BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The global coronavirus pandemic threatens to cause a huge shock to international food trade and trigger a new food crisis, a top agriculture official in China said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Chinese Vice Agriculture Minister Yu Kangzhen speaks at a news conference in Beijing, China October 17, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer/File PhotoThe comments came…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Amazon shuttered its France factories during a stand-off with unions about working conditions Amazon will keep its six warehouses in France closed until at least Wednesday as a row about sanitary conditions continues.Unions say that workers in the company's packaging centres are not being kept safe during the coronavirus…
The new iPhone SE resembles the iPhone 8 in design, but it sports an A13 chip and aluminum edges. A picture of the SE featuring the camera and that classic home button for Touch ID. These are the available colors. The new iPhone SE is here, and it's an attractive product: it combines a tried-and-true…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Al DragoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Texas and Vermont will allow certain businesses to reopen on Monday while still observing coronavirus-related precautions and Montana will begin…
Image copyright IRTV2 Image caption Iranian TV broadcast an interview with Sahar Tabar after her arrest last year An Iranian Instagram star has contracted coronavirus in prison, her lawyer says. Fatemeh Khishvand, better known by her Instagram name Sahar Tabar, came to fame after posting photos in which she resembled what has been described as…
D is for dystopia — "We're at the beginning of something. Something necessary." Jennifer Ouellette - Apr 18, 2020 12:24 am UTC Alden Ehrenreich stars as antihero John the Savage in NBC Peacock's forthcoming series Brave New World, an adaptation of Aldous Huxley's seminal dystopian novel.NBC's Peacock streaming service marked this week's "soft launch" with…
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said on Friday a large number of migrants on a deportation flight to Guatemala from the United States this week were infected with the coronavirus, adding that U.S. authorities had confirmed a dozen cases. FILE PHOTO: Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei looks on during a news conference with…
Image copyright Getty Images Doctors and nurses are to be asked to treat coronavirus patients without fully protective gowns and to reuse equipment due to fears of shortages.The decision came in a reversal of guidance to hospitals from Public Health England on Friday.Earlier this week, the BBC reported the plan was being considered as a…
Twinkle, twinkle, black hole star — After nearly 30 years, VLT's new observations show star moves in rosette-shaped orbit Jennifer Ouellette - Apr 16, 2020 9:15 pm UTC It's been nearly 30 years in the making, but scientists with the Very Large Telescope (VLT) collaboration in the Atacama Desert in Chile have now measured, for…
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui’s hand by Indian health workers was supposed to ensure he stayed home under quarantine. A man's hand is seen after washing off the home quarantine stamp on a street in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, Mumbai, India, April 11, 2020. REUTERS/Francis MascarenhasBut the…
