RIO DE JANEIRO — President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, who has railed against social distancing measures and repeatedly downplayed the threat of the coronavirus as the epidemic in his country became the second-worst in the world, said Tuesday that he, too, had been infected. Critics at home and abroad have called Bolsonaro’s handling
Niall Carson Health Minister Stephen Donnelly launches the official Irish health service executive Covid Tracker contact tracing app at the Department of Health in Dublin Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said the new Covid- tracker app has “privacy at its core” as he appealed to people to download it. The app informs you if
The US Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department are probing allegations that TikTok has failed to meet its obligation to protect children s privacy under a agreement, Reuters reported Tuesday. Two sources told the news agency they participated in separate conference calls with the agencies regarding the accusations. TikTok is a wildly popular social
On Wednesday, the Trump administration took former national security adviser John Bolton to court in a last-ditch attempt to halt the June publication of his memoir “The Room Where It Happened.” Almost at the same time, however, news outlets began publishing revealing excerpts of Bolton’s experiences in the White House between and .
USA vs China rivalry and Made in China “Made in China” used to mean cheap and poor quality, and probably involving the theft of intellectual property somewhere along the line. That perception has been out of date for many years now. Counterfeiting by Chinese manufacturers is still a major problem in some industries,
Air France, the French subsidiary of Air France-KLM, is planning to cut more than , jobs over the next three years despite having received a multi-billion euro bailout from the state. The carrier will slash , workers at Air France, and also eliminate . jobs at its regional French carrier Hop! Air France
Ethiopia is changing, fast. The country that was once infamous for famine and war is becoming famous for its dramatic transformation.While global media report on this new African miracle, we hear from Ethiopians themselves on what their dynamic country means to them.‘My Ethiopia’ follows four Ethiopians as they come to terms with their
France’s new prime minister, Jean Castex, has made few major changes to the cabinet after President Emmanuel Macron gambled on a reshuffle to reboot his presidency and tighten his grip on government before seeking re-election in . The Élysée Palace had promised “new faces and talents”, but key ministers from the outgoing government
In announcing the measures Tuesday, Daniel Andrews, the state premier, said a sense of complacency that had set in after most social-distancing rules were lifted in June was partly responsible for the jump in new infections. Victoria as recently as last month had reported daily new cases in the single digits, but on
While developing a master plan for Medellin s urban lighting system, EPM, Medellin s public utility company, analyzed the Colombian city s infrastructure and nocturnal lighting system by superimposing a map of the system over a map of the city. What they found was an urban landscape blotted by islands of darkness. Much