Take a gander at any of the public social media groups for enthusiasts of Orlando, Florida’s Walt Disney World and you’ll find a common refrain: the theme park, which re-opened on Friday amid a COVID-19 catastrophe, has super-short lines for all its top roller coasters right now. Disney World closed […]
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White House hopeful Joe Biden has been evading questions over the diversity of his campaign staff since the Democratic primaries, with the issue now pushed to the forefront amid the continuing protests against racism and police brutality erupting across the country in the wake of the death of black man […]
The COVID-19 crisis may have been the last straw for a non-profit digital identity organization, breaking its efforts to raise funds to pay staff and carry out a regulated token issuance. The Sovrin Foundation, a U.S.-based umbrella organization that oversees the development of blockchain-based digital identity standards (also known as […]
Islamabad Summons Indian Diplomat Over New Delhi’s Decision to Cut Pakistan’s Staff Strength in Half Source link
Travelers make their way through ticketing and TSA inspection at the Pittsburgh International Airport on May 7. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jeff Swensen/Getty Images Travelers make their way through ticketing and TSA inspection at the Pittsburgh International Airport on May 7. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images The Transportation Security […]
Health investigator Mackenzie Bray of the Salt Lake County Health Department in Salt Lake City, Utah, works to contact people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus so they can get tested and quarantine themselves. Thousands of health workers around the country are doing this work to help keep […]
Executives at South Carolina’s largest newspaper asked staff to return to work in the office full-time despite concerns about the coronavirus. Now, there’s a COVID-19 case in the paper’s building. Multiple sources told The Daily Beast that Post and Courier higher-ups have informed staff in recent days of one confirmed […]
CAIRO (Sputnik) – The Libyan National Army led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar has decided to reorganize its command structure amid the retreat of its forces from a number of positions in the course of the confrontation with the UN-backed Government of National Accord, the Army’s spokesman Major General Ahmad […]
New York Times opinion editor James Bennet on Sunday announced that he has resigned, effectively immediately, following an internal revolt over Republican Sen. Tom Cotton’s “Send in the Troops” column published last week. The newspaper announced that Katie Kingsbury, will step in as an interim opinion page editor through the […]
The New York Times apologized to its staff on Friday in a lengthy, tense meeting in which the paper’s top editors strongly suggested they will overhaul the oft-controversial and scrutinized opinion page. Earlier this week, the Times published an op-ed, headlined “Send in the Troops,” in which Sen. Tom Cotton […]
Employees at Maven Media Brands, the U.S. digital-media publisher that owns outlets like Sports Illustrated and Maxim, are calling upon the company to cut ties with a Blue Lives Matter website in its portfolio. In an all-staff meeting on Friday, Maven announced that it will institute a 15-percent salary reduction […]
US 23:32 GMT 04.06.2020(updated 23:46 GMT 04.06.2020) Get short URL Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006041079523216-piece-of-limelight-trump-insists-he-did-fire-mattis-hits-back-at-ex-chief-of-staff/ Earlier on Wednesday, former US Defence Secretary James Mattis released a statement in which he lambasted President Donald Trump for dividing the American nation and threatening the US constitution. Responding to that, Trump slammed […]
Staff at Bitmain now have a decision to make: whether to return to the office and which executive they choose to take orders from. Micree Zhan Ketuan, the Bitmain co-founder who was ousted in a coup by his rival Wu Jihan last October, sent out a letter addressed to Bitmain […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia has recorded high level of US and its NATO allies’ military activity near its borders, the chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff, Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy, said Monday. “The Russian Defence Ministry is constantly monitoring and registering a high level of […]
BuzzFeed News staff are taking a paycut and agreeing to share the workload in a deal to offset most of the potential employee furloughs the company planned for its editorial employees. Following the massive downturn of the advertising market in the coronavirus pandemic’s wake, numerous news media companies including BuzzFeed […]
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK government has had complaints over insufficient stocks of personal protective equipment, such as face masks, goggles, gloves, and gowns, with Health Secretary Matt Hancock advising NHS staff in April to reuse PPE if necessary. UK doctors are preparing to sue the […]
US President Donald Trump has been touting the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a prophylactic against COVID-19, referring to it as a “game-changer” in the search for potential treatments for the novel respiratory disease, despite a lack of conclusive scientific evidence or large-scale clinical trials to support this. British health workers […]
World 05:49 GMT 16.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105545/18/1055451898_0:156:3000:1844_1200x675_80_0_0_617a3daef83f9ecdb37fa3cad94fecbe.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202005161079322433-air-canada-to-lay-off-half-of-its-staff-amid-pandemic-reports-suggest/ The North American company previously reduced flights by 95 percent amid national and global lockdowns, taking a severe hit due to the heath crisis. It reported a net loss of $740 million in the first quarter, also […]
With news last week that close aides to President Trump and Vice President Pence tested positive for the COVID-19 Chinese coronavirus, speculation led by never-Trumper Bill Kristol has arisen about a scenario where Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), second in the line of succession, becomes president after Trump […]
President held a meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his national security team at the White House Saturday evening. Neither the subject of the meeting, which was originally set for Camp David, nor the reason for the change of location was disclosed. “President Trump said yesterday he would […]
Malachi Stewart, with the Washington, D.C., health department, works full time as a contact tracer for the COVID-19 response. Washington plans to increase its contact tracing workforce in the near future. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ryan Kellman/NPR Malachi Stewart, with the Washington, D.C., health department, works full time […]