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Top Republican slams Biden voting speech as unpresidential

13 January 2022

Mitch McConnell says Mr Biden's likening of Republicans to civil rights-era racists is "beneath his office". [...]

Nigeria lifts Twitter ban after seven months

13 January 2022

A suspension imposed last June is reversed after the networking site agrees to open a local office. [...]

Nigerian NFT artist Osinachi: The work created by using a word processor

13 January 2022

Works by Nigerian Osinachi have made him one of Africa's leading digital and crypto-artists. [...]

The people using YouTube to pay for their French chateau

13 January 2022

How chateaux owners are using advertising revenues from social media posts to earn a living. [...]

Virginia Giuffre: What we know about Prince Andrew's accuser

12 January 2022

What we know about the woman who has accused the British royal of sexual assault. [...]

Ronnie Spector: Be My Baby singer of The Ronettes dies at 78

12 January 2022

The rock and roll super star was the lead singer of the 1960 pioneering all-girl group the Ronettes. [...]

Hoda Muthana: Alabama IS bride loses appeal for return to US

12 January 2022

US-born Hoda Muthana is a citizen and should be allowed to return with her son, the lawsuit argued. [...]

Aras Amiri: British Council says jailed employee freed by Iran

12 January 2022

Aras Amiri, an Iranian citizen, returns to the UK after being acquitted of spying on appeal. [...]

Escaped Dutch youth offender shot dead in Belgium

12 January 2022

The young man reportedly took two people hostage, drove over the border and opened fire on police. [...]

Ukraine tensions: US says Russia faces stark choice

12 January 2022

Russia is told to decide between de-escalation and diplomacy, or confrontation and consequences. [...]

Prince Andrew to face civil sex assault case after US ruling

12 January 2022

Virginia Giuffre's claims against the Duke of York can continue to be heard, a US court says. [...]

South Africa's 'King Khoisan' arrested over cannabis plants at president's office

12 January 2022

Protesters planted the cannabis in a vegetable garden near the South African president's workplace. [...]

Jason Kenney says Alberta won't follow Quebec's plan to tax people unvaccinated against COVID-19

13 January 2022

“If we go down that road, we are completely rubbishing the whole principle of universality of health care, which is why Alberta absolutely will not follow the decision of Quebec,” Kenney said Tuesday night in a Facebook town-hall meeting. [...]

What Halifax can learn from Helsinki about ending homelessness

13 January 2022

Communities that want to eradicate homelessness should focus on getting people into permanent housing without preconditions, says the architect of a successful housing strategy in Finland. While many places, including Medicine Hat, Alta., have similar ... [...]

Ontario's top doctor stresses COVID vaccines for children 5 to 11 are safe, effective

12 January 2022

Dr. Kieran Moore made the clarifying statement on Wednesday, after saying earlier in the day that the vaccines are too new to require that children take them to attend school. Those comments drew concern from opposition ... [...]

'Imprisoned': Some internationally-educated nurses ready to work in Ontario, but can't

12 January 2022

Nurses that received their education outside of Canada will now be allowed to work on the front lines of a number of healthcare settings, including hospitals, the province says. It comes as the system grapples with significant surgery backlogs and ... [...]

Ontario's top doctor clarifies remarks about pediatric vaccine after being accused of 'feeding' vaccine hesitancy

12 January 2022

About 47 per cent of children aged five to 11 have received at least their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario, which is among the lowest rates in Canada. During the earlier press conference ... [...]

4 things Russia wants right now

12 January 2022

MOSCOW — First U.S. and Russian diplomats faced off in Geneva. Then NATO received a Russian delegation in Brussels. Finally, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will sponsor talks in Vienna Thursday. Russia courted all this ... [...]

Too many COVID-19 booster shots could hurt our immune system, EU warns

12 January 2022

A staff member prepares a Johnson & Johnson booster vaccine. A staff member from the National Health Organisation prepares a Johnson and Johnson booster vaccine against COVID-19 at Karatepe refugee camp ... [...]

COVID-19: UBC pushes return to in-person learning for most students to Feb. 7

12 January 2022

“We recommend that all students plan to be on campus early in February, so they can be ready for the start of in-person teaching and learning,” UBC president Santa Ono wrote. “ ... [...]

The best base layers and thermals for golfers braving the cold

12 January 2022

Some are lucky enough to escape the cold (or live year-round in warmer climates) and then there is that special breed of golfer that as long as the course is open, they will be teeing off in any weather. We've rounded up… [...]

Op-Ed: What failed US-North Korea nuclear talks can teach us about negotiating with Iran

12 January 2022

On a TV, a missile is shown taking off as people watch the screen. At a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, people watch a file image of a missile launch during a news report on North Korea firing what appeared to… [...]

Novak Djokovic is a profile in selfishness, and sports leaders are failing us all

12 January 2022

The start of the tennis season in Australia and New Zealand is usually full of optimism and anticipation. The Australian Open is even nicknamed the "Happy Slam" because of the festive energy on the grounds. But ... [...]

'It is here to stay': Manitoba public health says everyone will likely be exposed to COVID-19 in the coming weeks

12 January 2022

"We must learn to live with this virus," she said. "Vaccines work and now more than ever with the Omicron variant circulating thoughout Manitoba, it is crucial that all Manitobans get fully vaccinated ... [...]

Apple and T-Mobile say iOS 15.2 didn’t switch off iCloud Private Relay

13 January 2022

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple has denied that last month’s iOS 15.2 update is behind the difficulty some iPhone owners have faced with using the iCloud Private Relay feature on cellular networks. Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile earlier this week… [...]

Alleged Apple App Store scammer AmpMe says it’ll lower prices and investigate its ‘consultants’

13 January 2022

AmpMe isn’t a brand-new app that popped up just to scam unsuspecting users out of their money. See the photo atop this post? That’s from 2015, when we first covered the idea: an app that can sync up a room full of… [...]

Geico made the Portal ad we never asked for

13 January 2022

Image: Geico We’re still waiting on the Portal movie that’s apparently been years in the making, but if you must see Portal icon / villain GLaDOS in some sort of cinematic, there’s a new Geico ad you can watch right here or… [...]

Apple will clarify iCloud Private Relay error messages in iOS 15.3 to not blame cell carriers as much

12 January 2022

Photo by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge Apple is updating the wording for iCloud Private Relay issues in the latest iOS 15.3 beta, clarifying that problems with the service may be an inadvertently switched-off setting and not issues with a customer’s specific… [...]

GM is creating an online used car marketplace

12 January 2022

It’s called CarBravo and is set to launch in the spring. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The used car market is red hot, and it seems General Motors wants to compete squarely with used vehicle sites like Carvana with… [...]

OnePlus Buds Pro gain multipoint support after latest update

12 January 2022

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Multipoint support on earbuds has long been one of Jabra’s hallmarks, but slowly we’re starting to see other brands add the convenience to their buds. The latest is OnePlus, which is adding “dual connection” to… [...]

Congressional watchdog calls for stronger regulation of crypto ATMs

12 January 2022

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In a public report issued earlier this week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that the IRS and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) be given more information about the location of the kiosks where people… [...]

Wear OS will work better for lefties... eventually

12 January 2022

Unfortunately, us reviewers also tend to snap photos exclusively on the left wrist. | Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge Good news for Wear OS southpaws: Google is adding the ability to rotate the screen on Wear OS watches 180 degrees.… [...]

Apple patches HomeKit denial-of-service bug with new iOS update

12 January 2022

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Wednesday, Apple released the 15.2.1 version of iOS, a minor update to the mobile operating system that fixes bugs, including a denial-of-service vulnerability previously reported by The Verge. The 15.2.1 patch addresses a vulnerability… [...]

White House to launch COVID test-ordering site ‘by this weekend,’ reports say

12 January 2022

Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images On Wednesday, a senior White House adviser said that a government-run website to order COVID-19 rapid tests “should be online by this weekend,” according to new reporting from PBS NewsHour. Tests should start arriving this month. The… [...]

Prime Video releases red-band trailer for Legend of Vox Machina animated series

12 January 2022

It's based on popular Critical Role web series; S1 funded by Kickstarter campaign. [...]

CDC to update advice on best masks—but just wants you to wear one, any of them

12 January 2022

The best mask is the one Americans will actually wear, CDC director says. [...]

Sony brings a compact, flagship smartphone to the US

12 January 2022

Sony's small phone has a headphone jack and a microSD slot. [...]

PCIe 5.0 is just beginning to come to new PCs, but version 6.0 is already here

12 January 2022

PCIe 6.0 will provide up to 256GB/s of bandwidth for next-gen servers and PCs. [...]