There are moments, when you take the 90-minute drive up the coast from Los Angeles to Montecito, where Prince Harry and Meghan have set up their new home, when you can almost imagine yourself going to an uninhabited desert. The mini-malls, car dealerships and fast-food joints give way to hunted …
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Airbnb restricts the ability of people under 25 in the UK, France and Spain to rent entire homes through their platform to reduce unauthorized parties and ensure safety. Airbnb began cracking last year because cluttered parties caused problems with neighbors in certain communities, and with the coronavirus pandemic, there has …
Read More »BBC apologizes for N-word televised to DJ Sideman | Media
The BBC’s CEO Tony Hall has apologized after the N-word was used in a TV news broadcast, following massive complaints and the dismissal of one of the corporation’s radio DJs. “Every organization needs to be able to recognize when it has made a mistake. We made one here, ”Hall said …
Read More »Europe plagued by US response to coronavirus when US approaches five million infections
In contrast, at least Europe seems to have the virus under control. “If medical professionals were allowed to operate in the United States, you would arrive late in March to recover,” said Scott Lucas, Professor of International Studies at the University of Birmingham, England. “But of course, the medical and …
Read More »Coronavirus Live News: Brazil sees record daily cases like Hong Kong on the brink of ‘large-scale outbreak’ | World News
12.34am BST00:34 Brazil confirms almost 70,000 coronavirus cases in new national daily registry Brazil’s coronavirus outbreak set daily records on Wednesday with 69,074 new confirmed cases and 1,595 related deaths, as the world’s second-worst outbreak accelerates toward the 100,000-death milestone. Brazil is the country most affected by Covid-19 outside the …
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