In win for Amazon, judge freezes work on Pentagon contract
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt of Microsoft’s work on a $10 billion military cloud contract, a win for Amazon, which sued the… Read more »
Author Archives: JUSTIN MARK
In virus outbreak, fretting over a name that might go viral
NEW YORK (AP) — West Nile virus, Lyme disease, Ebola virus. And now: 2019-nCoV? “Just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?” said Trevor Hoppe, a researcher at the University of… Read more »
Stocks open higher on Wall Street; China’s main market dives
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening solidly higher on Wall Street as the market finds its footing after two weeks of losses amid uncertainty over the virus outbreak that… Read more »
Dating apps leak personal data, Norwegian group says
LONDON (AP) — Dating apps including Grindr, OkCupid and Tinder leak personal information to advertising tech companies in possible violation of European data privacy laws, a Norwegian consumer group said… Read more »
Johnson hails UK’s ‘new beginning’ as Brexit day arrives
LONDON (AP) — Britain begins the day as a member of the European Union. Its status at the end of the day — as a proud nation that has reclaimed… Read more »
Trump: New trade deal with Canada, Mexico to boost US growth
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a major rewrite of the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico that he said replaces the “nightmare” of… Read more »
Kobe Bryant, daughter killed in copter crash, 7 others dead
CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash on a steep hillside in dense morning fog in Southern… Read more »
China expands lockdown against virus, fast-tracks hospital
BEIJING (AP) — China expanded its lockdown against the deadly new virus to an unprecedented 36 million people and rushed to build a prefabricated, 1,000-bed hospital for victims Friday as… Read more »
24 hours in, senators flout quaint impeachment rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — So much for the Senate’s quaint rules and tradition. Almost immediately after Chief Justice John Roberts gaveled in Wednesday’s session of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, bored… Read more »
Trump lauds US economy in Davos, says little on climate woes
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s led a “spectacular” turnaround of the U.S. economy and urged the world to invest in America, but had less… Read more »