The United States implemented dramatic new restrictions on Americans going out in public and 7 million people in the San Francisco area were put on a near-total lockdown to control the coronavirus emergency that has walloped the global economy. Not everyone was adhering to the clampdowns, however. On the same day that the Trump administration […]
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As the coronavirus pandemic forces thousands of people into the confines of their homes, the internet is doing what it always does ― coming together in a time of crisis to produce ridiculous content. On Monday, the hashtags #QuarantineLife and #stayhomechallenge began trending as people around the country either quarantined themselves after possible exposure to
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Governments and central banks are scrambling to find ways to keep businesses from going bankrupt as the virus outbreak grinds the world economy to a halt March 17, 2020, 10:14 AM 4 min read Governments and central banks are scrambling to find ways to keep businesses from going bankrupt as the virus outbreak grinds the
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BEIJING — Like hundreds of millions of other children worldwide, Liu Chenxinhao and Liu Chenxinyuan were getting used to doing class work online. After their elementary school closed because of the coronavirus outbreak, the brothers received their homework through a smartphone app. Then their schooling screeched to a halt. Their father, a builder, had to
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Most of the more than $1 billion the NCAA made last year came from the men’s Division I basketball tournament By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer March 17, 2020, 9:26 AM 4 min read The NCAA made more than $1 billion last year, almost $867 million from the men’s Division I basketball tournament,
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By this measure, Arizona again seems relatively insulated from suppressed turnout: The state currently has just 18 known cases, or 2.5 cases per million residents. Florida and Illinois, on the other hand, have somewhat higher numbers. There are 138 known cases in Florida, or 6.4 per million, and 95 in Illinois, or 7.5 cases per
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To understand why the world economy is in grave peril because of the spread of coronavirus, it helps to grasp one idea that is at once blindingly obvious and sneakily profound. One person’s spending is another person’s income. That, in a single sentence, is what the $87 trillion global economy is. That relationship, between spending
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SAN FRANCISCO — First, people were advised to avoid large gatherings. Californians adjusted. Life went on. Kids went to school, some people worked from home, but mostly it was business as usual. Then came the shutdown of almost all California’s schools, and restrictions on smaller and smaller gatherings. The call for bars and wineries to
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It’s been more than a month since the majority of Germany’s Big Brother contestants entered the house. In early February the first cases of coronavirus outside of Wuhan were just being reported. Now Germany has close to 7,000 confirmed infections, with 14 deaths – but the housemates have no idea a global pandemic has been
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Image copyright Carluccio Hospitality industry bosses have warned that new government restrictions could put firms out of business. Boris Johnson has urged everyone to avoid unnecessary social contact and to stay away from pubs and restaurants. Carluccio’s chief executive Mark Jones said that the restaurant chain “was days away from large-scale closures” without state aid.
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