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San Francisco’s shelter-in-place order does not apply to gig workers

Earlier today, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a shelter-in-place order in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19. The order legally requires people to stay home as much as possible unle

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No mute necessary: Taiv replaces live TV ads at bars with custom content

Live TV is a staple of bars and restaurants, packing sports fans in during playoffs and convincing people to grab one more beer to finish off that late-night X-Files rerun before heading home. But the

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Online ID verification is seeing a spike in demand driven by COVID-19

With many businesses switching staff to remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic there’s been a clearly chronicled surge in demand for videoconferencing and others comms tools like Zoom.Other

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America’s largest companies are not covered under congressional coronavirus aid package

America’s largest companies are not covered under a bill passed by the House of Representatives on Friday that is supposed to support American workers impacted by the spread of the novel coronav

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China willing to do its utmost to help the Philippines: Chinese FM

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meets with Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin in Vientiane, Laos, Feb. 19, 2020. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiy

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Online code collaboration tool Glitch votes to unionize

Employees of online software collaboration tool Glitch today announced their intentions to unionize. The news was made official by the Communications Workers of America Union, the largest media and co

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China's industrial chain back in operation but problems remain

People work on the production line of YTO Group in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, March 5, 2020. /Xinhua The industrial chain in China is resuming operations on a steady pace with th

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Canadian PM Trudeau self-isolates as wife awaits COVID-19 test results

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a Liberal Party caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 2, 2019. /Reuters Canadian Prime Minister J

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How I discovered Washington D.C. is woefully unprepared for COVID-19

I didn't plan on personally finding out how unprepared Washington DC is for COVID-19, but here's how I spent an entire day navigating the city's health departments trying to find out if I was infecte

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Backgrounder: What is a pandemic?

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks at a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 11, 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednes

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Joe Biden has another big primary night, wins 4 more states

Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years

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COVID-19 in Europe: Daily bulletin, 11 March

A health worker sprays disinfectant in St Mark's Square, Venice. /Marco Sabadin/AFP TOP HEADLINES- Europe's worst-affected country, Italy, now has more than 10,000 confirmed cases. The Italian

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Disneyland Paris maintenance worker tests positive for coronavirus but park remains open

A Disneyland Paris maintenance worker tested positive for the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) over the weekend, a spokesman for the theme park said on Monday. T

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Across China: A 'mother' in Lhasa and her 22 children

Pandor was born in Shigatse of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, a city near the border with Nepal, Bhutan and India. Today, she is a proud mother of 22 child

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Israel confirms 6 new COVID-19 cases

Israel's Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that six more Israelis were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients in

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Disneyland Paris maintenance worker tests positive for coronavirus

A Disneyland Paris maintenance worker tested positive for the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) over the weekend, a spokesman for the theme park said on Monday. The worker has not been in con

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Album: Italy in total lockdown

A view of the Pincio Hill in Rome, Italy, on the first day of the lockdown of the country, March 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting) Novel coronavirus sparks total lockdown in Italy. ROME, March 1