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Following the outbreak of the pandemic, Governor David Ige issued an executive order halting the payment of hotel and other temporary accommodation taxes paid by visitors to the agency. These funds have been used to support other…

The world needs to step up its efforts to fight Covid-19 - and countries must not give up their vigilance, the World Health Organization's chief scientist warned on Monday as coronavirus cases rise around the world."We are in a very risky…

BALLABGARH, India - In late November, an urgent email appeared in the inbox of Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices, one of the world's largest syringes manufacturers.It was from UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Organization, and…

Most of the world maps you have seen in your life have passed their prime. The Mercator was designed by a Flemish cartographer in 1569. The Winkel Tripel, National Geographic's preferred map style, dates back to 1921. And the Dymaxion…

Ron Votral will receive a vaccine against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on February 9, 2021 at a drive-through vaccination center in Robstown, Texas.Go Nakamura | ReutersLONDON - A variant of the coronavirus, which first appeared in the…

Harsh winter weather is making its way across the United States, with bitterly cold air in the northeast and blizzards on the east coast next week.Forecasts assume that Chicago can expect several inches of snow. Six to eight inches of snow…

Now that big pharmaceutical companies develop effective coronavirus vaccines, the next big challenge is getting them to as many people as possible.For example, the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech must be stored at minus 70 degrees Celsius…

It all started with a single sentence in a blog post about Iceland: "A farmer is looking for support in a weather station and a sheep farm."It was 2012 and after studying photography in the German industrial city of Dortmund, I was ready…

But I came up with an almost foolproof plan. In venture capital language, it's a small but potentially scalable one-to-one monetization system for entertainment.More simply, I'll try to get people to pay me to amuse them. As they say in…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csbZV2Hwlr4World Health Organization officials hold a press conference on Friday to inform the public about the coronavirus outbreak, which has infected more than 88.2 million people worldwide, as governments…