Joe Biden has promised to do better than President Donald Trump to curb the virus. Wilmington: US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday said he would order increased production of syringes and other supplies to ramp up vaccinations against COVID-19 and improve upon the Trump administration rollout that he called a “dismal failure.” Under Biden’s plan, […]
Day: January 15, 2021
A Second Economic Crisis for Biden, but a Different First Response
Mr. Biden has stressed that such aid will support increased consumer spending, but he and his team cast the goal of distributing the money in more human terms: to ensure as many Americans as possible avoid the scarring damage of homelessness, hunger and the virus itself. The Biden team and its allies are confident that, […]
Amazfit GTR 2e, GTS 2e Smartwatches to Launch in India on January 19: All You Need to Know
Both Amazfit GTR 2e and Amazfit GTS 2e smartwatches feature an AMOLED Always-On display coupled with 5ATM water resistance rating. The Amazfit GTR 2e offers up to 24 hours of battery per charge. Source link
Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving to remain out Sat. vs. Orlando Magic due to protocols
NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving will miss his sixth consecutive game Saturday against the Orlando Magic. While Irving has expressed a desire to return to play, sources said, his extended absence from the court requires a period of ramping up basketball activities. Irving has not played in a game since Jan. 5. […]
SoftBank Vision Fund losing Jeff Housenbold, who led DoorDash deal
Jeff Housenbold, managing partner at SoftBank’s Vision Fund SoftBank SoftBank’s Jeff Housenbold, who led the Vision Fund’s investments in companies including DoorDash, OpenDoor and Wag, is leaving the firm later this year. SoftBank shook up the Silicon Valley investment world with the first Vision Fund in 2017, ultimately raising $100 billion, funded in large part […]
Abbas Announces Palestinian Elections After Years of Paralysis
JERUSALEM — Sixteen years after he was elected for what was meant to be a four-year term, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority announced on Friday that presidential and parliamentary elections would be held in the spring and summer. The announcement appeared to be part of an effort to get the divided Palestinian house […]
Need a New Knee or Hip? A Robot May Help Install It
“When I started practice 30 years ago, if someone had hip pain, we’d take an X-ray and even if they had arthritis, and were in their 40s, we’d tell them to modify their activity and wait,” said Dr. William Maloney, professor of orthopedic surgery at Stanford University. No longer. “The technology caught up with our […]
Sources — NBA moving toward expanded rosters amid coronavirus pandemic
Amid thinning rosters in the darkest days of the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA is progressing toward an expansion of regular-season rosters, sources told ESPN. The NBA and National Basketball Players Association must still agree on the details of granting teams an additional two-way roster spot for the balance of the regular season, but those talks […]
Biden picks a former F.D.A. chief to lead federal vaccine efforts, which will drop the name Operation Warp Speed.
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. is phasing out the Trump administration program known as Operation Warp Speed and has asked Dr. David Kessler — a former head of the Food and Drug Administration — to oversee the effort to accelerate the development, manufacture and distribution of coronavirus vaccines, Mr. Biden’s spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said Friday. […]
Donald Trump Approval Rating Hits All-Time Low Of 29% After Capitol Siege
The rating makes Trump one of the least popular presidents of all time. Washington: US President Donald Trump’s approval rating has plummeted to an all-time low, led by a dramatic drop in support among voters of his own party, following insurrection at the Capitol last week. A new Pew Research Center poll released on Friday […]