Morning news December 19

Morning news December 19

Volcanic eruption in Iceland

An extensive volcanic eruption has started on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula. There is a risk that the lava flows could reach the evacuated town of Grindavik.

Here you can read more about the volcanic eruption in Iceland.

More than 100 dead in earthquake in China

At least 118 people have died and hundreds have been injured in connection with an earthquake in northwestern China. The quake, with a magnitude of at least 5.9, occurred in the middle of the night.

Here you can read more about the earthquake in China.

Google pays 700 million to quell allegations

Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to quell accusations that it anti-competitive in its Android app store.

Here you can read more about the accusations against Google.

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