Friday, July 8, 2022

Twitter says it will sue Elon Musk after he sends letter seeking to end $44B acquisition deal

ELON MUSK-CHILDCARE/

Elon Musk's tumultuous $44 billion US bid to buy Twitter is on the verge of collapse after the Tesla CEO sent a letter to Twitter's board saying he is terminating the acquisition.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/elon-musk-seeks-end-twitter-deal-1.6515431?cmp=rss

Biden signs executive order on abortion that aims to safeguard access, deter prosecution

USA-ABORTION/BIDEN

Under mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful in response to the Supreme Court ruling reversing Roe v. Wade, U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order to try to protect access to abortion Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/biden-executive-order-abortion-1.6515394?cmp=rss

Sri Lankan police impose curfew ahead of planned protest

Sri Lanka

Police imposed a curfew in Sri Lanka's capital and surrounding areas on Friday, a day before a planned protest demanding resignations of the country's president and prime minister because of the economic crisis that has caused severe shortages of essential goods and disrupted people's livelihoods.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sri-lanka-unrest-1.6515200?cmp=rss