The New York Times said Monday it was pulling out of its partnership with Apple News as news organizations struggle to compete with big tech companies for readers’ attention and dollars. As of Monday, the Times stories no longer appeared alongside articles from other posts in the curated Apple News …
Read More »Cirque du Soleil files for bankruptcy and cuts 3,500 jobs
In a Monday announcement, the Montreal-based company blamed its bankruptcy on the “immense disruption and forced closure of shows as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic” and aims to restructure its debt with the help of the Canadian government. and private equity firms. The presentation comes three months after he …
Read More »After 500,000 deaths, WHO warns that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is “to come”
Six months since the new coronavirus outbreakThe pandemic is still far from over, the World Health Organization said Monday, warning that “the worst is yet to come.” Reaching the half-year milestone just like the the death toll exceeded 500,000 and the number of confirmed infections exceeded 10 million, the WHO …
Read More »India bans almost 60 Chinese apps, including TikTok
India’s government on Monday banned nearly 60 Chinese mobile apps, including TikTok, citing national security concerns, part of the largest eye-for-eye retaliation developing between countries after their armies clashed earlier this year. month. The move comes after a deadly clash between the Chinese and Indian military along their shared and …
Read More »Boris Johnson rebukes the UK for being ‘significantly fatter’ than other nations
“I have taken a very libertarian stance,” he said. “But when you compare us to other countries, we are significantly fatter, apart from Maltese, for some reason.” Regarding the British economy after the coronavirus, Johnson said it was “the time for a Rooseveltian approach” in the UK, referring to the …
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