Month: June 2020

Indonesian Muslims are checked with a thermal scanner before taking part in Friday prayers amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 5, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia reported 703 new coronavirus infections on Friday, taking the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to
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FILE PHOTO: Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey at the central bank in London, Britain March 16, 2020. Tolga Akmen/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Governments must rebuild their economies after the coronavirus crisis to withstand the next shock heading their way – climate change, the central bank governors of Britain and France have
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LONDON/SYDNEY (Reuters) – World stocks held their ground near three-month highs as the euro hit its highest level since March 10, thanks to Europe’s stimulus boost, fuelling hopes for a global rebound. FILE PHOTO: Investors look at screens showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai, China January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song Investors are
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LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists are resuming COVID-19 trials of the now world-famous drug hydroxychloroquine, as confusion continues to reign about the anti-malarial hailed by U.S. President Donald Trump as a potential “game-changer” in fighting the pandemic. FILE PHOTO: The drug hydroxychloroquine, pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump and others in recent months as a possible
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A top U.S. health official cautioned on Thursday that protests sweeping across the country could increase the spread of the novel coronavirus, particularly in cities that have struggled to control the outbreak, and that participants should “highly consider” getting tested. Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Robert Redfield
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HOUSTON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Murphy Oil began evacuating non-essential workers from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on Thursday because of the threat from Tropical Storm Cristobal. Shell said production and drilling operations in the U.S.-regulated northern Gulf were unaffected despite the evacuations. Gulf Coast spot gasoline prices have not significantly gained,
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