Why Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan Have to Keep Beating Back Coronavirus
HONG KONG — First, it was travelers and university students bringing the coronavirus back to Hong Kong from Europe and the United States. Then, sea...
The Baltimore Ravens’ star quarterback is said to have tested positive for the virus.
Source: New York Times
How Trump is destroying the presidential transition process
What does Biden lose from the president’s refusal to acknowledge defeat? Crucial time needed to fill positions and prevent serious national security risksHaving lost the...
Diego Maradona laid to rest in Buenos Aires
Legendary soccer great Diego Maradona has been buried near the grave of his parents at a cemetery outside Buenos Aires. Diego Laje describes how Argentinians...
Prominent Iranian nuclear scientist killed in ambush attack, bringing threats of revenge
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was seen as a key figure in Iran’s former covert efforts to develop an atomic weapon.Source: Washington Post
The Coronavirus Won’t Stop Evolving When the Vaccine Arrives
In a 1988 essay on pandemics Joshua Lederberg, Nobel laureate and president of The Rockefeller University, reminded the medical community that when it comes to...
Biden wants to re-thaw relations with Cuba. He’ll have to navigate Florida politics.
The president-elect plans to re-engage with Havana and focus on Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis. He’ll need to do a delicate dance.Source: Washington Post
Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal
SEATTLE — Amazon has embarked on an extraordinary hiring binge this year, vacuuming up an average of 1,400 new workers a day and solidifying its...
‘Tokenized’: Inside Black Workers’ Struggles at Coinbase
SAN FRANCISCO — One by one, they left. Some quit. Others were fired. All were Black.The 15 people worked at Coinbase, the most valuable U.S....
Can Cannabis Farms Weather Wildfire Season?
In 2013, Joy Hollingsworth moved with her family from Seattle out to the country with a plan to build a cannabis business.Washington State had recently...