October 3, 2020
Liverpool’s Sadio Mane tests positive for coronavirus
(CNN)Liverpool forward Sadio Mane is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19, the club announced Friday. Mane is the second Liverpool player this week to return a positive test after new signing Thiago Alcantara. He scored in his side's…
October 3, 2020
Tropical Storm Gamma makes landfall in Mexico after gaining strength
Tropical Storm Gamma has made landfall as on Saturday after gaining strength throughout the overnight hours. Gamma made landfall near Tulum, Mexico around 11:45 a.m. CT as a strong tropical storm with maximum sustained winds near 70 mph. The storm…
October 3, 2020
Two killed, 24 missing in severe floods in Italy and France
PARIS -- Flooding from record rains in the mountainous region that spans France and Italy killed two people in Italy and left at least 24 people in the two countries missing Saturday. A storm that moved overnight across southeastern France and then…
October 3, 2020
Tesla sales surge as global demand picks up speed
Tesla's third-quarter sales jumped 44% as global demand for its electric vehicles outpaced that of most other automakers. The company reported Friday that it had delivered 139,000 SUVs and sedans from July through September, compared with 97,000…
October 3, 2020
James Bond film ‘No Time To Die’ pushed again, to 2021
The release of the James Bond film “No Time To Die” has been delayed again, this time to 2021, because of the effects of COVID-19 on the theatrical business. MGM, Universal and Bond producers, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, said on Twitter…
October 3, 2020
Europe’s central bank moves toward introducing digital euro
FRANKFURT, Germany -- With consumers increasingly using cashless ways to buy things, the European Central Bank on Friday took a step closer to issuing a digital version of the euro currency shared by 19 countries, saying it had to be ready to launch…
July 1, 2020
Government of Canada and CDB Establish New Fund to Support Disaster Risk Management
Governments in nine Caribbean countries will still be able to maintain their disaster risk management efforts even with national finances stretched by the demands of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is because the Government of Canada has…
July 1, 2020
Ministry of Health issues warning on hand sanitizers manufactured by Eskbiochem
The Ministry of Health, Agriculture, Sports and Human Services (MoHASHS),in response to an US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory, is advising all local healthcare facilities, other local suppliers and the general public to discontinue the…
June 2, 2020
Premier League players urged to take a knee in protest at George Floyd’s death
(CNN) After Liverpool players took a knee during training in a show of solidarity following the global outrage over George Floyd's death, NBA star Lebron James tweeted #YNWA -- a reference to the Premier League club's 'You'll Never Walk Alone"…
May 31, 2020
Twitter is now in completely uncharted waters
(CNN Business) There is no turning back for Twitter now. The only way out is through. When Twitter slapped a warning label on one of President Donald Trump's tweets Friday for "glorifying violence," it was almost certain that the move — a first for…