A billboard advertising Virgin media fibre broadband is seen in London, Britain, March 30, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville Britain’s big telecoms providers have agreed to remove all data caps on fixed-line broadband services that have become a lifeline for people isolated at home during the coronavirus crisis, the government said on Sunday. The companies, which include
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved an unprecedented $2.2 trillion stimulus package to alleviate the economic devastation of the coronavirus pandemic and sent it to President Donald Trump to sign into law. Here are major elements of the plan. Cost estimates are provided by the Committee for a Responsible Federal
LONDON (Reuters) – Governments and central banks need to step up efforts urgently to support their economies in the face of the coronavirus crisis, the head of the Bank for International Settlements said on Sunday. FILE PHOTO: Bank of Mexico Governor Agustin Carstens gestures during the delivery quarterly report from the Bank of Mexico in
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 2,640, a health ministry official said on Sunday, as the Middle East’s worst-hit country grapples with the fast-spreading outbreak. A couple wear protective face masks, amid fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as they walk at Enghelab square, in Tehran, Iran March 26, 2020. WANA (West
(Reuters) – U.S. deaths from coronavirus could reach 200,000 with millions of cases, the government’s top infectious diseases expert warned on Sunday as New York, New Orleans and other major cities warned they would soon run out of medical supplies. A woman in a face mask looks over an empty Queensboro Bridge while riding The
There’s never been a better time to support local makers Maybe it’s the knot you get in your stomach when you think about the poor labour conditions. Perhaps it’s the water pollution, carbon emissions and overflowing landfills. Or maybe you’re just tired of having so much stuff yet feeling like you have nothing to wear.
James Bond is a character a lot of actors would love to play, but there’s a special casting process when looking for a new Bond, and not everyone would be up for it – such as Christian Bale, who turned down playing James Bond in the early 2000s. The famous British secret agent was created
truTV’s surprise winter feature sleeper Impractical Jokers: The Movie will be available on Wednesday, April 1, April Fool’s Day, just five weeks after its theatrical play due to the national shutdown of cinemas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Again no shocker here about the early home release given how all current theatrical releases such as Onward, Sonic
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 20, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) will donate more than $800 million in funds towards producing medical supplies used to fight COVID-19, and in ad credits to government and health organizations and businesses, Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said
FILE PHOTO: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks in front of stacks of medical protective supplies during a news conference at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center which will be partially converted into a temporary hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mike
A sign encouraging hand sanitizer use is pictured in the Amazon Obidos lobby in the South Lake Union neighborhood, normally a busy area for Amazon and the biotech industry, as companies have instructed employees to work from home if they can during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Jason
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in an unprecedented flurry of launches that South Korea decried as “inappropriate” amid the global coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO: The flag of North Korea is seen in Geneva, Switzerland, June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Saturday he is considering a two-week quarantine on New York and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus from the country’s epicenter, but he added that such a move would not affect trade in any way. Speaking to
Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber have both very much moved on since their March 2018 break-turned-breakup, but that doesn’t mean the Biebs has completely left Gomez’s mind. Selena Gomez fan account TheSelenaRundown noticed that Gomez liked—then unliked—two Justin Bieber photos today on Instagram, including one of them together in February 2018 when they went to
An entire army of supporters fight daily to get Zack Snyder’s vision for Justice League restored. (Perhaps you have heard of the hashtag #ReleaseTheSnyder Cut?) And every time that Snyder contributes efforts to the DCEU and the movement like this, it fuels the fire of support that he has in the fanbase, and makes the
FILE PHOTO: 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards – Arrivals – Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 19, 2020 – Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. REUTERS/Monica Almeida LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson returned to Los Angeles on Friday after spending more than two weeks in quarantine in Australia after testing positive