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Coronavirus slows U.S. push to produce electric vehicle minerals
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is hobbling U.S. efforts to produce lithium, rare earths and other materials used in electric vehicles and high-tech equipment, dealing a blow t...
Mar 26, 2020
Global smartphone sales fell 14% in February as coronvirus spread: Counterpoint
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Global smartphone sales tumbled 14% in February as the coronavirus spread in China and overseas, Counterpoint Research said on Thursday, a likely harbinger of more declines as out...
Mar 26, 2020
Thailand reports 111 new coronavirus infections, for total of 1,045
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported 111 new coronavirus infections, taking its tally to 1,045, the government said on Twitter on Thursday. A state of emergency took effect. Authorities in Thailand, ...
Mar 25, 2020
China, U.S. to set aside differences in G20 coronavirus summit: SCMP
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States are expected to call a timeout on their coronavirus blame game and focus on the challenges of the pandemic when leaders of the G20 nations hold talks vi...
Mar 25, 2020
Japan to set up coronavirus HQ, possible step to emergency declaration: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government was preparing to set up a special headquarters on coronavirus as early as Thursday afternoon, a step that could set the stage for declaring a state of emergen...
Mar 25, 2020
South Korea reports 104 new coronavirus cases, total 9,241: KCDC
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported 104 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, bringing its total infections to 9,241, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The death toll from the...
Mar 25, 2020
Cybersecurity experts come together to fight coronovirus-related hacking
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An international group of nearly 400 volunteers with expertise in cybersecurity formed on Wednesday to fight hacking related to the novel coronavirus. Called t...
Mar 25, 2020
Home-bound users fume as video apps do not sync with TVs
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Kat Volpe laid out an exercise mat and tried to sync her iPhone with her big screen TV for a fitness class webcast on Instagram last week during New York's c...
Mar 25, 2020
Cairo, the city that never sleeps, shuts for coronavirus night-time curfew
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt and its capital Cairo, a mega-city home to some 20 million people, shut down on Wednesday evening as authorities launched a night-time curfew to tackle the spread of the corona...
Mar 25, 2020
Trump risks blowback from war of words with China over coronavirus
By Matt Spetalnick, David Brunnstrom and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and some top aides have repeatedly excoriated China over its handling of the coronavirus pande...
Mar 25, 2020
