WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After days of record spikes in new COVID-19 cases and hospitals warning that they could run out of beds, President Donald Trump’s White House tried Thursday to convey that all was well in the battle against the coronavirus and touted efforts to get the US economy moving …
Read More »As US coronavirus cases skyrocket, White House touts economic recovery, ‘safe’ reopens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After days of record spikes in new COVID-19 cases and hospitals warning that they could run out of beds, President Donald Trump’s White House tried Thursday to convey that all was well in the battle against the coronavirus and touted efforts to get the US economy moving …
Read More »Twitter removes Trump’s image tweet about NYT copyright complaint
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc withdrew an image tweeted by United States President Donald Trump from his platform after receiving a copyright complaint from the New York Times. FILE PHOTO: President of the United States, Donald Trump, in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, January 3, 2020. REUTERS / Tom Brenner Trump’s …
Read More »Reopens stagnate as the US records nearly 50,000 cases of COVID-19 in a single day
(Reuters) – The governors of the US states most affected by the coronavirus resurgence halted or reversed steps to reopen their economies on Wednesday, led by California, the nation’s most populous state and a new epicenter of the pandemic. New cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, skyrocketed …
Read More »Advocacy groups in the US and the EU warn against the purchase of Fitbit by Google
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty advocacy groups from the United States, Europe, Latin America and elsewhere signed a statement on Wednesday urging regulators to be wary of Google’s $ 2.1 billion offer by fitness tracker company Fitbit. Inc (FIT.N) for privacy and competition reasons. FILE PHOTO: The Fitbit Blaze watch is …
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