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Idlib attack that killed Turkish soldiers was ‘also against NATO’, consultations to start tomorrow – Erdogan’s party spokesman

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The spokesman for Turkey’s ruling AK party has labelled the Syrian airstrike that allegedly claimed the lives of dozens of Turkish soldiers in rebel-held Idlib an attack on NATO, calling for the US-led alliance to intervene. “We call on... Read More

Sofia Vergara joining ‘AGT,’ Heidi Klum set to return

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Sofia Vergara is joining a new family. The 47-year-old actress will follow up her time on “Modern Family” by...

Buttigieg wins Iowa after caucus recount, state Dem party says

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The results of the Iowa caucus remain unchanged even after a recount by the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP), which...

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Google asked to justify Toronto ‘digital-city’ plan

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The “appropriateness” of Google’s sister company’s plan for a “digital city” in Toronto has been questioned. A panel set... Read More

Clearview AI: Face-collecting company database hacked

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Clearview AI, a start-up with a database of more than three billion photographs from Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, has... Read More

West Midlands to get access to ultrafast home broadband

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One million households in the West Midlands will be able to access to ultrafast gigabit-capable broadband from March, Virgin... Read More

Amazon bars one million products for false coronavirus claims

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(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc has barred more than 1 million products from sale in recent weeks that had inaccurately... Read More

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UPDATE 4-Facebook cancels developer conference as tech companies respond to virus

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(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would cancel its annual developer conference due to fears over the... Read More

PRESS DIGEST-British Business – Feb 28

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Feb 28 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has... Read More

PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times – Feb 28

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Feb 28 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these... Read More

Pfizer warns of hit to financial results on continued coronavirus outbreak

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Feb 27 (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc on Thursday warned that the continued spread of the coronavirus globally could have... Read More

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World stocks set for worst week since 2008 as virus fears grip markets

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Global share markets were headed for the worst week since the depths of the 2008 financial crisis as investors ditched risky assets on fears the coronavirus would become a pandemic and derail economic growth. FILE PHOTO:... Read More

Oil prices fall again, on track for biggest weekly drop in over 4 years

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell for a sixth straight session on Friday and were on track for about...

Blowout fear for forex markets as coronavirus stirs dormant volatility trades

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LONDON (Reuters) – With this week’s coronavirus-driven rout having shaken awake previously slumbering euro-dollar markets, the spotlight is back...

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As Coronavirus Escalates, Sotheby’s Relocates Modern and Contemporary Hong Kong Sales to New York

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The Sotheby’s salesroom in New York. PETER FOLEY/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK Amid increasingly turbulent conditions in Hong Kong around the spread of... Read More

Sotheby’s to Sell $25M Clyfford Still and Other Major Works from the Collection of Hunk and Moo Anderson

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Clyfford Still,1947-Y-No.1, 1947. Courtesy Sotheby’s. Today Sotheby’s announced that it will sell 26 works of Post-War art from the... Read More

Street Art Sees Solid Results at Artcurial’s Paris Auction

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Artcurial’s Paris Saleroom, February 24, 2020. Artcurial’s Urban and Pop Contemporary auction held in Paris on Sunday saw solid... Read More

The Surreal Illustrations of Micha Huigen

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Micha Huigen’s illustrations dissect and reassemble everyday objects into surreal machines. The artist’s work, both in personal and commissioned... Read More

Lifestyle

Kizomba – Angola’s answer to Salsa – gaining global following

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LUANDA (Reuters) – It’s a warm humid afternoon in Luanda Bay – an urban waterfront on Angola’s Atlantic shore.... Read More

Saint Laurent mixes tweed with fetish-style catsuits for Paris show

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PARIS (Reuters) – Luxury fashion house Saint Laurent juxtaposed staid tweed jackets with fetish-style catsuits when it showed its... Read More

Ben Affleck’s interviews about Jennifer Garner have left her boyfriend John Miller ‘uncomfortable’: report

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Ben Affleck has praised his ex-wife Jennifer Garner in a series of interviews this week, but there’s another man... Read More

Harvey Weinstein could have royal honor revoked, Boris Johnson says

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Following his rape conviction in New York City, Harvey Weinstein may be stripped of his royal honor in the U.K.... Read More

Health

Coronavirus threatens global economy as experts warn no country will be spared

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GENEVA/DUBAI (Reuters) – All countries need to prepare to combat the coronavirus, the World Health Organization said on Thursday,... Read More

U.S. CDC aggressively evaluating whether coronavirus survives on surfaces: agency chief

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(Reuters) – U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Robert Redfield told the U.S. Congress on Thursday... Read More

Stocks plunge on coronavirus fears even as U.S. ramps up fight against spread

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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. stocks plummeted on Thursday as fears about the effect of the coronavirus outbreak on... Read More

Northern Ireland diagnoses first coronavirus case

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Northern Ireland has diagnosed its first case of coronavirus, bringing the UK’s total to 16. Authorities said the patient... Read More

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Blowout fear for forex markets as coronavirus stirs dormant volatility trades

LONDON (Reuters) – With this week’s coronavirus-driven rout having shaken awake previously slumbering euro-dollar markets, the spotlight is back on the “short volatility” trades that some regulators fear could trigger a blowup on world markets. FILE PHOTO: Saudi riyal, yuan, Turkish lira, pound, U.S [...]

Pandemic fears send investors running as Wall Street confirms correction

New York (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes plunged on Thursday for the sixth straight session, with the S&P 500 confirming its fastest correction in history as the rapid global spread of coronavirus intensified worries about economic growth. The S&P 500 finished 12% below its Feb. 19 re [...]

Global shares head for worst week since 2008 financial crisis

TOKYO (Reuters) – Global share markets headed for the worst week since the darkest days of the financial crisis in 2008 as investors braced for the coronavirus to morph into a pandemic and derail world economic growth. FILE PHOTO: People wearing surgical masks walk past a screen showing Nikkei index [...]

Turkish VP says Damascus to pay ‘heavy price’ for ‘treacherous’ attack after at least 33 Turkish troops killed in Idlib airstrike

Turkish VP says Damascus to pay ‘heavy price’ for ‘treacherous’ attack after at least 33 Turkish troops killed in Idlib airstrike — RT World News icon bookmark-bicon bookmarkicon cameraicon checkicon chevron downicon chevron lefticon chevron righticon chevron upicon closeicon v-compressicon download [...]

Not quack-checked! MSM dives for ‘Chinese duck army’ story as plague of locusts ravages Pakistan

Western media have fallen hard for an apparently fake if adorable story about a 100,000-strong “duck army” China has supposedly marched to fight the billions of locusts currently laying waste to Pakistan’s food supply. Initially published by local Chinese outlet Ningbo Evening News, the clickbait-ta [...]

Kate Middleton gives nod to Queen Elizabeth with special fashion accessory

Kate Middleton gave a sweet, subtle nod to Queen Elizabeth with one of her fashion choices for an event Tuesday evening. The Duchess of Cambridge, 38, attended a special performance of the musical”Dear Evan Hansen” at the Noel Coward Theatre in London with husband Prince William. For the outing, the [...]

UPDATE 4-Facebook cancels developer conference as tech companies respond to virus

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would cancel its annual developer conference due to fears over the coronavirus, as growing concerns about the economic impact of the global outbreak drove Wall Street to tumble for a sixth straight day. FILE PHOTO: A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartp [...]

PRESS DIGEST-British Business – Feb 28

Feb 28 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. The Times Flutter Entertainment Plc, the gambling operator that owns Paddy Power and Betfair, said that the ban on credit ca [...]

PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times – Feb 28

Feb 28 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines Regulator outlines plans to break up Big Four accounting firms on.ft.com/2wLT5o7 Thyssenkrupp seals 17 billion euro private equity deal [...]

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Shawcor Declares Quarterly Dividend

TORONTO, Feb. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Shawcor Ltd. (TSX: SCL) Board of Directors today declared a dividend of fifteen cents (15.00 cents) per share on the outstanding common shares of the Corporation payable on the 31st day of March 2020, to shareholders of record at the close of business on [...]

Denbury Resources to Present at Credit Suisse 25th Annual Energy Summit

PLANO, Texas, Feb. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Denbury Resources Inc. (NYSE: DNR) (“Denbury” or the “Company”) today announced that Chris Kendall, President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at the Credit Suisse 25th Annual Energy Summit on Monday, March 2, 2020, at 9:50 a.m. Moun [...]

Shawcor Ltd. Announces Fourth Quarter 2019 Results

Fourth quarter 2019 revenue was $334 million, 6% lower than the $354 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2018. Adjusted EBITDA1 in the fourth quarter of 2019 was $30 million, 22% higher than the $24 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2018. Net loss2 in the fourth quarter of 2019 was $81 [...]

Cornerstone to Acquire Saba

Cornerstone to Acquire Saba Navigation Menu RealWire Limited Delivering Relevance, Releasing Influence Press Release Strategic combination will enhance Cornerstone’s reach and accelerate innovation around how people learn and grow at work London. — Feb. 25, 2020 — Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (NASDAQ: [...]

LINX Cardiff Becomes LINX Wales as Regional Internet Exchange Welcome NGD to the Network

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) confirm expansion plans for their regional Internet exchange in Wales as they build out their network into Next Generation Data’s (NGD) world class data centre near Newport. Currently located in the BT Stadium House facility, LINX Cardiff, the regional Internet ex [...]

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 [...]

Amazon bars one million products for false coronavirus claims

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc has barred more than 1 million products from sale in recent weeks that had inaccurately claimed to cure or defend against the coronavirus, the company told Reuters on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, August [...]

Facebook to publicly track political sponsored content after Bloomberg’s paid memes

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) will provide a way for people to track political sponsored content on Facebook and Instagram ahead of the U.S. presidential election, it said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken Dec [...]

Facebook cancels developer conference as tech companies respond to virus

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Coronavirus threatens global economy as experts warn no country will be spared

GENEVA/DUBAI (Reuters) – All countries need to prepare to combat the coronavirus, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, as authorities raced to contain the epidemic’s rapid global spread and Wall Street looked set for its biggest weekly fall since the 2008-2009 financial crisis. With new i [...]

U.S. CDC aggressively evaluating whether coronavirus survives on surfaces: agency chief

(Reuters) – U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Robert Redfield told the U.S. Congress on Thursday that his agency is aggressively evaluating how long coronavirus can survive and be infectious on surfaces. “On copper and steel its pretty typical, it’s pretty much about 2 h [...]

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 [...]

Trump administration likely to announce details of biofuels deal by Friday: sources

(Reuters) – The Trump administration is expected to announce by Friday details of a U.S. biofuels policy deal to help farmers angry over waivers granted to refiners exempting them from using corn-based ethanol and other biofuels, four sources familiar with the matter said. The White House has held w [...]