Category Archives: Syndicated
French contact-tracing app not ready yet, raises liberty issues: PM
PARIS (Reuters) - French lawmakers will be allowed to debate and vote on the government's contact-tracing app once the government is confident it can prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus epidemic, ...
Apr 28, 2020
U.S. senator urges criminal probe of Amazon.com ‘predatory data practices’
By Diane Bartz 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 "...
Apr 28, 2020
U.S. Chamber cautions against new coronavirus-linked regulations for business
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday said guidelines for reopening businesses after coronavirus lockdowns should be consistent across states, cities and counties, but caution...
Apr 28, 2020
Formula One extends shutdown period for second time
LONDON (Reuters) - A factory shutdown for Formula One teams and engine makers has been extended for a second time to a period of 63 consecutive days due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the governing FIA sai...
Apr 28, 2020
Trump says will sign order on virus-related liability problems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will sign an executive order later in the day that addresses liability issues that have arisen from the coronavirus pandemic. Trum...
Apr 28, 2020
UK coronavirus hospital death toll rises by 586 to 21,678
LONDON (Reuters) - The death toll from COVID-19 in British hospitals rose by 586 to 21,678 as of 1600 GMT on Monday, health secretary Matt Hancock said. He added that Britain would publish data on dea...
Apr 28, 2020
H&M set to permanently close eight shops in Italy
MILAN (Reuters) - Sweden's H&M is set to permanently close eight of its Italian stores, including two in the country's fashion capital Milan, as it pushes ahead with plans that pre-date the COVID-19 p...
Apr 28, 2020
Forget 2020, stock market optimists look at 2021 for buy signals
LONDON (Reuters) - Shrugging off reams of terrible economic data, plunging oil prices and dire corporate profits, world stocks have recouped around half of this year's coronavirus-linked losses as inv...
Apr 28, 2020
Italy’s tops 200,000 coronavirus cases, daily death toll rises
ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 382 on Tuesday, against 333 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the total of people infected since the start ...
Apr 28, 2020
Tour de France may have to limit number of spectators at start: ministry
PARIS (Reuters) - The Tour de France may have to make arrangements for limiting the number of spectators in order to comply with a ban on major events gathering more than 5,000 people before September...
Apr 28, 2020
