"A big change for drivers who use Yellowhead Trail, record turnout at advanced polls and more, Stacey and Rob have all of your Tuesday morning headlines."
Posted by CTV Morning Live Edmonton on 10/15/2019 12:31:19 PM
"British police have ordered a halt to Extinction Rebellion protests in London after a week of civil disobedience by climate change activists who have targeted government building and major financial institutions."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 1:07:01 PM
"Nahreman Issa is live from the Yellowhead Trail at 89 Street, where barricades are up and traffic is reduced to two lanes for road construction."
Posted by CTV Morning Live Edmonton on 10/15/2019 1:31:32 PM
"Britain's jobs boom has weakened in the approach to Brexit with the number of people in work unexpectedly falling by the most in over four years and unemployment rising, official data showed on Tuesday."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 1:35:53 PM
"Epic Games launched a “Chapter 2” reboot of its battle royale smash hit “Fortnite”, drawing the eyeballs of hundreds of millions of gamers globally as it bid to halt defections to rivals “Apex Legends” and “Call of Duty”. https://reut.rs/35AoZB1"
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 1:55:03 PM
"Climate change activists, including one of the founders of Extinction Rebellion, defied a police order to end protests on Tuesday after a week of disruption in London, targeting Britain's transport ministry and security agency MI5."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 2:06:40 PM
"Amazon’s cloud computing arm is making an aggressive push into one of the most sensitive technology sectors: U.S. elections. https://reut.rs/2IS90EG"
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 2:10:07 PM
"Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate on Tuesday met Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan, a former international cricket star who the prince played cricket with in London as a child."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 2:36:13 PM
"The European Union gave Britain until the end of Tuesday to work out a #Brexit deal that can be approved at a leaders’ summit this week but said a delay to the Oct. 31 scheduled departure date and a breakdown of talks were also still on the cards. https://reut.rs/32iTfOO"
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 2:53:18 PM
"It's the Great Pumpkin Carve-Off! More of these should end with someone wearing a pumpkin."
Posted by CTV Morning Live Edmonton on 10/15/2019 2:47:54 PM
"Britain's jobs boom has weakened in the approach to Brexit with the number of people in work unexpectedly falling by the most in over four years and unemployment rising, official data showed on Tuesday."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 3:06:35 PM
"Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren said that she will not accept campaign contributions of more than $200 from executives at large tech companies, big banks, private equity firms or hedge funds, escalating her quest to eliminate the influence of moneyed interests on her campaign. https://reut.rs/2OR5LRE"
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 3:16:06 PM
"Some of the biggest public pensions funds in the United States have invested in one of the world's largest purveyors of video surveillance systems that the U.S. government claims are used in wide-scale repression of the Muslim population of western China."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 3:36:33 PM
"Former South African president Jacob Zuma will appeal a high court decision to deny him a permanent stay of prosecution on charges related to a $2 billion arms deal, his lawyers said on Tuesday. For a custom daily brief of the latest stories from Reuters, try our Messenger news briefing: m.me/reuters"
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 4:06:49 PM
"A great night and a great cause: STARS Air Ambulance https://foundation.stars.ca/buildingmagic"
Posted by CTV Morning Live Edmonton on 10/15/2019 4:16:00 PM
"England bounced back from their first tournament qualifying defeat for 10 years with a 6-0 thrashing of toothless Bulgaria on Monday in a Euro 2020 Group A clash marred by racist incidents in the first half that stopped the game."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 4:36:04 PM
"Dover, Europe's busiest ferry port, is as prepared for Brexit as it can be but there are uncertainties over the extent to which freight operators are ready for new declarations and whether France will keep goods moving, the port's chief executive said."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 5:06:39 PM
"Hyundai Motor Group said it plans to invest 41 trillion won ($35 billion) in mobility and other auto technologies by 2025, part of which will be directed to an ambitious effort to become more competitive in self-driving cars that has also received government backing."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 5:36:19 PM
"Quarterly results from four of the largest U.S. banks on Tuesday showed that American consumers are helping to prop up the economy, even as recession fears have led businesses to pull back on spending and borrowing."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 6:06:30 PM
"From the pinnacle of the City of London's largest skyscraper, Stuart Lipton is wagering a $1.2 billion bet that the British capital remains a master of the international financial universe no matter what happens with Brexit."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 6:36:03 PM
"Six months after the massive fire that almost razed Paris' Notre-Dame, the restoration work at the iconic cathedral has not started in earnest and the official reopening date is yet to be determined, officials said on Tuesday."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 7:06:33 PM
"The expansion by Amazon Web Services into state and local elections has quietly gathered pace since the 2016 U.S. presidential vote. According to a presentation given by a company executive this year and seen by Reuters, more than 40 states now use one or more of Amazon’s election offerings https://reut.rs/31jgRBq"
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 7:10:36 PM
"Turkey pressed ahead with its offensive in northern Syria on Tuesday despite U.S. sanctions and growing calls for it to stop, while Syria's Russia-backed army moved on the key city of Manbij that was abandoned by U.S. forces in Donald Trump's retreat."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 7:36:07 PM
"Hunter Biden, son of former vice president and leading Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, defended his overseas work in his first television interview after months of political attacks, but expressed regret over how it has been used to bludgeon his father. For more daily stories, subscribe to our new Messenger morning briefing: m.me/reuters"
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 8:06:38 PM
"A Texas woman was shot dead by a Fort Worth police officer through the window of her home after she heard noises outside late at night and picked up her handgun, the officer's arrest warrant showed on Tuesday."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 8:36:10 PM
"Scientists who resurrected a 50,000-year-old gene sequence have analyzed it to figure out how the world's deadliest malaria parasite jumped from gorillas to humans - giving insight into the origins of one of human history's biggest killers."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 9:06:42 PM
"Wall Street advanced on Tuesday as third-quarter reporting season hit with a spate of upbeat earnings reports that brought buyers back to the equities market."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 9:36:17 PM
"U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled reluctance to overturn appointments to Puerto Rico's federally created financial oversight board in a dispute that could disrupt the panel's restructuring of about $120 billion of the bankrupt U.S. territory's debt."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 10:06:22 PM
"Alphabet Inc's Google unveiled new Pixel smartphones with higher quality cameras, a radar sensor to track hand gestures and faster virtual assistant on Tuesday, but the devices had no surprise features to set them apart from rivals and nix concerns about price."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 10:25:55 PM
"Five siblings and a man believed to be their father were receiving medical treatment after Dutch police acting on a tip discovered them locked away in a secret room at an isolated farm, officials in the Netherlands said on Tuesday."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 10:36:33 PM
"Fidelity Investments on Tuesday said it was reviewing its relationship with money manager Ken Fisher and Philadelphia's board of pensions said it terminated its business with his firm after Fisher allegedly made disparaging remarks about women at a conference last week."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 10:46:08 PM
"President Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. President Donald Trump that Turkey will never declare a ceasefire in northeastern Syria, and added that he was not worried about U.S. sanctions over Ankara's offensive, broadcaster NTV reported on Tuesday."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 11:06:40 PM
"U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said on Tuesday they will not cooperate with a U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate a political rival."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 11:25:59 PM
"Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to pinching a woman's buttocks in a nightclub last October, four months after he was charged with groping a woman in a separate incident."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 11:36:19 PM
"NASA on Tuesday showed off two new spacesuits tailored for future moonwalking astronauts, signaling development of a crucial component to the space agency's accelerated drive to return to the moon by 2024."
Posted by Reuters on 10/15/2019 11:46:14 PM
"French President Emmanuel Macron was headed for a clash with German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week after Paris was isolated on Tuesday in opposing starting membership talks with North Macedonia. Get a morning update of the latest business, politics or international stories with Reuters Messenger briefing: m.me/reuters"
Posted by Reuters on 10/16/2019 12:06:44 AM
"Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defended his security strategy on Tuesday and blamed past administrations for chronic violence, a day after at least 13 police were killed in an ambush by suspected cartel gunmen."
Posted by Reuters on 10/16/2019 12:26:16 AM
"Protesters and police clashed late on Tuesday in Barcelona during rallies against the jailing of nine Catalan separatist leaders, with the unusually tense confrontations turning into a major challenge for Spanish and regional authorities."
Posted by Reuters on 10/16/2019 12:36:26 AM
"The senior U.S. defense official for Asia said on Tuesday that the United States has some concerns about some of the tactics used by demonstrators in Hong Kong but was also concerned about the heavier hand Beijing and Hong Kong authorities have used against protests in the territory."
Posted by Reuters on 10/16/2019 12:46:00 AM
"President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of Syria radically realigns the balance of power in the country's northeast and creates a vacuum which Russia, Turkey and Iran are racing to fill."
Posted by Reuters on 10/16/2019 1:06:44 AM
"Several Democratic presidential contenders went on the attack against surging U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren during a debate on Tuesday, pushing her to explain how she would pay for her ambitious Medicare for All healthcare plan."
Posted by Reuters on 10/16/2019 1:26:01 AM
"MGM Resorts International said on Tuesday it would sell its Bellagio and Circus Circus resorts in Las Vegas in separate deals valued at about $5 billion, as the U.S. casino operator seeks to monetize its real estate assets and bolster its balance sheet."
Posted by Reuters on 10/16/2019 1:36:08 AM
"U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said the House of Representatives does not plan at this time to hold a full vote of the body to authorize an impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump."
Posted by Reuters on 10/16/2019 1:46:19 AM
"Driven from his hometown in northeast Syria as bombs rained down in a Turkish assault, a Kurdish father worried for his toddler son, who was ill, and accused America of betraying the Kurds in the region."
Posted by Reuters on 10/16/2019 2:06:45 AM
"The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed four pieces of legislation taking a hard line on China, three related to pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and one commending Canada in its dispute over the extradition of a Chinese telecom executive."
Posted by Reuters on 10/16/2019 2:26:08 AM