Saturday 31 October 2020

The Great Divergence: U.S. COVID-19 Economy Has Delivered Luxury Houses For Some, Evictions For Others
When the temperature dipped near freezing in Columbus, Ohio in midOctober, the children had no heat. The gas had been shut off in their apartment for nonpayment. DaMir Coleman, 8, and his brother, KyMir, 4, warmed themselves in front of the electric oven.

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Friday 30 October 2020

Disney World To Lay Off 11,000 Amid Pandemic
Orlando (US) (AP) Walt Disney World says it plans to lay off more than 11,000 unionized workers because of the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of pandemic-related job casualties at the Florida resort to almost 18,000 positions. Disney World said in a letter to state and local leaders Thursday that the 11,350 union workers mostly part-timers will be laid off at the end of the year. Company officials previously had said that another 6,400 nonunion Disney employees in Florida would lose their jobs..

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Thursday 29 October 2020

U.S. Seizes Iranian Missiles, Slaps Iran-related Sanctions On 11 Entities
The United States revealed on Thursday it had seized Iranian missiles shipped to Yemen and sold 1.1 million barrels of previously seized Iranian oil that was bound for Venezuela, in the Trump administration's latest move to increase pressure on Tehran less than a week before Nov. 3 election.

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US OKs Extradition Of 2 Nabbed In Ex-Nissan Boss' Escape
Boston (AP) The US State Department has agreed to turn over to Japan two American men accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of the country while he was awaiting trial, the men's lawyers said in court documents Thursday. A federal judge intervened to block the immediate removal of Michael Taylor, a US Army Special Forces veteran, and his son Peter Taylor, letting them stay in Massachusetts while she reviews an emergency petition filed by their lawyers..

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Wednesday 28 October 2020