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from Asia Times
LEAST BIASED, HIGH; News & Media Website based in Hong Kong
Pentagon nixes Iron Dome on software snub
The poster child for missile defense, Iron Dome detects, analyses and intercepts a range of incoming threats, including C-RAM, precise guided missiles, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and air-breathing threats — even tactical rockets and mortar shells. So why, exactly, did the US military give it a thumbs-down. “Army officials reportedly requested the ‘source code’ of the Iron Dome from Israel, which supplied engineering information but refused to provide the code detailing how the system works – a necessary component to integrate the two countries’ defense systems,” according to the Jerusalem Post.
Singapore moves migrant workers out of dorms
Thousands of migrant workers are being moved out of crowded dormitories in Singapore after a surge in new coronavirus cases linked to the sites, authorities said Thursday. A sharp jump in cases in the massive dormitories had already prompted authorities to quarantine four complexes housing tens of thousands of people this week. Fears had been growing among the workers, many of whom are construction labourers from South Asia, that they were highly vulnerable to infection in the cramped dorms where social distancing is difficult.
How Covid-19 could accelerate CBDC adoption
The Covid-19 pandemic is pushing the global economy toward a major recession, but there may be a silver lining in all this for the crypto industry: The accelerated adoption of central bank digital currencies, according to Cointelegraph. The use of cash seems to be plunging these days – particularly now, as people are increasingly wary of engaging with potentially germ-infested surfaces. Meanwhile, some central banks are reevaluating their strategies in favor of digital currencies, which they believe may carry more benefits than just stopping the virus from spreading further.
The other viral plague stalking Thailand
For the first time in Thailand, another rapidly spreading “cruel” and “devastating” virus has killed at least 186 horses by attacking the animals’ lungs, causing fever and often resulting in death within hours. Thailand’s security forces on April 10 guarded checkpoints on highways to stop horses from being transported across the Southeast Asian country, and quarantine animals infected with the African Horse Sickness (AHS) virus. The sudden emergence of AHS coincides with the kingdom’s spreading Covid-19 outbreak and tightening social controls, but the two viruses are not related. There are no recorded cases of humans becoming infected with AHS anywhere in the world.
The poster child for missile defense, Iron Dome detects, analyses and intercepts a range of incoming threats, including C-RAM, precise guided missiles, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and air-breathing threats — even tactical rockets and mortar shells. So why, exactly, did the US military give it a thumbs-down. “Army officials reportedly requested the ‘source code’ of the Iron Dome from Israel, which supplied engineering information but refused to provide the code detailing how the system works – a necessary component to integrate the two countries’ defense systems,” according to the Jerusalem Post.
Thousands of migrant workers are being moved out of crowded dormitories in Singapore after a surge in new coronavirus cases linked to the sites, authorities said Thursday. A sharp jump in cases in the massive dormitories had already prompted authorities to quarantine four complexes housing tens of thousands of people this week. Fears had been growing among the workers, many of whom are construction labourers from South Asia, that they were highly vulnerable to infection in the cramped dorms where social distancing is difficult.
The Covid-19 pandemic is pushing the global economy toward a major recession, but there may be a silver lining in all this for the crypto industry: The accelerated adoption of central bank digital currencies, according to Cointelegraph. The use of cash seems to be plunging these days – particularly now, as people are increasingly wary of engaging with potentially germ-infested surfaces. Meanwhile, some central banks are reevaluating their strategies in favor of digital currencies, which they believe may carry more benefits than just stopping the virus from spreading further.
For the first time in Thailand, another rapidly spreading “cruel” and “devastating” virus has killed at least 186 horses by attacking the animals’ lungs, causing fever and often resulting in death within hours. Thailand’s security forces on April 10 guarded checkpoints on highways to stop horses from being transported across the Southeast Asian country, and quarantine animals infected with the African Horse Sickness (AHS) virus. The sudden emergence of AHS coincides with the kingdom’s spreading Covid-19 outbreak and tightening social controls, but the two viruses are not related. There are no recorded cases of humans becoming infected with AHS anywhere in the world.
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from CNN
With nearly 10 million Americans filing for unemployment in March, April 1 was always going to be a difficult day for US renters. Now we have an idea of just how difficult: Nearly a third of 13.4 million US renters, 31%, didn't pay their rent between April 1 and April 5. That's according to data from the National Multifamily Housing Council, a trade association for the apartment industry. Of more than 13 million units in the US that the report covered, 69% of renters paid their rent between April 1 and 5. During the same period in April 2019, 82% of households paid their rent on time, the report said. And just last month, 81% of renters paid rent by March 5.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Sue Lani Madsen: Drop arbitrary distinction that stops essential housing from being built
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued guidelines. The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has put out posters, checklists and record-keeping forms. Construction workers are accustomed to complying with safety rules governing nearly every action on site, even if they sometimes roll their eyes. They’re ready. And under Gov. Inslee’s order, construction is shut down unless the project serves some activity on the list of essential services. That’s where the debate starts.
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We’re losing Easter services. But we aren’t losing Easter.
This isn’t the first time an epidemic has closed churches on Easter Sunday.
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Sue Lani Madsen: Drop arbitrary distinction that stops essential housing from being built
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued guidelines. The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has put out posters, checklists and record-keeping forms. Construction workers are accustomed to complying with safety rules governing nearly every action on site, even if they sometimes roll their eyes. They’re ready. And under Gov. Inslee’s order, construction is shut down unless the project serves some activity on the list of essential services. That’s where the debate starts.
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from The Washington Post
Newspaper in Washington, D.C.
We’re losing Easter services. But we aren’t losing Easter.
This isn’t the first time an epidemic has closed churches on Easter Sunday.
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