Month: April 2020

(Reuters) – National Basketball Association executives and player agents are calling on the league to cancel the remainder of the 2019-20 season due to health concerns over the novel coronavirus outbreak, CNBC reported on Thursday. Even as many states in the U.S. begin to ease stay-at-home restrictions and open up the economy, cracks are beginning

Cast member Harrison Ford poses at the premiere of “The Call of the Wild” in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files (Reuters) – The United States’ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating an incident in which actor Harrison Ford was piloting a small plane that wrongly crossed a runway where another aircraft

GENEVA (Reuters) – Dressed in a black trench coat and hat, 36-year-old Audrey Lecomte performed “Singing in the Rain” on a drizzly Tuesday evening to the residents of Geneva’s Round House apartment complex, who twirled umbrellas from balconies to the music. The nightly 6pm “choir” at the 1920s block, a 6-storey architectural monument built in

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday he does not believe opinion polls showing his likely Democratic opponent Joe Biden leads him in the 2020 race for the White House. During an Oval Office interview, the Republican president said he did not expect the election to be a referendum on his

KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal has cut its economic growth forecast for the fiscal year that ends in mid-July to the lowest in four years, saying on Thursday the country had taken a hit from a nationwide lockdown to control the coronavirus outbreak. People maintain social distance as they wait for food distributed by the volunteers

DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co (F.N) on Thursday outlined the safety measures it will institute to restart its most profitable U.S. plants amid the coronavirus pandemic, expanding on similar efforts by General Motors Co (GM.N) and Fiat Chrysler (FCHA.MI)(FCAU.N) to convince leaders of the United Auto Workers union to send members back to work.

BENGALURU (Reuters) – Reliance Industries Ltd’s (RELI.NS) quarterly profit fell for the first time in three years as a slump in crude prices due to the coronavirus hammered its dominant energy businesses. Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Limited, poses for photographers before addressing the annual shareholders meeting in Mumbai, India, June 12, 2015. REUTERS/Shailesh

MOUSCRON, Belgium (Reuters) – With potato farmers and processors struggling, Belgians are being urged to eat more fries to offset a slump in demand during the coronavirus pandemic. Belgium is the world’s largest exporter of fries and other frozen potato products, its processors converting 5.3 million tonnes of potatoes into fries, mash and crisps per

(Reuters) – British World War Two veteran Captain Tom Moore, who has raised millions for the country’s National Health Service (NHS), was made an honorary member of the England cricket team as he celebrated his 100th birthday on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Former British Army Officer Captain Tom Moore looks at a spitfire and hurricane from

(Reuters) – Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: People pass by a closed Clover Delicatessen, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New York City, U.S., April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Virus-hunting: The Vietnamese way How does a country of 96 million people bordering China get to a

FILE PHOTO: Nurses wearing protective suits work inside the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ward at Kuala Lumpur Hospital, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian health authorities reported 57 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, raising the cumulative total to 6,002 cases. The health ministry also reported two new

PRAGUE (Reuters) – The spread of the novel coronavirus has been contained in the Czech Republic and the government will continue to cautiously open up the economy, Health Minister Adam Vojtech said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: A medical worker gathers information from a woman that wants to get tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as

(Reuters) – A pug living in a North Carolina home with three people who have tested positive for coronavirus became the first U.S. dog diagnosed with the COVID-19 respiratory illness, the American Humane Society said on Tuesday. The pooch apparently contracted the virus from the mother, father or son in the household who all have

The head of the Robert Koch Institute, Lothar Wieler, addresses a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Berlin, Germany, April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Mang/Pool BERLIN (Reuters) – There are probably more people dying from the novel coronavirus in Germany than reported numbers suggest but the excess mortality is not rising by as much

A health worker wears sports goggles during a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) nasal swab test in Dopok, on the outskirts of Jakarta, during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Indonesia April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia confirmed on Thursday 347 new coronavirus infections, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country above 10,000

(Reuters) – Spain recorded its lowest daily coronavirus death tally in six weeks on Thursday, but data showing the economy shrank by the widest margin on record in the first three months of the year laid bare the heavy cost of measures to control the outbreak. A child wearing a protective mask runs on a

ROME (Reuters) – Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday some Italian regions might be able to unwind coronavirus restrictions more rapidly than others but warned local authorities against rushed, unilateral rollbacks. FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attends a session of the lower house of parliament on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Rome,

(Reuters) – Britain’s AstraZeneca (AZN.L) joined forces with the University of Oxford on Thursday to help develop, produce and distribute a potential COVID-19 vaccine, as drugmakers around the world race to find a solution to the deadly disease. FILE PHOTO: The company logo for pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is displayed on a screen on the floor

A carpet seller wears a protective face mask as he talks to a customer, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), after shopping malls and bazaars reopened in Tehran, Iran, April 20, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Ali Khara via REUTERS (Reuters) – The death toll from the outbreak of the new coronavirus increased