Month: November 2020
Silicon Valley firefighters to enforce business restrictions as CA faces Thanksgiving shadowed by COVID-19 surge – KTLA Los Angeles
Silicon Valley firefighters to enforce business restrictions as CA faces Thanksgiving shadowed by COVID-19 surge KTLA Los Angeles CA health secretary responds to lawmakers’ Hawaii travel backlash KCRA Sacramento California records 18,350 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours SF Gate Health officials’
Read MoreThousands of Chilean women perform feminist anthem
Thousands of women gathered in one of Santiago’s main plazas on Wednesday and performed the feminist anthem “A Rapist In Your Path” to mark the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women — before Chilean police violently
Read MoreUN experts sound alarm over AI-enhanced racial profiling
Countries must do more to combat racial profiling, UN rights experts said Thursday, warning that artificial intelligence programs like facial recognition and predictive policing risked reinforcing the harmful practice. Racial profiling is not new but the technologies once seen as
Read MoreFirst commercial Emirati flight lands; Netanyahu hails a ‘new era’
UAE’s state-owned airline flydubai offers twice-daily Dubai-Tel Aviv flights; PM predicts ‘with great confidence’ that more states will normalize relations with Israel soon
Read MoreTrump’s stunning abdication of leadership comes as pandemic worsens – CNN
Trump’s stunning abdication of leadership comes as pandemic worsens CNN Donald Trump’s last hissy fit | SE Cupp Chicago Sun-Times President Joe Biden? Donald Trump’s Senate tweets suggest as much USA TODAY Trump may accept results but never concede he lost, aides say NBC
Read MoreThere’s No Stopping These Seniors; Even A Pandemic Can’t Bring Them Down
Older people are more vulnerable to severe COVID-19. But recent research reveals older populations are less consumed by pandemic depression than those that are younger. (Image credit: Lesley McClurg/KQED)
Read MoreNetanyahu says ‘elections are on the way’ if agreements not kept
Amid budget crisis, government appears poised to topple, triggering fourth national vote in two years
Read MoreGermany Extends Strict Lockdown Measures With Eye Towards Reopening Ski Slopes
Chancellor Angela Merkel extended limits on private gatherings, and will keep bars and restaurants closed through December, but she asked the EU to agree on a time to reopen the region’s ski slopes. (Image credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Read MoreGermany Extends Strict Lockdown Measures With Eye Towards Reopening Ski Slopes
Chancellor Angela Merkel extended limits on private gatherings, and will keep bars and restaurants closed through December, but she asked the EU to agree on a time to reopen the region’s ski slopes. (Image credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Read MoreMan, 60, dies in Jerusalem building fire
Others suffer minor injuries as a result of smoke inhalation in city’s second major building blaze this week
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