Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] This week, Target reported their best quarter ever with Fortune reporting that in the second quarter the store’s “online sales nearly tripled” during the coronavirus pandemic thanks to services such as same-day delivery and curbside pickup. According to the corporate report, online sales rose by 195% and overall profits […]
By Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] There is a slight development in the ongoing inquiry into the relationship between the coronavirus pandemic and the Chinese government. According to a U.S. intelligence report, local leaders in the Wuhan and Hubei provinces hid the news of the virus from the higher-ups in Beijing. Wuhan was the […]
[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Soldiers who recently ousted Mali’s president and government in a coup promised to oversee new elections soon. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned and dissolved his parliament after the mutineers detained him at gunpoint.
[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] A Japanese bulk carrier ran aground the Island of Mauritius, causing a devastating oil spill in one of the world’s most pristine maritime environments. Now, the island is suing the captain of that ship for his role in the damage.
[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The U.S. state of Michigan said on Thursday that it had reached a preliminary settlement to pay $600 million to victims of the Flint water crisis. This will potentially mark the end of one of the country’s worst public health crises to date.
Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] After only eight days of classes, the University Notre Dame will stop in-person classes for two weeks after 146 students and staff tested positive for the coronavirus. As of today, the school has conducted 927 COVID-19 tests out of the 12,000 student campus. No one has been hospitalized. The […]
Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] On Tuesday night, police declared a riot in Portland “near the Multnomah Building” after participants “vandalized, repeatedly smashed first floor windows with rocks and threw burning material into an office.” The Multnomah Building serves as the county’s government building. On the 83rd night of demonstrations and riots, agitators lit dumpster […]
Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] California Governor Gavin Newsom officially declared a state of emergency as the state is ravaged by wildfires and a record-setting heatwave. The fires which began on Monday and Tuesday in northern California have already burned through some 145,000 acres. Many of the fires began with lightning setting the dry […]
Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Pfizer has signed a multiyear agreement to make COVID-19 treatment remdesivir for developer Gilead Sciences, which is under pressure to increase supplies of the antiviral drug. Gilead is aiming to make enough of the drug by the end of the year to treat more than 2 million COVID-19 patients […]
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The Senate Intelligence Committee recently released its fifth and final report of their investigation into Russia and the Trump Campaign during the 2016 election cycle. This report specifically focused “on the counterintelligence threat, outlining a wide range of Russian efforts to influence the Trump Campaign and the 2016 election.” […]
