FILE PHOTO: Israelis celebrate in a street next to their home during the opening night of Israel’s 72th Independence Day, amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Ashkelon, Israel April 28, 2020 REUTERS/Amir Cohen TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Military jets flew in formation over Tel Aviv’s deserted parks and streets on Wednesday, cheered on from rooftops
Month: April 2020
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds leave after the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fiancee, Carrie Symonds, has given birth to a baby boy, Downing Street said on Wednesday. Both mother and
FILE PHOTO: Aker Solutions flag flutters next to their headquarters in Fornebu, Norway, June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian engineering company Aker Solutions has had its carbon-capture technology approved for use at Norcem’s cement plant in Brevik, it said on Wednesday. The Brevik plant is part Norway’s larger plan to capture CO2
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Wednesday it expected profit to decline in the current quarter due to a coronavirus-related slump in sales of smartphones and TVs, although the chip business would remain solid. The South Korean conglomerate joined other tech giants such as SK Hynix and Intel in declining to provide
FILE PHOTO: Branding signage is seen for WPP Group, the largest global advertising and public relations agency at their offices in London, Britain, July 17, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – WPP (WPP.L), the world’s biggest advertising company, said net sales fell 3.3% in the first quarter, with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic dragging
(Reuters) – The United States has reported more than a million coronavirus infections only because of its testing, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, hailing the effort as being “much better than any other country in the world”. A Detroit resident is tested for free for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and antibodies at the Sheffield
People wearing face masks, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, ride scooters on the street in Beijing, China April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins BEIJING (Reuters) – The city of Beijing plans to ease quarantine rules for some domestic travellers from low-risk areas in China as soon as Thursday, according to two sources familiar with the
LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. consumers have begun spotting rare Quilted Northern and Charmin toilet paper rolls on store shelves across the United States, as stocks start building after weeks of severe shortages. Toilet paper rolls fill the shelves at a Coop grocery store, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Stockholm,
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. coronavirus death toll climbed above 58,000 on Tuesday, surpassing the loss of American life from the Vietnam War, as Florida’s governor met with President Donald Trump to discuss an easing of economic restraints. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, among the latest to lock down his state against the pandemic, has
(Reuters) – AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc, the world’s largest movie theater operator, said on Tuesday it would no longer play Universal Studios films in any of its theaters globally, arguing that the studio is “breaking the business model”. FILE PHOTO: Three women use the emergency exit stairs of an AMC movie theater as a makeshift
(Reuters) – Democrat Kweisi Mfume won a special U.S. congressional election in Maryland on Tuesday to finish the term of Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings, who died in October, while Ohio held mostly mail-in primaries in response to the coronavirus pandemic. A Voter fills out a provisional ballot authorisation form for the presidential primary elections at
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football – Superliga – Boca Juniors v Gimnasia y Esgrima – Alberto J. Armando Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina – March 7, 2020 Gimnasia y Esgrima coach Diego Maradona before the match REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A decision to restructure Argentine football that will save Diego Maradona’s club from relegation was
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When law enforcement agencies want to gather evidence locked inside an iPhone, they often turn to hacking software from the Israeli firm Cellebrite. By manually plugging the software into a suspect’s phone, police can break in and determine where the person has gone and whom he or she has met. Police officers
FILE PHOTO: People wears masks in front a Samsung Store at a main shopping area as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus in downtown Shanghai, China February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Wednesday it expected its profit to decline in the current
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Tuesday its second-quarter loss would more than double to over $5 billion from $2 billion in the first quarter due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, but added it had enough money despite the crisis to last the rest of 2020. FILE PHOTO: The Ford
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden won the endorsement on Tuesday of Hillary Clinton for the office she fell short of winning in 2016 in her bid to become the first woman elected as U.S. president. Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden reacts as former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic
(Reuters) – The U.S. death toll from the novel coronavirus on Tuesday exceeded the 58,220 American lives lost during the Vietnam War as cases topped 1 million, according to a Reuters tally. FILE PHOTO: A nurse wearing personal protective equipment watches an ambulance driving away outside of Elmhurst Hospital during the ongoing outbreak of the
Inmates at the Lurigancho jail hold a banner reading “We want COVID-19 tests, we have the right to life,” during a protest following a riot at the Miguel Castro Castro prison, where inmates were demanding better sanitary measures and medical care to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Lima, Peru April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda
FILE PHOTO: Italo Ferreira and Gabriel Medina from Brazil are seen during the WSL championship at Supertubo beach in Peniche, Portugal October 20, 2018. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo (Reuters) – The World Surfing League extended the postponement of events through June because of the COVID-19 pandemic, chief executive officer Erik Logan said on Tuesday, while at
Birthday cards are seen on display at Bedford School ahead of Captain Tom Moore’s 100th birthday on Thursday, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Bedford, Britain, April 28, 2020 REUTERS/Matthew Childs BEDFORD, England (Reuters) – British World War Two veteran Captain Tom Moore is in for a very special 100th birthday on
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union should impose policies to underpin fossil fuel prices to protect the bloc’s climate ambitions during its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the French government said. FILE PHOTO: Activists protest against the carbon dioxide emissions trading in front of the World Congress Centre Bonn, the site of the COP23 U.N.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – It started centuries ago as a symbol of peace, a gesture to prove you weren’t holding a weapon, and over time it became part of almost every social, religious, professional, business and sporting exchange. But the new coronavirus has forced a rethink of the handshake. No matter how friendly, it is
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The number of confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases topped 1 million on Tuesday – representing a third of the global total – even as some states eased restrictions in the face of an economy battered by the pandemic. Boston EMS medics work to resuscitate a patient on the way to the ambulance
LONDON (Reuters) – Some children in the United Kingdom with no underlying health conditions have died from a rare inflammatory syndrome which researchers believe to be linked to COVID-19, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Parents walk their children to school on the last day before their official closure, as the spread
A person wearing a mask walks in Brixton, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 28, 2020 REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON (Reuters) – British scientists advising the government have concluded that wearing a face mask has a small effect on stopping a coronavirus carrier from infecting someone else, and the evidence
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Josh Hawley urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to open a criminal probe of Amazon.com Inc, saying the online retailer was building a monopoly using “predatory data practices” on
BERLIN (Reuters) – Governments should focus on climate protection when considering fiscal stimulus packages to support an economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a media statement after a video conference of EU leaders on the spread of the new coronavirus disease
Medical staff test a person at a coronavirus test centre in the car park of Chessington World of Adventures, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Chessington, Britain, April 28, 2020 REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge LONDON (Reuters) – The death toll from COVID-19 in British hospitals rose by 586 to 21,678 as of 1600 GMT
Fewer than half of Americans plan to go to sports events, concerts, movies and amusement parks when they reopen to the public until there is a proven coronavirus vaccine, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday. The Village Theatre marquee announcing cancellation of March performances due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, photographed
FILE PHOTO: A bridge is decorated with the logo of a Bayer AG, a German pharmaceutical and chemical maker in Wuppertal, Germany August 9, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bayer (BAYGn.DE) shareholders on Tuesday voted in favour of ratifying the executive board’s business conduct during 2019, following a rebuke a year earlier. At the
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