MAY 28, 2020
President Donald Trump. - Evan Vucci/AP Photo
President Donald Trump is finally set to deliver on his long-threatened campaign to launch a counterstrike against social media companies that have fact-checked, downgraded or booted some of his most vocal online supporters — and in one new high-profile instance, himself.
But his efforts also reveal how little legal recourse he...
MAY 28, 2020
George W. Bush, Donald Trump Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images, Saul Martinez/Getty Images
In 2005, President George W. Bush unveiled an ambitious $7.1 billion plan to get America ready for a possible pandemic.
"A pandemic is a lot like a forest fire," Bush said. "If caught early, it might be extinguished with limited damage; if allowed to...
MAY 28, 2020
India's aviation sector is under distress with it being one of the worst hit industries due to coronavirus lockdown.
As coronavirus continues to take its toll on the aviation sector around the globe, employees of India's national carrier Air India have sought Rs 50,000 crore financial package for the airline even as the government looks to divest its...
MAY 28, 2020
There has been no change in the ground situation or lowering of guard by either sides at the four standoff points between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh sector’s Galwan valley and Pangong Tso areas.
Both sides are holding firm and it is not possible to indicate at this time when the status quo ante will be restored,...
MAY 28, 2020
The German government bristled at the European Commission’s antitrust demands on its 9 billion-euro ($9.9 billion) bailout of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, in a sign of rising tensions over the stalled aid package.
The insistence by officials in Brussels that Lufthansa ditch some of its takeoff-and-landing slots in Frankfurt and Munich is unfair, German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer told...
MAY 28, 2020
First-time claims for unemployment benefits totaled 2.1 million last week, the lowest total since the coronavirus crisis began though indicative that a historically high number of Americans remain separated from their jobs.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 2.05 million.
Continuing claims, or those who have been collecting for at least two weeks, numbered 21.05 million,...
MAY 28, 2020
An aerial view of people lying in social distancing circles at San Francisco's Dolores Park amid the coronavirus outbreak on May 24, 2020. - Liu Guanguan/China News Service via Getty Images
In one cruise-ship coronavirus outbreak, more than 80% of people who tested positive for COVID-19 did not show any symptoms of the disease, according to a...
MAY 28, 2020
“I’m mostly having Zoom calls with strangers,” said Hasti Nazem, who left her job just before the shutdown.
After five years at the wellness industry start-up she co-founded in San Francisco, Hasti Nazem decided it was time for her next adventure in Silicon Valley. Her last day was March 5.
Two months later, the job market has imploded, promising...
MAY 28, 2020
Healthcare workers from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment check in with people waiting to be tested for COVID-19 at the state's first drive-up testing center. - Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images
Federal and state officials across the country have altered or hidden public health data crucial to tracking the coronavirus' spread, hindering the ability to detect...
MAY 28, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 5: Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey looks on during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing concerning foreign influence operations' use of social media platforms, on Capitol Hill, September 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg faced questions about how foreign operatives use their platforms...
