Month: April 2021
‘It happened because I am a woman’: EU chief blames sexism for ‘sofagate’ debacle
The European Commission’s first female president has blamed sexism for the “sofagate” debacle in Turkey earlier this month.
Read More‘Two weeks of hell’: Desperation in India as oxygen ‘the price of gold’
India’s hospitals are already full to bursting, but doctors in Delhi are warning there could be even worse to come.
Read MoreOutpacing The U.S., Hard-Hit Navajo Nation Has Vaccinated More Than Half Of Adults
One year ago, the Navajo Nation was the site of the highest per-capita infection rate in the U.S. Now the vast majority of adults have gotten at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose. (Image credit: Cate Dingley/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Read MoreHow Brex more than doubled its valuation in a year
Brex, a fintech company that provides corporate cards and spend-management software to businesses, announced earlier today that it closed a $425 million Series D round of capital at a valuation of around $7.4 billion. The new capital came less than
Read MoreHarris to chair new White House task force on worker empowerment
The creation of the task force comes soon after Biden, who has long supported and aligned himself with labor unions, lent his backing to an ultimately failed effort for workers to unionize at a Amazon warehouse in Alabama.
Read MoreFar-right MK: Meir Kahane suffered ‘character assassination’ by the media
In his first address before Knesset plenum, Itamar Ben Gvir dismisses dozens of charges against him for incitement, calls for major reforms to Israeli legal system
Read MoreU.S. to Share AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine Doses With World
The U.S. government plans to share as many as 60 million doses from its stockpile of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine with the rest of the world, administration officials said.
Read MoreDOJ To Investigate Louisville Police In Response To Death Of Breonna Taylor
The announcement comes more than a year after Taylor was fatally shot by police at her Louisville apartment. It is the second probe of police the Justice Department has announced in less than a week. (Image credit: Mandel Ngan /Pool/AFP
Read MoreHear about building AVs under Amazon from Zoox CTO Jesse Levinson at TC Sessions: Mobility 2021
Last year, autonomous driving startup Zoox was acquired by Amazon in a deal worth $1.3 billion. Since then, Zoox has continued to pursue its existing strategy of developing and deploying autonomous passenger vehicles, revealing the design of its long-anticipated robotaxi
Read MoreAs the U.S. Moves Toward Post-Pandemic Life, COVID-19 Is Still Devastating the World—Especially India
The pandemic won’t end for anyone until it ends for everyone. That sentiment has been repeated so many times, by so many people, it’s easy to forget it’s not just a cliche—particularly if you live in one of the wealthy
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