Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Roku buys video-streaming app Quibi’s content library
(Reuters) - Video-streaming device maker Roku Inc said on Friday it had acquired the global distribution rights to Quibi's content library, nearly three months after the short-form video streaming app...
Jan 08, 2021
Canada loses 62,600 jobs in December, first decline since April
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada lost more jobs than expected in December, Statistics Canada data showed on Friday, as employment declined for the first time since April amid tighter restrict...
Jan 08, 2021
Nine killed in armed attack on wake in central Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen burst into a wake in the central Mexican city of Celaya late on Thursday and shot dead nine people, authorities said, one of the worst outbreaks of violence...
Jan 08, 2021
Signal, Telegram see demand spike as new WhatsApp terms stir debate
(Reuters) - Signal and Telegram messaging apps are seeing a sudden increase in demand after larger rival WhatsApp's updated terms of service raised eyebrows on social media. WhatsApp, which uses Signa...
Jan 08, 2021
Self-driving firm Cruise hires former Delta exec as COO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cruise, the self-driving firm majority owned by General Motors Co, said Friday it is hiring a former Delta Air Lines senior executive as its chief operating officer. Gil West wa...
Jan 08, 2021
Italy’s Lombardy health chief leaves office after COVID-19 criticism
By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) - The health chief in Italy's wealthy Lombardy region, one of the areas of the world hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, left office on Friday after months of cr...
Jan 08, 2021
Indian government, farmers fail to break deadlock over new agriculture laws
By Nigam Prusty and Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government and representatives of protesting farmers failed to reach an agreement on contentious new agriculture laws on Friday and...
Jan 08, 2021
Romania detects first case of British coronavirus variant
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania has recorded its first case of the British variant of the coronavirus in a 27-year-old woman from the southern county of Giurgiu who had not travelled abroad recently, th...
Jan 08, 2021
Tesla launches cheaper variant of Model Y SUV
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc launched a cheaper variant of the Model Y, bringing its sports utility vehicle's price closer to that of its Model 3 sedan, the electric-car maker's least expensive car. The new ...
Jan 08, 2021
Canada could well see an election this year, PM Trudeau says for first time
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said for the first time on Friday there could well be an election this year, indicating his government is preparing for a vote he insists he d...
Jan 08, 2021
