MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – The Prime Minister of the Australian State of Australia says more than 2,700 active cases have no source known and remain the primary concern of health authorities. Victoria on Sunday saw a welcome drop in her new COVID-19 cases with 394 but a record 17 deaths, …
Read More »US response to the virus has been met with disbelief abroad
ROME (AP) – The failure of the United States to contain the spread of the coronavirus has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe, as the most powerful country in the world is approaching a world record of 5 million confirmed infections. Perhaps nowhere outside the US is America’s …
Read More »Virus that causes financial pain, even for people who are still working
ATLANTA (AP) – Returning her job should have been a relief for Leesa Huddleston. A kitchen worker at an Indiana casino, Huddleston returned in June after a three-month furlough caused by the coronavirus. She felt fortunate to no longer be among the roughly 30 million Americans who remain unemployed and …
Read More »Smartphone chips run out under U.S. sanctions
BEIJING (AP) – Chinese tech giant Huawei has stopped processing chips to make smartphones due to US sanctions and will be forced to stop production of its own most advanced chips, a company said, in a sign of growing damage to it company of Huawei from American pressure. Huawei Technologies …
Read More »NASA’s next Mars rover is the most powerful and smartest yet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) – With eight successful landings on Mars, NASA is upping the ante with its new scout vehicle. The Perseverance spacecraft, scheduled for launch this week, is NASA’s largest and smartest Martian rover to date. It has the latest landing technology, plus most cameras and microphones ever …
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