Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canada is seeing early signs Omicron wave may have peaked – officials
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is seeing early signs that a wave of infections caused by the Omicron variant of COVID-19 may have peaked nationally, chief public health officer Theresa Tam said on Friday. ...
Jan 21, 2022
Canada’s Trudeau vows action after four freeze to death in ‘mind blowing’ tragedy
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is doing all it can stop people smuggling across the U.S. border after a family of four froze to death in a "mind blowing' tragedy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Frid...
Jan 21, 2022
Google asks judge to dismiss most of Texas antitrust lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the majority of an antitrust lawsuit filed by Texas and other states that accused the search giant of abusing it...
Jan 21, 2022
U.S. charges Texas man for threatening Georgia government officials
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Friday announced it has charged a Texas man for making violent threats against local government election officials in Georgia, i...
Jan 21, 2022
Twitter says two security team leaders leaving company
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Friday its head of security is no longer at the company and its chief information security officer will depart in the coming weeks. The shakeup comes after Twitter co-f...
Jan 21, 2022
Factbox-Countries weigh need for COVID-19 booster shots
(Reuters) - Many countries are expanding COVID-19 vaccine booster programmes or shortening the gap between shots as governments scramble to shore up protection against the rapidly spreading Omicron va...
Jan 21, 2022
Workers at Activision Blizzard-owned studio Raven say they have formed union
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A group of workers at Activision Blizzard-owned studio Raven Software said on Friday that they had formed a union with the with Communications Workers of America and would se...
Jan 21, 2022
Quake with preliminary magnitude of 6.4 jolts southern Japan -NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 jolted southern Japan early on Saturday morning, broadcaster NHK reported. The epicentre of the earthquake was off the coast of Kyus...
Jan 21, 2022
Soccer-2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification preliminary round draw
DOUALA (Reuters) - The draw for the preliminary round of the qualifiers for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, conducted on Friday: Eritrea v Botswana Sao Tome e Principe v Mauritius Djibouti v South Sud...
Jan 21, 2022
French court finds former top Sarkozy aides guilty in polling fraud trial
PARIS (Reuters) - A French court on Friday sentenced two one-time aides to former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to jail for their role in the misuse of public funds to finance opinion poll contract...
Jan 21, 2022
