Month: April 2020

ATLANTA (Reuters) – With the U.S. coronavirus death toll topping 51,000 and nearly one in six workers out of a job, Georgia, Oklahoma and several other states took tentative steps at reopening businesses on Friday, despite disapproval from President Donald Trump and medical experts. Fitness clubs, hair salons, tattoo parlors and some other workplaces were
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Ariarne Titmus’s coach believes the postponement of the Olympics will be a “positive” for the young Australian world champion as she prepares to face American Katie Ledecky in a tantalizing Tokyo showdown. FILE PHOTO: Swimming – 18th FINA World Swimming Championships – Women’s 800m Freestyle Victory Ceremony – Nambu University Municipal Aquatics
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Teams continued to dip into the 2020 NFL Draft’s deep receiver class on Friday, with the Cincinnati Bengals kicking off the run at the top of Round 2 by grabbing Clemson wideout Tee Higgins. FILE PHOTO: Oct 13, 2019; London, United Kingdom; General overall view of the NFL shield logo at midfield during an NFL
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(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that ultraviolet light could be inserted into coronavirus patients was widely panned on Friday, but a California company thinks it’s a perfect solution for decontaminating airplanes. A device called the GermFalcon, which looks like an airline food cart with wings, uses ultraviolet light to detect germs and sanitize
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday said it may shut down the U.S. operations of three state-controlled Chinese telecommunications companies, citing national security risks. FILE PHOTO: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) logo is seen before the FCC Net Neutrality hearing in Washington February 26, 2015. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas The FCC issued so-called
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(Reuters) – The world is looking for signs that the arrival of warmer weather in the northern hemisphere could slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, which has killed more than 190,000 people and sent the global economy into a tailspin as countries impose lockdowns and restrict travel. FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by
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LONDON (Reuters) – International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol said on Friday that governments should put renewable energy at the heart of economic rescue packages launched in response to the coronavirus outbreak to avoid a rebound in carbon emissions. “Putting clean energy at the heart of stimulus plans is an excellent strategy for revitalising
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