Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Gaming platform Roblox earns interest of online investors as it goes public

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Roblox Corp joined the ranks of the so-called "meme stocks" such as GameStop at the centre of social media-fuelled rallies that have gripped Wall Street when the gaming platform became a publicly traded company on Wednesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/roblox-gaming-nyse-listing-1.5943772?cmp=rss

Significantly higher death rate reported for coronavirus variant first detected in U.K.

Virus Outbreak Italy

A highly infectious variant of COVID-19 that has spread around the world since it was first discovered in Britain late last year is between 30 per cent and 100 per cent more deadly than previous dominant variants, researchers said on Wednesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-variant-uk-higher-death-rate-study-1.5943617?cmp=rss

China, Russia agree to build lunar research station together

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China and Russia said they will build a lunar research station, possibly on the moon's surface, marking the start of a new era in space co-operation between the two countries.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/china-russia-lunar-research-station-1.5943604?cmp=rss

Canada and New Zealand both have hot housing markets, but only 1 has plan to cool things down

New Zealand home sale

As global media warn Canada's housing market is "a bonfire," some are calling for a Kiwi-style plan to calm the market and prevent a damaging real estate crash.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-and-new-zealand-both-have-hot-housing-markets-but-only-1-has-plan-to-cool-things-down-1.5942438?cmp=rss

Hawaii declares state of emergency after heavy rains cause severe flooding

Hawaii Flooding

Catastrophic flooding from a stream swollen by heavy rains prompted officials to order evacuations from a town north of Honolulu on Tuesday, just one day after fears of a dam breach resulted in the same on the island of Maui.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/flood-hawaii-dam-1.5943555?cmp=rss