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Storm smashes Japan's space center; 130,000 Kyushu homes are still without electricity
Two people were killed and more than 100 were injured when a tropical storm that dumped torrential rain as it crossed Japan made its way into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday. The storm also paralyzed transportation and left thousands of houses without power.
Typhoon Nanmadol struck souther...
Japanese developer infuses American "smart homes" with innovative concepts
Takeshi Homma, a Japanese entrepreneur with a startup in Silicon Valley, sees himself as both a problem-solver and an innovator. His company is working on a project to construct next-generation "smart homes" in the United States.
At the age of 41, Homma left his executive posi...
Chemical Restraint Is Still Used in Nursing Homes
Human Rights Watch stated today that the Australian government should ban the use of chemical restraints in nursing homes to regulate the conduct of elderly persons with dementia. The Royal Commission on Aged Care Quality and Safety delivered its final report one year ago, in March 2021, advocati...
S. KOREA’S HOME TRANSACTION SANK 25 PERCENT IN FEBRUARY 2021
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- S. Korea’s home transaction sank 25 percent in February 2021.
- The number of home transactions in Seoul metropolitan area was 47,433 in February.
- In remaining parts of the country home transactions came to 39,588 in ...
SAMSUNG INTRODUCES ‘BESPOKE HOME’ SOLUTIONS FOR CUSTOMIZABLE HOME APPLIANCES
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- Samsung introduces ‘Bespoke Home’ solutions for customizable home appliances.
- The new line will help consumers decorate their entire home space with customizable products.
- Samsung has put out 17 ‘Bespoke...
AMAZON WOULD SPEND $2 BILLION TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOMES IN U.S.
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• Amazon said it plans to create at least 20,000 affordable housing units in Puget Sound area of Washington State, Tennessee's Nashville and Virginia’s Arlington
• The company said majority of Amazon's investment will be through low-cost loan...
ARMED FORCES OF PORTUGAL HELPED NURSING HOMES TO FIGHT AGAINST THE COVID-19
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- The armed forces of Portugal will be helping the nursing homes for battling the novel corona virus
- Diana Correia, who looks for the nursing home, gets stunned as she recalls that 24 of the 55 of the residents of her nursing home
TOOLKITS PROVISION IN LANDED HOMES TO DO AWAY MOSQUITO BREEDING POSSIBILITY, NEA SAYS
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- NEA Singapore has concluded to hand over around 75,000 landed homes in Singapore toolbox to forestall mosquito reproducing as another mission "to arrest the possibility" of a subsequent year-end dengue rise
Singapore saw on...
GOVERNMENT SHIFTS GAZE TO TERMINALLY ILL AND ELDERLY COVID-19 PATIENTS REDUCING MORTALITY RATES
- The government has shifted gaze from COVID-19 quarantine policies of preventing new cases to lowering death rates, the health authorities said Monday.
- As the country has changed ideologies by coexisting with the coronavirus, government officials are looking at management of the...
PANASONIC CORP. REPORTS DECLINE IN NET PROFIT FOR THE FIRST HALF FY 2020 BY 51.6%
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- Panasonic Corp. reports decline in net profit for the first half FY 2020 by 51.6%.
- For the April-September period the company posted an operating profit of 96.63 billion yen.
- For the April-June quarter the company reporte...
SOUTH KOREA LET UP ANTIVIRUS MEASURES REGISTERING 88 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES
- South Korea registered 88 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, as health authorities remain on red alert over batches of infections at senior care homes and the upcoming Halloween weekend expected to crowd nightlife spots.
- Of the cases, 72 cases were locally transmitted and 16 imported ...
SECOND WAVE OF CORONA VIRUS HITS NURSING HOMES THE MOST
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- Nursing homes have been hit the hardest in terms of infection rates and fatalities
- The second surge is making things worse for these establishments
Nursing homes have always been vulnerable to the covid19 infections. When the pandemic hit...
SALES IN U.S.A’s HOUSING MARKET RISES IN JUNE
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- Sales in U.S.A’s housing market rises in June
- Single-family homes raced to a 13-year high.
- Last month new home sales rose by 13.8%.
- New home sales accelerated 6.9% from a year ago in June.
SINGAPORE HOME DEMANDS SHOOTS UP TO 105% IN JUNE 2020
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- Singapore saw a huge spike in the sell of homes soon after the circuit breaker ended
- June marks the highest selling month after November 2019. In November 2019, 1165 homes were sold.
After the circuit breaker ended t...
CARE HOME OPERATORS WARN AGAINST EASING THE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS
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- Loosened restrictions could bring the virus back into care homes
- Care homes are still struggling to contain the first wave of infection
Care home operators warn against easing of Covid-19 shielding restrictions. It said th...
INSLEE’S PHASE 2 REOPENING FOR COVID HIGH KING & PIERCE COUNTY A BAD IDEA
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- Governor Inslee of Washington letting some counties open early in phase two
- King county and Peirce county report a high number of Covid cases
Governor Inslee is speeding up phase two of reopening as he allows some of the counties to reope...
48% OF ILLINOIS’S COVID19 DEATHS ARE FROM NURSING HOMES
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- Illinois death and infection rates in nursing homes spike this week
- Accounted for infected covid19 cases at 11,437 and deaths at 1,553
Nursing outbreaks of coronavirus has claimed many lives and remains one of the focus areas for containm...
LYON: NURSING HOMES IN THE REGION REPORT MORE THAN 1,000 DEATHS
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• The city of Lyon is preparing itself for deconfinement, which is scheduled after May 11
• Highest number of deaths are reported from Nursing homes in the Rhone department
• Till date, total 2,307 people had died from the coronavirus
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NEW YORK: DOZENS OF BODIES DISCOVERED IN TRUCKS
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• Four trucks were found outside funeral home in the neighborhood of Brooklyn
• The number of deaths due to COVID-19 have already crossed 18,000 mark in the city of New York
• The government of New York has decided to set up temporary morgue...
FLORIDA: ‘GOD’S WAITING ROOM' JOKE BY GOV. DeSANTIS SPARKS CONTROVERSY
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• At present, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has gone beyond 30,000
• The statement given by Governor DeSantis hasn’t gone well with majority of people
• Around 4.46 million people in Florida are above age of 65