NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge in Manhattan rejected an effort by U.S. President Donald Trump and his adult children to send a lawsuit accusing them of exploiting their family name to promote a marketing scam into arbitration. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump kisses Senior White House Advisor Ivanka Trump as Donald Trump
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SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Lockdowns in Brazil’s largest cities to slow the coronavirus outbreak are beginning to slip, according to new data this week seen and analyzed by Reuters, with more people leaving their homes as President Jair Bolsonaro continues to criticize the measures. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro looks on while meeting supporters
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday (Apr 9) accused the World Health Organization of putting politics first by ignoring Taiwanese warnings over China’s coronavirus outbreak, laying out its case against the UN body. President Donald Trump has threatened to withhold US funding for the WHO, which is at the forefront of fighting the pandemic that
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a good night and is getting better four days after being admitted to hospital with COVID-19, but he remains in intensive care as his government reviews the most stringent shutdown in Britain’s peacetime history. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference on
FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) makes a statement about coronavirus disease (COVID-19) economic relief legislation from the Speakers Lobby of the U.S. Capitol Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Pool WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday the country’s smallest businesses need to
DUBLIN, Calif. (Reuters) – Excelso Sabulao delivers groceries for Amazon.com Inc in California so he can help provide his parents an income. Now, with endless interactions at stores and at homes during a pandemic, he worries his work will kill them. Excelso Sabulau, a 35-year-old independent contract delivery driver for Amazon Flex, wears a protective
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has hit out at accusations from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) that the democratic island’s government had instigated “racist attacks” in the international community. “I strongly protest the accusations today that Taiwan is instigating racist attacks in the international community,” Tsai said in a statement. “Taiwan has always
Three cancer patients undergoing treatment at the Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI) Hospital tested positive for Covid-19 after they came in contact with infected healthcare workers. The patients came in contact with DSCI healthcare staff who tested positive for Covid-19. All of the patients have been shifted to Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre
SINGAPORE:A bubble tea shop became the first establishment to be fined for flouting safe distancing measures, while dozens of shops and businesses were shut as they were not supposed to open for business during the COVID-19 “circuit breaker” period. Playmade by 丸作 at Waterway Point was fined S$1,000 because it did not enforce safe distancing
LONDON (Reuters) – Tiger Woods should have been trying to keep his Masters green jacket out of the clutches of the world’s top golfers over the next four days, instead he will battle his 11-year-old son Charlie for it over putting competitions. FILE PHOTO: Tiger Woods tees off the 9th hole during the final round
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday failed to pass an additional $250 billion of aid intended to help small businesses cope with the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic as Democrats and Republicans blocked each other’s proposals. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks to the Senate Chamber floor on Capitol Hill
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices were up about 2% on Thursday, pulling back from an earlier surge as OPEC and other crude producers work on a deal to drastically cut output in response to a collapse in global demand from the coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: Oil pump jacks work at sunset near Midland, Texas, U.S.,
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Scovia Nakawooya’s unborn child died inside her as she struggled to reach a hospital on foot. She died hours later – one of at least seven women in labour to become casualties of Uganda’s coronavirus lockdown, a rights group said. Francis Kibenge (L) sits with his children during a Reuters interview about
FILE PHOTO: Jan 24, 2020; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young (11) drives to the basket against Oklahoma City Thunder guard Chris Paul (3) during the first quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sports-hungry fans missing live events which are on hold
BRUSSELS: World powers scrambled on Thursday (Apr 9) to build a global response to the human and economic catastrophe caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as death tolls in the US and Europe soared higher. In a locked-down New York, the UN Security Council was to meet on the pandemic for the first time, and in Brussels,
A firm said its Covid-19 testing kits, which will give results in just one hour, has been approved by the Indian Council For Medical Research (ICMR). Molbio Diagnostics Private Limited said its testing kits will help the health department get results of Covid-19 suspected people much faster. Much of the tests which are being conducted
LONDON (Reuters) – What is this disease with a terrible cough and terrible wheeze, with a lack of air so you can’t breathe? Oh help! Oh no! It’s the novel coronavirus! FILE PHOTO: Illustrator Axel Scheffler poses for a photograph as he promotes ‘The Ugly Five’ with Julia Donaldson in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain August 25,
SINGAPORE: Parents will no longer be allowed to drop their children off at their grandparents’ place on a daily basis, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on Thursday (Apr 9), as part of further measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Singapore. This is to protect the elderly who are more vulnerable to the virus.
FILE PHOTO: James P. Gorman, chairman & CEO of Morgan Stanley, testifies before a House Financial Services Committeeon Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 10, 2019. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley’s (MS.N) Chief Executive Officer James Gorman said he has fully recovered from the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, according to a
Ukrainian photographer Kate Kondratieva uses her smartphone to take pictures of a dancer Alina Kobyliak as screenshots via video call in the kitchen of her apartment, during a partial lockdown imposed by authorities to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kiev, Ukraine April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko KIEV (Reuters) – Kiev photographer
A public information campaign message is seen as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Birmingham, Britain, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carl Recine LONDON (Reuters) – The coronavirus death toll in English hospitals rose 765 to 7,248, the health service said on Thursday. Of the 765 patients, 43 (aged between 33 and 99) had
A view of Yonge and Dundas Square, as the number of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to grow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian death toll from the coronavirus outbreak could hit 22,000 by the end of the pandemic, health officials said on Thursday, while the
SAN LUCAS MOUNTAINS, Colombia (Reuters) – In a clearing around his modest smallholding, farmer Arcadio Barajas stands before a sea of coffee plants, cloaked in the shadow cast by a wall of verdant forest that covers the San Lucas mountains of northern Colombia. FILE PHOTO: A barista holds a cappuccino coffee at the La Tercera
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol dome is seen ahead of an expected vote in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans and Democrats said they planned on Thursday to offer competing plans to beef up
NEW DELHI: Indian and Pakistani troops in disputed Kashmir are engaged in their most frequent cross-border fighting of at least two years, official data shows, even as both nuclear-armed rivals battle surging COVID-19 outbreaks. Kashmir has long been a flashpoint between the neighbours but tension was renewed after New Delhi withdrew the autonomy of the
(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. schools cancel in-person classes for the rest of the academic year. FILE PHOTO: Life in lockdown: 35-year-old schoolteacher Marzio Toniolo takes a picture as he
Delhi government has come up with a term for its strategy to contain the spread of novel coronavirus – Operation Shield. As per the government strategy, SHIELD stands for sealing, home quarantine, isolation and tracing, essential supply, local sanitation and door-to-door checks. The Operation Shield will be implemented in 21 localities identified as containment zones
FILE PHOTO: A U.S. hypermarket chain Costco Wholesale Corp store is pictured in Shanghai, China August 28, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. retail giant Costco (COST.O) will open a new store in China’s eastern city of Suzhou, near Shanghai, state media reported on Thursday. Costco’s subsidiary in Suzhou on Thursday bought a piece
Delhi Police has registered a case against the owner of iconic Bengali Pastry Shop in posh Bengali Market in central Delhi. The case was registered after the NDMC found 35 people living above the shop in unhygenic conditions in a cramped space despite instructions to observe proper social distancing. The 35 workers were discovered during
Security personnel patrol outside a convention center that was used as a makeshift hospital to treat patients with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song BEIJING (Reuters) – China will allocate more resources to prevent the spread of the coronavirus from its land borders, as the country still
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