APRIL 29, 2020
A man and woman wearing masks are in an empty line at an airport in Singapore. - Getty Images
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said Wednesday that 500 employees who work in U.S. airports have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Of the workers who have tested positive for the respiratory disease, 208 have...
APRIL 29, 2020
Once restrictions on passenger flights are lifted airports will facilitate limited domestic and international scheduled flights in phases and may be at 30% capacity to facilitate social distancing, the Airport Authority of India has stated in a set of guidelines for resumption of service post-lockdown.
Flight operations to its original level are likely to be scaled...
APRIL 29, 2020
Gilead Sciences said Wednesday that preliminary results of a coronavirus drug trial showed at least 50% of patients treated with a 5-day dosage of antiviral drug remdesivir improved and more than half were discharged from the hospital within two weeks.
The company also said another trial by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases met its main...
APRIL 29, 2020
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said on Tuesday that the Google employees will not return to offices before June 1 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company had sent an email to its employees informing them about the same, reports CNBC.
The entire world is battling coronavirus pandemic and at a time like this, Pichai doesn't want his employees...
APRIL 29, 2020
Irrfan Khan, the wide-eyed actor who enjoyed art house acclaim in his native India and crossover-success with Hollywood roles including “Life of Pi,” “Jurassic World” and “Inferno,” died on Wednesday. He was 53.
Khan, was previously diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumour in 2018 and underwent extensive treatment in London. He recovered well enough to shoot what would turn out...
APRIL 29, 2020
Alex Brandon/AP President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
A second round of the coronavirus is 'inevitable,' the nation's leading epidemiologist says, but...
APRIL 28, 2020
Department of Defense, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
The Department of Defense confirmed what seekers of extraterrestrial life have long hoped to be true: They’re real.
At least, these three videos are. What the videos show? The government isn’t so sure there.
On Monday, the Pentagon released three Navy videos that have driven speculation about unidentified flying objects for...
APRIL 28, 2020
A letter from the Internal Revenue Service, signed by President Trump, notifies a family of an “Economic Impact Payment” direct deposit made to their account in East Derry, N.H. (Charles Krupa/AP)
A mother didn’t get the extra $500 for her dependent child under 17, and a single father received only one child payment, although he has two...
APRIL 28, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Business lobbyists and executives are pushing the Trump administration and Congress to shield American companies from a wide range of potential lawsuits related to reopening the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, opening a new legal and political fight over how the nation deals with the fallout from Covid-19.
A man walks past closed store fronts...
APRIL 27, 2020
FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign in Washington. - Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
Joe Biden's U.S. presidential campaign and his Democratic Party allies have gone on an all-out offensive against President Donald Trump's coronavirus response, betting it will be a winning...
