Dollar Tree has quietly backtracked on its mandatory mask policy for all buyers, which it enacted just days before. According to ForbesOn July 8, the company, which also owns Family Dollar, issued a mandate that it will require “all Associates, customers and vendors to wear fabric covers when they are …
Read More »Azerbaijan threatens Chernobyl-style ‘catastrophe’ in Caucasus drone war
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has again erupted into open war. As previously noted in Forbes, there has recently been an alarming build-up of drone air forces on both sides. Azerbaijan has now threatened to use its ability to attack Armenia’s only nuclear power plant. At least 16 people …
Read More »How an Alabama factory is helping to prepare the United States for a COVID-19 vaccine
As scientists from around the world compete to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, there is also a fight to make the millions of vials necessary to deliver it. CBS News has an exclusive look inside an Alabama factory that is doing its best to fill the vital need. “I don’t want …
Read More »The debate between Israel and Palestine is expanding, but the options are only shrinking.
This photograph taken on June 30 from east Jerusalem behind Israel’s controversial separation barrier shows the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank. Ahmad Gharabli / AFP via Getty Images Veteran Middle East negotiator Aaron David Miller, writing in Foreign Policy, once referred to the Israeli-Palestinian peace …
Read More »Tigers’ Jordan Zimmermann out with an arm injury
DETROIT – Veteran Detroit Tigers starter Jordan Zimmermann has been sidelined by forearm strain, raising questions about whether to start the season in the club’s initial rotation. Zimmermann was scheduled to launch in the intrasquad on Friday night, but did not. “His arm hurts a little,” said Tigers manager Ron …
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