The Asian economy is expected to shrink this year “for the first time in memory,” said the International Monetary Fund, warning that the region could take several years to recover. The fund said in a blog post published Tuesday that the Asian economy is likely to contract 1.6% this year, …
Read More »The NJ coronavirus public health emergency spanned 30 days. The state of emergency remains in effect.
Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday that he will extend the public health emergency he declared in New Jersey due to the coronavirus pandemic for another 30 days, even as the state outbreak has slowed down significantly and his gradual reopening plans are moving forward. Murphy has already lifted his order …
Read More »New mutant version of coronavirus spreads faster, but does not make people sick
“It is now the dominant form that infects people,” Erica Ollmann Saphire of the La Jolla Institute of Immunology and the Coronavirus Immunotherapy Consortium, who worked on the study, told CNN. Now, the team has not only verified more genetic sequences, but has also conducted experiments on people, animals, and …
Read More »Steinbrenner: Yankees “expect” viewers in 2020
With COVID-19 infection rates increasing at the start of baseball’s relaunch in 2020, even a television-only season seems like a tough task. However, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner offered a surprisingly optimistic tone regarding fans returning to Yankee Stadium this year, as George A. King III of the New York Post …
Read More »Palpatine’s comeback didn’t come out of the blue: people just weren’t ‘paying attention’
The reaction against Skywalker’s rise has started. In other words, some Star Wars Fans have begun mounting a defense for the film and rehabilitating its reputation as a disappointment that failed to keep the landing. Episode IX from the Skywalker saga made a lot of money, like most Star Wars …
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