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Coronavirus epidemic ‘under control’ in Norway: health minister
OSLO (Reuters) - The coronavirus epidemic is "under control" in Norway, the health minister said on Monday, pointing to the low rate of transmission of the disease. A person carrying the novel coronav...
Apr 06, 2020
Iran supreme leader approves tapping sovereign wealth fund to fight coronavirus
(Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has approved the withdrawal of one billion euros from the country's sovereign wealth fund to help fight the coronavirus epidemic, President Has...
Apr 06, 2020
Singapore reports 66 new coronavirus cases, total 1,375
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry on Monday confirmed 66 more coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of cases in the city-state to 1,375. Only one was an imported case while the ...
Apr 06, 2020
With small businesses suffering, Putin faces criticism over shutdown
By Tom Balmforth and Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) - Left with no income because of the coronavirus lockdown, Dmitry Volodin, the co-owner of several bars in Moscow, says he's getting inadequate gover...
Apr 06, 2020
Scramble for masks as Italian region orders coronavirus cover-up
By Alex Fraser MILAN (Reuters) - Residents in Lombardy, the Italian region worst hit by the coronavirus, have been forced to scrounge scarce protective face masks or to improvise solutions of their ow...
Apr 06, 2020
Finland’s Slush cancels November startup event due coronavirus
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's largest tech event Slush, which was scheduled for November 2020, said on Monday it has decided to cancel the conference due to the spread of the new coronavirus. Founded...
Apr 06, 2020
Uber connects out-of-work U.S. ride-hail drivers to delivery, production jobs
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc said on Monday its app will list job openings in the delivery, food production and grocery industry that can be accessed by its U.S. drivers who have b...
Apr 06, 2020
EU privacy watchdog calls for pan-European mobile app for virus tracking
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) called on Monday for a pan-European mobile app to track the spread of the coronavirus instead of the current hodge-p...
Apr 06, 2020
ILO annual gathering of labour ministers postponed for a year
GENEVA (Reuters) - An annual gathering of the world's labour ministers will not take place this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, but will convene in June 2021, the International Labour Organi...
Apr 06, 2020
IBM taps former Bank of America CTO to oversee cloud business
(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp on Monday named former Bank of America Corp top technology executive Howard Boville head of its cloud business, as Arvind Krishna takes over from long-...
Apr 06, 2020
