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from DW News (Deutsche Welle)
Broadcasting & Media Production Company in Bonn, Germany
Sieren's China: US businesses find big bucks in Beijing
Few US companies are likely to want to give up on China's market and its nearly 1.4 billion potential consumers. They need them right now — not least because unemployment is on the increase in the US. Furthermore, if US companies pull their business from China's, their rivals will quickly take their place. If, for instance, the California-based chip manufacturer Qualcomm can no longer supply the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei because of the US embargo, the company will lose its market share in the short term and the United States will lose its predominance in the long term. In view of the pandemic and the global economic situation, China will need to meet consumer demand with domestic goods and do everything to boost Chinese innovation. US companies will face tough competition.
Sieren's China: US businesses find big bucks in Beijing
Few US companies are likely to want to give up on China's market and its nearly 1.4 billion potential consumers. They need them right now — not least because unemployment is on the increase in the US. Furthermore, if US companies pull their business from China's, their rivals will quickly take their place. If, for instance, the California-based chip manufacturer Qualcomm can no longer supply the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei because of the US embargo, the company will lose its market share in the short term and the United States will lose its predominance in the long term. In view of the pandemic and the global economic situation, China will need to meet consumer demand with domestic goods and do everything to boost Chinese innovation. US companies will face tough competition.
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from The Guardian (UK)
LEFT-CENTER, HIGH, British daily newspaper published in London UK
Locals prevent removal of Baden-Powell statue from Poole Quay
A council’s plans to remove a statue of the founder of the Scout movement amid fears that it would be targeted by anti-racist activists were thwarted when it was surrounded by dozens of locals refusing to allow it to be taken away. Former scouts were among those who formed a ring around the statue of Robert Baden-Powell, a divisive figure who has been accused of support for Adolf Hitler, on the quayside in Poole. They vowed that they would not let either council workers or activists get to the statue. Supporters deny ‘vicious rumours’ about Scouting founder being pro-Hitler.
Locals prevent removal of Baden-Powell statue from Poole Quay
A council’s plans to remove a statue of the founder of the Scout movement amid fears that it would be targeted by anti-racist activists were thwarted when it was surrounded by dozens of locals refusing to allow it to be taken away. Former scouts were among those who formed a ring around the statue of Robert Baden-Powell, a divisive figure who has been accused of support for Adolf Hitler, on the quayside in Poole. They vowed that they would not let either council workers or activists get to the statue. Supporters deny ‘vicious rumours’ about Scouting founder being pro-Hitler.
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from Hoover Institution
Nonprofit Organization in Stanford, California
The Primacy Of Pragmatism
“A plague has occurred that is unprecedented and the likes of which we have never heard of before … it has spread throughout the country, east and west, and we have seen wonders from it in its phases and conditions for it has annihilated most of the people in the country … and the markets were closed … and the call of prayers from mosques has been disrupted … and crops have been left unharvested and dried up on the face of the earth because there was no one to harvest it.” These words came in a letter describing the impact of the plague on the city of Asyut sent on May 11, 1801, from Sheikh Hassan al-Attar, a future Sheikh of Al Azhar, to his friend the famed Egyptian historian, Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti and reproduced in the latter’s magnum opus The Marvelous Composition of Biographies and Events.
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A coronavirus vaccine in 2020? Maybe. Here’s what has to go right
When President Trump announced last month that a vaccine against the new coronavirus could be available by the end of the year or sooner, his claim was met with a mix of hope and doubt. The search for vaccines often ends in failure, and the successful efforts have always taken years. So it seemed improbable, if not impossible, that researchers, who began working on vaccines for the new virus in January, could discover something so elusive and do it so quickly. But then scientists at Moderna, a pharmaceutical company, announced they had made promising early progress and claimed they could potentially have a proven vaccine by winter. So, could a vaccine in 2020 really be in the cards? Possibly, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, and others involved in a program the U.S. government has set up to expedite vaccines that protect people from becoming infected by the virus.
from Hoover Institution
Nonprofit Organization in Stanford, California
The Primacy Of Pragmatism
“A plague has occurred that is unprecedented and the likes of which we have never heard of before … it has spread throughout the country, east and west, and we have seen wonders from it in its phases and conditions for it has annihilated most of the people in the country … and the markets were closed … and the call of prayers from mosques has been disrupted … and crops have been left unharvested and dried up on the face of the earth because there was no one to harvest it.” These words came in a letter describing the impact of the plague on the city of Asyut sent on May 11, 1801, from Sheikh Hassan al-Attar, a future Sheikh of Al Azhar, to his friend the famed Egyptian historian, Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti and reproduced in the latter’s magnum opus The Marvelous Composition of Biographies and Events.
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from Los Angeles Times
A coronavirus vaccine in 2020? Maybe. Here’s what has to go right
When President Trump announced last month that a vaccine against the new coronavirus could be available by the end of the year or sooner, his claim was met with a mix of hope and doubt. The search for vaccines often ends in failure, and the successful efforts have always taken years. So it seemed improbable, if not impossible, that researchers, who began working on vaccines for the new virus in January, could discover something so elusive and do it so quickly. But then scientists at Moderna, a pharmaceutical company, announced they had made promising early progress and claimed they could potentially have a proven vaccine by winter. So, could a vaccine in 2020 really be in the cards? Possibly, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, and others involved in a program the U.S. government has set up to expedite vaccines that protect people from becoming infected by the virus.
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Rejoicing in Apocalypse
Plagues, while bringing devastation, have often spurred humanity to creative heights. Amidst fear, helplessness, and death, some people reach beyond their immediate plight to achieve something beautiful and lasting. Works of art produced amid pestilence offer insight into how human beings have struggled to bring out their best even while suffering the worst.
from Plough
Rejoicing in Apocalypse
Plagues, while bringing devastation, have often spurred humanity to creative heights. Amidst fear, helplessness, and death, some people reach beyond their immediate plight to achieve something beautiful and lasting. Works of art produced amid pestilence offer insight into how human beings have struggled to bring out their best even while suffering the worst.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Sue Lani Madsen: Eviction moratorium leaves landlord-tenant law even more lopsided
The Tenants Union of Washington State and the Landlord Association of the Inland Northwest agree Gov. Jay Inslee’s moratorium on evictions is setting the housing system up for trouble. A wave of evictions may push people into homelessness this fall.
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Sue Lani Madsen: Eviction moratorium leaves landlord-tenant law even more lopsided
The Tenants Union of Washington State and the Landlord Association of the Inland Northwest agree Gov. Jay Inslee’s moratorium on evictions is setting the housing system up for trouble. A wave of evictions may push people into homelessness this fall.
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