Ossimar Silva touches his mother Carmelita Valverde, 85, through a plastic curtain at the 3i Bem-Estar – Residencial Senior nursing home, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Sao Paulo, Brazil May 30, 2020. REUTERS/Rahel Patrasso SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Dirce Villas Boas, a 93-year-old resident of a nursing home in western Sao Paulo, had
Month: June 2020
PETERBOROUGH, England (Reuters) – The Jamaican bobsleigh team is used to training without snow, but the coronavirus lockdown has seen its male athletes resort to pushing a car around the streets of an English city to stay in shape, with an eye on Olympic qualification. Bobsleigh – Jamaica Bobsleigh team members Shanwayne Stephens and Nimroy
FILE PHOTO: European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager presents the EU executive’s economic response to the coronavirus epidemic in Brussels, Belgium, March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU regulators are seeking feedback about a possible new power to investigate businesses and demand changes even when no competition rules have been broken, in a
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Eight states and the District of Columbia hold primary elections on Tuesday, the biggest test yet of officials’ readiness to manage a surge of mail ballots and the safety risks of in-person voting during the coronavirus outbreak. FILE PHOTO: Elections official Bernie O’Hare waits to help voters use a new Election Systems
Emergency service ambulances are seen at the Aintree University Hospital before the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Liverpool, Britain, May 21, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble LONDON (Reuters) – The first results from the world’s largest randomised trial of drugs to treat COVID-19 patients
MARSTON, Missouri (Reuters) – The residents of New Madrid County cheered in 2018 when a bankrupt aluminum smelter that rises over the Missouri region’s vast farm fields restarted operations and hiring, thanks to aluminum tariffs levied in President Donald Trump’s trade war. FILE PHOTO: A sign marking New Madrid County is seen on the side
People watch a film inside their cars at the Comiccon festival during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Oeiras, Portugal June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante LISBON (Reuters) – For Manuela Figueiredo, going out with her family to see her first movie after weeks of lockdown was a trip down memory lane. For her 24-year-old son
FILE PHOTO: A Holden logo is displayed at a dealership located in the Western Australian city of Perth December 12, 2013. REUTERS/David Gray MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Holden has confirmed that its commitment to Australia’s Supercars series will finish at the end of the 2020 championship. U.S. automaker General Motors announced in February it had decided
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks eked out gains on Tuesday as investors’ focus on the prospects of a global coronavirus recovery won out over familiar worries about Sino-U.S. relations and the depth of economic damage. FILE PHOTO: Passersby wearing protective face masks following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are reflected on a screen
WASHINGTON/MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse peaceful demonstrators near the White House on Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed a massive show of force to end violent protests over the death of a black man in police custody. Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst said law enforcement including officers on
SHANGHAI Reuters) – Polestar, the premium electric vehicle maker owned by China’s Geely, plans a big expansion of its showroom network in the mainland, sources said, as it prepares for delivery of cars to compete with Tesla Inc’s locally made Model 3. A worker wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak cleans
FILE PHOTO: People hike beneath the Hollywood sign after a partial reopening of Los Angeles hiking trails during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 9, 2020. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon/File Photo LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood studios and labor unions on Monday proposed extensive coronavirus testing and other safeguards
An ice cream van is seen as people enjoy the hot weather on the bank of the River Thames in London, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Steven Watt LONDON (Reuters) – Last month was the United Kingdom’s sunniest calendar month on record, the Met Office said on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With cities across America in turmoil over the death of George Floyd, a U.S. lawmaker plans to introduce legislation this week that he hopes will end a pattern of police violence by allowing victims to sue officers for illegal and unconstitutional acts. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Justin Amash (I-MI), recently having left
(Reuters) – Tropical Depression Three has formed in the Bay of Campeche, Mexico, and is expected to strengthen and bring heavy rainfall to parts of the country, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday. It is located about 50 miles (80 km) west southwest Of Campeche, Mexico, packing maximum sustained winds of 30
FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labeled with a “Vaccine COVID-19” sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration taken taken April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters) – The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19,