Thursday, February 9, 2023

Yahoo laying off 20% of staff — roughly 1,600 people: report

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Yahoo Inc. plans to lay off more than 20 per cent of its total workforce as part of a major restructuring of its ad tech unit, Axios reported on Thursday, citing company executives.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/yahoo-job-cuts-1.6742861?cmp=rss

Malawi's cholera death toll crosses 1,300 in deadliest outbreak on record: health officials

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The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi has crossed 1,300, a senior Malawian health official said on Thursday, as the southern African country battles its deadliest outbreak yet.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/malawi-cholera-deaths-1.6742504?cmp=rss

U.S. believes China's aerial spy program spans much of the globe

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China's military is likely behind a huge aerial spy program that has targeted more than 40 countries on five continents with high-altitude surveillance balloons similar to one the U.S. shot down over the Atlantic coast last weekend, the Biden administration said Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-china-spy-balloon-1.6742336?cmp=rss

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says some European leaders have promised aircraft

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday he had heard from several European Union leaders at a summit that they were ready to provide Kyiv with aircraft to help fight against Russia's invasion.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-zelenskyy-europe-aircraft-1.6742330?cmp=rss

As China's population shrinks, many from its one-child generation push back against having kids

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China's government authorities and private companies have launched incentive programs to boost the population after the country's population shrank for the first time in six decades.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nothing-is-foreign-feb-9-1.6741500?cmp=rss

Joe Biden's family is under the microscope. Here's what Republicans are looking to find

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Republicans have opened hearings into U.S. President Joe Biden's family. Over the next two years, the new congressional majority plans to probe foreign business transactions. Their main target: the president himself.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hunter-biden-hearings-start-analysis-1.6741783?cmp=rss