Democrats launch first salvo at Trump impeachment trial, say U.S global standing at stake
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats accused President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial on Wednesday of a corrupt scheme to pressure Ukraine to help him get re-elected and warned that America’s global prestige would suffer if the U.S. Senate acquits him. The...
read more16 people monitored for contact with U.S. coronavirus victim
Travelers are seen wearing surgical masks as they arrive at Benito Juarez international airport in Mexico City, Mexico January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso(Reuters) - At least 16 people had close contact with a Washington state man diagnosed as the first U.S. case...
read moreU.S. senators on ‘digital detox’ as they hear Trump’s impeachment trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some members of the U.S. Senate hearing President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, a proceeding following decades-old precedent, said they welcomed at least one of the chamber’s anachronistic rules: a ban on cellphones. “We’re all on a digital...
read moreFactbox: ‘They don’t have the material’ – Quotes on Trump’s Senate impeachment trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here are some key quotes from Wednesday, the first day the U.S. Senate heard the Democrats’ case for removing President Donald Trump from office. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP “We’re doing very well. I got to watch enough. I thought our team did a very...
read moreAt Florida base, a mix of relief, anxiety in Saudi shooting aftermath
NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Fla. (Reuters) - With an FBI investigation underway, Navy security officer David Link still is not allowed to talk about what he saw when a Saudi gunman killed three U.S. sailors at this sprawling Florida naval base last month. U.S....
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Wednesday is deadline for claims in 2017 Equifax data breach
This July 21, 2012, file photo shows signage at the corporate headquarters of Equifax Inc. in Atlanta. The deadline to seek cash payments and claim free services as part of Equifax's $700 million settlement over a massive data breach is Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (AP...
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One ring to rule them all: Surveillance ‘smart’ tech won’t make Canadian cities safer
The evolution from community surveillance with a personal touch to mass digital surveillance of cities is troubling. Credit: Shutterstock Last fall, Drew Dilkens, the mayor of Windsor, Ont., set out to make the city the first Canadian urban center to connect to the...
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How blockchain could prevent future data breaches
As data breaches occur more frequently, could blockchain provide greater protection for our health data? Credit: Shutterstock Just before the new year, approximately 15 million Canadians —about 40 percent of the entire population of Canada —learned that their...
read moreAmeriLife Holdings LLC (New) — Moody’s assigns B3 corporate family rating to recapitalized AmeriLife, outlook stable
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read moreMinnetonka I.S.D. 276, MN — Moody’s assigns Aaa underlying / Aa2 enhanced to Minnetonka ISD 276, MN’s GO bonds, Aa1 to COPs; outlook stable
Rating Action: Moody's assigns Aaa underlying / Aa2 enhanced to Minnetonka ISD 276, MN's GO bonds, Aa1 to COPs; outlook...
read moreChina Shares Expected To Be Rangebound On Thursday
(RTTNews) - The China stock market rebounded on Wednesday, one session after it had halted the two-day winning streak in which it had gathered more than 20 points or 0.6 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index now rests just above the 3,060-point plateau and it's...
read moreThe Cardiac Monitoring Industry to 2023: 5-Year Forecasts for Revenue & Units Shipped Y-o-Y, Market Shares of Players, Unmet Needs, Game-Changing Strategies
DUBLIN, Jan. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Analysis of the Global Cardiac Monitoring Market, Forecast to 2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.This study provides an overview of...
read moreSucrose Esters Market Worth $106 Million by 2025 – Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™
CHICAGO, Jan. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The report "Sucrose Esters Market by Application (Food, Personal Care Products, Detergents & Cleaners), Form (Powder, Liquid, Pellet), and Region (North...
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Impeachment: Democrats reject witness swap in Trump trial
Media playback is unsupported on your device US Democrats have ruled out a "witness swap" with Republicans in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.Lawmakers who are seeking to remove the president from office hope to hear testimony from his former National...
read moreWATCH: Trump’s impeachment trial
Live coverage as House Democrats begin their opening arguments in the trial in the US Senate.
read moreSchiff makes case against Trump before he opens impeachment trial
House impeachment manager Adam Schiff has told reporters the facts are evidence enough that President Trump needs to be removed from office.Last month the president was impeached by the Democratic-controlled House and a trial is now under way in the Senate, which is...
read moreProtester says she was paid to appear at Huawei hearing
A Canadian actor said she was unwittingly hired to protest in support of a Huawei executive fighting extradition to the US. Julia Hackstaff told local media she thought she had taken a job as a background extra.Instead she found herself holding a placard outside the...
read moreTerrifying near miss on icy Iowa road
A man seems oblivious as a truck careens off a motorway and plummets towards him down a snowy verge.
read moreU.S. Senate blocks three Democratic bids for documents in Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate rejected three Democratic efforts on Tuesday to obtain documents and evidence in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, an early sign the proceeding could advance along lines favorable to Trump. As the...
read moreFoul weather delays launch of U.S. census head count in rural Alaska
BETHEL, Alaska (Reuters) - The launch of the U.S. Census Bureau’s once-in-a decade head count of Americans was delayed on Tuesday by bad weather in one of the most remote corners of the country - a tiny Alaska Native settlement on the Bering Sea coast. U.S. Census...
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