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Apple will cut its App Store commission in China from 30% to 25% starting March 15, with small-business and mini-app rates dropping from 15% to 12%. AppleInsider reports: Chinese regulators have been back and forth with Apple in recent years over the 30% App Store commission. The latest publicly known pressure occurred after President Trump slammed the country with seemingly random and outrageous tariffs in 2025. While nothing much else has happened in the public eye in the year since, Apple has announced a new commission rate via its developer blog. The new rates go into effect on March 15. The current standard 30% rate is dropping to 25% for in-app purchases and paid app transactions. The Small Business Program and Mini Apps Partner Program will see rates drop from 15% to 12%. That lower rate applies to auto-renewals of in-app purchase subscriptions after the first year. Mini Apps are for transactions found in super apps like those popularized in China. [...] Developers will need to sign the updated terms, but the new rates are applied automatically. It is unclear if these new changes will prevent regulatory action from China.

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It has been an area of huge development in recent years and more is still to come

ACL Essex is offering free online courses to help parents prepare their children for the start of school.

ACL Essex is offering free online courses to help parents prepare their children for the start of school.

Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, a naturalized US citizen born in Lebanon, drove a truck loaded with explosives into the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan on Thursday.

Keir Starmer is said to have left his aides to ask Mandelson questions about his long-standing ties to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

When this property in leafy Richmond, south-west London , was built in 1968 Harold Wilson was Prime Minister, a pint of beer cost 10p and Neil Armstrong had not yet set foot on the moon.

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There will be replacement bus services running this Mother's Day

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The council's leader said that he will continue to call for the closure of the hotel

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Stephen and Miami announced the baby news on social media

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Mr. Dollar Ton shares a report from the Guardian: Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly six months in jail after Fargo police identified her as a suspect in an organized bank fraud case using facial recognition software, according to south-east North Dakota news outlet InForum. Lipps told the outlet she had never been to North Dakota and did not commit the crimes. Lipps, a mother of three and grandmother of five, said she has lived most of her life in north-central Tennessee. She had never been on an airplane until authorities flew her to North Dakota last year to face charges. In July, U.S. marshals arrested Lipps at her Tennessee home while she was babysitting four children. She said she was taken away at gunpoint and booked into a county jail as a fugitive from justice from North Dakota. "I've never been to North Dakota, I don't know anyone from North Dakota," Lipps told WDAY News. She remained in a Tennessee jail for nearly four months without bail while awaiting extradition. She was charged with four counts of unauthorized use of personal identifying information and four counts of theft. According to Fargo police records obtained by WDAY News, detectives investigating bank fraud cases in April and May 2025 reviewed surveillance video of a woman using a fake U.S. army military ID to withdraw tens of thousands of dollars. The officers allegedly used facial recognition software to identify the suspect as Lipps. A detective reportedly wrote in court documents that Lipps appeared to match the suspect based on facial features, body type and hairstyle. Lipps told WDAY News that no one from the Fargo police department contacted her before the arrest. Lipps is now back home but says the experience has had lasting consequences. While jailed and unable to pay bills, Lipps lost her home, her car and her dog, she said. She also told WDAY News no one from the Fargo police department had apologized.

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Once a tax-free haven attracting social media stars and Brits seeking warm weather and crime-free streets, Dubai's crafted image has been shattered and some residents fear it's 'finished'.

Official documents revealed that Lord Mandelson was handed the extraordinary golden goodbye despite being sacked in disgrace over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.