Washington – The U.S. House late Friday approved a massive, $3 trillion coronavirus spending package that would, among other things, provide a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks, $200 billion in hazard pay for essential workers – including those at Electric Boat shipyards– and extend the federal $600-per-week unemployment benefits for six more months. The HEROES Act, was approved on a 208-199 vote, with the unanimous support of Connecticut’s House members, all Democrats. “The HEROES Act is a critical $3 trillion-dollar rescue for our front line workers, cities and states, our small businesses, and it creates the kind of modern day…

President Trump issued an order Friday night that permits the Pentagon to bring former U.S. troops and members of the National Guard and Reserve back to active duty to augment forces already involved in the U.S. military’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, senior U.S. officials said. The president said Friday night that the decision will “allow us to mobilize medical, disaster and emergency response personnel to help wage our battle against the virus by activating thousands of experienced service members including retirees.” The president did not clarify whether anyone will be involuntarily recalled to duty, but said some retirees have…

During these current days, life has been drastically modified for many people due to the impacts of the Corona virus. I personally don’t feel excited about it, because I honestly could do very well without it. Nevertheless, it does exist and the government has imposed its regulations to avoid the spread and minimize the damages. No matter what the measures are, we all need some prayer from time to time to help us cope with our daily lives and survive whatever challenges life decides to throw at us. One of those prayers is found in a video that was published…

– Jeff Bezos posted a picture to Instagram of himself having a video-call with the Director General of WHO to discuss the coronavirus outbreak. – Bezos said Amazon is already supporting WHO with IT support and providing AI to help its epidemic-mapping tools. – “We also discussed the urgent need for collective action to produce and distribute plentiful COVID-19 test kits,” Bezos said. – Amazon has already agreed to deliver COVID-19 kits in the UK Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos posted to Instagram on Thursday to say he’d held a video call with the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO),…

As trillions of dollars were wiped off stock markets some of the world’s richest got lucky. Millions of people across the world have lost their jobs, and trillions of dollars have been wiped off the value of stock markets. But not everyone has lost out. Jeff Bezos, the world’s wealthiest person, is $5.5bn (£4.3bn) richer today than he was at the start of the year. His paper fortune, held mostly in Amazon shares, rose by $3.9bn on Thursday alone to $120bn – enough to buy 188,000 standard gold bars (even taking into account the soaring price of gold). Bezos, 56,…