Author Archives: Syndicated Content
World’s fastest blind man adjusts training in coronavirus crisis
By Andrew Both (Reuters) - David Brown, the world's fastest totally blind sprinter, has been accompanied every step of the way by his guide Jerome Avery but the coronavirus outbreak has forced them ap...
Apr 06, 2020
INSPIRE Sheboygan County Offers Virtual Job Shadowing
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - With most school-age children completing their studies in a virtual classroom, a Sheboygan non-profit collaboration of educators and employers is offe...
Apr 06, 2020
UK group calls for grounded planes to be used as intensive care wards
LONDON (Reuters) - Airlines, airports and regulators have given their backing to a plan to turn large passenger aircraft into intensive care wards during the coronavirus pandemic, a UK-based group wor...
Apr 06, 2020
EU privacy watchdog calls for pan-European mobile app for virus tracking
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) called on Monday for a pan-European mobile app to track the spread of the coronavirus instead of the current hodge-p...
Apr 06, 2020
Experts urge smokers and tobacco firms to quit for COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - Health experts on Monday urged smokers to quit and cigarette companies to stop producing and selling tobacco products to help reduce the risks from COVID-19. "The best thing the tob...
Apr 06, 2020
China’s vehicle production to drop 11.5% this year: IHS Markit
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's light vehicle production will drop 11.5% this year to around 21.6 million vehicles and will rebound by 7.5% next year, research firm IHS Markit predicted on Monday. Product...
Apr 06, 2020
ILO annual gathering of labour ministers postponed for a year
GENEVA (Reuters) - An annual gathering of the world's labour ministers will not take place this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, but will convene in June 2021, the International Labour Organi...
Apr 06, 2020
IBM taps former Bank of America CTO to oversee cloud business
(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp on Monday named former Bank of America Corp top technology executive Howard Boville head of its cloud business, as Arvind Krishna takes over from long-...
Apr 06, 2020
Czechs may relax lockdown as coronavirus infections slow
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government is considering relaxing lockdown measures that have stifled the economy if an apparent levelling off in the growth of new coronavirus infections is confirmed in...
Apr 06, 2020
Allstate to return $600 million in auto premiums to customers as pandemic cuts driving
(Reuters) - U.S. insurer Allstate Corp said on Monday that it would return more than $600 million in auto insurance premiums to customers as many Americans stay home and drive less due to "shelter-in-...
Apr 06, 2020
