Germany Says Its Coronavirus Contact Tracing App Is Ready
Germany’s health minister said Sunday that its contact tracing smartphone app will be launched this week, Reuters reported. The app…
Month: June 2020
Chinese Capital Reinstates Curbs As Coronavirus Resurfaces
Several districts of the Chinese capital put up security checkpoints, closed schools and ordered people to be tested for the…
Walmart Partners With Shopify To Expand Online Marketplace Business
Walmart Inc (WMT.N) said on Monday it has partnered with e-commerce firm Shopify Inc (SHOP.TO) (SHOP.N), as it looks to…
Europe Reopens Borders But Long Road For Tourism To Recover
Borders opened up across Europe on Monday after three months of coronavirus closures that began chaotically in March. But many…
Systemic Racism Slows Economic Growth: Dallas Fed Chief Kaplan
Systemic racism and high unemployment levels among black and Hispanic Americans create a drag on the U.S. economy, Dallas Federal…
Coronavirus: India To Use 500 Train Carriages As Wards In Delhi
India is to convert another 500 railway carriages to create 8,000 more beds for coronavirus patients in Delhi, amid a…
Atlanta Police Chief Resigns Over Rayshard Brooks Shooting
Atlanta’s police chief has resigned after the fatal shooting of an African-American man who had fallen asleep in his car…
U.S., Brazil In Talks On Funding To Buy 5G Gear From Ericsson, Nokia
The United States is in talks with Brazil and its local telecommunications companies on funding the acquisition of fifth-generation gear…
Big Tech Companies Are Responding To George Floyd In A Way They Never Did For Michael Brown
nIn the days since the death of George Floyd, technology’s biggest companies and their leaders have made public statements expressing…
EU Economics Chief Is Confident That Countries Won’t Veto Huge Stimulus Deal
The European Union will agree to borrow billions of euros from financial markets this summer, a European official predicted Friday,…
Protests In Atlanta Over Police Shooting Of Rayshard Brooks
Protests have taken place in Atlanta over the shooting of an African-American who had fallen asleep in his car at…
Uber To Make Face masks Mandatory For Uber Passengers And Drivers In The Uk Starting On Monday
Ride-sharing giant Uber is to make it mandatory for passengers and drivers to wear face coverings from Monday in the…
Peruvian Doctor Fired For Telling People To Drink Bleach-Like Substance
A Peruvian doctor in charge of his region’s coronavirus response has been fired after recommending people ingest chlorine dioxide, an…
CDC Warns U.S. May Reimplement Strict Coronavirus Measures If Cases Go Up ‘Dramatically’
States may need to reimplement the strict social distancing measures that were put in place earlier this year if U.S.coronavirus…
Part Of Beijing In Lockdown After Virus Cluster At Major Food Market
A Beijing district put itself on a “wartime” footing and the capital banned tourism and sports events on Saturday after…
Anti-Racism Protesters Clash With Police In Paris
Riot police fired tear gas and charged at pockets of violent protesters at an anti-racism rally in central Paris on…
Nigeria: Transport Sector Lost N200bn In Three Months – Operators
The nation’s transport sector lost about N200bn in three months as a result of the lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus…
La-Liga Returns With Computer-Generated Crowds, And It Actually Works
Sports are gradually returning to our TV screens after the coronavirus pandemic brought virtually all competition around the world to…
Amazon’s Business Practices Examined By Two U.S. States
State investigators in both California and Washington are examining Amazon’s business practices, two newspapers reported, citing people familiar with the…
Queen’s Official Birthday Marked At Windsor
A socially distanced team from the Welsh Guard have helped the Queen celebrate her official birthday at Windsor Castle. The…
Bank Of England ‘Ready To Act’ As Economy Shrinks Record 20%
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has said he will be “ready to take action” to help the UK economy…
Kentucky To Remove Statue Of Confederate Leader Jefferson Davis From Capitol
In a bipartisan vote, a state historical commission agreed to remove the statue of Davis, president of the short-lived Confederate…
Los Angeles Announces Protocols For Resuming TV And Film Production
Hours before film crews were set to resume work Friday, Los Angeles County announced safety protocols for restarting film and…
Nigeria: FG’s Sukuk Bond Oversubscribed By N519.12bn
The Federal Government’s Sovereign Sukuk bond of N150n offered to investors was oversubscribed by N519.12bn, the Debt Management Office has…
CVS Joins Walmart In Keeping Multicultural Beauty Products Out Of Locked Cabinets
Drugstore chain CVS Health Corp joined Walmart Inc in announcing it will stop keeping beauty and personal care products designed…
BA, Ryanair And EasyJet Launch Fight Over ‘Devastating’ Quarantine Plan
British Airways, Ryanair and EasyJet have filed a formal legal challenge to the government’s quarantine policy. The airlines say the…
Bankrupt Hertz Gets Approval To Sell Up To $1 Billion In Stock
The market dislocation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic has a poster child in Hertz Global Holdings Inc. A bankruptcy court…
Tesla Stock Gets Two Downgrades, Falls Below $1,000
Tesla Inc. stock lost some of its luster Friday after Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley moved to downgrade the shares,…
AT&T Discussing Sale For Its Warner Bros. Gaming Unit In Deal That Could Fetch About $4 Billion
AT&T Inc (T.N) is discussing a sale of its Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment gaming division in a deal that could…
Facebook’s Giphy Deal Is Being Probed By The UK’s Competition Watchdog
Facebook’s acquisition of animated picture platform Giphy, reportedly valued at $400 million, is being investigated by the U.K. competition watchdog. The…