(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill on Friday allocating $8.3 billion to bolster the country’s capacity to test for the new coronavirus and fund other measures to stem an outbreak that has now infected some 100,000 people worldwide. Expanded testing is considered crucial to slowing the spread of the respiratory illness in
LONDON (Reuters) – Insurers are expected to pay policyholders an estimated 363 million pounds ($471.79 million) for flood and wind damage from two storms in Britain last month, the Association of British Insurers said on Saturday. A total of 82,000 claims have been received, the ABI said. The anticipated payout compares with 110 million pounds
Empty shelves are seen after customers stocked up on toilet paper during swirling fears around the coronavirus in Sydney, Australia, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy (Reuters) – An Australian family is rolling in a much-coveted commodity after mistakenly ordering 48 boxes instead of 48 rolls of toilet paper online. That works out at 2,304 toilet
TREBINJE, Bosnia (Reuters) – An EU energy official urged Western Balkan countries seeking European Union membership to consider their own carbon taxes to shelter their coal-reliant power sectors from the sudden shock likely once they have to abide by tougher climate rules. FILE PHOTO: Smoke billows out of the towers of the coal-powered Kosovo Power
LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The number of people infected with the new coronavirus across the world surpassed 100,000 on Friday as the economic damage intensified, with business districts beginning to empty and stock markets tumbling. A man is seen wearing a protective face mask at Waterloo station in London, Britain, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
LONDON/MILAN/HONG KONG (Reuters) – HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA.L) has sent home more than 100 staff in London after a worker tested positive for the coronavirus, the first known case at a major company in Europe’s main financial hub. The bank also has an employee in China with the virus who is in a stable condition,
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is moving into the second of four phases in its battle plan to tackle the spread of coronavirus, England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said on Thursday, after confirmed cases jumped across the country. A man wearing a protective face mask walks with an umbrella in London, Britain, March 5, 2020.
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Thursday joined Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) in recommending employees in the Seattle area to work from home after several people in the region were infected with the coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is moving into the second of four phases in its battle plan to tackle the spread of coronavirus, England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said on Thursday, after confirmed cases jumped across the country. Workers, some wearing protective face masks, cross London Bridge during the morning rush hour in London, Britain,
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s private sector has drawn up a broad package of proposed energy investments for the government worth almost $92 billion, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday, providing a potential lift to the country’s misfiring economy. FILE PHOTO: Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador attends a news conference at
YANGON (Reuters) – From a distance, ChuChu Design, a single-storey building across the river from Myanmar’s bustling commercial capital, looks like any other on the impoverished outskirts of the city. Recycled products are seen on display at ChuChu house in Dalla township, Yangon, Myanmar, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang But on closer inspection, the roof
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will appear together at an official engagement on Thursday for the first time since January’s announcement that they would step away from their royal duties. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex visit Canada House in London, Britain January 7,
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Today’s artificial limbs can look very natural, and now an innovative process makes prosthetic hands move more naturally as well. Paul Cederna (foreground), the Robert Oneal Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Michigan, shifts his attention as Daniel Lyons, a resident of plastic surgery, stitches up the arm of
Coronavirus signage is seen at the Wycombe Hospital in High Wycombe, England, Britain March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh LONDON (Reuters) – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Britain rose to 85 on Wednesday in the biggest daily jump since it was first detected in the country, health ministry figures showed on Wednesday. The number
(Reuters) – Wall Street was set for strong gains on Wednesday after a near sweep for Joe Biden in the Super Tuesday Democratic primaries, with the Dow Jones on course to claw back most of its heavy losses from the previous session. A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s dormant carbon capture and storage projects may gain some momentum after BP Plc and Santos said they would join up on a pending site as world’s largest coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporting country steps up its climate change fight. FILE PHOTO: BP’s logo at a petrol station in Kloten,
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