Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canada’s LifeLabs failed to protect customer data, privacy commissioners find
By Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian laboratory testing company LifeLabs failed to adequately protect sensitive health information of millions of people, resulting in one of the biggest dat...
Jun 25, 2020
Canada’s top health official to seek details of Ontario COVID-19 farm worker guidelines
By Kelsey Johnson and Allison Martell OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's top public health official said on Thursday she plans to seek more information from Ontario about the province's plan to allow...
Jun 25, 2020
U.S. says lobbyist Abramoff to plead guilty in connection with bitcoin offering
(Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Thursday the lobbyist Jack Abramoff has agreed to plead guilty to violating a federal lobbying disclosure law, in connection with an alleged fraudulent offering...
Jun 25, 2020
Colombia’s first COVID-19 death occurred earlier than previously thought: government
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's first confirmed death from COVID-19 occurred in late February, more than a week before the Andean country originally reported its first case of the coronavirus, the gover...
Jun 25, 2020
Senate advances $740 billion defense bill, stage set for Confederate battle
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted 90-7 on Thursday to debate the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, setting the stage for a battle between Democrats an...
Jun 25, 2020
Commander in Somali al Shabaab militant group killed – state media
By Feisal Omar MOGADISHIU (Reuters) - Somali security forces have killed a commander of the al Shabaab militant group in a military operation, state radio reported on Thursday. Ahsraf Azmi Abu Hamdan,...
Jun 25, 2020
Less Than 1% County Tests Positive, Active Investigation Underway At Sheboygan Senior Community
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - Less than 1% of Sheboygan County residents, 1 total, receiving their test returns in the last 24 hours was positive for COVID-19, while 171 got negati...
Jun 25, 2020
Bear-sized wombat cousin roamed Australia 25 million years ago
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A powerfully built relative of modern wombats that was the size of a black bear roamed Australia's woodlands about 25 million years ago, possessing shovel-shaped ...
Jun 25, 2020
Portugal’s government wants Centeno as central bank governor
By Catarina Demony and Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - The Portuguese government will nominate Mario Centeno, who resigned from his role as finance minister this month, as the next central bank go...
Jun 25, 2020
UAE and Israeli companies to cooperate to combat coronavirus: WAM
CAIRO (Reuters) - Two private companies from the United Arab Emirates will work with two Israeli companies on medical projects, including those to combat the new coronavirus, the UAE's state-run news ...
Jun 25, 2020
