Texas Newspaper Prints 43-Page Obituary Section As Coronavirus Deaths Soar

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L.A. Unified won’t reopen campuses for start of school year – Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles campuses will not reopen for classes on Aug. 18, and the nation’s second-largest school system will continue with online learning until further notice, because of the worsening coronavirus surge, Supt. Austin Beutner announced Monday.

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White Radio Host Becomes Next Karen to Lose Her Job After Harassing Spanish-Speaking New Hampshire Workers

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Is anybody else starting to get the feeling that some of these Karens are hopping aboard the “You ‘bout to lose yo’ job” train on purpose? Either a lot of white people have come up with a clever way to intentionally rid themselves of their employment, or they are so out of touch that they haven’t quite caught on to…

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Florida Cop Fired and Charged With Assault After Pointing Gun to Handcuffed Black Man’s Head for Not Giving His Name

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The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Florida has fired and charged a sergeant with a felony after the officer held a gun to a handcuffed Black man’s head and threatened to kill him for not providing his name. The cop’s quick termination comes as a result of his fellow officers, who reported him to their…

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Alphabet’s Google to invest $10 billion in ‘digital India’

One has to wonder what the results would be if Alphabet decided to invest $10 billion in a digital Native American enterprise effort Google has announced it will invest $10 billion over the next five to seven years to accelerate India’s transition to a digital economy. India is expected to hit 650 million internet users this year.

Coronavirus: Sailors around the world stranded because of COVID-19 pandemic | Business| Economy and finance news from a German perspective | DW | 13.07.2020

Estimates from the UN’s International Maritime Organization and surveys by the International Transport Workers’ Federation show that between “120,000 to 150,000 seafarers were still waiting to leave their jobs and go home,” said Schwiegershausen-Güth. She also pointed to “a similarly large number of sailors who are waiting at home to return to work on board the ships.”

A carousel slows down

The coronavirus crisis has slowed down a complicated carousel of personnel that has been working for years. More than 1.2 million sailors work on around 55,000 merchant ships worldwide and of these around 200,000 of them are replaced every month by fresh crews.

But this system no longer works because of different quarantine regulations in different places. Now, constantly changing visa regulations must be observed. In addition, there is often no possibility of traveling by plane.

 

Source: Coronavirus: Sailors around the world stranded because of COVID-19 pandemic | Business| Economy and finance news from a German perspective | DW | 13.07.2020