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s Saskatchewan reported 17 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the lowest daily case count since early October.  In a news release, the government attributed the declining case numbers to the province's …

LiveUpdated June 28, 2021, 9:30 a.m. ET June 28, 2021, 9:30 a.m. ET President Bidens meeting with Reuven Rivlin, whose successor has just been elected, comes at a critical juncture for negotiations…

The days most anticipated moment was the election of a new president. But messengers also tackled a slate of resolutions on racial issues, abortion and the Equality Act, a sweeping piece of legislat…

s Ottawa Public Health is reporting eight new COVID-19 cases in the city on Tuesday, reflecting a low not seen in the pandemic since August 2020. The number of active COVID-19 cases in the city also dropped to 172 and no new deaths related to the virus were reported in the past 24 hours. Tuesday tends to be the lowest day of the week for new COVID-19 case reports, and local health officials have cautioned that low testing volumes could be underestimating the actual levels of the virus in the community. #case #citylife #ottawa #number #drop #canada #wellbeing #report #publichealth #public #reporting

Washington (CNN)Sen. Mitt Romney, a key Republican negotiator in infrastructure talks, said Sunday that he's "totally confident" President Joe Biden will sign a bipartisan bill. Biden on Saturday walked back comments he had made Thursday, in which he said he wouldn't approve the bipartisan measure unless it came paired with a reconciliation proposal for "human infrastructure." The President said in a statement that his comments "created the impression that I was issuing a veto threat on the very plan I had just agreed to, which was certainly not my intent." #romney #cnn #comment #joebiden #washington #comments #sunday #walk #president #biden #infrastructure #talk #sign

s Federal health officials have put together some information on what Canadians can do once they’re fully vaccinated. Outdoors, no physical distancing or masking is required within a small group of friends and family. However, if you’re in a larger group with people from multiple households, you should consider wearing a mask if everyone is not fully vaccinated. Indoors, Health Canada suggests reading the room if you’re not fully vaccinated, even if you’re sharing a room with someone who is fully vaccinated. If everyone in the indoor setting is fully vaccinated, health officials confirm that mask-wearing is unnecessary and it is okay to get close. That includes being close enough to hug. #federal #group #news #information #family #hugs #official #friend #friendsandfamily #wellbeing #friends

Former Vice President Mike Pence privately praised a White House official after he unloaded on Donald Trump for the former presidents controversial remarks about the deadly Unite the Right in Charlot…

Speaking at the Lincoln-Reagan Dinner in Manchester, N.H., this month, Mr. Pence admitted that he and Mr. Trump might never see eye to eye about the Capitol riot. Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday night made his most forceful attempt yet to separate himself from his former boss, Donald J. Trump, on the issue of certifying the 2020 election results. Speaking at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Mr. Pence defended the constitutionally mandated role he played in certifying the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6, when a violent mob of Trump loyalists — some chanting “Hang Mike Pence” — stormed the Capitol while the president did nothing for hours to stop them. #vicepresident #riot #speaking #beproud #manchester #night #capitol #election #president #trump #mikepence #vice #speak

s LONDON, ONT. -- The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is reporting five new COVID-19 cases Thursday, a return to single-digit daily counts. No new deaths were reported. The region now has a tota…

image copyrightEPA/President of Colombia image captionPresident Iván Duque denounced it as a "cowardly attack" Gunfire has hit a helicopter carrying the president of Colombia as it flew near the bo…

Border with Mexico President Biden pledged on Friday to Ashraf Ghani, the Afghan president, that the United States would support a safe future for Afghanistan, a country increasingly threatened by a violent insurgency as American and international troops withdraw. The Biden administration has assured Afghanistan’s leaders that it will continue to provide security, diplomatic and humanitarian assistance, even as the Taliban advances on Afghan government forces. #afghanistan #update #ghani #insurgency #harris #unitedstates #updates #biden #ashrafghani #liveupdate #liveupdates #presidentbiden #asia #mexico #united

s Most of the affected vehicles were made in China at Teslas Shanghai plant Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla has had a run of bad publicity in China so far this year, with officials rais…

s Tesla has already chalked up plenty of bad press in China this year, with officials scrutinizing its handling of customer data and protests claiming that Chinese customer complaints are going ignored…

REGINA -- Saskatchewan recorded its lowest single-day increase of COVID-19 cases since November, on Tuesday. The province reported 36 new COVID-19 cases along with 87 recoveries. A new case total … #regina #total #increase #recovery #reported #case #saskatchewan #record #cases #canada #mark

She has faced questions about why she has not visited the boundary since the White House assigned her in March to address the "root causes" of migration. The visit was announced a week after former President Donald Trump said he would go to the border on 30 June. The number of undocumented migrants reaching the US-Mexico border is at the highest level in more than 20 years. A BBC investigation of a detention centre for migrant children in El Paso, Texas, has found reports of sexual abuse, Covid and lice outbreaks, hungry children being served undercooked meat and sandstorms engulfing the desert tent camps where the minors are being held. #kamala #working #causes #rootcause #border #house #whitehouse #trip #question #kamalaharris #harris #questions #migration #visit

The Biden administration is forcing out the chief of the United States Border Patrol, Rodney S. Scott, who took over the agency during the final year of the Trump administration, a Department of Homeland Security official said on Wednesday. The move comes as Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit the southwest border on Friday for the first time since President Biden asked her to lead the administration’s efforts to deter migration from Central America. Republicans have increased pressure on both Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris to visit the border, where a record number of migrants have been trying to cross in recent months. #washingtondc #border #agency #unitedstates #era #scott #department #administration #united #trump #biden #chief #home

Broiler chickens feed at Ward Family Farms in Pawnee, Oklahoma, U.S., March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Nick OxfordNEW YORK, June 25 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Wings are the appendage of the moment for the Amer…

Robotaxis are coming (slowly): Alphabet’s self-driving unit, Waymo, has been busy lately, but it’s not the only company in its market generating headlines. Chinese robotaxi player WeRide bagged $600 million in less than half a year, TechCrunch reports. The company is now worth $3.3 billion. Let’s hope that all the capital and activity in this particular market works out when the rubber hits the road. Soon, even regular folks can get in on the autonomous action: Love the idea of self-driving cars, but don’t have $100 million or more to pour into one of the industry’s leading private players? Good news! You can put your $100 into Embark soon, as the self-driving truck company is going public via a SPAC. You are welcome for this PSA. Tech’s cultural discussion continues: If you follow the tech industry, you’ve seen news about its evolving cultural discussion. From banning “politics” to public culture memos to private missives that became public, there’s a lot going on at both startu

New England Patriots quarterback Jarrett Stidham participates in a drill in Foxborough, U.S., June 15, 2021. Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY SportsNEW YORK, June 24 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Last year was …

Canadians who got the first dose of AstraZeneca and haven’t yet gotten a second dose should choose an mRNA vaccine for their second shot. That’s the latest recommendation from the National Advisory Council on Immunization (NACI) that came down Thursday. The preference for mRNA second shots is because there’s now an abundance of Pfizer and Moderna in Canada, and research suggests mixing the shots could yield a better immune response. Using an mRNA second dose also minimizes the risk of rare but dangerous blood clots known as VITT that are associated with viral vector vaccines. Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, said she wants people who got two shots of AstraZeneca to rest assured they made the right choice. The vaccine provides strong protection against COVID-19, and for a time, it was the most readily available vaccine when COVID-19 infections were surging during the third wave. #national #vaccine #mrna #recommend #astrazeneca #advisory

Twitter starts rolling out Super Follows and ticketed Spaces: The great product push at Twitter continued today with an early rollout of its Super Follow feature. If you have 10,000 followers and tweet about once per day, you could be eligible to charge people from $2.99 to $9.99 per month for bonus tweets. The company is also rolling out ticketed Twitter Spaces, its live audio product. Another startup taking on Google: While we await the launch of Neeva’s subscription search alternative, Brave has put its own search offering into the market. You can give it a test here if you’d like. The short list is that it’s a “non tracking search engine built on top of an independent index and touted as a privacy-safe alternative to surveillance tech products like Google search,” TechCrunch wrote. The early-stage startup funding market in focus: TechCrunch dug into the world of seed and early-stage venture capital rounds that startups are raising today. After a VC tipped us off to the concept

s BC health officials announced 56 new test-positive COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the province to 147,187. During a press conference, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said that broken down by health region, 12 are in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 18 are in the Fraser Health region, three are in the Island Health region, 15 are in the Interior Health region, seven are in the North Health region, and one is outside of Canada. #case #province #cases #number #bring #henry #test #official #wellbeing #conference

authorities - WSJ June 23 (Reuters) - Federal authorities have seized at U.S. airports unauthorized versions of the COVID-19 treatment remdesivir destined for distribution in Mexico, the Wall Street Journal reported o… http://readr.me/lry87

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By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: Feb 7, 2020; Tampa, FL, USA; General view of the NFL Shield logo on the field before Super Bowl LV between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs at Raymond…

s Rep. Jim Jordan is shining a light on Microsoft RRep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is calling on Microsoft to face the same antitrust scrutiny as other large tech platforms in a letter to the company Monday. In the letter, Jordan asks Microsoft president Brad Smith if he believes the company would be affected by the swath of antitrust bills introduced in the House earlier this month. There are five bills in total, spanning from offering up more money for antitrust enforcers to banning large tech platforms from buying up small competitors. The antitrust package came out of a years-long investigation into Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. The measures focus on the anticompetitive behaviors of these four companies, and it’s not as clear how they would affect other large companies like Microsoft. While Microsoft meets the standard laid out under these bills to be considered a “covered platform,” like meeting the over $600 billion market cap and 50 million monthly active users, the bills d

The country's new hardline president is living proof (CNN)It should have been a spring day most Iranians could look forward to. The trees that lined Tehran's boulevards glistened in the sun as a gentle breeze wafted through the city. But on May 8, 2018…

Copies of Next Digital's Apple Daily newspapers are seen at a newsstand in Hong Kong, China May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik/File PhotoHONG KONG, June 21 (Reuters) - Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Ap…

Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline cleric close to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has won Iran's presidential election. The 60-year-old, who will take office in August, presented himself as the best person to combat corruption and solve the economic problems Iran has experienced under the outgoing President, Hassan Rouhani. He is the head of the country's judiciary, and has ultra-conservative political views. Many Iranians and human rights activists have pointed to his alleged role in the mass executions of political prisoners in the 1980s.

He was a good boy. On Saturday, President Biden announced on Twitter that his family's beloved dog, Champ, had passed away at 13 years old. Biden isn't the only one mourning. "Champ" quickly became a trending topic on Twitter, with people expressing their condolences and sadness over the pup's death, who was the older brother to Major, the youngest Biden dog. #joebiden #networking #family #biden #families #pass #twitter #trendingtopic #ilovemydog #presidentbiden #years

s More one quarter of adults in Toronto are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The City of Toronto announced on June 19 that more than 75% of adults have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and over 25% have had two doses. The milestone marks “important progress,” the City said, as it works to immunize as many residents as possible to fight both the initial strain of COVID-19 and the Delta variant. Last month, federal health officials said that once 75% of eligible Canadians get their first dose and 20% have their second shot, some restrictions can be lifted. People will be able to go camping and hiking, have picnics, enjoy time on patios, and have small, outdoor gatherings with family and friends, officials said. However, crowds should still be avoided and public health measures must still be followed, #vaccine #ontario #city #toronto #canada #news

By Reuters Staff TOKYO, June 21 (Reuters) - Japanese shares slumped on Monday, tracking Wall Streets sharp decline over the weekend, after Federal Reserve official James Bullard surprised markets by…

Poultry giant Sanderson Farms Inc. is exploring a sale, according to people familiar with the matter, as demand for chicken products rises. Sanderson Farms SAFM, +6.96% has tapped Centerview P…

A health care worker fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as California opens up vaccine eligibility to any residents 16 years and older during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)…

s The front page carried a message of defiance, reading: "We must press on." The paper typically prints about 80,000 copies but increased that to 500,000 to meet demand. Some news stands sold out. The raid on the newspaper came as two of its executives were charged under Hong Kong's controversial new national security law. A total of five executives were arrested. Editor-in-chief Ryan Law and chief executive officer Cheung Kim-hung were the two charged. The other three, Chief Operating Officer Chow Tat-kuen, Deputy Chief Editor Chan Pui-man and Chief Executive Editor Cheung Chi-wai remain under investigation, police said. Ms Chan was released on bail late on Friday. She told reporters outside the police station she was saddened by the charges against two of her colleagues and said she was proud of staff for publishing the newspaper earlier that day. Mr Chow and Mr Cheung remain in police custody. #hongkong #raid #paper #press #sell #police #sellout #s

hog futures fall daily limit as China rebuilds its herd Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell their daily 3-cent limit on Wednesday, pressured by falling U.S. wholesale prices for pork products and news of increasing hog numbers in China, traders said. China’s pig herd rose 23.5% in May from a year earlier, state media said on Wednesday, citing the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. CME hog futures tumbled as the figures raised questions about export demand from China, which has been a key buyer of U.S. pork since its herd, the world’s largest, was decimated by the deadly African swine fever virus. China’s herd plunged 40% in 2019, official data showed. More recently, as animal numbers rebound, live hog prices in China have fallen. #products #trader #traders #exchange #futures #china #unitedstates #price #number #product #prices #limit

The vaccine rollout in the UK has boosted confidence in the government but speed and efficiency of the campaign will not result in the full unlocking of restrictions on June 21. The Delta variant of …

s LiveUpdated June 17, 2021, 8:56 a.m. ET June 17, 2021, 8:56 a.m. ET The House is set to repeal an authorization it gave President George W. Bush in 2002 to invade Iraq that was repeatedly applied w… #home #powers #vote #bush #war #iraq #liveupdates #updates #president #set #george

s Bruce Springsteen, also known as The Boss, is playing a set of shows on Broadway in New York between June and September. In an interesting development for would-be Canadian concertgoers, if you’re v…

image copyrightGetty Images Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's first president and a key figure in its independence struggle, has died at the age of 97, his family has confirmed. Kaunda was admitted to a hos… #country #kennethkaunda #kaunda #firstpresident #independence #image #president #zambia #confirmed #family #families #age

to Back Election Claims Mr. Rosen declined to comment. A spokesman for Mr. Trump could not immediately be reached for comment. The documents show that President Trump tried to corrupt our nation's chief law enforcement agen… #unitedstates #lawenforcement #presidenttrump #official #trump #justice #election #claims #law #press

s The president was in Oklahoma to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre when a white mob destroyed a vibrant Black business district and killed as many as 300 people. The massacre was one of the worst outbreaks of racist violence in American history, and it has gone largely ignored in history books. Mr. Biden told the crowd that he saw the protection of voting rights as one of the most fundamental — and most endangered — pathways to ensure racial equity. #votingrights #role #business #kamalaharris #harris #president #biden #tulsa #blackbusiness #rights #businesses

s Ottawa Public Health says 10 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, the lowest daily case count reported in the capital since Sept. 1, 2020. No new deaths were reported for the third day in a row, Tuesday. Across the province, health officials confirmed 296 new cases of the virus, the lowest daily report since Sept. 17, 2020. Another 645 cases across Ontario are now considered resolved. Public Health Ontario says 15 more Ontarians have died from COVID-19. Public Health Ontario added 11 new cases to its total for Ottawa on Tuesday. Figures from OPH often differ from those provided by Public Health Ontario because the two health agencies pull data for their daily reports at different times of the day. Only one other case of COVID-19 was reported elsewhere in the region. A single case was added to the total for the Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit on Tuesday. Ottawa Public Health's COVID-19 dashboard says there have been 27,459 total labora

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio is so desperate for cash these days that hes selling Black Lives Matter T-shirts and even Impeach 45 garb in a dig at his hero Donald Trump, The Wall Street Journal r…

s The off-market deal includes two parcels with 360-feet of water frontage.

By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: The ByteDance logo is seen in this illustration taken, Nov. 27, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters) - TikTok Owner ByteDances gross profit surged…

The days most anticipated moment was the election of a new president. In Nashville, tempers were running high. Irate messengers confronted at least two high-profile leaders in the halls of the convention center, accusing them of fomenting liberalism. Some leaders were provided with extra security.“We are at a defining moment for our convention,” J.D. Greear, the departing president, told the assembly in a fiery speech hours before they would elect his successor. He excoriated the “Pharisees” within the denomination who placed ideological purity over its evangelistic mission, alienating Black and Latino pastors, sexual abuse survivors, and others in their zeal.“Are we primarily a cultural and political affinity group, or do we see our primary calling as being a gospel witness?” Mr. Greear asked. “What’s the more important part of our name: Southern or Baptist?” Mr. Greear praised an earlier generation of conservatives who had kept the denomination true to its theological principles.

The TechCrunch Top 3Solid Power is going public: The solid-state battery developer backed by Ford and BMW said Tuesday it would head to the Nasdaq via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corp III at a post-deal implied market valuation of $1.2 billion. Andreessen Horowitz has launched its own media apparatus called Futre: The publication, funded by a16z funds, looks to provide content that doesn’t currently exist in the market and that can be created from the “unique, interesting perch” that the firm has, says Margit Wennmachers, the firm’s operating partner of marketing and Future. Good luck, a16z, and welcome to the jungle. We have a new FTC commissioner: The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Big Tech critic and prominent antitrust scholar Lina Khan as a commissioner to the Federal Trade Commission, signaling a new era of scrutiny for the tech industry. Khan was confirmed in a 69-28 vote, with Republicans joining Democrats in a rare show

Big news today! We launched the Nubank EC-1, an extensive look into one of the biggest startups in the world. More on this down below.And have you heard that TechCrunch recently launched a new podcast? On “Found,” Darrell Etherington and Jordan Crook interview one early-stage startup founder each week about the ins and outs and ups and downs of founding a company. In the latest episode, the pair spoke to Cory Siskind, founder of Base Operations, which earlier this year raised $2.2 million in seed funding to capitalize on its recent launch of a street-level threat-mapping platform for use in supporting enterprise security operations. Subscribe to “Found” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or the your podcast app of choice. #startups #today #techcrunch #podcast #startup #launch

NATO leaders, who are gathering at a summit meeting on Monday, have usually gone out of their way to adjust to the strategic priorities of the group’s most powerful member, the United States. But the issue of China is more problematic because NATO is a regional military alliance of Europe and North America. Its main concern remains a newly aggressive Russia — not distant China. China is expanding military exercises with Russia, sending its ships into the Mediterranean. It also has a base in Africa. So it has gotten NATO’s attention. But NATO member states from Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Germany, are concerned that a new concentration on China will divert alliance attention and resources from the problem closer to home.

With great wealth comes political power, and the intricacies of the tax code are the place where that power is wielded most efficiently. The president and many liberal Democrats spy an opportunity. About three in five Americans have expressed support for higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy to pay for infrastructure projects and climate action, according to a range of recent polls. That includes a solid majority of independents. This helps explain why raising taxes on the rich was such a prominent issue on the campaign trail, particularly during the Democratic primary, when progressives like Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders pushed for an extensive tax overhaul. As president, Mr. Biden has embraced many of their goals. Still, like so many items on his agenda, those proposals are staunchly opposed by most Republican lawmakers. So it doesn’t help Mr. Biden that the most conservative Democratic senator, Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, is dead set on finding bipar