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New York state mandates panic buttons for large retailers under new law
September 06, 2024 09:22 AM AEST| By EODHDBy Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a new law requiring retailers to boost safety protections for store workers, including requiring major chains...

US calls for renewing Haiti security mission mandate
September 06, 2024 09:20 AM AEST| By EODHDU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday called for renewing a United Nations mandate for an international security mission to help Haiti fight armed gangs that have taken over much of the c...

Blinken says incumbent on Hamas, Israel to remove gaps in Gaza ceasefire deal
September 06, 2024 09:16 AM AEST| By EODHDU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday it was incumbent on both Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to say yes on remaining issues to reach a Gaza ceasefire deal.

Chess-Carlsen and Niemann gearing up for explosive face-off
September 06, 2024 09:15 AM AEST| By EODHDChess great Magnus Carlsen will play Hans Niemann at the Speed Chess Championship (SCC) final four in their first meeting since the former world champion hinted the then American teenager had cheated...

Britain to send 650 air defence missiles to Ukraine in latest support
September 06, 2024 09:10 AM AEST| By EODHDThe British government said on Friday it would provide Ukraine with 650 lightweight multi-role missiles worth 162 million pounds ($213.13 million) to help protect the country from Russian drones and b...

Law firms Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord agree to merge, creating 1,600-lawyer firm
September 06, 2024 08:53 AM AEST| By EODHDU.S. law firms Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders and Locke Lord said on Thursday that they have agreed to merge effective Jan. 1, creating a firm with more than 1,600 lawyers.

Patrick Bailey supplies the offense in Giants' walk-off win over Diamondbacks
September 06, 2024 08:53 AM AEST| By EODHDPatrick Bailey bounced a ground-rule double over the left-center field fence with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to score Tyler Fitzgerald and allow the San Francisco Giants to walk off the...

Mariners mash 3 HRs, split series vs. A's
September 06, 2024 08:50 AM AEST| By EODHDCal Raleigh, Julio Rodriguez and Luke Raley each homered Thursday afternoon to help the visiting Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland A's 6-4 and earn a split of the teams' four-game series.

Ousted RBC executive Ahn denies allegations of intimate relationship with subordinate
September 06, 2024 08:47 AM AEST| By EODHDRoyal Bank of Canada's former Chief Financial Officer Nadine Ahn has denied all allegations about her relationship with a subordinate detailed in an RBC counterclaim after she sued the bank for wrongf...

Georgia school shooting victims: Two 'sweet' boys and two math teachers
September 06, 2024 08:41 AM AEST| By EODHDThe four people killed in the Georgia school mass shooting on Wednesday included two boys aged 14, remembered as funny, kind and positive, along with two teachers, both of whom taught mathematics and...

The CrowdStrike outage had an outsized impact on Delta, analysts say—and its rivals are soaring because of it
September 06, 2024 08:41 AM AEST| By EODHDDuring July’s peak vacation season, Delta Air Lines was far from enjoying the dog days of summer. The July 19 CrowdStrike power outage—which battered millions of Microsoft operating systems—resulted i...

Georgia teachers pressed new panic buttons during shooting, alerting police
September 06, 2024 08:40 AM AEST| By EODHDTeachers at the Georgia high school, where a shooter killed four people on Wednesday, pressed wearable panic buttons -- in use just one week -- to alert law enforcement officers that they were in dang...

Angola shock Ghana in Cup of Nations qualifying
September 06, 2024 08:39 AM AEST| By EODHDAngola produced the first shock of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers as they snatched a last-minute goal to win away against Ghana in one of seven matches played around the continent on Thursd...

Durov says French authorities should have complained to Telegram, not detained him
September 06, 2024 08:35 AM AEST| By EODHDThe founder of the Telegram messaging app, Pavel Durov, under investigation in France, said early on Friday that French authorities should have approached his company with their complaints rather than...

Fitch upgrades Ukraine's local-currency rating to 'CCC+' after debt restructuring
September 06, 2024 08:32 AM AEST| By EODHDRatings agency Fitch on Thursday upgraded Ukraine's long-term local-currency rating to 'CCC+' from 'CCC-', after the war-torn country restructured over $20 billion in debt to ensure budget stability a...

What new proposals did Trump make during his economic speech?
September 06, 2024 08:21 AM AEST| By EODHDRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trumplaid out his economic vision for the country on Thursday during a speech at the New York Economic Club.

Republic First Bank's former parent files for bankruptcy protection
September 06, 2024 08:17 AM AEST| By EODHDThe former parent of Republic First Bank, which failed in April and was sold to Fulton Financial in a deal put together with support from U.S. regulators, said on Thursday it had filed for Chapter 11...

Fact Check: Artistic ‘collage’ miscaptioned as Vogue cover image of boxer Imane Khelif
September 06, 2024 08:15 AM AEST| By EODHDAn artistic rendition of a magazine co ver featuring Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was shared as an authentic Vogue cover by some on social m edia.

Rainstorm sends stars fleeing Venice red carpet
September 06, 2024 08:13 AM AEST| By EODHDA powerful thunderstorm battered the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, forcing actors and filmmakers to flee the red carpet as lashing rain drenched the Lido.

Five tennis players sanctioned by ITIA over match-fixing
September 06, 2024 08:08 AM AEST| By EODHDFive tennis players have been sanctioned for breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP), the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said on Thursday.