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Airbnb unveils new cleaning protocols in bid to revive bookings
Apr 27, 2020 (AFP)
The initiative set to launch in May calls for "enhanced procedures and guidance on how to clean every room in a home," and a certification program to identify p...
Australia, New Zealand mark Anzac Day with driveway vigils
Apr 25, 2020 (AFP)
As the sun rose, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was among those observing vigils at the end of their driveways, while Australia's leader Scott Morris...
'Poor like us suffer': Nepal quake survivors struggle in crammed homes
Apr 24, 2020 (AFP)
Like hundreds of thousands of Nepali quake victims, the 68-year-old now lives in a small one-bedroom hut with a blue corrugated iron-sheet roof -- one of many t...
Democrats call for border wall contract review
Apr 24, 2020 (UPI)
In mid-April the Army awarded BFBC, an affiliate of Bozeman, Mont.-based Barnard Construction with a $569 million contract to build 17.17 miles of wall in south...
EU haggles over virus rescue deal as WHO warns pandemic far from over
Apr 23, 2020 (AFP)
While there are signs the COVID-19 outbreak is slowing and some countries have started to ease restrictions affecting billions of people, the world is grappling...
How millions of Favela dwellers abandoned by Brazilian Govt scramble to survive pandemic
Apr 22, 2020 (Sputnik)
Although the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has exceeded 38,000, with over 2,400 dead, and continues to rise in Brazil, the country's President Jair Bolsona...
'Collapsology': Is this the end of civilisation as we know it?
Apr 21, 2020 (AFP)
For many it has shown how fragile our civilisation is. The crisis has come as a new movement called "collapsology" -- which warns of the possible collapse of ou...
S.African writer Deon Meyer looks back at his 2016 virus thriller
Apr 19, 2020 (AFP)
"I find no pleasure in it," said the crime fiction author and screenwriter. "I keep thinking of the sorrow of all those thousands of people who have lost loved ...
Chinese help for virus gets wary reception in France
Apr 18, 2020 (AFP)
Sceptical of the French government's response to the epidemic, the Chinese embassy, business leaders and ex-pat associations have handed out so-called "COVID ki...
Mapping Chernobyl fires from space
Apr 17, 2020 (ESA)
Thankfully, heavy rain yesterday means that most of the flames have now been extinguished. Nevertheless, the Ukrainian authorities also reported yesterday that ...
Kiev says 'no open fire' in Chernobyl nuclear zone after rain
Apr 14, 2020 (AFP)
The fire broke out 10 days ago at the scene of the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986 and on Monday had reached just 1.5 kilometers from the protective dome...
China offers reward for catching Russia border crossers over virus fears
Apr 14, 2020 (AFP)
Weeks after it drastically cut international flights and banned entry to foreigners to prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus crisis, China is still struggling...
BFBC nabs $569M for border wall construction in California
Apr 14, 2020 (UPI)
Under the deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, BFBC, an affiliate of Bozeman, Mont.-based Barnard Construction is contracted to design and build...
Kiev says huge forest fire 'no threat' to Chernobyl nuclear zone
Apr 13, 2020 (AFP)
"There is no threat to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the storage facilities," Volodymyr Demchuk, a senior official from Ukraine's emergency service, sai...
DoD to spend $133M for 39M N95 masks under Defense Production Act order
Apr 13, 2020 (UPI)
The order, announced over the weekend, is meant to produce over 39 million masks, regarded as a critical resource to be used by hospital personnel dealing with ...
Epidemic raises emotions at Belgium's busy funeral parlours
Apr 10, 2020 (AFP)
The doctors and nurses who strive so hard to keep coronavirus patients away from death's door are national heroes. But society does not like to think too much a...
How technology is tackling virus-induced isolation in Norway
Apr 09, 2020 (AFP)
Aged 87, Rolid has never owned a computer, smartphone or tablet. But that has not stopped him from getting messages, photos and video calls from his grandchildr...
Pentagon awards $5.2B in contracts for face masks, other medical supplies
Apr 09, 2020 (UPI)
The deals announced include an eight-month, $86.4 million contract awarded to Aurora Industries to provide face masks for the Defense Logistics Agency. The Camu...
Risk aversion helps ants avoid obstacles, predators
Apr 09, 2020 (UPI)
But ants don't simply ad-lib a workaround. Research suggests they adopt and memorize a new preferred path. Lab tests showed ants use what scientists dubbed an a...
In Asia, bucking the global lockdown trend
Apr 08, 2020 (AFP)
At first glance Taiwan looks like an ideal candidate for the coronavirus. The island of 23 million lies just 180 kilometres (110 miles) off mainland China. Yet ...
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