Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The European Union launched a legal case against the United Kingdom on Thursday for undercutting their earlier divorce deal. A senior UK minister said differences remained in talks on a post-Brexit trade agreement. Controversy over the UK’s new Internal Market Bill, which passed the UK’s lower chamber of parliament […]

Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Google is working on plans to pay $1 billion to global news publishers over the next three years. News publishers have long fought Google for payment for use of their stories, and the site has drawn heavy criticism from European media groups.  The new product is called Google News […]

Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that AI can be used in diagnosing COVID-19 in a person’s lungs through CT (computed tomography) scans. The study says that using AI in chest CT scans “has the potential to aid in rapid evaluation…for differentiation of COVID-19 findings from other […]

Rachel Stevens, FISMNews  [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Texas counties will each be limited to a single site for voters to drop off mail ballots ahead of Election Day, Governor Greg Abbott said on Thursday.  Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an order limiting all counties to just one site for voters to drop off mail-in ballots ahead of […]

Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Former FBI Director James Comey defended his handling of operation “Crossfire Hurricane,” the investigation into potential collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia, in a hearing with the Repulican led Senate Judiciary Hearing earlier this week. Last year, a Justice Department watchdog found numerous errors were made in […]

Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Earlier in the year, the House of Representatives passed a $3.4 trillion bill, named the HEROES Act, but it never went to vote in the Senate. The House recently revealed a new bill which was cut down to $2.2 trillion, still including direct payment plans for families and unemployment […]

Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] On Wednesday Sept. 30 the Senate approved a temporary funding bill to keep the federal government open through Dec. 11. The bill passed with a 84-10 vote and will keep funding relatively the same. Without the Senate’s approval funding would have run out the same day at midnight. The […]

Rachel Stevens, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Japan’s unemployment rate rose in August to its highest in over three years and job availability fell to a more than six-year low, government data showed on Friday, indicating damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic persists. The figures come after new prime minister Yoshihide Suga pledged to protect jobs […]