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,
TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – SoftBank-backed startup CloudMinds has been blocked from sharing U.S.-origin technology with its China business, documents showed, illustrating how increased U.S. government restrictions are creating new headaches for tech firms and their investors. FILE PHOTO: The CloudMinds XR-1 robot performs for visitors at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 25,
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – A string of tornadoes tore through Nashville, Tennessee, and surrounding counties early on Tuesday, killing at least 25 people, leaving others missing and reducing neighborhoods to rubble as voters across the state cast ballots in the Super Tuesday presidential primary. Governor William Lee told an afternoon news conference the death toll was
Kosza, the 2,5 year-old Belgian shepherd and Fuge, the 6 year-old golden retriever are seen before a test at the Ethology Department of the ELTE University in Budapest, Hungary, March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Dogs have a type of infrared sensor in the tip of their nose which enables them to detect
Why are so many more Indians choosing Canada over the United States? Some Indians choose Canada over the United States as a matter of preference, some as a matter of convenience, but in many cases, it’s due to the differences between the Canadian and the U.S. immigration processes. Let’s start there. How do you get
Canada is a major immigration destination for many families from the Philippines. More than half a million first-generation Filipino immigrants are currently living in Canada, with that number increasing each year. But, Canadian immigration options for Filipinos have changed dramatically over the past few years, following Canada’s introduction of the Express Entry immigration system in
Indians and Express Entry: Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores If you score at least 67 points on the FSW points grid, great! Now you’ve got to get your head around a whole new points system. Your Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score is the key to determining whether you will succeed in Express Entry or not.
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices extended gains on Tuesday on expectations that central banks will provide financial stimulus to offset the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and on growing optimism that OPEC will order deeper output cuts this week. FILE PHOTO: A seagull flies in front of an oil platform in the Bouri Oilfield some
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – New electric models will help BMW and Daimler cut emissions from the cars they sell by an average of 20% this year, the German automakers predicted on Tuesday, as they strive to meet tough new European pollution rules. FILE PHOTO: BMW i3 drives during electric car E-Rallye Baltica 2019 near Iecava, Latvia
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