Hospitals generally operate with ICUs almost full, and had planned to increase the number of critically ill patients they could treat. But the next morning, the governor issued an executive order that again restricted elective surgeries in Harris County. The order, however, allows hospitals to continue to perform surgeries and …
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The electronic card scandal casts a shadow on governance
The Wirecard logo is seen at the headquarters of the payment company in Aschheim, near Munich, southern Germany, on June 24, 2020. Christof Stache | AFP via Getty Images Wirecard’s dramatic fall from grace has put corporate governance and industry regulation in Germany firmly in the spotlight. The Munich-based payment …
Read More »Trump denies reports that Russia paid the Taliban to kill US troops
TOPLINE President Trump went to Twitter early Sunday morning to break his silence on Friday’s bomb report in the New York Times A Russian military intelligence unit offered rewards to militants in Afghanistan for killing US soldiers, even when Democrats harshly criticized the Trump administration for failing to respond. WASHINGTON, …
Read More »CanSino COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Approved for Military Use in China
FILE PHOTO: This illustration, taken on April 10, 2020, shows small bottles labeled with a “Vaccine COVID-19” sticker and a medical syringe. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military has been given the green light to use a COVID-19 candidate vaccine developed by its research …
Read More »Neptune rains diamonds, and now we can finally know how
Deep in the hearts of Neptune and Uranus, it could be raining diamonds. Now scientists have produced new experimental tests that show how this could be possible. The hypothesis is that the intense heat and pressure thousands of kilometers below the surface of these ice giants should separate the hydrocarbon …
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