LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday shut down social life in Britain and ordered the most vulnerable to isolate for 12 weeks, ramping up the battle against a coronavirus outbreak just as it accelerates towards it peak. Johnson had faced a backlash after his government took a less stringent approach to tackling
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google sister company Verily launched a website late on Sunday that invites adults in northern California to answer questions about their recent health and travel that could result in their getting a free coronavirus test. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 20, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Well above-average rains punctuated by sun last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing regions should boost the April to September mid-crop, farmers said on Monday. Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, is in its dry season from November to March, when downpours are scarce or poor. Farmers said no significant
TOKYO (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will hold talks with heads of international sports organizations on Tuesday in response to the coronavirus outbreak, a source close to an international federation briefed on the issue said. A man wearing a protective mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks in front of
(Reuters) – Bars, restaurants, theaters and movie houses in New York and Los Angeles were ordered to shut down and several nations in South and Central America closed their borders in the latest moves around the world to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Empty street is seen in Manhattan borough following the outbreak of
FILE PHOTO: Staff members install plastic shield inside a vehicle at a service centre of car-hailing service Didi Chuxing, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing, China February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Didi Chuxing said on Monday it had launched delivery services in
SYDNEY/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Airlines around the world said they would make more drastic cuts to their flying schedules, shed jobs and seek government aid after countries further tightened border restrictions due to the fast spreading coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: Qantas aircraft are seen on the tarmac at Melbourne International Airport in Melbourne, Australia, November 6, 2018.
People wearing face masks walk at Beijing Capital International Airport as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Beijing, China March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Monday that imported coronavirus cases involving travellers entering the country from abroad have become the main
(Reuters) – Abigail Disney, grand daughter of Walt Disney Co’s co-founder Roy Disney, slammed a Twitter post showing a huge crowd at Sunday night’s showing of ‘Happily Ever After’, a fireworks show in Florida’s Magic Kingdom theme park. “Are you … kidding me??” she said in a comment that included a profanity. She was re-tweeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders faced off on Sunday in what was possibly the final debate of the 2020 Democratic presidential nominating contest, with their ideological differences laid bare amidst the national crisis over the coronavirus pandemic. Democratic U.S. presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders do an
(Reuters) – With panic buying on Main Street and fear-driven sell-offs on Wall Street, the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates to near zero on Sunday in another emergency move to help shore up the U.S. economy amid the rapidly escalating global coronavirus pandemic. The Fed already cut interest rates by half a percentage point
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – With supermarkets stripped of food and many other essentials, consumer product companies halted factory runs of niche items such as scented bleach in order to speed up production of more basic merchandise that is in high demand. Pallets of toilet paper fill the sidewalk in front of grocer Fairway in
FILE PHOTO: A worker walks on a stage in front of the NFL logo in New York’s Times Square January 27, 2014. New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium will host the first outdoor, cold-weather Super Bowl February 2. As part of festivities, the NFL is sponsoring activities along ‘Super Bowl Boulevard’, located on Broadway between 34th and
PARIS (Reuters) – Voters turned out in low numbers in France’s mayoral elections on Sunday after the government imposed stringent restrictions on public life to curb the spread of the coronavirus, though many headed outdoors to enjoy the warm spring sunshine. An official wearing latex gloves holds an electoral card at a polling station during
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government has called for a national effort similar to the one which helped the country survive during the Second World War as it prepares to fight the spread of coronavirus. People wearing protective masks walk past a souvenir store on Oxford Street in London, Britain March 14, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson “Our
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday the cost of the stimulus bill responding to the coronavirus crisis will likely be “significant but not
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