The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Shi Sunak, left 10 Downing Street after attending a Cabinet meeting on February 14, 2020. Barcraft Media LONDON – The UK’s finance minister announced on Thursday that the country’s furlough scheme, which subsidizes the wages of workers unable to work due to the coronavirus epidemic, …
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Military ballots are still coming in swing states where the vote count is incomplete
Military mail-in ballots are still coming in war-torn states like Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Nevada, despite President Trump and his campaign opposing the vote count after election day. Trump has argued that subsequent ballots received should not be counted and that lawsuits should not be filed in states where he …
Read More »Stanford engineers develop genetic microlab that can detect COVID-19 in minutes
Using “one-chip lab” technology, Stanford engineers have created a credit card-sized microlab that can detect COVID-19 In just 30 minutes. During the epidemic, infectious disease specialists and frontline medical personnel have called for faster, cheaper and more reliable COVID-19 testing. Now, taking advantage of so-called “one-on-one chip” technology and cutting …
Read More »After a long radio silence of 30 years, NASA finally made contact with Voyager 2
Radio silence like this has never been. After months of no way to make contact with Voyager 2, NASA has finally re-established communications with the record-setting interstellar spacecraft. The breakdown in communications – lasting from March, almost eight months and a full epidemic – was not due to some rogue …
Read More »Miami Dolphins to put leading Rusher Miles Gaskin on injured reserve
The Miami Dolphins are starting to run Miles Gaskin back on the reserve with a knee injury, which will rule him out for at least the next three games, coach Brian Flores said Thursday. Gas Sakin was injured during last Sunday’s 28-17 win over the Los Angeles Rams. The Dolphins …
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