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Alphabet Inc s Google confirmed on Sunday it has temporarily disabled for Ukraine some Google Maps tools which provide live information about traffic conditions and how busy different places are. The Google Maps app logo is seen on a smartphone. Reuters File Photo The company said it had taken the action of globally disabling the Google Maps traffic layer and live information on how busy places like stores and restaurants are in Ukraine for the safety of local communities in the country, after consulting with sources including regional authorities. Ukraine is facing attacks from Russian forces who invaded the country on Thursday. As missiles fell on Ukrainian cities, nearly 400,000 civilians, mainly women and children, have fled into neighbouring countries. Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a special operation . Big tech companies including Google have said they are taking new measures to protect users security in the region. Online services and social media sites have also been tapped by researchers piecing together activity around the war. A professor at California s Middlebury Institute of International Studies said Google Maps helped him track a traffic jam that was actually Russian movement towards the border hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the attack. Google s stanley website aid live traffic information remained available to drivers using its turn-by-t stanley cup urn navigation featur stanley cup es in the area. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read Kcij More than 90 people found in Houston home in suspected smuggling case
, P0 f* x+ e+ w: ^5 j! B" S The minority Theresa May government on Monday agreed a coalition deal worth over 1 billion pounds with a Northern Ireland-based party, prompting furious accusations of throwing taxpayers money to stay in power. Britain s Prime Minister Theresa May left with Democratic Unionist Par stanley quencher ty leader Arlene Foster at 10 Downing Street on Monday. AFP The fine print of the deal with the Democratic Unionist Party suggests the actual figure promised may be closer to 2 billion pounds initially sought by its tough negotiators for health, education, infrastructure and other projects in the trouble-torn region. The deal prompted fury from Wales and elsewhere. Carwyn Jones Labour , First Minister in Wales, said: Todays deal represents a straight bung to keep a weak prime termo stanley minister and a faltering government in office鈥t is outrageous that the prime minister believes she can secure her own political future by throwing money at Northern Ireland whilst completely ignoring the rest of the UK . However, the UK government are not the only ones with questions to answer today. It appears that the DUP have given the Tories the go-ahead to legislate how they please on Brexit, which could include taking powers and resources away from the devolved administrations. This is a short-term fix which will have far-reaching and desta stanley kaffeebecher bilising consequences . The ruling Conservative party won 318 seats in the 650-member House of Lords in the June 8 election, falling short of the required majority mar |
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