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!!! Coronavirus Worldwide !!!
!!! A state-by-state breakdown of US coronavirus cases !!!
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(Mon) Exclusive: U.S. drafting pact for moon mining - sources
미국, 달 채광에 대한 합의 초안 작성
The Trump administration is drafting a legal blueprint for mining on the moon. Sources tell Reuters the proposed international agreement is called the Artemis Accords. And it aims to cultivate allies around NASA's plan to put humans and space stations on the moon within the next decade. The United States and other spacefaring countries see the moon as a key strategic asset in outer space. The moon also has value for long-term scientific research that could enable future missions to Mars. But the only law governing national missions beyond this planet is the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which is widely viewed as outdated. That's where the proposed Artemis Accords come in. It takes its name from NASA's new Artemis moon program, and proposes "safety zones" that would surround future moon bases. The goal of these zones would be to prevent rival countries or companies interfering with one another. Sources said the pact also aims to provide a framework under international law for companies to own the resources they mine. In the coming weeks, U.S. officials plan to formally negotiate the accords with space partners such as Canada, Japan, and other countries the Trump administration sees as having "like-minded" interests in lunar mining. Sources say Russia, a major partner with NASA on the International Space Station, won't be an early partner in these accords. The Pentagon increasingly views Moscow as hostile for making “threatening” satellite maneuvers toward U.S. spy satellites in Earth orbit. NASA is investing tens of billions of dollars into the Artemis program, which calls for putting humans on the moon by 2024 and building up a “sustainable presence” on the lunar south pole.
(Tue) Facebook names first members of content oversight board
페이스북, 콘텐츠 감독 위원회 첫번째 위원들 선출
Facebook on Wednesday named the first members of a new oversight board that will have final say in what content can appear on its sites. The board's creation comes in response to criticism on how the social media giant handles problematic content. Nick Clegg is the social network giant's vice president for global affairs and, in a Skype interview with Reuters, described the independent board as first-of-its-kind. "I hope that any reasonable person will see that this is a genuine, sincere, earnest attempt to do something that has never happened before. This has never been established before. It is an experiment." Facebook said the first 20 members of the independent board will include a former Danish prime minister, a 2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate from Yemen, an American constitutional law scholar who testified at President Donald Trump's impeachment hearings, a former official with Israel's Justice Ministry, and a former editor-in-chief of the UK's Guardian newspaper. Clegg says the board will be able to overturn Facebook's decisions on whether individual pieces of content should be allowed on Facebook and Instagram. "And clearly, we don't always get that right. That then leads to users saying, hang on a minute , you've taken one of my posts down. A user can then appeal to the company. And if the user feels they haven't got satisfaction from that appeal, they can then take their cases to the oversight board." The board will oversee controversial cases relating strictly to content and not other areas, such as privacy. Critics told Reuters the creation of the board is an encouraging step, but the real test would be in how it operates, and how much sway it ultimately has over the content of the site.
(Wed) The new office space: 'exclusion zones' and plexiglass?
‘제한 구역’과 플렉시 글라스가 있는 오피스 공간, 직장 환경이 변화한다
One-way corridors, exclusion zones around desks and transparent plastic screens between workspaces. Offices could look very different after stay-at-home orders are lifted and employees return to work. International real estate company Cushman & Wakefield oversaw the return of almost a million people to offices in China and has come up with a design concept for the possible next phase of office life, says company executive Bill Knightly. "It comes down to some basic concepts, things like colored carpet or, in a less sophisticated or expensive application, taping off what six feet workstations look like. So, it's very visual. In some cases, installing Plexiglass or some other form of sneeze or cough guards to give folks additional insurance.” Floor signage for one-way traffic flow and individual entrance and exit doors may also be used to keep employees from passing each other face-to-face. The new layout would be a reversal from the recent design trend - communal office space that encouraged camaraderie and teamwork with densely packed cubicles and socializing areas, says Brad Bell, professor of human resource studies at Cornell University. “So, I think it will be a major upheaval for organizations to reconfigure their workspaces that way. And I think will be difficult for employees who have come to enjoy those interactions with their colleagues.” There are also likely to be fewer employees returning to offices. "I think a lot of companies, having gone through this, are going to realize that maybe remote work is feasible in a lot of jobs and situations where maybe in the past they really didn't think it could work. And I think what my conversations with companies are revealing is employees are remaining productive. They're getting the work done. And in many ways, are performing much better than many companies thought they would be." Those who do return could be faced with the biggest change right at their building’s front door: temperature checks and other screening processes before they’re even allowed to enter.
(Thu) Nissan to retrench further in new plan to focus on U.S., Japan, China
미국, 일본, 중국시장에 집중하기 위해 유럽 및 기타 지역에서 철수 계획하는 닛산
Nissan is reportedly set to pull back from Europe and other regions to focus on the U.S., China and Japan. People with direct knowledge of the plan told Reuters on Monday that it represents a new strategic direction for the embattled carmaker. The sources said the change of tack is due to be announced on May 28th, and goes beyond fixing problems left by ousted leader Carlos Ghosn's aggressive expansion drive. Pursuit of market share, particularly in the States, led to steep discounting and a cheapened brand. Under the reported three-year plan, Nissan aims to restore dealer ties and refresh lineups to regain pricing power and profitability. It also wants to cut competition and expand cooperation with alliance partners, the sources said. Nissan will follow Mitsubishi in plug-in electric hybrid vehicle technology, with the smaller firm taking the lead in Asian markets outside China and Japan. France's Renault will likely focus on electrical vehicle technologies and Europe. Nissan and Mitsubishi declined to comment. Renault did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It's thought Nissan will try to maintain a presence in Europe through stepped up efforts with its Qashqai and Juke crossover SUVs. The new plan though reportedly calls for tighter, targeted lineups in countries including India, South Africa, Russia, Brazil and Mexico. That means Nissan might need to shutter more than the 14 assembly lines announced in July. The news comes amid a crisis that has seen global car production and sales almost grind to a halt.
(Fri) Temperature 'seen' through a pair of glasses
체온 측정할 수 있는 안경 등장
A newly developed pair of high-tech glasses can "see" people's temperature up to three meters away. Chinese start-up Rokid says its engineers created them within two weeks - a device they call T1. The company has developed AI and augmented reality for everything from manufacturing to video games. Then came the coronavirus outbreak, leading to a shift in focus for Rokid. Vice President Xiang Wenjie says - their device could help replace fixed thermometer checkpoints. He says companies, industries, governments and central business districts in China all need to check temperatures. So, they wanted to offer a portable , distant and prompt temperature checker. An infrared thermometer detects each person's temperature with a camera, before transmitting live data to the glasses through a cable. Xiang said they have already sold about 1,000 pairs to governments, business parks, and schools, and the demand is going up. Rokid is now developing an upgraded version that can read a large group of people in one-go for crowded places like malls and airports.
** Other Latest Headlines **
* 18 confirmed infected with COVID-19 after patient's visit to clubs, bars in Itaewon
At least 18 cases of the novel coronavirus associated with a person who visited clubs and bars in Seoul's popular multicultural neighborhood of Itaewon over the weekend have been confirmed, health authorities said Friday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said additional people have been confirmed with COVID-19, including three foreign nationals and one Army officer. This is up by three from 15 tallied earlier in the day, with all patients aged between 19 and 37. The 29-year-old patient, whom health authorities consider the first patient in the cluster infection, visited five clubs and bars in Itaewon from Friday night to the early hours of Saturday last week. More than a dozen of the new cases involved those who had visited the Itaewon clubs, with the number feared to rise considering that at least 1,510 people were estimated to have visited the five nightlife establishments including King Club, Trunk Club and Club Queen. Other cases were suspected to be people who got sick after coming into contact with clubbers. "It is highly likely that there are going to be more cases down the road," Vice Health Minister Kim Ganglip said during a briefing. Health authorities said that besides those they have verified to have been at the bars, hundreds more may have to be screened for infections.
* Potentially fatal bouts of heat and humidity on the rise, study finds
Intolerable bouts of extreme humidity and heat which could threaten human survival are on the rise across the world, suggesting that worst-case scenario warnings about the consequences of global heating are already occurring, a new study has revealed. Scientists have identified thousands of previously undetected outbreaks of the deadly weather combination in parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, South America and North America, including several hotspots along the US Gulf coast. Humidity is more dangerous than dry heat alone because it impairs sweating – the body’s life-saving natural cooling system. The number of potentially fatal humidity and heat events doubled between 1979 and 2017, and are increasing in both frequency and intensity, according to the study published in Science Advances. In the US, the south-eastern coastal corner from eastern Texas to the Florida Panhandle experienced such extreme conditions dozens of times, with New Orleans and Biloxi, Mississippi the hardest hit.
* A distinct possibility: ‘Temporary’ layoffs may be permanent
Call it realism or pessimism, but more employers are coming to a reluctant conclusion: Many of the employees they’ve had to lay off in the face of the pandemic might not be returning to their old jobs anytime soon. Some large companies won’t have enough customers to justify it. And some small businesses won’t likely survive at all despite aid provided by the federal government. If so, that would undercut a glimmer of hope in the brutal April jobs report the government issued Friday, in which a record-shattering 20.5 million people lost jobs: A sizable majority of the jobless — nearly 80% — characterized their loss as only temporary. That could still turn out to be the case for some. The federal government may end up allocating significantly more financial aid for people and small businesses. And more testing for the coronavirus, not to mention an eventual vaccine or an effective drug therapy, would make more Americans comfortable returning to the restaurants, shops, airports and movie theaters they used to frequent. That, in turn, would lead companies to recall more laid-off workers.
* Biden sexual assault claim divides Democrats as Republicans pounce
The allegations of sexual misconduct by Tara Reade against the former vice-president Joe Biden have caused new fault lines within the Democratic party, especially between its left wing and the establishment. Reade is a former Biden Senate staffer who has accused the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee of sexually assaulting her while she worked in his office in the 1990s. Biden and his campaign have flatly denied the allegations and major news outlets have continued to investigate. Meanwhile, liberal grassroots activists have clashed with centrist Democrats and senior party figures over how to respond to the allegations. The arguments often point to how Democrats approached previous high-profile sexual assault allegations, such as the accusations by Christine Blasey Ford against Brett Kavanaugh during the now supreme court justice’s contentious confirmation hearings.
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