The European Commission is set to assess a possible deal for Apple to buy the British music and image recognition service Shazam in the near future. This is stated in a press release from the European Commission. "The European Commission has accepted the request of Austria, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Spain and Sweden to assess under EU law the proposed acquisition of Shazam by Apple.

The Special Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has opened proceedings on the claims of 32 Russian athletes in a case against the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the court's website reports . The filing of appeals by Russian athletes was announced at the 132nd session of the IOC by CAS President John Coates, AP reports . The lawsuit challenges the IOC's decision to deny Russian athletes invitations to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Russians should temporarily refrain from traveling to the Maldives, where a state of emergency has been declared due to political unrest. According to TASS , this recommendation was issued by the consular department of the Russian embassy in Sri Lanka, whose area of ​​responsibility includes the Maldives. As of today, there are no “any manifest threats,” but there are prerequisites for this, the agency’s source said.

Moscow notes that “the US will achieve the targets set by the treaty not only through real arms reductions, but also through the re-equipment of some of the Trident II SLBM launchers (pictured) and B-52H heavy bombers” / US Department of Defense By February 5, 2018, Russia and the United States were supposed to reach the total number of strategic weapons established by the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) signed in 2010, according to a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry published

An earthquake measuring 6.4 in magnitude has struck eastern Taiwan, Reuters reports. The earthquake occurred approximately 21 km from the city of Hualien, located in the east of the country, on the Pacific Ocean coast, CNN reports, citing data from the US Geological Survey. No tsunami warnings were issued. The earthquake's epicenter was at a depth of 1 km. The earthquake occurred at 15:50 local time (18:50 Moscow time). There is currently no information about victims of the earthquake.

February 06, 2018, 14:01 / Auto / News In Germany, prosecutors searched Audi's headquarters and plant due to "dieselgate" undefined Vedomosti In Germany, prosecutors raided Audi's headquarters and the automaker's plant in Neckarsulm, suspecting the company of manipulating diesel emissions data. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the Munich prosecutor's office.

February 06, 2018, 07:23 / Business / News Bloomberg estimates losses of the world's richest people at $114 billion in one day undefined Vedomosti Due to the fall of American markets on February 5, the combined wealth of the world's 500 richest people decreased by $114 billion, Bloomberg found.

The winner of the American Powerball lottery (the Russian equivalent is "5 out of 36"), who won $560 million, refused to receive the money without a guarantee of anonymity, writes The Washington Post . The woman even filed a lawsuit asking to allow her to keep her identity secret and receive the money, but the prospects for this are very doubtful, the newspaper writes.

VTB is studying the possibility of investing about 30 billion rubles. in the creation of 40 logistics distribution centers of Russian Post. Andrei Kostin spoke about this at a meeting with Head of State Vladimir Putin President and Chairman of the Board of VTB , TASS reports . According to him, the bank’s interaction with Russian Post is not limited only to Post Bank.

2.3% - Inflation slowed to this level in the OECD in December 2017, this happened for the first time in six months, the organization reported. The main factor in the weakening of inflation was the slowdown in the growth rate of energy prices. In December, they increased by 6.2%, while in November the growth reached 7.8%, the OECD estimates. Food inflation increased to 2.2% from 2%, and excluding the cost of food and energy, it accelerated to 1.9%.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine did not support the draft resolution on the repeal of the law “ on ensuring the state sovereignty of Ukraine over the temporarily occupied territories in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions,” UNIAN reports . 37 parliamentarians voted for the project out of 226 votes required for approval. The document was introduced by deputies of the Opposition Bloc faction.

February 06, 2018, 04:37 / Auto / News Porsche to double investment in electric and hybrid vehicles to €6 billion undefined Vedomosti German Porsche will double its investment in the production of electric vehicles and hybrids. By 2022, the company will invest 6 billion euros in electric drive systems and related technologies (instead of the previously announced 3 billion), the company said.

The price of Bitcoin fell below $6,000 on Tuesday morning, Coindesk data shows. Bitcoin fell to $5,996, having lost a quarter of its value in one day; by 10:37 the price had recovered to $6,040. On the Coinmarketcap trading platform, the value of the most popular cryptocurrency also fell by a quarter, approaching $6,000. At the time of publication, Bitcoin is trading around $6,136.

Canada's smallest bank by assets, VersaBank Inc., will create a storage facility for cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, Bloomberg reports . “We believe that physical vaults in the basement are obsolete,” says the bank’s chief executive David Taylor, who says most people store important assets digitally. The digital assets are supposed to be stored on computer servers around the world. As with the safes, bank employees won’t know what’s inside. VersaBank Inc.

The first launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket has been delayed by high winds, but remains within the February 6 launch window, Elon Musk's SpaceX website reported. "The first test launch of Falcon Heavy is currently scheduled for February 6 at 3:45 PM ET from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Our teams are monitoring the wind shear at altitude and will update with any changes," the report said.