(CNN) – Australia Australia’s most iconic beach is considering a plan that could lead to partial privatization. Sydney’s Amalafi Beach Club has proposed the creation of the only rope, member-member section of the famous Bondi Beach. A Wanverley Council representative, who oversees the area where Bondi is based, told CNN …
Read More »New virus testing has failed in the UK, with 16,000 additional cases found
LONDON (AP) – The British government has launched an investigation into how nearly 16,000 new coronavirus infections were reported as a result of a technical glitch, failing which could spur new outbreaks, which critics say could easily spiral out of control. Health Secretary Matt Hancock told lawmakers Monday that the …
Read More »Covid epidemic to damage aircraft sales for more than a decade
A Boeing 777X flies over the Boeing Everett factory David Ryder | Reuters Due to the coronavirus epidemic, Boeing is predicting a years-long slowdown in travel demand, lowering expectations for demand for new commercial aircraft over the next decade. The manufacturer on Tuesday forecast that the world’s airlines will need …
Read More »Venice holds water for the first time in 1,200 years
Venice, Italy (CNN) – Sebastian Fagarazi is used to move his luggage around. As a Venetian, who lives on the ground floor, every time the city faces Aqua Alta – regularly flooded by high tides – he risks raising or losing everything off the floor, including furniture and appliances. But …
Read More »Remote learning begins in the virus-affected Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Grade school and high school students in the Philippines began classes from home on Monday after a coronavirus epidemic forced remote-learning on an education system already struggling to fund schools. Distance education has been a rational nightmare for a long-time poverty-stricken Southeast Asian country that lacks …
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