MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia will deploy helicopters, set up police checkpoints and hand out hefty fines to deter people from breaking an Easter travel ban, officials warned on Friday, in their toughest crackdown against the coronavirus, even as its spread slows. FILE PHOTO: People walk on the stairs in front of the Sydney Opera House
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DUBAI/MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) – OPEC, Russia and other allies outlined plans on Thursday to cut their oil output by more than a fifth and said they expected the United States and other producers to join in their effort to prop up prices hammered by the coronavirus crisis. But the group, known as OPEC+, said a final
In Avengers: Endgame, once the pair learn one of them must die in order to retrieve the Soul Stone, they fight one another in order to save the other. Black Widow ends up being the one to win that fight and sacrifices herself to save the world. Within the scene, there’s a conversation between the
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FILE PHOTO: The Citigroup Inc (Citi) logo is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. Picture taken October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (Reuters) – Citigroup Inc (C.N) said on Thursday it is offering full-time positions to its interns, but delaying the new class of summer intern program
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
FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is seen at the “Station F” start up campus in Paris, France, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – France’s competition authority ruled on Thursday that Google must pay French publishing companies and news agencies for re-using their content. The U.S. tech firm said it would comply with
ABUJA (Reuters) – Some African countries could see a peak in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks and testing should be urgently increased in the region, World Health Organization officials said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: A keeper feeds an orphaned baby elephant with milk from a bottle during feeding time normally attended by many visitors
What would life be like if Donald Trump wasn’t president of the United States? It’s a question many have asked, wondering what would have happened if Hillary Clinton had been elected over Trump in 2016. While there’s no way to know for sure, The Good Fight Season 4 Episode 1 tackles one of this century’s biggest “what
Play video content Jeopardy! ”Jeopardy!” had a clue about a pandemic … more than a month before the World Health Organization did — or so it appears to befuddled fans of the show. The totally eerie coincidence played out Tuesday night’s episode of the College Championship tournament. Yale sophomore Nathaniel Miller selected the “Health &
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have figured out how to calculate the age of whale sharks – Earth’s largest fish – with some guidance from the radioactive fallout spawned by Cold War-era atomic bomb testing. FILE PHOTO: Visitors watch a whale shark at the Whale Shark Aquarium of Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China September 4,
FILE PHOTO: The logos of Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse are seen at branch offices in Basel, Switzerland March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo ZURICH (Reuters) – UBS (UBSG.S) and Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) have decided to pay out part of their dividend for 2019 later this year after financial markets watchdog FINMA criticised the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Efforts to push a further $250 billion of coronavirus aid for small businesses through the U.S. Congress were stalling on Wednesday as top Democrats said they would back the measure only if it was coupled with a similar amount for hospitals and local governments. FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
(Reuters) – Zoom Video Communications Inc has tapped former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos as an adviser as safety and privacy concerns about its fast-growing video-conferencing app drive a global backlash against the company. FILE PHOTO: The Zoom Video Communications ticker symbol is pictured at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York, New York, U.S., April
My days in self-isolation go as such: Wake up and immediately check my phone in panic. (Read the slacks I’ve missed, New York Times push updates, emails from my mom portending the end of humanity as we know it.) Make coffee and refuse to turn on the news while my fiancé takes care of all
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris has said privately that he does not plan to stay on beyond the November U.S. presidential election, regardless of whether President Donald Trump wins another term, five sources told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry