Month: April 2020

South Korean health officials on Friday reported 91 patients thought cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again, Reuters writes. Jeong Eun-kyeong, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), told […]

Saudi, Russia Outline Record Oil Cut

OPEC, Russia and other allies outlined plans on Thursday to cut their oil output by more than a fifth and said they expected the United States and other producers to join in their effort to […]

Defiant U.S. Churches Plan Easter Services

A handful of holdout U.S. churches plan to hold in-person services on Easter Sunday, saying their right to worship in person outweighs public health officials’ warnings against holding large gatherings during the coronavirus outbreak, Reuters […]

Asian Shares Steady After Wall Street Caps Best Week in 45 Years

Asian shares are steady in quiet Good Friday trading after Wall Street closed out its best week in 45 years thanks to the Federal Reserve’s titanic effort to support the economy through the coronavirus crisis, […]

COVID 19 Concerns Make A Change In SpaceX Launch Program

The Space Force has announced the launch date of the GPS 3 satellite which is supposed to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at the end of this month from Cape Canaveral Air Force […]

See How Irish Priest Uses Unique Measures For Fighting COVID-19

As the coronavirus continues to take victims, governments all over the world limit the movement of their citizens so they can stop the spreading of this disease. One Irish priest has his own measures for […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Cuomo, Fauci, Kushner – California, Newsom – Trump’s Coronavirus Rating Slips – Behavior – Economic Perception Negative

April 9, 2020 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, April 9, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 45%Down 1 from Tuesday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on seven polls, ranging from 42% (Reuters) to 47% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

Saudi Arabia Buys Stakes in Four Big European Oil Firms

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has accumulated stakes in four major European oil companies, a source familiar with the transaction said, Reuters reported. The four are Royal Dutch Shell, France’s […]

US admin discusses raising the debt ceiling

Senators Urging Changes to Small Businesses Relief Bill

Senators have been making bipartisan efforts to change the program aiding small businesses with last month’s relief bill due to the coronavirus outbreak. The push for changes, both through legislation and regulatory guidance, comes as […]

Jim Banks Urges State Department to Open International Case against China

Republican Jim Banks is making efforts to get Attorney General William Barr, as well as the Department of State to kick-start an international case against China over the “damages caused by the coronavirus pandemic”. The […]

Coronavirus Infections in Germany Rise the Most in Five Days

Germany’s new coronavirus cases climbed the most in five days, almost three weeks after the government implemented restrictions on public life in a bid to contain the disease, Bloomberg writes. Infections rose by 5,633 on […]

Number of U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Near Record High

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits in the last three weeks likely totaled a staggering 15 million as tough measures to control the novel coronavirus outbreak abruptly ground the country to halt, which would […]

Trump Terminates Asylum at U.S. Borders to Fight Coronavirus

A U.S. Border Patrol agent wouldn’t let Jackeline Reyes explain why she and her 15-year-old daughter needed asylum, pointing to the coronavirus. That confrontation in Texas came just days after the Trump administration quietly shut […]

China Looks to Contain Coronavirus Silent Carriers

China took new measures on Wednesday to try to prevent asymptomatic “silent carriers” of the new coronavirus from causing a second wave of infections, as the country reported another modest rise in confirmed cases, Reuters […]

Saudi Arabia Declares Cease-Fire in Yemen

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced that the kingdom and its allies would observe a unilateral cease-fire in the war in Yemen starting at noon on Thursday, a move that could pave the way for ending […]

U.S.-Russian Crew Blasts off for International Space Station

A U.S.-Russian space crew blasted off to the International Space Station following a tight quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press reported. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Roscosmos’ Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner lifted […]

Afghan Prisoner Swap Fails as Taliban Pull Out of Talks

A week of talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban on a prisoner swap, seen as crucial to preserving a fragile peace deal between the insurgents and the United States, appeared to be collapsing […]

Bernie Sanders Drops out of the 2020 Race

Senator Bernie Sanders ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday, clearing Joe Biden’s path to the Democratic nomination and a showdown with President Donald Trump in November, CNN reported. “I wish I could give you better […]

Trump Holds Support of Political Base in Virus-Prone States

Earl Kerr, a 57-year-old electrical contractor in Jacksonville, Florida, says he fears for his 80-year-old mother, who entered an assisted living facility just before the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States. And he says he […]

U.S. Fiscal Response Could Deepen Coronavirus Recession

The U.S. government’s massive effort to nurse the economy through the coronavirus crisis was billed as a send-money-and-don’t-sweat-the-details flood of cash to people and businesses in a $22 trillion system that has ground to a […]

U.K. Coronavirus Hospital Deaths Rise Rapidly

Many more people are dying from coronavirus infections in hospitals around the U.K. than the government is able to indicate in its closely watched daily updates, new figures show, Bloomberg informed. A total of 1,649 […]

Oil Moves Higher, Impact of Possible Output Cuts in Focus

Oil rose as investors weighed whether output cuts being discussed by the world’s top producers will be enough to offset the demand destruction wrought by the coronavirus, Bloomberg reported. Futures in New York climbed around […]

DC Fights to Enforce Social Distancing

The warmer weather in the last few days is bringing violations of social distance guidelines in the nation’s capital, even as health officials predict the city could become one of the next U.S. hot spots […]

China’s Wuhan Ends Its Coronavirus Lockdown

The Chinese city where the new coronavirus emerged ended its more-than-two-month lockdown on Wednesday, even as a small northern city ordered restrictions on residents amid concern about a second wave of infections, Reuters writes. China […]

Tesla to Furlough Workers, Cut Salaries Due to Coronavirus

Tesla told employees on Tuesday it would furlough all non-essential workers and implement salary cuts during a shut down of its U.S. production facilities because of the coronavirus outbreak, Reuters writes. Tesla said it planned […]

WHO Denies Trump’s Allegations About Being ‘China-Centric’

World Health Organization officials on Wednesday denied that the body was “China-centric” and said that the acute phase of a pandemic was not the time to cut funding, after President Donald Trump said he would […]

April 7, 2020 Focus Washington

NASA Employee Dies from COVID-19

NASA Langley Research Center officials have confirmed an employee who previously tested positive for COVID-19 has died. Spokeswoman April Phillips stated that the facility learned its team member had died on Tuesday. The name of […]

April 7, 2020 Focus Washington

Pentagon Sending some 1,500 Medical Personnel to NYC to Battle Coronavirus

Pentagon announced that 1,500 American military medical personnel will now be going to the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic, New York City by Wednesday in order to fight the coronavirus pandemic, Fox News informed. More than 350 of those are […]

April 7, 2020 Focus Washington

Trump Scolds Ousted USS Theodore Roosevelt Commander for Coronavirus Letter

President Donald Trump said he would “get involved” and review the decision to fire the captain of the Navy’s USS Theodore Roosevelt, even as the Secretary of the Navy Thomas Moldly berated the former captain in an audio recording leaked […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: When Americans Will Resume Daily Routines – Biden Leads Florida, National Poll – Tuesday Trivia

April 7, 2020 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, April 7, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 46%Down 1 from Thursday RON’S COMMENT: Over the past eight days, President Trump’s approval rating average has slipped 2 points…. Today’s average […]