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Microsoft announces that it will lay off 650 Microsoft Gaming employees as part of cuts to its workforce.
2024-09-12

A global internet outage caused by an internal issue at content delivery network Fastly causes thousands of websites such as the UK Government's website, BBC, "The New York Times", CNN, "Financial Times", "The Guardian", Pinterest, Reddit, Twitch, Spotify, Bloomberg News, and Amazon to be inaccessible for up to an hour.
2021-06-8

Footage obtained by the BBC programme "Panorama" reveals that Dubai sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum has been held in a private villa for at least a year after she attempted to escape from her family in February 2018. Latifa's close associates are calling for international intervention after they stopped receiving messages from her, fearing for her safety.
2021-02-16

The BBC reports that the European Central Bank will cap lending to Greece's struggling banks, causing the run on the nation's banks to become even worse. Next week a referendum will be held about leaving the Euro currency.
2015-06-28

The Indian government censors the documentary "India's Daughter" depicting a December 2012 gang rape and murder due to perceived incitement to violence that the outrage about the film might cause. Nevertheless, the BBC telecasts the film.
2015-03-5

The BBC announce the discovery of nine missing episodes of "Doctor Who" starring Patrick Troughton, located in Nigeria, including the remainder of the partially-missing serial "The Enemy of the World" and 4 of the 5 missing episodes of "The Web of Fear".
2013-10-10

The BBC confirms that it will not be playing "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" in full when it counts down the UK pop chart on Sunday, saying it finds "distasteful" the timing of the song's rise up the charts in the wake of Margaret Thatcher's death.
2013-04-12

The BBC schedules a special edition of "Panorama" for October 22 as it attempts to limit the damage done by allegations of sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile during his years with the broadcaster.
2012-10-19

A special edition of the BBC's political debate programme "Question Time" is recorded at Wormwood Scrubbs Prison in London.
2011-05-19

The UK's National Union of Journalists calls off a second planned 48-hour strike at the BBC scheduled for 15 and 16 November after the Corporation agrees to hold talks aimed at resolving a dispute over pension scheme changes.
2010-11-11