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Türkiye fines Google nearly 15 mln USD over hotel searches

STORY: Türkiye fines Google nearly 15 mln USD over hotel searches SHOOTING TIME: June 10, 2024 DATELINE: June 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Google 2. various of people using Google 3. various of Google STORYLINE: Türkiye's Competition Board fined U.S. tech giant Google 482 million liras (around 14.88 million U.S. dollars) on Monday for failing to comply with an injunction related to hotel search queries. The regulatory body said in a statement that Google had not implemented "precautionary measures suggested for hotel searches," blocking competing local search engines on its platform and undermining fair competition. The fine comes after the competition board launched an investigation into Google in March and imposed a daily fine of 0.05 percent of its 2023 revenue starting from mid-April until it complied with the injunction. The move follows a similar decision by the watchdog in March, when it issued an interim injunction against social m

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(2)Koichi Tanaka wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

KYOTO, Japan - An employee of Shimadzu Corp., a major comprehensive precision equipment maker based in Kyoto, responds to queries on Oct. 9 after Koichi Tanaka, an engineer at the company, won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with two others for their contributions to ''the development of methods for identification and structure analyses of biological macromolecules.''

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Kamei holds 'town hall meeting' to drum up support for LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Shizuka Kamei (C), policy affairs chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Feb. 24 fields questions from 16 members of the public about issues ranging from the recent sub-ship collision to education and sagging stock prices at an event at party headquarters. The event, held to drum up support chiefly from undecided voters ahead of this summer's House of Councillors election, lasted for some two hours, with Kamei responding to queries from the floor.

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Foreign Relations Committee Hearing - Washington

Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, left, responds to queries during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, in Washington, DC, USA, September 14, 2021. Photo by Bill OLeary/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Foreign Relations Committee Hearing - Washington

Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, left, responds to queries during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, in Washington, DC, USA, September 14, 2021. Photo by Bill OLeary/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Film on nuclear evacuees' lives shown in Berlin

Japanese director Atsushi Funahashi (R) responds to queries from the audience after his latest film "Nuclear Nation II" was shown during the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in the German capital on Feb. 10, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan Golf Association plays down 2020 venue queries

Kiichi Kimura, head of Kasumigaseki Country Club, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics golf venue, answers reporters' questions in Saitama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 31, 2017. Regarding a request from the International Olympic Committee that the Tokyo Games organizers address the issue of the golf club not extending full memberships to women, Kimura said he needs to discuss the matter with members of the club. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)Koichi Tanaka wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

KYOTO, Japan - An employee of Shimadzu Corp., a major comprehensive precision equipment maker based in Kyoto, responds to queries on Oct. 9 after Koichi Tanaka, an engineer at the company, won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with two others for their contributions to ''the development of methods for identification and structure analyses of biological macromolecules.'' (Kyodo)

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Kamei holds 'town hall meeting' to drum up support for LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Shizuka Kamei (C), policy affairs chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Feb. 24 fields questions from 16 members of the public about issues ranging from the recent sub-ship collision to education and sagging stock prices at an event at party headquarters. The event, held to drum up support chiefly from undecided voters ahead of this summer's House of Councillors election, lasted for some two hours, with Kamei responding to queries from the floor.

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Mori fields opposition queries

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori answers questions by an opposition member at the House of Councillors Budget Committee on Nov. 22, one day after he survived an opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion.