_by_Volodymyr_Zelenskyy_to_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank">2023 visit by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United Kingdom</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">president of Ukraine</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy" target="_blank">Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a>, visits the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">United Kingdom</a> in his second trip outside Ukraine since the beginning of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Russian invasion</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zelenskiy-vows-changes-will-bolster-ukraine-amid-defence-minister-uncertainty-2023-02-06/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two children are killed and six others are injured when a bus rams into a daycare in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laval%2C_Quebec" target="_blank">Laval, Quebec</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank">Canada</a>. The driver is arrested and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_charge" target="_blank">charged</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide" target="_blank">homicide</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_driving" target="_blank">dangerous driving</a>. <a href="https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-faits-divers/2023-02-08/laval/un-autobus-fonce-sur-une-garderie-au-moins-deux-morts-et-cinq-blesses.php" target="_blank">(La Presse)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A court in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsk" target="_blank">Minsk</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus" target="_blank">Belarus</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_%28law%29" target="_blank">sentences</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poles" target="_blank">Polish</a>–<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarusians" target="_blank">Belarusian</a> activist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Poczobut" target="_blank">Andrzej Poczobut</a> to eight years in prison for his criticism of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Belarus" target="_blank">president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko" target="_blank">Alexander Lukashenko</a>. <a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-activist-poczobut-prison-poland/32262329.html" target="_blank">(RFE/RL)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_February_8" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 83576, member: 524"] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard_by_Microsoft']Proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft[/URL] [LIST] [*]The UK [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_and_Markets_Authority']Competition and Markets Authority[/URL] has provisionally concluded that the proposed acquisition of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard']Activision Blizzard[/URL] by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft']Microsoft[/URL] will likely lead to substantial loss of competition in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console']console[/URL] market and might strengthen Microsoft's position in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_gaming']cloud gaming[/URL]. [URL='https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/08/microsofts-69-billion-activision-takeover-could-harm-gamers-british-regulator-says.html'](CNBC)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_visit_by_Volodymyr_Zelenskyy_to_the_United_Kingdom']2023 visit by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United Kingdom[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Ukraine']president of Ukraine[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy']Volodymyr Zelenskyy[/URL], visits the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']United Kingdom[/URL] in his second trip outside Ukraine since the beginning of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zelenskiy-vows-changes-will-bolster-ukraine-amid-defence-minister-uncertainty-2023-02-06/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*]Two children are killed and six others are injured when a bus rams into a daycare in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laval%2C_Quebec']Laval, Quebec[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada']Canada[/URL]. The driver is arrested and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_charge']charged[/URL] with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide']homicide[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_driving']dangerous driving[/URL]. [URL='https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-faits-divers/2023-02-08/laval/un-autobus-fonce-sur-une-garderie-au-moins-deux-morts-et-cinq-blesses.php'](La Presse)[/URL] [*]A court in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsk']Minsk[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus']Belarus[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_%28law%29']sentences[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poles']Polish[/URL]–[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarusians']Belarusian[/URL] activist [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Poczobut']Andrzej Poczobut[/URL] to eight years in prison for his criticism of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Belarus']president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko']Alexander Lukashenko[/URL]. [URL='https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-activist-poczobut-prison-poland/32262329.html'](RFE/RL)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_February_8"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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