The TSA said Monday that it discovered more than 300 cannons in portable luggage nationwide in July, saying it screens about 15.3 guns per million people. That is up from the rate of 5.1 guns per million people in July 2019, although air passenger traffic is down by 75%. The …
Read More »WHO sees ‘green shoots of hope’ as global cases at 20 million
Children sit in the classroom for the first day of the new school year classes at GuthsMuths Elementary School during the coronavirus pandemic on August 10, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Maja Hitij | Getty Images The World Health Organization said Monday that there are glimmers of hope in the fight …
Read More »Mnuchin open to restart negotiations
The Trump administration is open to resuming coronavirus talks with Democratic leaders and would offer more aid money to try to reach a compromise, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday. “The president is determined to spend what we have to spend. … We are ready to put more money on …
Read More »‘It should have been mandatory from the start’: Ireland says people should wear masks in shops to stop COVID-19 – but why did it take so long?
DUBLIN – Ireland is a nation of saints, scientists and the status quo. This small island in the northwestern periphery of Europe is ruled by two old enemies: the right-wing Republican Fianna Fáil party and the fellow Christian-Democratic Fine Gael, which since independence in 1922 on opposite sides of ‘ …
Read More »Uber CEO op-ed strives for ‘third way’ to classify gig workers
Dara Khosrowshahi, Chief Executive Officer of Uber Technologies Inc., speaks on a webcast during the company’s first public offering (IPO) on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, USA, on Friday 10 May 2019. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi …
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