MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday constitutional amendments approved in a nationwide vote created the conditions for Russia’s “progressive development” for decades to come. One of the changes approved in the week-long vote that ended on July 1 makes it possible for Putin to seek two more terms as president and, if…

All the medical supplies which the Volkswagen Group is donating within the framework of its coronavirus support have now arrived in Germany. The final consignment has been shipped from China to Germany. All in all, the donation includes almost 10 million face masks, 6 million pairs of disposable gloves, 300,000 sets of protective clothing, 200,000…

TRAVERSE CITY — A hand-sanitizer station was set up on the baseball field, near the on-deck circle, as the Traverse City Pit Spitters took batting practice. Welcome to baseball in the midst of a global pandemic. “I know this is a little different than normal,” said Connor Miller, the on-field host who was wearing a mask as…

Cars keep getting smarter and smarter—and no, we’re not talking Skynet levels of autonomy, but it’s hard to ignore just how connected or automated cars are nowadays. A major plus is that all of this new tech is supposed to make our lives easier and safer, such as a new system by tech giant Microsoft…

Teo You Yenn, Ng Kok Hoe, Neo Yu Wei, Ad Maulod and Stephanie Chok of the Minimum Income Standard research team suggest that security and independence need to be centred in the ongoing public conversation—boosted by the General Election—about basic needs. Political parties contesting in the 2020 General Election have pledged to address inequality and poverty. During campaigning as well…