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Zoom hires former Facebook security chief to beef up privacy, safety
(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc has hired former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos as an adviser and formed an advisory board to improve the video conferencing app's privacy and security i...
Apr 08, 2020
Germany’s short-time work fix offers Europe a crisis model
By Edward Taylor and Jan Schwartz FRANKFURT/HAMBURG (Reuters) - A tried-and-tested German model of sending workers home in exchange for job guarantees during downturns could help the European Union li...
Apr 08, 2020
German foreign ministry restricts use of Zoom over security concerns: report
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German foreign ministry has restricted use of the video conferencing service Zoom , saying in an internal memo to employees that security and data protection weaknesses made it ...
Apr 08, 2020
Dutch coronavirus cases rise by 969 to 20,549, 147 new deaths
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands rose by 969 to 20,549 as of Wednesday, health authorities said, with 147 new deaths. The country's total death toll f...
Apr 08, 2020
WHO says Europe’s coronavirus outbreak still ‘very concerning’ despite progress
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's regional director described the outbreak of coronavirus in Europe as "very concerning" on Wednesday and urged governments to give "very careful consi...
Apr 08, 2020
EU to adopt pan-European approach on mobile apps to fight coronavirus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will on Wednesday adopt a pan-European approach on the use of mobile applications to track the spread of the coronavirus, according to a European Commission doc...
Apr 08, 2020
Zoom sued for overstating, not disclosing privacy, security flaws
(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc was slapped with a class action suit by one of its shareholders on Tuesday, accusing the video-conferencing app of overstating its privacy standards and faili...
Apr 08, 2020
UK PM Johnson stable after second night in intensive care battling COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent a second night in intensive care and was in a stable condition after receiving oxygen support for COVID-19 complications while his foreign...
Apr 08, 2020
With supplies back, Hong Kong expats ship masks home to coronavirus hot spots
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Expatriates in Hong Kong are buying up masks to send to family and friends back home as supplies return to shops in the Asian financial hub and the coronavirus spreads around the...
Apr 08, 2020
New Zealand PM cautiously optimistic about coronavirus, urges Easter ‘staycation’
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said on Wednesday she was cautiously optimistic about slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus as authorities reported the lowest nu...
Apr 07, 2020
