UK coronavirus death toll rises to 36

Fourteen more people have died from the coronavirus in the UK raising the death toll to 36, with  38, 907 were confirmed negative and 1, 543 positive tests for coronavirus according to UK’s health department. Following the reversal of the UK government’s hands-off approach, the government is now preparing to introduce more stringent social distancing measures…

Brexit, Money laundering Geriatric sex in European crime caper

Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, in her new book, tackles money laundering and the state of Britain today in this vibrant novel. Political divergences are central to the rift as George Pantis 79-year-old retired lecturer married for 35 years with a fondness for poetry and a roving eye, after…

The epidemic Deaths of despair

 Two eminent economists, Anne Case and  Nobel Prize winner, Angus Deaton documents how the flaws in capitalism and the epidemic that is sweeping the US, taking the lives of America’s working-class on an unprecedented scale and threatening the future of the world’s biggest economy. This is not coronavirus but is likely to blow over with…

Understanding the West’s foes

The Dragons do an expose of why state militaries even conventional armed forces of the US, the former Soviet Union and China are ill-suited to modern forms of warfare. Snake, bands of terrorists, are the characters who succeeded in the aftermath of the collapse of communism and are smarter than the dragons who try to…

Airbnb IPO launch in doubt

As per data from AirDNA showed Airbnb bookings have collapsed by 40 per cent in China and European cities due to the Covid-19 pandemic, their plans for an initial public offering this year are seriously in doubt. The cancellation or suspension of big conferences and festivals such as South by South West in Austin, Texas…

Coronavirus latest

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau are in 14-day isolation after she tests positive. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is being tested after aide tests positive.  In the UK  800 people are infected with 10 dead. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Chelsea player Callum Hudson-Odoi catch virus.  England’s local elections, due in…

IBM sues Airbnb over infringement of patents

IBM is suing Airbnb over what it claims it the illegal use of four patents in a move that casts doubt over the short-term rental company’s attempts to a proposed listing. IBM patents are homegrown and resulting from our more than $5bn investment a year in R&D. After six years of unsuccessful discussions with Airbnb,…

Trump halts travel from Europe to US

    Flights from 26 countries, not including the UK to be suspended amid the coronavirus outbreak for 30 days starting from Friday midnight. The travel order does not apply to US citizens. There are 1,1 35 confirmed cases of the virus across the US with 38 deaths so far. Mr. Trump said the European…

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison. on Wednesday in a New York courtroom . The  67-year-old disgraced film producer was found guilty, a dramatic fall from grace  for one of the Hollywood’s most powerful figures. His lawyers appealed for leniency saying even the minimum sentence of five years  could be a life sentence. But prosecutors…