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Twitter opens up data for researchers to study COVID-19 tweets
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Twitter Inc will grant researchers and software developers access to a real-time data stream of tens of millions of daily public tweets about COVID-19, which they ca...
Apr 29, 2020
‘Test and trace’ has worked for us, Ghana’s president says
PARIS (Reuters) - A rigorous programme of testing for coronavirus and tracing the contacts of those found positive has helped Ghana avoid an explosion in cases that could have overwhelmed its health s...
Apr 29, 2020
Amazon’s foreign websites named in U.S. piracy and counterfeiting report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several of Amazon.com Inc's foreign websites have been added to the U.S. trade regulator's "Notorious Markets" report on marketplaces known for counterfeiting and piracy concern...
Apr 29, 2020
Self-driving vehicles get in on the delivery scene amid COVID-19
By Jane Lanhee Lee and Nathan Frandino SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Self-driving cars, trucks, sidewalk robots and shuttles are rolling out of the labs and parking garages and onto American streets to he...
Apr 29, 2020
Scientists urge Germans to keep social distancing discipline
By Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans must persevere with social distancing or risk exponential growth in the number of coronavirus cases, four leading science institutes said on Wednesday. German...
Apr 29, 2020
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll falls, new cases stable
ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 323 on Wednesday, against 382 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new infections stood at ...
Apr 29, 2020
WHO says it acted ‘quickly and decisively’ on new coronavirus
GENEVA (Reuters) - The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) defended the agency's record in its response to the new coronavirus in a news briefing on Wednesday, saying it had acted "quickly an...
Apr 29, 2020
UK has second-highest COVID-19 death toll in Europe, new figures show
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom now has Europe's second-highest official death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to new figures on Wednesday that cover fatalities...
Apr 29, 2020
U.S. ITC to probe some Nintendo gaming systems after petition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday said it would launch an investigation into says certain portable gaming systems by Nintendo Co Ltd after privately-held Game...
Apr 29, 2020
Chip technology firm Arm to ease fees for startups, join incubator
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Arm Inc, the British firm whose chip technologies power most smart phones, said on Wednesday it was easing fees for startup companies and providing free offerings to an i...
Apr 29, 2020
