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Facebook appoints Robert Kimmitt as lead independent director
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Thursday named the U.S. Treasury's former deputy secretary, Robert Kimmitt, to its board as lead independent director, effective immediately. "The lead independent director...
Mar 26, 2020
With obesity and diabetes epidemic, Mexico braces for coronavirus
By Stefanie Eschenbacher and Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY(Reuters) - Four of the six people who have died from coronavirus in Mexico so far had diabetes, raising alarm bells that a country with one of ...
Mar 26, 2020
Huawei unveils P40 smartphones online as coronavirus thwarts launch event
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies unveiled its new flagship photography-focused P40 smartphones on Wednesday in an online presentation after the coronavirus scuppered the e...
Mar 26, 2020
Explainer: How the coronavirus crisis is affecting food supply
PARIS (Reuters) - Like other parts of the global economy, food supply chains have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and empty supermarket shelves have become a symbol of the crisis. ARE WE FA...
Mar 26, 2020
UK pledges 210 million pounds to global push for coronavirus vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain pledged on Thursday to contribute 210 million pounds ($253 million) to the international coalition to find a vaccine against coronavirus following a virtual summit of G20 le...
Mar 26, 2020
Turkey struggles to ramp up tests as outbreak reaches critical phase
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Can Sezer ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A week after sending half a million coronavirus test kits to the United States, Turkey is struggling to ramp up its own testing for the dise...
Mar 26, 2020
Italian scientists investigate possible earlier emergence of coronavirus
By Emilio Parodi and Silvia Aloisi MILAN (Reuters) - Italian researchers are looking at whether a higher than usual number of cases of severe pneumonia and flu in Lombardy in the last quarter of 2019 ...
Mar 26, 2020
G20 leaders commit to united front against pandemic
DUBAI (Reuters) - G20 leaders said during on Thursday they were committed to presenting a united front against the coronavirus pandemic, calling it their "absolute priority" to tackle its health, soci...
Mar 26, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. nears rule-change to restrict Huawei’s global chip supply – sources
(Reuters) - Senior cabinet officials in the Trump administration agreed to new measures to restrict the global supply of chips to China's Huawei Technologies, sources familiar with the matter said, as...
Mar 26, 2020
UK’s digital banks unable to provide government funding to coronavirus-hit firms
By Sinead Cruise and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) - Several of Britain's digital banks are still waiting to hear if they can offer government-backed loans to struggling small businesses damaged by th...
Mar 26, 2020
