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Events on Monday 5 August 2024 2
2024Google ruled an illegal monopolist in searchA landmark US antitrust decisionA US federal judge ruled on 5 August 2024 that Google had illegally maintained a monopoly in online search, the most significant antitrust decision against a technology company in a generation.
2024Sheikh Hasina flees BangladeshStudent protests end fifteen years in powerPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh by helicopter on 5 August 2024 after weeks of student-led protests, ending fifteen years in power. Muhammad Yunus was appointed to lead an interim government.