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WYWS: Body found in Ontario, gunman arrest in Hong Kong, Google fined
And the Rise of Skywalker captured $40 million in opening-night sales.
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Police identify body found in Ingersol, Ont.: Police say they have identified a body that was discovered in Ingersol, Ont., earlier this week. A release from the Oxford County OPP says the body was found Tuesday afternoon on Foldens Line and has since been confirmed to be that of 31-year old Thomas Rutherford of Ingersol. Rutherford had been reported missing on Dec. 8. Police say an OPP dive team assisted in recovering his body. There was no word on cause of death, however, police say all investigative leads are being followed up by the Oxford County OPP Major Crime Unit and OPP West Region Criminal Operations. Ingersol is located just northeast of London, Ont.
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Hong Kong police arrest man, seize gun 'he was hoping to use': Hong Kong police arrested a 19-year-old after coming under fire Friday night, and also seized a semi-automatic rifle they say the man planned to use at a public event. The suspect shot at police with a semi-automatic pistol when they intercepted him, the force said in a video posted on its Facebook page. Officers fired tear gas at a crowd that confronted them at the scene of the incident in Tai Po, according to the post. Police said the suspect was previously arrested in December 2018 for illegal possession of firearms. He was released on bail in late February and failed to report to police as required this month, according to the post. Officers seized an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and 211 rounds of ammunition in an apartment in the neighbourhood after Friday's arrest, they said. "According to our intelligence, we know he was hoping to use the gun to cause chaos and hurt police officers during the public gathering," senior superintendent Steve Li of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau said in the video.
Google fined $167 million in France amid crackdown on online ads: Google was fined the equivalent of US$167 million in a French antitrust case involving online advertising as regulators throughout Europe criticize the tech giant's business practices. The French authority found Google abused its dominant position in search when it set "opaque and difficult to understand operating rules" for its Google Ads advertising platform that it applied unfairly and randomly. It's the first time France's Autorité de la concurrence has fined Google, its president Isabelle de Silva told reporters at a Paris press conference Friday. While the fine is a fraction of Google's revenue, the company has had several run-ins with antitrust watchdogs in Europe. Earlier this week, U.K. officials said splitting Google's ad-server operations from the rest of its business could be an option to counter its dominance. European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager has fined the U.S. technology giant 8.2 billion euros in three probes over the last two years.
Wakanda free trade forever? Fictional nation removed from U.S. trade list: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it removed the fictional country of Wakanda from an online list of nations that have free trade agreements with the United States on Thursday. The Kingdom of Wakanda is the home of Black Panther, the Marvel superhero, and is portrayed in comic books and the 2018 blockbuster movie as an isolated African nation with the most powerful technology on the planet.
Rise of Skywalker battles to $40 million in North America opening night: The highly anticipated movie Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker collected $40 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales on its opening night, the fifth-highest debut of all time, Walt Disney Co said on Friday. Longtime fans of the celebrated science-fiction franchise packed theatres Thursday evening for the ninth installment in the story of a fabled Jedi warrior in a galaxy far, far away.
AstraZeneca, Daiichi's breast cancer drug gets accelerated approval from FDA: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it had approved Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd and AstraZeneca Plc's drug to treat an advanced form of breast cancer, three months ahead of schedule. AstraZeneca in March signed a licensing and collaboration deal that committed the British drugmaker to pay up to $6.9 billion to its Japanese partner Daiichi.
Sources: Bloomberg, Reuters, Associated Press, Canadian Press