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Apple will stop taking cut of some Amazon video purchases on App Store
(Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Wednesday it would stop taking a cut of some sales for "qualifying" streaming video services on iPhones and other Apple devices, including Amazon.com's Prime Video. To ma...
Apr 01, 2020
Elon Musk’s SpaceX bans Zoom over privacy concerns: memo
By Munsif Vengattil and Joey Roulette (Reuters) - Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX has banned its employees from using video conferencing app Zoom, citing "significant privacy and security concerns,"...
Apr 01, 2020
‘Thank you China!!!’ Mexico grateful for coronavirus medical supplies
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's top diplomat thanked two Chinese charities for donating medical supplies to help stem the coronavirus outbreak in an online message that went viral. "Thank you China!!...
Apr 01, 2020
Shortage of drugs and equipment: Brussels hospitals sound the alarm
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hospitals in the Belgian capital called on the federal government on Wednesday to address a shortage of medicines and equipment, as COVID-19 patients continue to...
Apr 01, 2020
France passes 4,000 coronavirus deaths
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 509 new deaths from the coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the total to 4,032, making the country the fourth to pass the 4,000-fatalities threshold a...
Apr 01, 2020
Amazon warehouse workers protest near Detroit
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday said a handful of workers staged a demonstration at one of its warehouses near Detroit, reflecting the ongoing concerns among its staff about contracting the co...
Apr 01, 2020
COVID-19 infections growing exponentially, deaths near 50,000: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) voiced deep concern on Wednesday about "the rapid escalation and global spread" of COVID-19 infections with the new coronavirus, whic...
Apr 01, 2020
Exclusive – ‘Things under control’: how Europe sleepwalked into the coronavirus crisis
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Barely a month before Europe embarked on a scramble for masks, ventilators and testing kits to fight coronavirus, governments told Brussels their healthcare...
Apr 01, 2020
EU trade chief sees no quid pro quo in Huawei’s ‘mask diplomacy’
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU industry chief Thierry Breton on Wednesday said he did not see any ulterior motive behind Huawei's [HWT.UL] donations of face masks to the bloc and that solidar...
Apr 01, 2020
Tommy the robot nurse helps keep Italy doctors safe from coronavirus
By Flavio Lo Scalzo VARESE, Italy (Reuters) - He doesn't wear a mask but he is helping save lives from coronavirus just the same. Meet Tommy, the robot nurse. Tommy is one of six new robots helping fl...
Apr 01, 2020
