‘Multiple people’ killed in shooting at Molson Coors facility in Milwaukee
(Reuters) - “Multiple people” were killed in a mass shooting at a Molson Coors Beverage Co facility in Milwaukee on Wednesday, with the suspect apparently among the dead, the city’s mayor, Tom Barrett, said. President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters at the White...
read moreCoronavirus spreads faster outside China, stoking global fears
SHANGHAI/SEOUL (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus infections inside China - the source of the outbreak - was for the first time overtaken by fresh cases elsewhere on Wednesday, with Italy and Iran emerging as new epicenters of the rapidly spreading illness....
read moreHealth officials tell U.S. to prepare for coronavirus, Trump blasts TV channels
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Public health officials on Wednesday warned Americans to prepare for more coronavirus cases and New York City announced plans to provide up to 1,200 hospital beds if needed, as President Donald Trump said the country was in “great...
read moreAd spending nears $900 million, Biden lands key endorsement as Democrats campaign in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden won the endorsement of an influential black congressman from South Carolina on Wednesday, which could prove pivotal as he competes with national front-runner Bernie Sanders for the support of the...
read moreTrump says Pence will be in charge of coronavirus response
Vice President Mike Pence stands with U.S. President Donald Trump as he gives a news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Vice President Mike Pence...
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Firefox unveils major security upgrade: DoH protocol boosts user privacy
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a major step to curb eavesdroppers from tapping into users' web browsing habits, Mozilla today launched a major security initiative for all Firefox users in the United States. Beginning Tuesday, Firefox browsers will use encrypted means of...
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Protecting sensitive metadata so it can’t be used for surveillance
In a new metadata-protecting scheme, users send encrypted messages to multiple chains of servers, with each chain mathematically guaranteed to have at least one hacker-free server. Each server decrypts and shuffles the messages in random order, before shooting them to...
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GreenSpace Brands Closes First Tranche of Private Placement
TSXV: JTRwww.greenspacebrands.ca(all amounts in Cdn$ unless otherwise noted) TORONTO, Feb. 26, 2020 /CNW/ - GreenSpace Brands Inc. (the "Company") (TSXV: JTR) is pleased to announce that, further to its news release of February 19, 2020, it has closed the first...
read moreHaute Residence Welcomes Gus Bright To Its Exclusive Real Estate Network
JOHNS ISLAND, S.C., Feb. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Â Gus Bright was the 2015 and 2017 Akers Ellis Sales Person of the Year. His success is the result of a lifelong work ethic and a client-first attitude - a commitment to attentive service and a successful...
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Stellar Development Foundation Announces Strategic Investment in DSTOQ
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) announces the closing of a strategic investment in DSTOQ Group AG. The investment of $715K, paid in lumens, is the first made by SDF through their new Enterprise Fund. DSTOQ, a...
read moreKeyera Corp. Announces 2019 Year End Results
CALGARY, Feb. 26, 2020 /CNW/ - Keyera Corp. (TSX:KEY) ("Keyera") announced its year end 2019 financial results today, the highlights of which are included in this news release. The entire news release can be viewed by visiting Keyera's website at...
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This luxury hotel group, backed by a ‘brain trust’ of investors including ex-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, is using 3D-printing to build hotels in months rather than years
Habitas Habitas is a luxury hotel group that uses...
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Trump names VP Pence man in charge of coronavirus response
Media playback is unsupported on your device US President Trump has appointed his Vice-President Mike Pence to coordinate the government response to the coronavirus outbreak.Both men told a White House news conference that the risk to the American people remained very...
read moreAt least five dead in Milwaukee shooting at Molson Coors beer company
At least five people were killed in a shooting at the Molson Coors Brewing Company campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, local media report.The gunman was also killed. The motive for the attack remains unclear.The shooting occurred in the early afternoon while hundreds of...
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Maria Sharapova retires: Five-time Grand Slam champion ‘says goodbye’ to tennis at 32
Media playback is not supported on this device Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova is "saying goodbye" to tennis at the age of 32.In an article written for Vogue and Vanity Fair, Sharapova said her body "had become a distraction" after a struggle with...
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Joe Biden drops claim he was arrested seeing Mandela
Joe Biden was not arrested in South Africa while trying to see Nelson Mandela, his campaign has conceded.The US presidential contender had repeatedly said he was arrested during a trip there in the 1970s, when South Africa was under apartheid.But a deputy campaign...
read moreCanada proposed as site of captive whale sanctuary
A cove off Canada's east coast is the proposed site for a sanctuary where captive orca and beluga whales can retire. The Whale Sanctuary Project has selected part of Nova Scotia's coast as a spot for a seaside sanctuary, over other regions in Canada and the US.The...
read moreU.S. braces for coronavirus spread as outbreaks worsen in Italy, Iran
DUBAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States told Americans on Tuesday to begin preparing for coronavirus to spread within the country as outbreaks in Iran, South Korea and Italy escalated and fears that the epidemic would hurt global growth rattled markets. Iran’s...
read moreWeinstein upbeat at Manhattan hospital after sex crimes conviction, lawyer says
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was in good spirits on Tuesday, as he accepted visitors while under police guard at a Manhattan hospital, his lawyer said, despite having been convicted a day earlier of sexual assault and rape. Weinstein...
read moreSurging Sanders to be in the crosshairs at South Carolina Democratic debate
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Surging front-runner Bernie Sanders will be in the hot seat at the Democratic debate in South Carolina on Tuesday, when his six presidential rivals try to derail his growing momentum before the next big round of nominating contests....
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