International Writers Collective Publishes COVID-19 Book

Letters from Home to Wuhan, a new book Compiled by Zhao Nianmin, Li Haiyan and Lan Chuanbin, Translated by Sun Hongshan, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. Ever since the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is the most serious public health emergency. Then the virus spread…Continue Reading

Goliath Acquires Endless Games

Goliath’s acquisition of Endless Games provides an endless catalog of great games and puzzles that Goliath will add to its global core portfolio. Jochanan Golad, Goliath’s CEO announces, “This is Goliath’s 4th North American, and 11th global acquisition in the last 7 years as we have expanded to become one of the largest privately held…Continue Reading

Strong probability that the suspected remains found in a Florida park are Brian Laundrie’s, family attorney says

(CNN)The apparent human remains that authorities found Wednesday in a Florida park most likely belong to Brian Laundrie, the missing man whose fiancée Gabby Petito was found fatally strangled last month, the Laundrie family attorney told CNN.Investigators also found a backpack and a notebook belonging to Laundrie, 23, near the suspected remains while they were…Continue Reading

Facebook Is Rebuked by Oversight Board Over Transparency on Treatment of Prominent Users

Facebook created the oversight board to provide guidance about its enforcement systems and make binding decisions about specific enforcement actions. Photo: Ian Bates for The Wall Street Journal Updated Oct. 21, 2021 8:34 am ET Facebook Inc.’s FB 0.23% oversight board said the company hadn’t been forthcoming about how it exempts high-profile users from its…Continue Reading

US surgeons test pig kidney transplant in a human

By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News onlineImage source, Getty ImagesUS surgeons say they have successfully given a pig’s kidney to a person in a transplant breakthrough they hope could ultimately solve donor organ shortages. The recipient was brain-dead, meaning they were already on artificial life support with no prospect of recovering. The kidney came from…Continue Reading

Asylum Officers Detail Migrants’ Accounts of Abuse

More than 160 reports, obtained by Human Rights Watch, reveal details of mistreatment that asylum seekers described experiencing from border officials and while in U.S. custody.The complaints, mostly based on interactions during the Trump administration, come at a time of increased concern about the treatment of migrants by border and immigration officials.Credit…Christopher Lee for The…Continue Reading

Cabinet approves PM GatiShakti National Master Plan

The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved PM GatiShakti National Master Plan, including implementation, monitoring and support mechanism, for providing multi-modal connectivity. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on October 13, had launched a Rs 100 lakh crore national master plan for multi-modal connectivity to develop infrastructure to reduce logistic costs and boost the economy. It targets to…Continue Reading

Preview:​ RIL ​to see strong Q2 growth on weak base, energy biz revival

MUMBAI: Reliance Industries is likely to report a trailblazing earnings performance for the quarter ended September on Friday aided by a low base in the year-ago quarter and revival in the company’s oil-to-chemical operations. The country’s largest conglomerate is expected to report a 37 per cent year-on-year growth in consolidated net profit to Rs 13,117…Continue Reading

Sensex falls! These stocks fell 5% or more in Thursday’s session

NEW DELHI: Several stocks plunged in excess of 5 per cent in Mumbai trading on Thursday even as equity benchmark BSE Sensex traded 336.46 points down at 60923.50 amid brisk selling in frontline bluechip counters. On the BSE, Sudal Inds(down 15.94 per cent), Goblin India(down 13.45 per cent), Bansal Roofing Prod.(down 11.01 per cent), UTL…Continue Reading