Want to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up. Good morning. Virus deaths surged over the weekend. The White House is trying to undercut Fauci. And some innovative people are moving activities outdoors. Rice University, in Houston, is building nine big new classrooms this summer, all of them outdoors. Five are open-sided circus tents … Read more
Board members might be impressed by how CIOs have handled the switch to remote working but their expertise in business technology will create a different route to the top. Source link
BEIJING: China announced on Monday retaliatory sanctions against three senior Republican lawmakers and a US envoy in a deepening row over Beijing’s treatment of Uighurs in the western Xinjiang region. Some of the most outspoken critics of China — Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz along with Congressman Chris Smith — were targeted by the … Read more
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Serge Aurier is a right-back at Tottenham and also captains the Ivorian national team A younger brother of Tottenham player Serge Aurier has been shot dead in the French city of Toulouse, reportedly after attending a night club. Christopher Aurier died in hospital after emergency services found him shot in … Read more
BBC Children in Need has announced it will be matching Stormzy in pledging £10m to fight racial inequality in the UK. It’ll donate the money over 10 years and work with Radio 1Xtra to develop young black talent in the media. Stormzy says the money will help “in supporting and strengthening the young black community”. … Read more
The extreme love for gold in India is centuries old. India had earned the sobriquet of the golden bird without having huge reserves of gold in its mines. Roman writer Pliny complained in the first century AD about India draining all gold from the empire in lieu of fine fabric and spices. Superior trade practices … Read more
Headlines about the sex-trafficking case involving Jeffrey Epstein, who committed suicide last August in one of the most explosive story lines of 2019, had faded amid this year’s torrent of world-shaking news. But the Epstein saga has burst back into the public discourse with the arrest of his longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, in Bradford, N.H., … Read more
Sources from Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai have revealed that Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, who were tested coronavirus-positive on July 11, are clinically stable. The actors don’t need any aggressive treatment for now. News agency Press Trust of India quoted their sources from Nanavati Hospital on Monday saying that the condition of the father-son duo … Read more
And soon later Abhiskek Bachchan’s wife, the heralded actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, also entered hospital. The couple’s daughter tested positive for Covid-19 too. “Amitabh Bachchan is stable with mild symptoms and is currently admitted in the isolation unit of the hospital,” the hospital’s statement said. On Monday, authorities in Mumbai declared Bachchan’s residence in the … Read more
Maxim Integrated could be on the verge of acquisition by rival company Analog Devices in a deal worth approximately $20 billion. According to sources familiar with the matter who spoke to the Wall Street Journal, the all-stock deal could be announced as soon as Monday, although nothing is set in stone and discussions could still … Read more