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1/31/2022

France says nearly 60 'terrorists' killed ahead of Burkina coup

France says nearly 60 'terrorists' killed ahead of Burkina coup: Nearly 60 "terrorists" were killed in Burkina Faso by local forces alongside French troops on the eve of the January 24 coup in the poor Sahel country, France's military said on Sunday. The military successes came just ahead of the putsch that ousted president Roch Marc Christian Kabore, who had…

1/21/2022

Toyota Land Cruiser customers in Japan face four-year wait

Yahoo! - Motor industry giant Toyota has warned customers in Japan that they will have to wait for up to four years to take delivery of its new Land Cruiser SUV.

1/18/2022

Omicron poses limited downside to Indian economy, say economists

BENGALURU, Jan 19 (Reuters) - There is scant downside risk to the Indian economy in the last months of this financial year from the Omicron coronavirus variant, according to economists polled by Reuters who said New Delhi should focus on fiscal prudence in its February budget.

Microsoft buys game maker Activision Blizzard for about $70B

Microsoft is paying nearly $70 billion for Activision Blizzard, the maker of Candy Crush and Call of Duty cont'd

1/09/2022

Court hearing plagued by livestream glitches

RT News - Live feed of Serbian tennis star’s deportation suffers major technical difficulties as an old broadcast is hijacked with pornographic images

1/06/2022

The Great American Hero Won't Close After All

Fans of The Great American Hero were crushed last summer when news broke that the colorful little sandwich shop on Lemmon Avenue would close before the end of the year. Now, it seems that 2022 is off to a good start, at least for sandwich lovers. The shop, the last location of a business that has been operating in Dallas for 47 years, will start the new year with new owners, according to a sign out front. read more

Kenya floods leave 70 dead as truck is swept away in deluge

CNN - At least 70 people have died from countrywide flooding in Kenya, a government spokesperson said Friday as authorities ordered more ev...