Tag Archives: WorldNews

Paid Leave Law Tries to Help Millions in Crisis. Many Haven’t Heard of It.

The program has received relatively little publicity, and there has been confusion among business owners and workers.

‘You can’t recover from death’: Argentina’s Covid-19 response has been the opposite of Brazil’s

2972.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=8

Argentina closed swiftly, while Brazil downplayed the crisis. The difference is reflected in their pandemic figures

When Alberto Fernández took office as Argentina’s president in December, his inauguration was boycotted by Brazil’s hard-right leader, who dismissed Fernández and his vice-president, the two-time former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, as “leftwing bandits”.

Related: Brazil: largest rise in Covid-19 deaths follows Bolsonaro ‘worst is over’ claim

Continue reading…

Up to 43m Americans could lose health insurance amid pandemic, report says

3500.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=8

Prior to pandemic, 160 million got insurance through their job – but up to 7 million are unlikely to find new plans, say researchers

As many as 43 million Americans could lose their health insurance in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute.

Prior to the pandemic, 160 million Americans, or roughly half the population, received their medical insurance through their job. The tidal wave of layoffs triggered by quarantine measures now threatens that coverage for millions.

Continue reading…

‘He hit us like a bolt of lightning’: stars pay tribute to Little Richard

RIP

3420.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=8

Among tributes to Little Richard, the rock’n’roll pioneer who died on Saturday aged 87, came praise for his songwriting, his musicianship, his audacious style, his status as a key figure in African American history – and his work as a minister who married celebrity couples.

Related: Little Richard: an ultra-sexual force of anti-nature

Continue reading…

Two-week quarantine will cripple us, aviation industry warns Boris Johnson

And what would 25,000 more dead people do to you?

3333.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=8

Air travel bosses want assurances that science is driving the move, and that a clear exit strategy is in place

A two-week quarantine period for all travellers arriving in Britain risks devastating an aviation industry already crippled by the Covid-19 outbreak, Boris Johnson is being warned.

It is understood that the 14-day quarantine period will be announced by the prime minister, alongside a slight loosening of the lockdown measures that were introduced to slow the spread of the virus. Mass quarantine upon arrival has not previously been used as part of Britain’s response.

Continue reading…

Elon Musk threatens to move Tesla HQ out of California over Covid-19 restrictions

spoiled child without concern for his employees!

4500.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=8

Tesla sues state authorities over lockdown after Fremont factory stopped from reopening

Tesla is suing local authorities in California as the electric carmaker pushes to reopen its factory there and chief executive Elon Musk threatens to move the company’s headquarters to Texas or Nevada.

Musk has been pushing to reopen Tesla’s Fremont, California, factory after Alameda County’s health department said the carmaker must not reopen because local lockdown measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus remain in effect.

Continue reading…