Month: March 2020

(Reuters) – Major sports events around the world which have been hit by the coronavirus outbreak: A man wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks past walk past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo, Japan March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha OLYMPICS –
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SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Governments and central banks readied more emergency measures to tackle the economic impacts of the coronavirus on Friday as Asian markets suffered their worst weekly crashes since the 2008 financial crisis. FILE PHOTO: People wear protective masks following an outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Panama City, Panama March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Erick
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WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden on Thursday lambasted Republican President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, accusing him of having an “adversarial relationship with the truth” while ignoring the advice of experts. Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at an
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FILE PHOTO: The ViacomCBS logo is displayed on the Nasdaq MarketSite to celebrate the company’s merger, in New York, U.S., December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – ViacomCBS and Comcast Corp’s NBCUniversal said Thursday they will cancel their live “upfront” presentations, where advertisers preview upcoming TV shows, and will instead stream the presentations online as
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BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The European Union on Thursday sharply criticized the U.S. decision to restrict travel from most European countries to contain the coronavirus pandemic, and said the crisis required global cooperation not unilateral action. FILE PHOTO: EU Council President Charles Michel (not pictured) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hold a news
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