The daily toll amounts to 50,000 new fatalities in the last two weeks alone.
Erica Nitschke
Columnist
Posted inBusiness
Businesses face hard decisions on whether, when to hire
About one in six small businesses have closed their doors since the pandemic began.
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Posted inNation & World
Myanmar military says it’s taking control of the country
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained under house arrest.
Posted inNation & World
Tropical cyclones are nearing land more, except in Atlantic
A new study finds that tropical cyclones around the globe are getting closer to land than previously.
Posted inNation & World
As Biden seeks a turn on environment, Trump rules to linger
Longtime safeguards for U.S. bird populations that were stripped away by the Trump administration are among more than 100 business-friendly rules getting a second look under President Biden.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Housing secretary nominee pledges action to prevent home loss in pandemic
‘Whatever it takes, we cannot afford to allow people in the midst of a pandemic to be put in the streets,’ Housing secretary nominee Marcia Fudge told senators Thursday.
Posted inNation & World
Russian opposition leader Navalny ordered to remain jailed as supporters plan more protests
He was arrested Jan. 17 upon returning from Germany, where he spent five months recovering from nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin.
Posted inNation & World
Liquid nitrogen leak at Georgia poultry plant kills 6
Eleven others have been hospitalized, three of which are in critical condition.
Posted inNation & World
35 years since Challenger launch disaster: ‘Never forgotten’
The pandemic kept this year’s remembrance more muted than usual.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
‘Bridgerton’ breaks Netflix viewership records, now its biggest series ever
Netflix says ‘Bridgerton’ was watched by 82 million people – a whopping 41% of Netflix’s global audience.