Coronavirus: New Covid-19 tracing tool appears on smartphones
Image copyright Getty Images A Covid-19 tracing software tool has appeared in the settings of both Android phones and iPhones as part of an update of their operating systems.The “exposure notification” tool is switched off by default, and is not a tracing app itself.It enables an app to run in the background while still using…
Beijing to set up new security office in Hong Kong
Image copyright EPA Image caption Pro-democracy activists fear Beijing’s law will undermine Hong Kong’s freedoms China’s new security law for Hong Kong envisages setting up an office in the territory to gather intelligence and handle crimes against national security, state media say.The new security law will also override any local laws that conflict with it,…
Как заявляет министерство юстиции, адвокат США, расследующий дело союзников Трампа, «уходит в отставку», адвокат отказывается покинуть свой пост
(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department moved abruptly Friday night to oust Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan overseeing key prosecutions of President Donald Trump’s allies and an investigation of his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. But Berman said he was refusing to leave his post and his ongoing investigations would continue. “I have not…
Ралли президента Трампа в Талсе подчеркивает его успехи в расовой дивизии
After months off the campaign trail, President Trump will re-launch his re-election bid Saturday night before a boisterous crowd. More than 800,000 supporters registered for tickets, according to his campaign manager. Many have been camped out outside the arena for days. Yet long before they arrived, the rally was enveloped in controversy because of the…
Миллионы американцев наблюдают, как продолжаются акции протеста против расизма и жестокости полиции
Communities across the United States marked Juneteenth on Friday, holding vigils, marches, online gatherings and rallies as mass demonstrations against systemic racism and police brutality continued. Juneteenth commemorates the anniversary of June 19, 1865, the day the Union Army’s Maj. General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and announced the end of slavery, freeing the…
Участникам ралли Талса Трамп не нужно носить маски, правила Верховного суда Оклахомы
(TULSA, Okla.) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request to require everyone attending President Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa this weekend to wear a face mask and stay at least six feet apart from everyone else in the arena to guard against the spread of the coronavirus. The court ruled that the…
Почему дальнейшее тестирование не объясняет рост COVID-19 в нескольких новых горячих точках США
Almost since COVID-19 was first recognized by public health experts, teams like that at Johns Hopkins University have done heroic work to gather and harmonize information from dozens of sources every day in order to make sense of the pandemic’s spread. Despite their best efforts, these numbers were not a certainty, especially as reliable tests…
Трамп сказал, что он возобновит усилия, чтобы прекратить защиту DACA после решения Верховного суда
(PHOENIX) — President Donald Trump said Friday he will renew his effort to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States as children. Trump denounced a Supreme Court ruling that the administration improperly ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in 2017. Splitting with Trump and judicial conservatives,…
Apple вновь закрывает магазины в 4 штатах на фоне растущих инфекций коронавируса
(SAN RAMON, Calif.) — Apple is closing 11 stores in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina that it had reopened just few weeks ago as coronavirus infections rates in some regions in the U.S. begin to rise. The decision announced Friday is another sign that the pandemic might prevent the economy from bouncing back…