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Are they any use? With Europe's black-box coronavirus apps it's hard to tell
By Padraic Halpin and Douglas Busvine DUBLIN/BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe's experiment in using technology to fight coronavirus has achieved some early successes: millions of people have downloaded smart...
Thomson Reuters Aug 05, 2020
MLB roundup: Marlins end hiatus with shutout win
Starter Pablo Lopez tossed five scoreless innings, Francisco Cervelli and Jesus Aguilar homered, and the Miami Marlins returned from an eight-day hiatus with a 4-0 shutout of the host Baltimore Oriole...
Thomson Reuters Aug 05, 2020
BMW plunges to second-quarter EBIT loss as coronavirus pandemic hits car sales
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BMW said it expected an operating profit for the full year even as coronavirus lockdowns pushed the carmaker to a second-quarter operating loss as deliveries of luxury cars fell ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 05, 2020
Ukraine reports record daily new coronavirus cases
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine reported a record daily high of 1,271 new coronavirus cases on Aug. 4, the country's council of security and defense said on Wednesday. The number of new infections has increa...
Thomson Reuters Aug 05, 2020
Swiss health minister says new national COVID-19 restrictions unlikely
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's health minister said on Wednesday that new country-wide measures to check the recent spike in coronavirus cases are "unlikely" at present. The number of cases has quad...
Thomson Reuters Aug 05, 2020
Czechs record biggest daily jump in coronavirus cases since end-June
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic reported on Wednesday its biggest daily jump in new coronavirus cases since the end of June as a recent uptick in infections stays elevated. The central European ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 05, 2020
Exxon to suspend company match to employee retirement plans in October: sources
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp told employees it would begin suspending the employer match to retirement savings plans beginning in early October, said sources who received a messa...
Thomson Reuters Aug 05, 2020
Investors launch climate plan to get to net zero emissions by 2050
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - An investor group managing more than $16 trillion on Wednesday launched the world's first step-by-step plan to help pension funds and others align their portfolios w...
Thomson Reuters Aug 05, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: World's highest death toll Latin America surpassed Europe on Tuesday to become the region with the highest novel coronavirus d...
Thomson Reuters Aug 05, 2020
Roche gets FDA okay for transplant patients Epstein-Barr virus test
ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche has received authorisation from the United States' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its cobas 6800/8800 diagnostic tests for transplant patients, the company said on Wed...
Thomson Reuters Aug 05, 2020