British American Tobacco under criminal probe by U.S. regulators – The Times
(Reuters) – Lucky Strike cigarette maker British American Tobacco is under criminal investigation by U.S.
(Reuters) – Lucky Strike cigarette maker British American Tobacco is under criminal investigation by U.S.
BAKU/DUBAI/LONDON, (Reuters) – OPEC and allies led by Russia agreed today to a record cut in output to prop up oil prices amid the coronavirus pandemic and said they had an unprecedented deal with fellow oil nations, including the United States, to curb global oil supply by 20%.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he owed his life to hospital staff, in his first comments since leaving intensive care for coronavirus treatment, while his government came under mounting pressure to explain why the death toll was rising so fast.
DUBLIN, Calif. (Reu-ters) – Excelso Sabulao delivers groceries for Amazon.com Inc in California so he can help provide his parents an income.
BOGOTA/MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The unassuming domestic violence shelter in the Mexican border city of Tapachula has been filled to capacity since January, and manager Elsa Simon already had to refuse three women seeking to escape abusive partners.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – While making blinis one morning in self-isolation, Natalia Goroshko noticed one in her pan had taken the floppy form of one of Salvador Dali’s melting clocks.
MUNICH (Reuters) – One January lunchtime in a car parts company, a worker turned to a colleague and asked to borrow the salt.
(Reuters) – Mobile-only streaming service Quibi racked up more than 300,000 downloads on its launch day, industry site Sensor Tower said on Tuesday, as stay-at-home viewers lapped up its short films starring Hollywood A-listers.
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Thursday that video calling and educational usage of its Teams productivity software had risen in recent weeks as employees work remotely and some U.S.
BERLIN (Reuters) – ResearchGate, a social network site for scientists and researchers, has launched a new forum to facilitate collaboration between COVID-19 experts on research into beating the flu-like disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
(Reuters) – U.S. deaths due to the coronavirus surpassed 20,000 today, the highest reported number in the world, according to a Reuters tally, although there are signs the pandemic might be nearing a peak.
(Reuters) – Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday that they will work together to create contact tracing technology that aims to slow the spread of the coronavirus by allowing users to opt into logging other phones they have been near.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain has not yet reached the COVID-19 peak which would allow for an easing of tight restrictions of movement, health minister Matt Hancock said today.
NEW DELHI/DHAKA, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to extend a nationwide lockdown to tackle the spread of the coronavirus, the chief minister of Delhi state said today, without disclosing how long the extension would be for.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A Yanomami youth has died after testing positive for coronavirus, health officials said today, raising fears that the epidemic will spread among the largest indigenous tribe in northern Brazil.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Americans must resist the impulse to ease social-separation measures at the first glimpse of progress now being seen in the coronavirus battle, state government and public health leaders warned yesterday, as the U.S.
DUBAI/MOSCOW/LONDON, (Reuters) – OPEC and its allies led by Russia agreed yesterday to cut their oil output by more than a fifth and said they expected the United States and other producers to join in their effort to prop up prices hammered by the coronavirus crisis.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – An armed group stormed a gold mine in northern Mexico and stole bars of gold and silver alloy before fleeing in a light aircraft, mine operator Minas de Oro Nacional said.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson left intensive care last evening as he continues to recover from COVID-19, but he remains under close observation in hospital, his office said yesterday.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada’s coronavirus death toll is set to soar from more than 500 currently to as high as 22,000 by the end of the pandemic, health officials said yesterday, while the economy lost a record 1 million jobs last month.
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