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Walt Disney delays India launch of streaming service
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co has delayed the March 29 launch of its Disney+ streaming service in India, where it was gearing up to open another front against global rival Netflix Inc. The launch of Disn...
Mar 20, 2020
Italy’s Saipem inks deal with Equinor on floating solar farm technology
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's Saipem has reached an agreement with Norway's Equinor to develop technology to build floating solar power farms close to the coast, the energy contractor said. The agreement ...
Mar 20, 2020
Belgium coronavirus deathtoll rises to 37 in largest daily jump
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium recorded 16 new deaths on Thursday because of coronavirus, for a total of 37 in the country, the biggest daily rise since the beginning of the epidemic, ...
Mar 20, 2020
Russia postpones sovereign internet test over coronavirus
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia due to coronavirus has postponed a test designed to improve the ability of its domestic internet infrastructure to cope with being cut off from the global network, the Commun...
Mar 20, 2020
Iran coronavirus death toll jumps 149 to 1,433: health ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak rose by 149 to 1,433 on Friday, a health ministry official tweeted, adding that that total number of confirmed infections had incr...
Mar 20, 2020
Finnish health boss questions WHO coronavirus testing advice
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's national health authority questioned on Friday the World Health Organization's call on countries to test as many patients as possible for coronavirus, after the country ...
Mar 20, 2020
UK hopes newly-made ventilators will be ready for coronavirus fight next week
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday its scramble to produce thousands of ventilators to fight the coronavirus outbreak was achieving results as top companies have already produced a prototype an...
Mar 20, 2020
Exclusive: Tencent-backed Yuanfudao near to close new fundraising at $7.5 billion valuation – sources
By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese online education platform Yuanfudao, which is backed by tech giant Tencent Holdings , is close to completing a financing round that would val...
Mar 20, 2020
Taiwan’s new ‘electronic fence’ for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan, which has won global praise for its effective action against the coronavirus, is rolling out a mobile phone-based "electronic fence" that uses location-tracking...
Mar 20, 2020
Exclusive: YouTube to reduce streaming quality in Europe due to coronavirus
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Friday it will reduce its streaming quality in the European Union to avoid straining the internet as thousands of Europeans, constra...
Mar 20, 2020
