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FILE PHOTO: Isabel dos Santos, Chairwoman of Sonangol, speaks during a Reuters Newsmaker event in London, Britain, October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo LISBON (Reuters) – Sonaecom, sub-holding of Portugal’s Sonae, said on Saturday evening a Lisbon court seized shares … Continue reading Lisbon court seizes NOS shares held by Angola’s dos Santos
FILE PHOTO: The Rikers Island Prison complex (foreground) is seen from an airplane in the Queens borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo (Reuters) – New York City must provide corrections officers at … Continue reading New York City ordered to better protect Rikers jail officers
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland is working on a smartphone application to help trace people who have come in contact with those infected with the coronavirus and warn them about the possible risk, the Digital Ministry said on Friday. The initiative, … Continue reading Poland works on smartphone app to help stop coronavirus outbreak
BERLIN (Reuters) – Italy and Spain, the two European countries hardest hit by the new coronavirus, have enforced the most drastic lockdowns to curb the pandemic but one country, Sweden, stands out for allowing life to go on much as … Continue reading Europe’s north-south lockdown divide revealed by Google data
FILE PHOTO: An NYC Department of Corrections vehicle drives in the entrance to Rikers Island facility in Queens, in New York, U.S., February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – A union representing about 9,000 corrections officers at … Continue reading Rikers Island jail officers union sues New York City over coronavirus
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has published charts showing how the coronavirus has brought hard-hit Italy to a standstill, led to runs on grocery stores around the world and prompted a stark drop in going-out between Mardi Gras … Continue reading Google data shines light on whether coronavirus lockdowns worldwide are working
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has published charts showing how the coronavirus has brought hard-hit Italy to a standstill, led to runs on grocery stores around the world and prompted a stark drop in going-out between Mardi Gras … Continue reading Google data shines light on whether coronavirus lockdowns worldwide are working
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Thursday published reports for 131 countries showing whether visits to shops, parks and workplaces dropped in March, when many governments issued stay-at-home orders to rein the spread of the novel coronavirus. FILE … Continue reading Google releases location data to show if coronavirus lockdowns working in 131 countries
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Thursday published reports for 131 countries showing whether visits to shops, parks and workplaces dropped in March, when many governments issued stay-at-home orders to rein the spread of the novel coronavirus. FILE … Continue reading Google releases location data to show if coronavirus lockdowns working in 131 countries
BERLIN (Reuters) – A group of European experts said on Wednesday they would soon launch technology for smartphones to help trace people who had come into contact with those infected with coronavirus, helping the health authorities act swiftly to halt … Continue reading European experts ready smartphone technology to help stop coronavirus
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine has taken to Twitter to ask Elon Musk to send it ventilators after the billionaire chief executive of Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) offered to ship them across the world during the coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO: Tesla Inc … Continue reading ‘Dear Elon’: Ukraine takes up Tesla’s ventilator offer via Twitter
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic broke EU law by refusing to host their assigned share of refugees to ease the burden on southern peers like Greece following … Continue reading Top EU court says eastern states broke law by refusing to host refugees
