Amazon Prime Day deals would start soon and the early teasers for the best products are already on the way. Consumers are flocking the retail stores to get a nice discount next month. For those who do not purchase the Prime subscription, don’t worry as the event would still have the greatest offers for everyone. Microsoft Surface Pro X would be a part of the biggest sales that would happen later–and you have a lot of options to choose from the different laptop, tablet, and computer models at a discounted Price. Through the Surface Pro deals, you could grab one…
Author: Mike Harrison
The Covid-19 pandemic has created an “unparalleled” global labor market crisis that will affect the employment market for years, the International Labor Organization said in a report Wednesday.The U.N. agency said that “all countries have suffered a sharp deterioration in employment and national income, which has aggravated existing inequalities and risks inflicting longer-term `scarring’ effects on workers and enterprises.”The 164-page World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021 report said the crisis has hit vulnerable workers, including 2 billion in the informal sector, women and young people the hardest.During 2020, an estimated 8.8% of total working hours were lost — “the…
France will start offering Covid-19 vaccines to everyone between 12 and 18 on June 15, President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday.During a visit to the village of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie in southern France, Macron also noted that 50 percent of French adults have now received at least one Covid vaccine jab, calling it “truly a turning point” in the country’s inoculation drive.Vaccine supplies have increased sharply recently, prompting officials to open up appointments to all adults earlier this week, several weeks ahead of schedule.With the country just beginning to bounce back from a severe third wave of infections, Macron’s government is keen to…
A new ransomware has attacked Massachusetts-based ferry service company, Steamship Authority, last Wednesday, June 2, which is another blow to important services in the country. Recently, it was New York’s Metropolitan Transport Authority which fell victim to threat actors, alongside JBS USA, that believes it to be the work of the Russians. (Photo : Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS – APRIL 25: A view of a Steamship Authority ferry leaving the Nantucket Terminal on April 25, 2020 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The Steamship Authority is receiving 9 million dollars from the CARES Act Stimulus funding to keep ferries running between Cape Cod,…
Former President Donald Trump has shut down his social media platform, also known as the WordPress blog site called “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump,” due to a lack of leadership and engagement. A known Trump aide and an anonymous one have both confirmed that the former POTUS will not return anytime soon to creating his platform. (Photo : Joe Raedle/Getty Images)WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 15: Former President Donald Trump reacts as he is driven past supporters on February 15, 2021 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The rally participants lined the street on President’s Day to show…
Canada’s indigenous services minister said Wednesday it is “shameful” that the Pope has never formally apologized for abuses at the country’s Catholic-run indigenous residential schools, which he termed “labor camps.”Marc Miller’s comments followed the recent discovery of unmarked graves of 215 children in Kamloops at one of 139 boarding schools set up a century ago to forcibly assimilate Canada’s indigenous peoples.”I do, I do,” the minister told a news conference when asked if he supports growing indigenous calls for a papal apology that date back to a 2015 truth and reconciliation commission report, and before.”I think it is shameful that…
The new White House science adviser wants to have a vaccine ready to fight the next pandemic in just about 100 days after recognizing a potential viral outbreak.In his first interview after being sworn in Wednesday, Eric Lander painted a rosy near future where a renewed American emphasis on science not only better prepares the world for the next pandemic with plug-and-play vaccines, but also changes how medicine fights disease and treats patients, curbs climate change and further explores space. He even threw in a “Star Trek” reference.“This is a moment in so many ways, not just health, that we…
Israel’s opposition leader moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he officially told the country’s president that he has reached agreements with political allies to form a new government.About 35 minutes before a Wednesday midnight deadline, the centrist Yair Lapid told President Reuven Rivlin in an email: “I am honored to inform you that I have succeeded in forming a government.”Rivlin, attending Israel’s soccer cup final at the time, congratulated Lapid by phone, according to his office.Lapid’s main partner is nationalist Naftali Bennett, who would serve as prime minister first under a rotation between the two men. Lapid,…
A ransomware attack on JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, by a criminal group likely based in Russia has strengthened the Biden administration’s resolve to hold Moscow responsible for costly cyber assaults – even if they are not directly linked to the Kremlin.U.S. President Joe Biden has launched a review of the threat posed by ransomware attacks and he will discuss the issue of harboring such hackers with Russian President Vladimir Putin this month, the White House said on Wednesday.”President Biden certainly thinks that President Putin and the Russian government has a role to play in stopping and preventing these attacks,”…
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller will be his own subject when he teaches a course on his eponymous investigation of president Donald Trump, the University of Virginia Law School announced Wednesday.The school said the notably reticent former FBI chief and federal prosecutor, 76, will teach a class on special counsel investigations alongside three other members of his nearly two-year probe into connections between Russia and Trump’s 2016 election campaign.”I was fortunate to attend UVA Law School after the Marine Corps, and I’m fortunate to be returning there now,” Mueller said in the announcement. “I look forward to engaging with the…