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Exclusive: China sent team including medical experts to advise on North Korea’s Kim, sources say
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation. The ...
Apr 24, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic inspires demand for UV airplane cleaner
(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 solu...
Apr 24, 2020
Facebook enters the videoconferencing fray with Messenger Rooms
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc introduced a videoconferencing tool and expanded livestreaming features on Friday, capitalizing on a surge in demand for video chats during the cor...
Apr 24, 2020
Water shortage leaves poorer Mexicans high and dry in coronavirus fight
By Anthony Esposito EL YUGUELITO, Mexico (Reuters) - In the shade of a rust-colored hill, a dozen women gathered on a dusty road to fill buckets from a water tanker truck that pulled up to service the...
Apr 24, 2020
Up to one in 10 residents of Moscow may have had coronavirus infections: laboratory
By Anton Zverev and Maria Tsvetkova SKOLKOVO, Russia (Reuters) - Tests in the wider Moscow region to see if people are carrying coronavirus antibodies suggest that as many as one in 10 residents may h...
Apr 24, 2020
Saudi Arabia eliminates flogging as form of punishment: document
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia eliminated flogging as a form of punishment, according to a document from the kingdom's top court seen by Reuters on Friday. The decision will see the punishment replac...
Apr 24, 2020
Explainer: How Trump has sealed off the United States during coronavirus outbreak
By Mica Rosenberg and Ted Hesson NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has taken drastic steps to curb the entry of foreigners into the United States since his administration declared...
Apr 24, 2020
Apple, Google update coronavirus contact tracing tech ahead of launch
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google on Friday updated technical details of the coronavirus contact tracing system they plan to release next month, saying new features wou...
Apr 24, 2020
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll lowest since March 19, but new cases rise
ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 420 on Friday, the smallest daily tally since March 19, the Civil Protection Agency said, but the number of new infections rose t...
Apr 24, 2020
France, Germany in standoff with Silicon Valley on contact tracing
By Mathieu Rosemain and Douglas Busvine PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - A standoff between the two largest nations in the European Union and Silicon Valley escalated on Friday as Apple and Google rebuffed de...
Apr 24, 2020
