Monthly Archives: July 2020

Explosion hits another power plant in Iran

An explosion hit a power plant in central Iran’s Isfahan province on Sunday, the state-run IRNA news agency reported, saying it was on faulty equipment and caused no casualties. A “worn-out transformer … at Isfahan’s Islamabad Thermal Power Plant exploded around 5:00 am today,” Isfahan Electric Company Managing Director Said …

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Thousands of workers leave work at Strike for Black Lives

The strike, called Strike for Black Lives, will take place in more than 100 cities in the United States. Protesters include black and brown fast food workers, home health aides, janitors, and others in industries where black workers are disproportionately represented. The Movement for Black Lives is organizing the protest, …

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10.1% of new COVID-19 tests test positive as tests decline

July 20, 2020 3:08 PM Brandon Arbuckle Aware: July 20, 2020 3:08 PM Updated: July 20, 2020 3:34 PM This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow), also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (blue …

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