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National News 11-11-2021

K Buenavista — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 03:50:59 +0000

On November 11, Germany recorded more than 50,000 new cases which has prompted a severe warning for those living inside the country
Data coming from Germany’s public health body, the Robert Koch Institute, indicated that Germany’s total number of cases has now reached 4.89 million with 97,198 fatalities

According to information from the Virginia Department of health, a pharmacy incorrectly administered the Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 shot to 112 children during the first week of November
Recently, the shots for kids ages 5 to 11 were approved by the US CDC but the Virginia pharmacy mistakenly administered a lower dose than recommended
Kids in that age group receive a two-dose, 10 microgram Covid vaccine regimen, compared to the 30 microgram shots for those 12 and older

In a temporary block decision by the US appeals court, the National Archives are restricted from releasing information from White House records to the House Jan. 6 on Former President Donald Trump
The block was granted the stay that Trump’s lawyers requested while they appeal a lower court ruling that the former president cannot keep such documents secret by claiming executive privilege

According to a new report, Thanksgiving flight bookings are exceeding the number of bookings in 2019, which shows a significant recovery from low holiday travel in 2020
From the same time in 2020, Thanksgiving holiday bookings are 78% higher and 3.2% higher than 2019 bookings

On November 11, thousands of people marched in Warsaw to mark Poland’s Independence Day with a demand for stronger borders
This march is fueled by the Belarus crisis as hundreds of new attempts are made every day by migrants to enter the country illegally from neighboring Belarus

For those in the Muslim religion, the use of crypto assets as a currency is forbidden, according to Indonesia’s council of religious leaders
The National Ulema Council has deemed cryptocurrency as banned as it has elements of uncertainty, wagering, and hard

On November 11, the New Zealand government introduced the Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Bill to repeal parts of the Sentencing and Parole Reform Act of 2010
The Three strikes law was enacted to put off habitual offenders by threatening with increasingly longer mandatory jail sentences and to punish repeated offenders

The Scottish Government is looking for a “pre-emptive” ban on trail-hunting as plans to strengthen the law in a move supported by the Scottish Countryside Alliance
Currently, hunting in Scotland is restricted under different laws like the Hunting Act 2004 and the Protection of Wild Animals Act 2002

K Buenavista — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 06:27:10 +0000

Electric Car Company Tesla is currently implementing their new retail strategy where they plan to shift from their high-rent retail spaces in malls to focusing on developing more delivery centers
As for the employees at closing Tesla retail stores, they will transition to working out of the company’s central virtual store to assist buyers online

On July 28, 2021, Generac shares decreased by almost 13% after the company reported rising input costs and supply chain constraints
During their 2nd quarter, Generac has announced record sales
This year, the company’s shares have gone up 80% with high demand for clean energy and power outages

Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance claims that he is willing to step down from his position because the cryptocurrency exchange wants to become a regulated financial institution
In the past, Binance has experienced intense regulatory investigation as authorities seek to regulate the crypto industry

K Buenavista — Tue, 04 May 2021 04:07:52 +0000

Epic Games argued that Apple purposely locks in its customers in the first day of a landmark trial with Apple over the rules of the App Store
Apple is arguing that it built the App Store and gets to set the rules — which are designed to ensure that apps are high quality and secure
On Monday, Apple’s and Epic’s lawyers both made their opening statements, and Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney testified
Epic is looking to force Apple to open up iPhone software distribution so it could use its own payment processor, bypassing Apple’s customary 30% fee on digital goods
On Monday, Apple’s and Epic’s lawyers both made their opening statements, and Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney testified and the trial is expected to last three weeks

Dogecoin’s price has soared 20% in the last 24 hours to 32 cents, according to data from Coin Metrics
Elon Musk and Mark Cuban have both made tweets supporting the meme-inspired cryptocurrency
The wild surge has led to warnings from some investors who view it as a speculative bubble
On April 27, Elon Musk tweeted, “The Dogefather; SNL May 8”
On April 26, Mark Cuban tweeted, “ Because Doge is the one coin that people actually use for transactions. We take many others via @BitPay . But people spend their Doge and that means more businesses will start taking it. The greatest inhibitor to it’s growth is that you can’t spend the Doge you buy on Robinhood”

“India is a big country, and if there are large outbreaks there, of course we’re going to worry about more variants,” said Dr. Ashish Jha
The Covid outbreak in India is putting the rest of the world at risk and is leaving a “humanitarian catastrophe” in its wake, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health warned
The White House pledged to send more than $100 million worth of medical supplies to India as the country breaks global infection records on a near-daily basis
The country recorded more than 300,000 new cases for 12 straight days, but experts fear the real numbers could be much higher
Data shows that only about 2% of India’s population is fully vaccinated against Covid

Lydall CEO Sara Greenstein told CNBC the filtration products company is supplying a system for NASA’s exploration program on Mars in hopes of making human travel to the planet safe
According to Lydall CEO Sara Greenstein, The federal government contracted to help replenish the U.S. stockpile of personal protection equipment, supply the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with HEPA-grade filtration media to be used to produce oxygen on Mars
The rover is equipped with filtration media made by Lydall, which is studying ways to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen that can be useful for human travel to the red planet