(Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) updated its guidance on Friday to recommend that governments ask people wear fabric face masks in public places to curb the spread of the pandemic COVID-19 disease caused by the new coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a mask waits at a bus stop in London, following the…
Games Done Quick announced on Friday that Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ), the annual charity speedrunning event, will be held entirely online this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. SGDQ was already postponed earlier this year due to the pandemic. The event’s original dates were June 21-28, and it would have been held in Minnesota.…
A Bombardier Global 6500 business jet displayed at the National Business Aviation Association exhibition in Las Vegas on Oct. 21, 2019. David Becker/Reuters Bombardier Inc. is laying off 2,500 people in its aviation division, including about 1,900 people in Toronto and Quebec, as the Montreal-based transportation company slashes jobs in anticipation of reduced demand for…
Three of the authors of an influential article that found hydroxychloroquine increased the risk of death in COVID-19 patients retracted the study on concerns about the quality of the data.A bottle of hydroxychloroquine tablets in Texas City, Texas. in April. A Lancet study on the potential COVID-19 treatment has been retracted. (David J. Phillip/The Associated…
With Ireland set to move to Phase 2 of the roadmap for easing Covid-19 restrictions on Monday, 8 June, Moira Hannon explores what the future might look like in Ireland. Coronavirus has cost more than 1,600 lives, crashed the economy and had a huge societal impact – from shutting children out of schools to isolating over 70s…
Boats navigate the still largely empty canals of Venice, which began to emerge from Italy’s nationwide COVID-19 lockdown late last month. Eric Reguly/The Globe and Mail The director of Venice’s Gallerie dell’Accademia, Giulio Manieri Elia, is my guide as we wander through hall after hall viewing some of the finest art produced by the city’s…
Seniors facing higher costs for groceries, transportation and prescriptions due to COVID-19 can expect emergency aid payments of up to $500 on July 6.Seniors can expect emergency aid to offset increased living costs due to COVID-19 to start being distributed July 6. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)Seniors facing higher costs for groceries, transportation and prescriptions due to…
Civil unrest due to the nationwide George Floyd protests drove Twitter to see a record number of new installs this week, according to data from two app store intelligence firms, Apptopia and Sensor Tower. While the firms’ exact findings differed in terms of the total number of new downloads or when records were broken, the…
Next week’s phase of lockdown easing will finally see the stalled property market get back to business. Buyers and sellers who have been stuck in a holding pattern since mid-March will from Monday resume marketing, viewing, valuing and surveying properties. But the new guidelines for safely accessing properties and interacting with agents mean the property…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits likely dropped below 2 million last week for the first time since mid-March, but remains astonishingly high as companies adjust to an environment that has been significantly changed by COVID-19. FILE PHOTO: People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment…
