April, 2020

Amazon is primarily hiring three types of workers — warehouse employees, shoppers, and delivery drivers. Here's what those roles entail:

... three candidates already being tested in human trials... The furthest along in the clinical process is an experimental vaccine developed by Hong Kong-listed CanSino Biologics Inc. and the Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, which is in phase 2. The other two being tested in humans are treatments developed separately by U.S. drugmakers Moderna Inc. and Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc., according to a WHO document.

It seems it's a classic and perhaps foreseeable clash of Modi's "India First" vs. Trump's "America First" after New Delhi previously placed an export ban on the pill, given India is trying to contain its own COVID-19 outbreak now threatening 1.3 billion people.

"A new 'army' of rats come in, and whichever army has the strongest rats is going to conquer that area," said Bobby Corrigan, an urban rodentologist.

The UK has confirmed plans for an app that will warn users if they have recently been in close proximity to someone suspected to be infected with the coronavirus.

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... a letter sent by the Swiss environment agency, Bafu, to the country’s cantonal governments at the end of January, has now in effect called time on the use of all new 5G towers... Bafu has said it cannot yet provide universal criteria without further testing of the impact of 5G radiation. The agency said it was “not aware of any standard worldwide” that could be used to benchmark recommendations. “Therefore Bafu will examine exposure through adaptive [5G] antennas in depth, if possible in real-world operational conditions. This work will take some time,” it said.

Other major U.S. meat and poultry processors, including Tyson Foods Inc (TSN.N), Cargill Inc [CARG.UL] and JBS USA [JBS.UL] have already idled plants in other states.

OPEC, Russia and other oil producing nations agreed on Sunday to cut output by a record amount, representing around 10% of global supply, to support oil prices amid the coronavirus pandemic, sources said.

The court, which has postponed several major cases amid the coronavirus pandemic, announced Monday that it would begin moving forward remotely with ten arguments in May. It will be the first time in the court's 230-year history that live audio of arguments will be made available to the public.

Nonperishable food, exercise equipment and disposable gloves are among the big sellers...

The researchers say that to their best of their knowledge, their graphite film is the thinnest among reported shielding materials, with an EMI shielding performance that can satisfy the requirement for commercial applications...

Greek authorities increased coastguard, airforce and navy patrols in preparation. People smugglers use Turkey's west coast to traffic refugees to Greek islands...

It's theoretically possible to become invisible to cameras. But can it catch on?

No injuries were reported in the explosion.

Sorry Fake News, it’s all on tape. I banned China long before people spoke up. Thank you @OANN https://t.co/d40JQkUZg5

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2020

This is art. pic.twitter.com/Ptk0KZsrZn

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 12, 2020

The NYTimes has deleted that tweet.

TAPPER: “You recommended social distancing guidelines in the 3rd week of February... Trump didn’t announce them until a month later. Why?”

DR. FAUCI: “It is what it is.”

TAPPER: “Would it have saved lives?”

DR. FAUCI: “OBVIOUSLY.” 😢😷💔pic.twitter.com/BS7RTa6Nw5

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) April 12, 2020

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