MAY 17, 2020
Cows graze in a field outside of Sneedville, Tenn. on Thursday, May 14, 2020. Hancock County is the remaining county in Tennessee that has no reported cases of COVID-19. - Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel
In just four months, the deadly COVID-19 virus has infiltrated every state and major U.S. city. But a scattering of remote counties continue without a single reported case,...
MAY 16, 2020
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell shook markets and alarmed lawmakers this week with a dire warning: The U.S. could suffer through years of sluggish growth and meager job gains well after the pandemic passes without further economic stimulus.
In a speech Tuesday, Powell urged lawmakers to set aside concerns about the mounting national debt and provide the...
MAY 16, 2020
Retail chains from CVS to 7-Eleven are being forced to decide whether and how to enforce rules on masks after a string of attacks on clerks and security guards by patrons who refused to cover their faces.
As more cities, states and businesses require customers to cover up in stores, face coverings have become a flashpoint in the...
MAY 16, 2020
In the recently held press conference, Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister of India has stated that government is working to efficiently utilize airspace over India to reduce flying time of passenger aircrafts, which will benefit both the air carriers and environment.
Currently only 60 percent of the Indian airspace is freely available for passenger aircrafts and rest is...
MAY 16, 2020
President Donald Trump delivers remarks about coronavirus vaccine development in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 15, 2020, in Washington, DC.
President Donald Trump is doubling down on his claim that Americans could see a vaccine for the novel coronavirus by the end of the year.
"Another essential pillar of our strategy to keep America open...
MAY 15, 2020
White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, left, and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony S. Fauci listen as President Trump participates in a vaccine development event in the Rose Garden on Friday. - Jabin Botsford/WashPost
For two months, President Trump repeatedly pitched hydroxychloroquine as a safe and effective treatment for...
MAY 15, 2020
State Department Inspector General Steve Linick. - Win McNamee/Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. - State Department Inspector General Steve Linick has been removed, according to a senior administration official and a congressional aide.
Linick, a Justice Department veteran appointed to the role in 2013 by then President Barack Obama, is the latest of a slew of inspectors general to...
MAY 15, 2020
The House on Friday adopted historic rules changes to allow lawmakers to cast votes and conduct committee meetings remotely during the coronavirus pandemic in an effort to resume legislative work that has been on hold amid safety concerns over gathering in the Capitol.
The vote to enact the resolution fell along party lines, 217-189, with three Democrats -...
MAY 15, 2020
Senator Thom Tillis, a top US senator presented an 18-point plan on Thursday. The plan has been presented as yet another allegation at China about lying regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
This plan includes enhancing military ties with India, to hold the Chinese government accountable for its “lies, deception, and cover-ups” that ultimately led to the global Covid-19 pandemic.
“The Chinese government...
MAY 14, 2020
Several IT companies like Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), etc., service the retail sector in the US. Analysts claim that the clients of such IT companies could eventually cut IT services budgets, according to a report by The Economic Times.
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has caused several businesses to shut down stores or implement drastic cost-cutting...
