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Elon Musk’s Tesla will reportedly be furloughing non-essential workers and cutting employee salaries. Cuts will reportedly remain in place through the second quarter.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has announced that his government will begin easing the lockdown on April 14th and slowly allow businesses to start operating with several restrictions still in place.

Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey announced that he will provide $ 1 billion of his own money for relief efforts to combat the Chinese virus. Dorsey says the sum represents approximately 28 percent of his net worth.

Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund and pharmaceutical executive who is currently serving a seven-year jail sentence for securities fraud, is seeking a three-month reprieve from prison, claiming that he can help find a cure for the Wuhan coronavirus.

Like millions of Americans, Trump owns mutual funds that give him a stake in nearly every big company in the world.

Despite national lockdown, police in several French cities and communes were subjected to violent attacks over the weekend as authorities struggle to maintain the strict measures.

A group of students is pushing back against recently adopted grading policies that have softened academic standards for students in response to the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. Many universities and colleges around the country have adopted a “pass/fail” grading system that is mandatory for all students.

In a surprising turn of events, it seems that online meal delivery services are having a hard time dealing with the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. Analysts at Deutsche Bank commented, “Whilst the COVID-19 outbreak could intuitively be seen as beneficial to online food delivery players, with millions of people under lockdown, we conclude that this is not the case.”

Taiwan has reportedly banned the use of the Zoom video conferencing app for official government business due to security concerns, making it the first government to do so. The decision comes on the heels of the New York City Department of Education banning Zoom, and may be motivated in part by the news that Zoom routed meeting traffic through China.

Sweden, which has some of the lightest anti-coronavirus restrictions in Europe, is paving the way for new laws that could lead to a nationwide lockdown, as the number of deaths approaches 500. Authorities announced that as of Monday, Sweden, which

A spokesman for Iran’s health ministry called China’s coronavirus numbers a “bitter joke” in a video media conference on Sunday.

Michigan State University is advising its students use only “acceptable” terminology when speaking about the Chinese virus, insisting that the Wuhan coronavirus must be referred to as the “novel coronavirus” or “COVID-19.” The school is also encouraging all students to sign a pledge entitled, “Hate Has No Home Here.”

A few colleges around the country have announced that they may pause tuition increases in response to the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. At least one college in the state of Ohio has already announced that it will cancel its planned tuition increase for the upcoming year.

Tech giant Apple will reportedly produce 1 million face shields per week for medical workers, according to CEO Tim Cook.

The New York City Department of Education has reportedly banned the use of the video conferencing app Zoom over privacy concerns for students and teachers.

Students at Harvard Law School are arguing this week that they should be granted a law license without having to pass the bar exam. Students at other law schools around the country have also urged their state bar association to adopt an “emergency diploma privilege” in response to the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic that would grant them a law license on the basis of their diploma.

A report published this week by Reuters claims that a group of more than 100 Vanderbilt University students that ignored concerns about the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic were responsible for spreading it to their home communities after leaving campus.

The University of North Carolina system announced this week that it has adjusted its admissions requirements in response to the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus crisis. The relaxed standards will remain in place for three years before reverting back to the standard before the Chinese virus.

Swedish authorities may release illegal migrants set for deportation as flights have been suspended around the world due to the Chinese coronavirus.

Sweden’s state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has ruled out taking personal responsibility for a surge in Chinese coronavirus outbreaks in retirement homes across the country.

A leaked French diplomatic note has claimed that an outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus in Africa could lead to the collapse of regimes in various countries across the continent.

According to a recent report, video conferencing app Zoom has admitted that some Zoom video conferencing calls were routed through China. According to the researchers that discovered the routing problem,  Chinese authorities could demand that Zoom turn over any encryption keys on its servers in China in order to decrypt the contents of video calls.

Police officers in the Austrian capital of Vienna were the victims of three spitting attacks in a single day, with one of the attackers testing positive for the Wuhan coronavirus.

The President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen has apologised to Italy for a lack of solidarity over the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, as anger towards the political bloc grows.

The heavily migrant-populated 18th arrondissement is seeing 200+ violations of anti-coronavirus lockdown measures daily as authorities struggle to keep residents off the streets.

A brawl broke out in a supermarket in the Italian commune of Casoria this week when two men began arguing about wearing medical masks while waiting to pay for their goods.

Google has published reports for 131 countries showing citizens’ compliance with guidance and orders from governments to “socially distance,” or stay at home, according to Reuters. The report is based on location data from millions of peoples’ phones running Google’s Android operating system.

Elon Musk’s Telsa has released its 2020 Q1 delivery numbers, reporting 88,400 vehicles delivered so far this year. The company beat analyst expectations of about 80,000 deliveries.

In a recent interview, billionaire short-seller Jim Chanos stated that gig economy companies such as Uber will be “harmed, not enhanced” by the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has reportedly donated $100 million to a non-profit group that works to replenish the stores of food banks across America.

Thirteen centre-right parties have signed a letter demanding that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party be removed from the European People’s Party (EPP), the largest bloc in the European Parliament.

French President Emmanuel Macron has seen a huge surge in popularity during the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, increasing to popularity not seen since February 2018.

Rival gangs in the French city of Montpellier engaged in a street fight armed with machetes, despite the lockdown measures enacted by the government to stop the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus.

California State University-Fullerton is facing scrutiny this week over an email that encouraged alumni to include the university as a benefactor of their estate. Several recipients of the email have called the email “tone deaf” in light of the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.

Spencer Brown of the Young America’s Foundation appeared on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily Thursday to discuss the ways in which universities have lowered standards for students in response to the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. Brown points out that the changes hurt high performing students.

Television presenter Mike Rowe questioned the rising cost of attending college during a recent appearance on Fox News. Rowe contrasted rising tuition costs with the nation’s recent adoption of online learning technology in response to the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.