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Russia isn’t only behind election hacking! They’re also trying to smear US over coronavirus … according to State Department

Russia isn’t only behind election hacking! They’re also trying to smear US over coronavirus … according to State Department

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Not satisfied with just blaming Russia for election meddling, US officials are now claiming Moscow is trying to “sow discord” by spreading disinformation about the coronavirus and the US’ role in its creation and global response. US State Department... Read More

Nevada caucuses underway as Sanders takes early lead

Nevada caucuses underway as Sanders takes early lead

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The Nevada caucuses are underway as Sen. Bernie Sanders takes an early lead — and state Democrats are cautiously hopeful they will...

DNC chairman Perez downplays caucus reporting concerns: ‘We’re in great shape’

DNC chairman Perez downplays caucus reporting concerns: ‘We’re in great shape’

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LAS VEGAS — Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez told Fox News minutes before the start of the caucuses in Nevadaon...

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Samsung Electronics confirms coronavirus case at phone factory complex in South Korea

Samsung Electronics confirms coronavirus case at phone factory complex in South Korea

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SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) said on Saturday that one coronavirus case had been confirmed at its mobile... Read More

Let’s come together to tax tech giants, say G20 officials eyeing $100 billion boost

Let’s come together to tax tech giants, say G20 officials eyeing $100 billion boost

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RIYADH (Reuters) – Leading world economies must show unity in dealing with aggressive “tax optimization” by global digital giants... Read More

Twitter suspends group of pro-Bloomberg accounts over ‘platform manipulation’

Twitter suspends group of pro-Bloomberg accounts over ‘platform manipulation’

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter Inc on Friday said it had started suspending and restricting dozens of accounts posting... Read More

Twitter tests labels, community moderation for lies by public figures

Twitter tests labels, community moderation for lies by public figures

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(Reuters) – Twitter Inc said on Thursday that it was testing a new community moderation approach that would enable... Read More

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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks slide as coronavirus fears spur safe-haven buying

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks slide as coronavirus fears spur safe-haven buying

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global equity markets slumped on Friday as the fast-spreading coronavirus drove investors into safe havens,... Read More

Brazil’s Vale dam disaster report highlights governance shortcomings

Brazil’s Vale dam disaster report highlights governance shortcomings

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors on Friday slammed Vale SA’s corporate risk management policies, saying... Read More

Petrobras, oil workers reach agreement to end strike – judge

Petrobras, oil workers reach agreement to end strike – judge

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BRASILIA, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras and unions representing the firm’s oil workers reached an... Read More

Shopify to join Facebook-led Libra currency group

Shopify to join Facebook-led Libra currency group

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FILE PHOTO: Shadow of a 3D-printed Facebook Libra cryptocurrency logo is seen near cryptocurrency representation in this illustration taken,... Read More

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Coronavirus fears, U.S. business data drag down Wall Street

Coronavirus fears, U.S. business data drag down Wall Street

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell and the Nasdaq had its worst daily... Read More

U.S. SEC probes Altria’s investment in Juul: WSJ

U.S. SEC probes Altria’s investment in Juul: WSJ

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FILE PHOTO: Juul brand vape cartridges are pictured for sale at a shop in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., September 26,...

Big tech cos pull out of San Francisco conferences on coronavirus concerns

Big tech cos pull out of San Francisco conferences on coronavirus concerns

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FILE PHOTO: The Verizon store in Superior, Colorado, U.S., July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc...

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Movie magic: Spanish La Vista potato chip sales boom on Korean film cameo

Movie magic: Spanish La Vista potato chip sales boom on Korean film cameo

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ARTEIXO, Spain (Reuters) – Cesar Bonilla is still baffled by a surge in demand for the canned potato chips... Read More

Brazil’s Carnival kicks off with political divisions front and center

Brazil’s Carnival kicks off with political divisions front and center

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RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s famed Carnival kicked off in earnest on Saturday, as millions of scantily-clad... Read More

Despite horror stories, California cruise passengers won’t let coronavirus spoil their fun

Despite horror stories, California cruise passengers won’t let coronavirus spoil their fun

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LONG BEACH, Calif. (Reuters) – With a white captain’s hat perched on his head, Calvin Ballard seemed relaxed as... Read More

‘Mob Wives’ star Drita D’Avanzo has gun, drug charges dropped

‘Mob Wives’ star Drita D’Avanzo has gun, drug charges dropped

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“Mob Wives” star Drita D’Avanzo has been cleared of gun and drug charges filed against her last year, according... Read More

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Coronavirus cases balloon in South Korea as outbreak spreads

Coronavirus cases balloon in South Korea as outbreak spreads

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SEOUL, South Korea – Schools were shuttered, churches told worshipers to stay away and some mass gatherings were banned... Read More

Sacramento confirms first coronavirus case in patient who traveled to China

Sacramento confirms first coronavirus case in patient who traveled to China

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Health officials in Sacramento confirmed the county’s first case of novel coronavirus in an adult who recently returned from... Read More

What is frostbite and who is at risk?

What is frostbite and who is at risk?

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Spring may be just around the corner but in plenty of regions across the U.S. the temperatures continue to... Read More

China reports 397 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on mainland on Feb.21

China reports 397 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on mainland on Feb.21

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BEIJING (Reuters) – Mainland China had 397 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Feb. 21, the country’s National... Read More

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Coronavirus fears, U.S. business data drag down Wall Street

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell and the Nasdaq had its worst daily percentage decline in about three weeks on Friday as a spike in new coronavirus [...]

U.S. SEC probes Altria’s investment in Juul: WSJ

FILE PHOTO: Juul brand vape cartridges are pictured for sale at a shop in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo (Reuters) – U.S. regulators have opened a probe regarding Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc’s (MO.N) investment in e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc, [...]

Big tech cos pull out of San Francisco conferences on coronavirus concerns

FILE PHOTO: The Verizon store in Superior, Colorado, U.S., July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) has pulled out of the RSA cyber security conference due to coronavirus-related concerns, the organizer said here on Friday. RSA also said that AT&T Cyberse [...]

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry say the Queen doesn’t own the word ‘royal’

Standing up to the Queen! Meghan Markle and Prince Harry stunned fans last month when the couple announced they would be stepping back as senior members of the royal family. On Friday, the pair’s spokesperson confirmed that, as a part of this plan, the Duke and Duchess will refrain from using the wo [...]

Justin Haskins: Amy Klobuchar’s support for the socialist Green New Deal proves she’s no moderate

Amy Klobuchar: 5 things to know Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., has a fighting chance for the Democratic 2020 nomination. Here are 5 things to know about Sen. Klobuchar. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., has positioned herself, along with former Vice President Joe Biden, as one of the few “moderates” available f [...]

Carnival begins in Rio, but tourists will face contaminated water

Sexy costumes, bands, festivities, wild parades – and murky water. As the official Carnival celebrations kick off in the Brazilian city of Rio Saturday, potable water has become a valuable commodity, especially in the peak of summer when temperatures hit 120 degrees F. Since the beginning of January [...]

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks slide as coronavirus fears spur safe-haven buying

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global equity markets slumped on Friday as the fast-spreading coronavirus drove investors into safe havens, with gold hitting a fresh seven-year high and the yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond sliding to an all-time low. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Excha [...]

Brazil’s Vale dam disaster report highlights governance shortcomings

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors on Friday slammed Vale SA’s corporate risk management policies, saying a report released by the iron ore miner a day earlier highlighted governance issues that contributed to a dam burst last year that killed 270 people, just four years after [...]

Petrobras, oil workers reach agreement to end strike – judge

BRASILIA, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras and unions representing the firm’s oil workers reached an agreement on Friday to end a partial strike, a judge at the country’s highest labor court said. Reporting by Gabriel Ponte; Editing by Sandra Maler Our Standards:The [...]

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PDC Energy Announces Results and Settlement of Purchase Offer of Outstanding 6.25% Senior Notes

DENVER, Feb. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PDC Energy, Inc. (“PDC” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: PDCE) announced today the final results and settlement of its offer to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding 6.25% Senior Notes due 2025 (CUSIP No. 78470VAC2) (the “Notes”). PDC assumed the Notes p [...]

BPGIC And Sahara Energy Announce Their Mutual Agreement To Discontinue Their Joint Development Project to Install a Modular Refinery at BPGIC’s Terminal

NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brooge Holdings Limited (“Brooge Holdings”) (NASDAQ: BROG) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Brooge Petroleum and Gas Investment Company FZE (“BPGIC”), a Fujairah Free Zone Entity in the oil storage and services business announced today that BPGIC and Sahara [...]

Parkland Announces Date of 2019 Fourth Quarter & Year-End Results

CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Parkland Fuel Corporation (“Parkland”) (TSX:PKI) expects to announce its 2019 fourth quarter and year-end results after markets close on Thursday, March 5, 2020. A conference call and webcast will then be held at 6:30 a.m. MST (8:30 a.m. EST) on Fri [...]

Corie Robinson Joins Zylpha From LexisNexis

Press Release Corie Robinson has joined Zylpha (www.zylpha.com) as Senior Business Development Manager. He joins from LexisNexis, where for over 9 years as Key Account Manager, he held sole responsibility for Public Sector, Central and Local Government clients. In his new role, Corie will spearhead [...]

IGEL Appoints Sabina Knotter-Finney as Vice President of Global Sales Operations

Bringing more than two decades of experience in business and sales operations to IGEL, Knotter-Finney is responsible for implementing processes that will drive productivity and efficiency across IGEL’s entire global sales organisation Reading, UK. February 19, 2020 – IGEL, provider of the next-gen e [...]

Research: More than half of the world’s largest enterprises fail to adequately communicate their data sanitization policies internally

Research: More than half of the world’s largest enterprises fail to adequately communicate their data sanitization policies internally Navigation Menu RealWire Limited Delivering Relevance, Releasing Influence Press Release Discrepancies between data sanitization policy creation and execution is put [...]

EBay in discussions with multiple parties for sale of classified business

FILE PHOTO: The German headquarters of online marketplace eBay is pictured at Europarc Dreilinden business park south of Berlin in Kleinmachnow, Germany, August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (Reuters) – EBay Inc (EBAY.O) is in discussions with multiple candidates regarding a potential transaction [...]

Scientists discover powerful antibiotic using AI

In a world first, scientists have discovered a new type of antibiotic using artificial intelligence (AI). It has been heralded by experts as a major breakthrough in the fight against the growing problem of drug resistance. A powerful algorithm was used to analyse more than one hundred million chemic [...]

Nintendo: Animal Crossing fans upset by cloud restrictions

Fans of the Animal Crossing game have criticised Nintendo after it said players would not be able to save their progress to its cloud back-up service. Saving game progress to the cloud is a key feature of the Nintendo Switch online subscription service, which costs £17.99 a year. It lets players pic [...]

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China reports 397 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on mainland on Feb.21

BEIJING (Reuters) – Mainland China had 397 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Feb. 21, the country’s National Health Commission said on Saturday, down from 889 cases a day earlier. That brings the total accumulated number of confirmed cases in mainland China so far to 76,288. The death [...]

Coronavirus spreads in China prisons, Korean church as fears weigh on global markets

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – The coronavirus has infected hundreds of people in Chinese prisons, authorities said, as cases climbed outside the epicenter in Hubei province, including 100 more in South Korea and a worsening outbreak in Italy where officials announced the country’s first death. A total o [...]

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Scientists find toxic fungus near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Poison Fire Coral fungus is seen in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, in this undated picture obtained from social media. RAY PALMER /via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A highly poisonous fungus, with toxins that c [...]