APRIL 23, 2020
President Trump stands in front of a chart during a coronavirus response briefing at the White House, March 31, 2020. (REUTERS/Tom Brenner)
When the White House announced its recommendation last month that Americans refrain from meeting in groups and take other steps to contain the spread of the coronavirus, it presented a chart suggesting that doing so...
APRIL 23, 2020
Photographer: Carl Court/Getty Images AsiaPac DONG DANG, VIETNAM - MARCH 02: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves as he prepares to leave Vietnam by train after a two day official visit preceded by the DPRK-USA Hanoi summit, on March 2, 2019 in Dong Dang, Vietnam. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong...
APRIL 23, 2020
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a press briefing at the State Department in Washington. - Reuters/POOL
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a fundamental reform of the World Health Organization is needed following its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and that the United States, the WHO's biggest donor, may...
APRIL 23, 2020
Chinese e-commerce giant has launched a Global SME Enablement Program under Alibaba Cloud. (Image: Reuters)
Technology for MSMEs: Cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group -- Alibaba Cloud, which competes with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud etc., is tapping into the Covid-19 crisis to reach out to as many small businesses globally as possible for its...
APRIL 23, 2020
IndiGo, the country's largest airline by market share, announced on Thursday that it has decided to roll back the earlier announcement of a pay cut in employee salaries for the month of April.
The decision is in deference to the Union government's wishes, the top brass of the airline said.
"In deference to our Government's wishes of not reducing...
APRIL 23, 2020
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh Thursday said co-operation between the Centre and States is essential in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Addressing a meeting of the Congress Working Committee, which met for the second time after the lockdown came into force on March 25, the Congress leader said, "Success of lockdown is to be judged...
APRIL 22, 2020
President Donald Trump watches as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,...
APRIL 22, 2020
Donald Trump - AP Photo/Alex Brandon
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered a temporary block on some foreigners from permanent residence in the United States, saying he wanted to protect American workers and jobs during the coronavirus pandemic.
The order, an election-year move likely to prove popular with his conservative base, is to last for 60...
APRIL 22, 2020
CDC director tries to walk back remarks on coronavirus. - Getty Images
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield on Wednesday tried to temper remarks he made about the threat of a second wave of the novel coronavirus, saying the thrust of his comments was meant to urge Americans to embrace the vaccine for...
APRIL 22, 2020
A customer provides a finger print scan while connecting a mobile phone to the carrier Reliance Jio, the mobile network of Reliance Industries Ltd., at a mobile phone store in Mumbai, India, on Monday, Oct. 24, 2016. Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries began offering mobile services last month under the Jio brand.
Facebook Inc. will invest $5.7 billion...
