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Pressure mounts on corporations to denounce GOP voting bills

Pressure mounts on corporations to denounce GOP voting bills

ATLANTA — Liberal activists are stepping up calls for corporate America to denounce Republican efforts to tighten state voting laws, and businesses accustomed to cozy political relationships now find themselves in the middle of a growing partisan fig
UK: Benefits outweigh risks for AstraZeneca despite 7 deaths

UK: Benefits outweigh risks for AstraZeneca despite 7 deaths

LONDON — Britain’s medicines regulator is urging people to continue taking the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, despite revealing that seven people in the U.K. have died from rare blood clots after getting the jab.
Germany faces 'crisis of trust' in pandemic, president says

Germany faces 'crisis of trust' in pandemic, president says

FRANKFURT — Germany's president says the country is enduring a “crisis of trust” and urged people to “pull together” as they weather a second Easter amid pandemic restrictions and dissatisfaction over the government’s response.
University of California victim of nationwide hack attack

University of California victim of nationwide hack attack

LOS ANGELES — The University of California is warning its students and staff that a ransomware group might have stolen and published their personal data and that of hundreds of other schools, government agencies and companies nationwide.
Young professionals cut ahead of older Italians for vaccine

Young professionals cut ahead of older Italians for vaccine

ROME — Octogenarians in Tuscany watched in disbelief and indignation as lawyers, magistrates, professors and other younger professionals got vaccinated against COVID-19 before them, despite government pledges of prioritizing Italy’s oldest citizens.
Air Canada, Transat call off $190 million deal after European approval denied

Air Canada, Transat call off $190 million deal after European approval denied

Transat AT is considering its options after a deal that would have seen Canada's largest airline acquire its smaller travel rival officially died on Friday with word that Air Canada had come to a mutual agreement with Transat to terminate their plann
California to allow indoor gatherings as virus cases plummet

California to allow indoor gatherings as virus cases plummet

SACRAMENTO, Calif.
Metro Vancouver home sales hit all-time record in March: real estate board

Metro Vancouver home sales hit all-time record in March: real estate board

VANCOUVER — Home sales and new listings set all-time records across Metro Vancouver last month, reports the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.
Essential workers worried Ontario's latest COVID-19 'shutdown' won't protect them

Essential workers worried Ontario's latest COVID-19 'shutdown' won't protect them

Some essential workers fear the latest "shutdown" Premier Doug Ford is imposing on Ontario will do little to protect them from COVID-19.
April, the giraffe that became an online star, dies

April, the giraffe that became an online star, dies

HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. — April, the giraffe that became a sensation when a rural New York zoo livestreamed her 2017 pregnancy and delivery, was euthanized Friday because of advancing arthritis, the zoo said.
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