FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Whatsapp logo is seen in front of a displayed stock graph in this illustration taken April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration MILAN (Reuters) – Facebook Inc. launched a service in Italy to check the accuracy of information on coronavirus circulating on its messaging platform WhatsApp, the U.S. tech firm said on
FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about responses to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (Reuters) – Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden said on Thursday that the Trump administration showed “poor judgment” in relieving the commander of an
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A full airline industry recovery from the coronavirus looks prolonged at best, analysts said, as new data showed international seat capacity had fallen to 23% of last year’s levels and around half the world’s airplane fleet is in storage. FILE PHOTO: A British Airways plane taxis past tail fins of parked aircraft
A couple ties an empty coffin to their car to collect the body of a relative as Ecuador’s government announced on Thursday it was building a “special camp” in Guayaquil for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims, in Guayaquil, Ecuador April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Vicente Gaibor del Pino QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s government said on Thursday it was
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City hospitals and morgues bent under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, struggling to treat or bury casualties, as the state’s governor offered a grim prediction that the rest of the country would soon face the same misery. Global coronavirus cases surpassed 1 million on Thursday with
Miley Cyrus had boyfriend Cody Simpson and Riverdale‘s Lili Reinhart on her Instagram Live show Bright Minded today to talk about writing poetry during quarantine. Both read love poems on the show, and Simpson’s got Cyrus particularly flustered because it was about her—and it was intense. The singer asked Simpson, whose poetry book Prince Neptune
The wait for new episodes of Star Trek: Discovery feels like forever given the mindblowing events that unfolded at the end of Season 2. With the Discovery crew disappearing through a wormhole in order to save the galaxy from an army of rogue AI, and Spock (Ethan Peck) convincing the Federation to essentially wipe their
BEIJING (Reuters) – A team of Chinese scientists has isolated several antibodies that it says are “extremely effective” at blocking the ability of the new coronavirus to enter cells, which eventually could be helpful in treating or preventing COVID-19. FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as
ABUJA (Reuters) – Governments across Africa are teaming up with technology giants including Facebook and WhatsApp to fight misinformation about coronavirus on social media platforms that could propel the pandemic on a continent with shaky healthcare systems. A man opens the Facebook page on his computer in Abuja, Nigeria March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde South
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in the daily coronavirus response briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner (Reuters) – Aides to Joe Biden, the likely Democratic nominee to run against President Donald Trump, will arrange a call for the rivals to discuss the country’s response to the deadly coronavirus
HAMBURG (Reuters) – The bosses of Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE), BMW (BMWG.DE) and Daimler (DAIGn.DE) held a crisis call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday to discuss how to get production restarted, Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a media statement on the spread of the new coronavirus disease
Workers wearing protective suits pray before a disinfection operation, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The number of coronavirus cases in Malaysia is expected to peak in mid-April, the World Health Organisation said
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits last week shot to a record high for a second week in a row – topping 6 million – as more jurisdictions enforced stay-at-home measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic, which economists say has pushed the economy into recession. Initial claims for
Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien has unveiled another preview of his upcoming debut solo album, Earth, ahead of its April 17th release through Capitol Records. Take a listen to “Olympik” below. Like the rest of Earth, “Olympik” was written by O’Brien, co-produced by Flood and Catherine Marks, and features Omar Hakim on drums and Nathan East on
Though the fate of Tomorrowland in July is still uncertain, fans will be pleased to know that the epic TomorrowWorld is making its official return this year, and organizers have some huge plans in store. According to a press release from the festival, it will now invariably ring true to its name as it moves
Wizarding World, the franchise consisting of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts universe, announced on Twitter that a number of resources will be made available to fans of the series in response to the COVID-19 crisis. In a more detailed announcement on their website, Wizarding World wrote, “During the strange times we now find ourselves