House Cancels Thursday Session After Police Warn Of Possible Attack On Congress

woub Thursday, March 4, 2021 6:04:00 PM CET | info [other]

Updated at 5:47 p.m. ET. WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The House of Representatives has canceled its Thursday session after the U.S. Capitol Police said it is aware of a threat by an identified militia group to breach the Capitol complex that day. A section of fencing blocks the Capitol grounds at sunset on Monday....

Jack Dorsey’s People Send Jay-Z’s People $297 Million

gizmodo Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:57:00 PM CET | info [other]

Spotify and Apple Music are the two biggest players in the streaming music game, but thanks to a new deal valued at $297 million, Square is looking to change that tune by acquiring a majority stake in Tidal. Dorsey said in a tweet that “New ideas are found at the intersections, and we believe there’s a compelling one between music and the economy....

17% of food production globally wasted, UN report estimates

syracuse Thursday, March 4, 2021 6:05:00 PM CET | info [other]

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 file photo, students discard food at the end of their lunch period as part of a lunch waste composting program at an elementary school in Connecticut. A United Nations report released on Thursday, March 4, 2021 estimates 17% of the food produced globally each year is wasted....

US jobless claims rose to 745,000 last week Counting supplemental federal unemployment programs that were established to soften the economic damage fr

bostonglobe Thursday, March 4, 2021 3:21:00 PM CET | info [other]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits edged higher last week to 745,000, a sign that many employers continue to cut jobs despite a drop in confirmed viral infections and evidence that the overall economy is improving....

Hong Kong court keeps 47 activists in custody

newindianexpress Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:40:00 PM CET | info [other]

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court on Thursday ordered all 47 pro-democracy activists charged under a Beijing-imposed national security law to be kept in custody after the Department of Justice appealed an initial decision to grant bail to 15 of them. Thirty-one of the activists were denied bail outright,.......

Apple App Store investigated by UK competition watchdog over anti-competitive behaviour

inews-co-uk Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:32:00 PM CET | info [other]

The UK’s competition watchdog has opened its own probe into Apple’s App Store, joining a number of international regulators looking into the tech firm’s practices. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was opening an investigation after complaints that the iPhone maker’s terms are unfair for app developers....