The outbreak of the coronavirus is set to lead to shortages of goods such as computers, phones, pharmaceuticals and cars because of the disruption to the global supply chain, Cabinet ministers heard.
The global march of the new virus triggered a vigorous appeal yesterday from the World Health Organisation for governments to pull out "all the stops" to slow the epidemic.
Facebook's efforts to crack down on “fake news” have actually made the problem worse, as a recent study found. Who knew that asking users to outsource their critical capabilities to the platform would make them more credulous?! When Facebook sent its army of fact-checkers to do battle with the disinformation scourge, ordering them to tag...
President Donald Trump defended the administration's response to the coronavirus and his confrontational style of name-calling political opponents as he fielded questions Thursday from select members of the public in … Click to Continue »
Even as Florida faces economic uncertainty with the coronavirus epidemic, the Florida House on Thursday advanced a $193 million package of tax breaks and a plan to continue the refund … Click to Continue »
The growing spread of the coronavirus in Ireland has forced a spotlight on the guidelines telling workers returning from at-risk areas to resume employment if they didn't have symptoms of the illness.
House Republicans modified a proposed pay raise for teachers to spread it to other school employees and boosted school-security funding under a budget plan that cleared a committee on Thursday. … Click to Continue »
