By Reuters It is not a bird, a plane or Superman: the aircraft humming in the skies above Colombia’s capital Bogota are instead police drones that are meant to detect people with high temperatures or those violating the country’s coronavirus quarantine. If a drone detects someone with a potential fever it sends the location to […]

By Reuters Rising floodwaters, as high as five feet, submerged parts of the central Michigan of Michigan on Wednesday after days of heavy rain led to the failure of two dams and the evacuation of thousands of people. The National Weather Service (NWS) warned of “life-threatening” flooding as water levels of the Tittabawassee River in […]

By Samuel Case, FISM News As the worldwide Covid-19 infection rate nears 5 million, according to the John Hopkins Coronavirus Research Center, laboratories across the globe are working around the clock to find a vaccine to defeat the microscopic enemy. A vaccine would not only mean the end to the pandemic but financial gain for […]

By Reuters J.C. Penney Co Inc plans to trim its store count by 29% to about 604, as the U.S. department store chain looks to focus on those more profitable, a regulatory filing showed on Monday, two days after it filed for bankruptcy protection. The stores to stay open accounted for 82% of the company’s […]

By Reuters The World Health Organization said on Monday an independent review of the global coronavirus response would begin as soon as possible and it received backing and a hefty pledge of funds from China, in the spotlight as the origin of the pandemic. But the WHO’s chief critic, the U.S. administration of President Donald […]

By Madeline Sponsler, FISM News In recognition of the healthcare community’s “hard work and dedication”, Qatar Airlines are offering 100,000 complimentary flight tickets.  The company website says, “Thank you to all of the frontline healthcare professionals across the globe. Your tremendous efforts and incredible resilience have given us hope in these times of uncertainty.” Qualifying participants […]

By Reuters U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday he does not expect a Justice Department review of the FBI’s handling of 2016 election interference to lead to a criminal investigation of former President Barack Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden. “As to President Obama and Vice President Biden, whatever their level of […]

By Samuel Case, FISM News Australia and the E.U. are pressing forward an inquiry into the timeline of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Currently, the resolution has the support from 116 of the 194 nations that make up the World Health Assembly. According to the Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne the resolution will involve an investigation into […]

By Reuters The country-wide lockdown, introduced in late March to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, has led to a labor shortage across rural India, crimping the harvest and preventing the bagging and movement of it. The largest crop gathered globally during the pandemic, which is worth more than $26 billion, according to traders, […]