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Friday, 10 April 2020

U.S. military and government employees continue to use the popular videoconferencing application Zoom for official business, despite FBI warnings about privacy and security issues. Experts fear an increasing risk of government data breaches.

On This Day in American History
On April 10, 1866, philanthropist and diplomat Henry Bergh founds the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Bergh first became concerned for animals while serving as a diplomat in Russia where he saw peasants beating horses. On his way back from Russia, he stopped in England and visited the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in London in 1865 and was determined to create something similar in the U.S. Today, the group boasts well over one million members.

In less than a month, more than 5,000 Americans have joined a class-action lawsuit in Florida seeking reparations from the Chinese government for COVID-19 damages. The plaintiffs claim to have suffered huge losses due to Beijing’s negligence in containing the virus. Similar class-action lawsuits also were filed in Nevada and Texas.

VIDEO: The United States has taken a different approach from some European countries in providing relief to workers in industries that have been shut down to contain the spread of COVID-19. While countries like Germany and France are reimbursing businesses to keep workers on the payroll, VOA reports the U.S. has mostly opted to increase government assistance for millions of workers once they are laid off from their jobs.

VIDEO: The elderly are among the most vulnerable to the coronavirus. Friends, neighbors and local organizations are stepping up to assist older people who aren’t leaving their homes right now. The volunteers run errands like food shopping or picking up medication.

U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabian King Salman participated in a telephone call Thursday ahead of a deal to cut oil production by  OPEC members and other countries.  

 

 

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