Daily Archives: April 6, 2020
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U.S. President Donald Trump turns to Vice President Mike Pence to ask if any of the 50 state governors on a conference call had been “negative” as he addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON (Reuters) – […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have extracted from dental enamel the oldest human genetic material ever obtained, helping clarify the pivotal place in the human evolutionary lineage of a mysterious extinct species called Homo antecessor known from Spanish cave fossils. Skeletal remains unearthed at the Gran Dolina site in Spain of […]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – LeBron James, Liam Hemsworth and other celebrities starred in a new type of quick-hit entertainment that debuted on Monday to a changing media market as Americans sheltered at home to help fight the coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: Quibi CEO Meg Whitman speaks during a Quibi keynote address […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) called on Monday for a pan-European mobile app to track the spread of the new coronavirus instead of the current hodge-podge of apps used in various EU countries which could breach people’s privacy rights. FILE PHOTO: Contact tracing app TraceTogether, released […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States entered what an official called the “peak death week” of the coronavirus on Monday while a watchdog report said hospitals were struggling to maintain and expand capacity to care for infected patients. The U.S. death toll, now at more than 9,600, was rapidly closing […]
Chance the Rapper hosts a reboot of prank show Punk’d on Quibi. Quibi Quibi, a star-studded mobile streaming service for short-form video, launched Monday after months of hype. It has a litany of mega stars involved, for sure. But without any established show franchises built in, it’s hard to know […]