There is no better warning about the growing confusion that seems to be gradually beclouding the federal government’s response to the coronavirus challenge than the belief it betrayed last week that, perhaps, all it needs to calm the fears and apprehensions of Nigerians about its ability to halt the spread of the virus is to…
WASHINGTON: The new coronavirus isn’t biased about who it infects – so why does data emerging from some states suggest that African Americans are bearing the brunt of the pandemic in the US? Experts say blacks are disproportionately impacted by underlying health conditions linked to poverty, face discrimination in medical care, and are more likely…
MADRID: Spain’s coronavirus death toll overtook that of China on Wednesday, rising to 3,434 after 738 people died over the past 24 hours, the government said. Across the world, only Italy now has a higher death toll than that of Spain. In China, where the virus emerged late last year, 3,281 people have died. The…
TOKYO: The Tokyo Olympics were postponed today into 2021, the first such delay in the Games’ 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked the last international sporting showpiece still standing this year. Though a huge blow to Japan, the decision was a relief to thousands of athletes fretting over how to train as the…
Though smartphone usage was gradually increasing prior to the launch of Apple’s iPhone in 2007, the adoption rate of these devices has accelerated in exponential ways during the past half-decade. Whereas the device was once reserved for a small subset of the population, generally limited to serious business owners and other professionals who needed on-the-go…
Woke up this morning to the unfortunate reality of the Nigerian state, the failure of her youth to take up responsibilities as the thread and wool that holds her fabric together. Flashback to the time when our past heroes, who were at the time youths, took up giant strides and went through the battles, upheavals, fights…
About a fifth of the world?s population uses Facebook. The social networking site is one of the biggest enterprises in the world today. Now, sources say that a major change in the interface is evident. It is rumored that the company has been testing auto-play video through the network?s news feed. Even if the test…
98 percent of people look at a calendar each day, and even with the switch to online calendars, most people still hang a hard copy on the wall. From a marketing standpoint, that?s an opportunity to remind a past or potential customer about your business 365 days a year, at a relatively minimal cost. In…
Delta Air Lines on Friday warned the coronavirus pandemic will cut its second quarter earnings by 80 percent compared to 2019, and ratings agency S&P said other US carriers faced similar fates. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-delta-revenue-carriers-doom.html Views: 0
The chief executive of German airline giant Lufthansa warned Thursday that governments might need to save the industry from the coronavirus crisis, as “drastic cutbacks in flight operations” have grounded over 90 percent of its planes. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-virus-endangers-future-aviation-state.html Views: 0