Category Archives: (Fargo | KFGO | kfgo.com) World News
Google gifts two-months access to Stadia Pro as gamers stay at home
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Wednesday it would give two months of free access to the paid version of its cloud-based game streaming platform Stadia as people are confined to their homes ...
Apr 08, 2020
Italy working on coronavirus tracing app to help lockdown exit
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian authorities are working on introducing a smartphone app that would help health services trace the contacts of people who test positive for the coronavirus as the government l...
Apr 08, 2020
U.S. senators question Amazon CEO about firing of warehouse protest leader
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Five Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday wrote Amazon.com Inc to raise concern about its firing of a worker who protested warehouse operations during the coronavirus pandem...
Apr 08, 2020
Chile announces $2 billion fund to benefit informal workers amid coronavirus outbreak
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Wednesday announced a fresh $2 billion fund to help support the countrys informal workers as the coronavirus outbreak continues to batter the...
Apr 08, 2020
U.S. Justice Department backs Google request to use part of U.S.-Asia undersea cable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S Justice Department on Wednesday recommended U.S. regulators approve Alphabet Inc's request to use part of an U.S.-Asia undersea telecommunications cable. Google agreed t...
Apr 08, 2020
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll falls, but new cases accelerate
ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 542 on Wednesday, a lower tally than the 604 the day before, but the number of new cases pushed higher to 3,836 compared with a prev...
Apr 08, 2020
Afghan government frees 100 Taliban prisoners as part of peace process
KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan government freed 100 Taliban prisoners on Wednesday as a first step in a peace process with the hardline Islamists, despite the group's suspension of talks on a planned pr...
Apr 08, 2020
Novelty toilet roll cakes keep Finnish baker in business
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A quick-thinking Helsinki bakery has saved itself from financial ruin due to the new coronavirus pandemic by creating a cake that looks like a toilet roll. The dismayed staff at t...
Apr 08, 2020
Refugees in eastern Germany sew coronavirus face masks for pensioners
JUETERBOG, Germany (Reuters) - Refugees in the eastern German town of Jueterbog are sewing face masks for pensioners in a retirement home that has a shortage of facial coverings for elderly residents ...
Apr 08, 2020
Turkey to track citizens via mobile phones to enforce quarantines
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will monitor the mobile phones of those diagnosed with the new coronavirus to ensure they do not break quarantine, authorities said on Wednesday, marking the latest measure...
Apr 08, 2020
