Time to hang up the phone? The impact of Covid-19 on the world’s call-center industry
Researchers at the UK’s Strathclyde University recently expressed alarm over the illness levels of call-center…More
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WHO chief promises independent & ‘transparent’ review of its handling of Covid-19 pandemic response
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has promised that an independent review…More
‘I’m only human’: top German politician in hot water over HUG during Covid-19 lockdown
The head of the German Free Democrats, Christian Lindner, has found himself in a tight…More
SUPER CYCLONE forces evacuation of over 1.1mn people in India & Bangladesh amid coronavirus crisis
More than 1.1 million people in eastern India and Bangladesh are being hurriedly evacuated as…More
‘Swedish model’ of Covid-19 response ‘worked regardless of excessive deaths,’ its architect says
Sweden, which chose a famously hands-off opt-in way to fight the coronavirus epidemic, may have…More
70 percent of Spain emerges from lockdown amid large protests calling for govt to resign (VIDEOS)
As the majority of Spain cautiously re-emerges from lockdown, disgruntled sections of the citizenry have…More
UN chief says World Health Organization is ‘irreplaceable’ & world is paying ‘heavy price’ for ignoring early advice on Covid-19
UN Secretary General António Guterres declared the World Health Organization “irreplaceable,” saying it needs greater…More
Two asteroids to approach Earth on Monday, one of them BIGGER than STATUE OF LIBERTY
Just in case anyone was getting too comfy, NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies is…More
Is that Big Brother behind the medical mask? Bill Gates to co-fund South Korean research of next-gen quarantine methods
South Korea’s biggest telecom firm is banding with Bill Gates to develop next-generation quarantine methods.…More
‘Nothing has changed’: WHO chief for Europe warns of SECOND wave of Covid-19 this winter as countries ease lockdown
The WHO’s top official in Europe, Dr Hans Kluge, has voiced his concerns that a…More