COVID-19 has made a number in the United States economy, bringing tens of millions of Americans to unemployment and causing with jobs in a world of financial stress. Fortunately, relief was available early in the pandemic. In late March, the CARES Act became law, and it included a key provision …
Read More »South Korean statue that appears to show Japanese Prime Minister bowing to ‘comfort woman’ angers Tokyo
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea / TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government reacted angrily on Tuesday to a statue in South Korea that appears to represent Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, kneeling and bowing to a seated “woman of comfort”, a euphemism for women forced to work in Japan’s war brothels. Japan’s …
Read More »Virus vaccine tested final in thousands of volunteers
The world’s largest COVID-19 vaccine study began Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers who helped test vaccines created by the US government. There is still no guarantee that the experimental vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Modern Inc. (MRNA), will actually protect. The Proof Needed: …
Read More »Kylie Moore-Gilbert: Professor incarcerated in Iran transferred to remote prison
Image copyright AFP Screenshot Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a professor at the University of Melbourne, has been in jail since September 2018. A British-Australian woman serving a 10-year sentence in Iran for espionage has been transferred to a notorious desert prison, authorities say. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a professor at the University of Melbourne, …
Read More »‘I felt much more fragility in him’
Before cohosting Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda, Kathie Lee Gifford shared the stage for 15 years with television legend Regis Philbin. The couple led the popular morning show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee from 1985 until Gifford left in 2000, passing his chair to Kelly Ripa. The two …
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