Microsoft on Thursday announced Windows 11, or tried to as an uncooperative video stream left many viewers of the virtual event flummoxed by intermittent transmission gaps in the opening minutes.…
Day: June 25, 2021
With the retirement of David Letterman in 2015, Conan O’Brien became the longest-working of all current late-night talk show hosts in the United States.
After almost 28 years on the air, in three different iterations, Conan O’Brien will walk away from doing a nightly talk show for the last time on Thursday. Although he…
An AP analysis of available government data shows “breakthrough” infections in fully vaccinated people accounted for fewer than 1,200 of more than 853,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations
Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. now are in people who weren’t vaccinated, a staggering demonstration of how effective the shots have been and an indication that deaths per…
A David Bowie painting bought for $5 at a donation centre near North Bay, Ont., has sold for $108,120 at auction.
SUDBURY — A David Bowie painting bought for $5 at a donation centre near North Bay, Ont., has sold for $108,120 at auction. In a news release Thursday, Cowley Abbott…
“It can’t just be pressure applied over two days of good cricket and then you suddenly are not a good test side anymore”.
The World Test Championship (WTC) is a great way to inject excitement into cricket’s longest format but the final should be a best-of-three affair, says India captain Virat Kohli, after…
Pfizer officials in Israel say the company’s COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective against the Delta variant, which is becoming the globally dominant strain of the virus
FILE PHOTO: A vial and syringe are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Dado Ruvic/Reuters The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine…
June 24 2021 This is the third month in a row with a supermoon, and it will be the last one of the year. It looked full rising last night, and may look that way
June 24 2021 This is the third month in a row with a supermoon, and it will be the last one of the year. It looked full rising last night,…
Nova Scotia’s premier walked back plans to impose COVID-19-related measures on visitors entering the province from New Brunswick, saying they would be able to come and go without restrictions as of next week.
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier walked back plans to impose COVID-19-related measures on visitors entering the province from New Brunswick, saying they would be able to come and go without…
Old Mutual’s results for the year to March 2021 may have been hamstrung by the pandemic and economy, but still, the company saw fit to deliver a 35c dividend from strong capital reserves. Now shareholders have something else to smile about.
A Nedbank branch in Sandton, Johannesburg. (Photo: Gallo Images/ Papi Moake) / Signage sits on display outside the offices of Old Mutual Ltd. bank in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo: Waldo…