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Monthly Archives: July 2020
AP: After lobbying, Catholic Church won $1.4B in virus aid
The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid
Already in financial meltdown, Lebanon endures blackouts of around 20 hours a day
Lebanon’s electricity shortage has caused the main hospital in Beirut to close operating rooms and delay surgeries.
California, After Riding a Boom, Braces for Hard Times
Early hopes for a quick rebound from the pandemic have yielded to worries about its long-term impact on state finances and the governor’s ambitious agenda.
Technology Has Changed Landscape Of Broadcasting Sector Including Distribution, Production Side And Entire Value Chain
R S Sharma, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has said that the technology has changed the landscape of broadcasting sector including the distribution, production side, and entire value chain. Addressing a webinar ‘Regulating Creativity: Overcoming Legacy Challenges to Shape the Future of M&E’, organized during ‘FICCI […]
Precious gems go under the microscope in Hong Kong exhibition
Alice Leung picks up a blue sapphire with a pair of tweezers and holds it under a microscope, the enhanced image popping up on a computer screen next to her. “See those marks in the corner, the ones that look like needles? They are what we call ‘inclusions’ and they tell us that this gem has not been processed.”Leung, education manager at L’École, School of […]
Six Months on a Planet in Crisis: Greta Thunberg’s Travel Diary from the U.S. to Davos
This essay is adapted from the transcript of a radio program produced for Swedish Radio and broadcast in June. This is the first time the text has been published in its entirety. Chapter 1: UN speech and New York The first thing I see when I enter the United Nations Headquarters building in New York…
US Supreme Court rules half of Oklahoma is Native American land
The justices decide an eastern swathe of the state should be recognised as part of a reservation.
Perez fastest in 1st practice for F1 Styrian GP in Austria
Racing Point driver Sergio Perez has posted the fastest time in the first practice session for the Styrian Grand Prix
UK economy to slump over 10%, debts to surge: Moody’s
Moody#39;s said the UK government#39;s latest 30 billion pound ($37.9 billion) stimulus package, announced this week, would aid a gradual economic recovery but add further pressure to the UK#39;s fiscal position.
Stock futures head lower to end the week
Forecasters warn the recent rise in stocks might be too big and too fast
Stocks fight for gains as coronavirus treatment shows promise
A study found Gilead Science’s drug remdesivir reduced the risk of death for COVID-19 patients by 62 percent.
Derick Dillard SLAMS Counting On for Hurting His Family, Compares Jim Bob Duggar to Jeffrey Epstein
As we all know, Jim Bob Duggar has all but exiled Jill, his own daughter, from the family home, enforcing distance between her and her siblings. Derick has been taking shots at Jim Bob for some time. He also harbors some real grudges against TLC for continuing to enable Jim Bob and, he says, for “defrauding” fans. In a new rant spread out over a se […]
Nasa Mars rover Perseverance is attached to rocket
The US space agency’s next rover is placed atop of the rocket that will send it to the Red Planet.
Spotify, Pinterest, Tinder, and many other iOS apps are crashing again due to a Facebook issue
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A number of popular apps and services including Spotify, Pinterest, and Tinder are currently broken on iOS devices, with early analysis suggesting Facebook is to blame. There are widespread reports on social media of apps crashing whenever they’re launched on iPhones and iPads, and corresponding outage spikes on Do […]
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