PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The City of Philadelphia announced Friday a $12 million grant program to help struggling restaurants and gyms during the coronavirus pandemic. The money will go to small businesses most adversely affected by the latest round of COVID-19 closures. … [Read more...] about COVID In Philadelphia: City Announces $12 Million Grant Program To Help Restaurants, Gyms During Pandemic
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UK doctor warns world may need annual COVID-19 vaccine due to variants
As the new variant in the U.K. has spread across the country, hospitals have been under more strain than they were in the first wave of the pandemic in the spring, and the national Covid-19 death toll is expected to surpass 100,000 in coming days. But in the week ended Sunday, new daily cases were down 22% from the previous seven days. … [Read more...] about UK doctor warns world may need annual COVID-19 vaccine due to variants
Japan’s Ruthless New PM Is a Control Freak Who Muzzled the Press
The magazine Shukan Shincho notes that Suga was closely connected to yakuza-related firm Suruga Corporation, which was once listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The firm paid a Yamaguchi-gumi Goto-Gumi front company millions of dollars to evict elderly tenants and small businesses from properties they wanted to develop between 2001 and 2008. During this period, the company regularly donated money to Suga’s political fund. All of this came to light in March of 2008, when the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested yakuza members for illegally evicting tenants. No one from Suruga Corporation was arrested–because technically at the time, it wasn’t illegal to hire yakuza for unsavory business practices. … [Read more...] about Japan’s Ruthless New PM Is a Control Freak Who Muzzled the Press
