After being booed, cheered and laughed at by state-owned factory workers on Monday amid the biggest show of discontent the country has ever seen, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is desperately holding on to power. Thousands of Belarussians have taken to the streets every day since his contested victory in the …
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Immune response to mild COVID-19 is prolonged; disclosing psychiatric risk
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the new coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. Mild COVID-19 induces prolonged immune response In patients with mild COVID-19, immune response last …
Read More »‘Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj’ canceled on Netflix
Hasan Minhaj’s Netflix weekly talk show “Patriot Act” will not return for a seventh season, the cabaret artist announced on Tuesday. “What a run,” Minhaj wrote on Twitter. “‘Patriot Act’ has come to an end. I got to work with the best writers, producers, researchers, and animators in the game. …
Read More »Microsoft is pushing another nail in the coffin of its most hated product
Microsoft announced this week that its Workplace Chat Software Teams will no longer be available on Internet Explorer as of November 30, and its 365 apps, including Office products, will no longer work on IE starting August 17, 2021. It’s an enormous decision that adds yet another nail in the …
Read More »EV developer Canoo to go public via reverse merger with ‘blank check’ company Hennessy Capital Acquisition
Acquisition of special purpose, as company “blank check”, Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. HCAC, -80% has jumped on the bandwagon of electric cars as it announced a reverse merger with EV maker Canoo Holdings Ltd. The deal will provide $ 600 million in gross revenue to Canoo, which will be used …
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