Elon Musk and Grimes recently said their favourite plane was the SR-71 Blackbird, citing its supersonic ability and lack of weapons. The revelation came as Grimes deciphered the meaning behind the name of her newborn baby, X Æ A-12, with "A-12" being the predecessor aircraft for the Blackbird. More »
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- The 2020 River States Conference Women's Outdoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete Team lists 55 honorees this year.
As many as 531 Maharashtra police personnel, including 51 officers, have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, an official said on Thursday. Among these infected police personnel, 480 are constables, who are being treated at various hospitals in the state, the official said. Out of the 531 coronavirus positive police personnel, 39, including eight officers, have recovered from the disease, he said. So far, five policemen have died due to the virus, the offical said. Earlier in the day, Home... Читать дальше...
Emergency services and other authorities say travel to beaches and national parks will "cost lives".
Amid the raging controversy over alleged mishandling of the COVID-19 situation by the TMC government, the West Bengal unit of the BJP has launched an online survey seeking feedback from people on the state's preparedness in tackling the pandemic. The saffron party, in its survey, has sought views and opinions on the functioning of the state, the measures taken by the ruling dispensation in handling the outbreak, and the allegations of information suppression levelled against the government. "Since the very beginning... Читать дальше...
Only in the U.S., and no other civilized democracy, does a supposed right to take up arms against a duly elected government garner respect.
Bewley's on Grafton Street yesterday announced that it will close permanently due to the impact of C...
Raveena Tandon had a funny reply when a fan asked her if she would marry him in her next birth.
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide approaches 4 million and the pandemic could be with us for months or years, we look at who can access drugs like remdesivir, being developed by pharmaceutical giant Gilead, which has the patent for the drug and is poised to make massive profits. We look at how much drugs like remdesivir will cost, and who can access them, with writer Achal Prabhala, coordinator of the AccessIBSA project, which campaigns for access to medicines in India, Brazil and South Africa.
The 20-year-old woman, who had recently given birth to a child, was admitted to the Sharda Hospital for Covid-19 treatment, the officials said.
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White House shelved CDC guide to reopening U.S. public spaces and businesses: AP
Shop owners must be given some €500m in liquidity directly by the state in the first four months of their operation with repayment extending to more than five years, their union (Povek) said on Thursday. The head of Povek, Stephanos Koursaris said the cash represented operational expenses like rent, wages,...
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TEHRAN, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The head coach of the Iranian national under-19 soccer team believed that all the teams in the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship are strong and there is no easy draw, the Tehran
LONDON: The ATP today announced a partnership with the world’s leading online learning platform Coursera to provide ATP players around the world with access to over 4,000 courses. This will allow players to learn new skills during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has currently forced the suspension of play on the Tour, and even after the crisis when competitive play resumes.
Читать дальше...Concentrations of air pollutants over South Africa had decreased during the national lockdown (imposed to try and counter the Covid-19 pandemic), preliminary analysis of satellite data indicated. The study was focused on nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulphur dioxide (SO2). The research was being carried out by researchers from South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the UK’s University of Leicester. It was aimed at understanding the effects of the lockdown on air pollution in South Africa.
The Constitutional Court has dismissed an appeal by Fli-Afrika in which the travel agency was seeking R17 million against the South African Football Association.
The European Union agreed to Chinese censorship of a public letter by its ambassadors that removed any mention of the fact the coronavirus pandemic originated in China, it has emerged. The EU’s foreign affairs service agreed to cut out a reference to the “outbreak of the coronavirus in China” as a reason for a cancelled EU-China summit in the letter, which was published in the state-run China Daily newspaper. The European External Action Service (EEAS) excised the reference after coming under pressure from China’s foreign ministry. Читать дальше...
The federal coronavirus bailout contains no restrictions on corporate investment in automation. That may be the most serious long term consequence of the pandemic. It is widely reported how weak the federal guidelines are for use of coronavirus bailout funds. Most of the restrictions that require businesses to use taxpayer provided bailout dollars to retain their workforces […]