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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Apple said it had credible information that the hkmap.live app was putting people in danger As if piling up sandbags before a flood, Apple was well prepared to face a backlash over its decision to remove an app used by Hong Kong protesters. But the firm’s carefully-worded statement offering […]

Image copyright Getty Images Google has removed from its app store a mobile game that lets people role play as a Hong Kong protester. The tech giant says the app violated a policy against cashing in on conflicts, and the decision was not the result of a request to take it down. A number of

Image copyright HMV Image caption HMV’s new owner Doug Putman said he wanted to simplify the offer to his customers The world’s largest HMV store is opening its doors to shoppers just months after the chain announced dozens of branch closures. Spanning 25,000 sq ft across one floor – almost the size of 12 tennis

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Chinese Vice Premier Liu He leaves the trade negotiations. US President Donald Trump sounded an optimistic note at the end of the first day of US-China trade talks in Washington DC. “We had a very, very good negotiation with China,” Mr Trump told reporters after the talks wrapped up.

Image copyright Reuters Image caption A worker cleans graffiti at a Starbucks coffee shop in Hong Kong on 30 September Broken glass, raging fires, and smashed up barricades: the pictures from Hong Kong in the past few days look like random chaos. But in the middle of the violence, most activists are being deliberate about

Image copyright Getty Images There is growing concern among key aerospace manufacturers about regulatory alignment and the ability to bring products to market after Brexit. The firms have sought reassurance that the UK would continue to be a member of the European Aviation Safety Agency after any Brexit deal. They also warned that alignment with

Image copyright Gallo Images Image caption Ajay and Atul Gupta, and Sahara director, Duduzane Zuma The US has placed economic sanctions on members of Gupta family and a business associate for their alleged roles in a “significant corruption network” in South Africa. The three Gupta brothers, friends of former South African president Jacob Zuma, are

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Buying and selling citizenship is now a global industry worth an estimated $25bn a year You can be born into it, you can earn it, and you can lose it. Increasingly, you can also invest your way into it. The “it” is citizenship of a particular country, and it

Image copyright Getty Images Dyson, the UK-based company best known for its vacuum cleaners, has scrapped a project to build electric cars. The firm, headed by inventor Sir James Dyson, said its engineers had developed a “fantastic electric car” but that it would not hit the roads because it was not “commercially viable”. In an

Image copyright MissPap Image caption Queen of the Island Amber Gill There were two big winners of ITV2’s Love Island this year. Amber Gill, the contestant who won the show, and Boohoo, the online fast fashion retailer who signed her. In June, while the Islanders were flirting their way to celebrity in the Mediterranean sun,