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Saudi Arabia says it could reach 200,000 coronavirus infections
RIYADH (Reuters) - The new coronavirus could eventually infect between 10,000 and 200,000 people in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom's health minister said on Tuesday, urging the public to adhere more closel...
Apr 07, 2020
Iran records 133 new coronavirus deaths, toll at 3,872: health official
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's coronavirus death toll rose to 3,872 with 133 deaths in the past 24 hours, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur told state TV on Tuesday. The total number of cases climb...
Apr 07, 2020
Gamers check back in to Habbo Hotel as coronavirus refuge
By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) - Habbo Hotel, a hit online networking game more than a decade ago, is drawing back hundreds of thousand of players as locked-down millennials look to rediscover a ...
Apr 07, 2020
Early Asia tech results signal slow recovery after virus battering
By Josh Horwitz and Heekyong Yang SHANGHAI/SEOUL (Reuters) - Smartphone sales in China are rising again as COVID-19 cases there decline and global demand for chips used in work-from-home networks is s...
Apr 07, 2020
Uber suspends services in several parts of Saudi Arabia
DUBAI (Reuters) - Uber said on Tuesday it was temporarily halting its services in several Saudi cities and governorates after a round-the-clock curfew was announced to limit the spread of the coronavi...
Apr 07, 2020
Indian traders ask court for Amazon, Flipkart antitrust probe restart
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian retail group has asked a court to allow the restart of an antitrust investigation into Amazon.com Inc and a Walmart unit that is on hold following a leg...
Apr 07, 2020
U.S.-Israeli cybersecurity firm CyberMDX raises $20 million
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - U.S.-Israeli CyberMDX, a healthcare cybersecurity provider, said on Tuesday it raised $20 million in funding, bringing its fundraising total to $30 million. The latest investment ...
Apr 07, 2020
Demand for Luckin app surges as Chinese rush to drink up after admission of fraud
By Sophie Yu and Jennifer Hughes BEIJING / HONG KONG (Reuters) - Luckin Coffee's app has rocketed to become the second most popular in China as consumers rushed to claim a free drink that it has long ...
Apr 07, 2020
Russia’s daily rise in coronavirus cases tops 1,000 for first time
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The number of coronavirus cases in Russia rose by more than 1,000 for the first time to reach 7,497 in the past 24 hours, the country's crisis response centre said on Tuesday. The n...
Apr 07, 2020
Germany launches smartwatch app to monitor coronavirus spread
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's public health authority launched a smartwatch app on Tuesday in partnership with healthtech startup Thryve to help monitor the spread of COVID-19 and an...
Apr 07, 2020
