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‘Sailors do not need to die,’ warns captain of coronavirus-hit U.S. aircraft carrier 0
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- March 31, 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The captain of the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, in a blunt letter, has called on Navy leadership for stronger measures to save the lives of his sailors and stop the spread of the coronavirus aboard the huge ship. FILE PHOTO: The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is seen while entering into the
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UK supermarket visits jump by 79 million before coronavirus lockdown – Nielsen 0
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- March 31, 2020
LONDON (Reuters) – Britons made over 79 million extra grocery shopping trips in the four weeks to March 21 year-on-year as they stocked their “pandemic pantries”, driving a 20.5% jump in supermarket sales, industry data published on Tuesday showed. Market researcher Nielsen said British consumers spent an additional 1.9 billion pounds on groceries. The data
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Australia’s coronavirus infection rate shows sustained slowdown 0
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- March 31, 2020
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia reported a sustained fall in the rate of new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, but officials urged people not to become complacent and stressed the need for further strict social distancing policies. A man walks by an almost empty area of the city following the implementation of stricter social-distancing and self-isolation rules
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Exclusive: Japan businessman paid $8.2 million by Tokyo Olympics bid lobbied figure at centre of French corruption probe 0
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- March 31, 2020
TOKYO/PARIS (Reuters) – A businessman who received millions of dollars for his work on Tokyo’s successful campaign to host the 2020 Olympics, which was postponed last week due to the coronavirus, said he played a key role in securing the support of a former Olympics powerbroker suspected by French prosecutors of taking bribes to help
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New York greets hospital ship with cheers; California cases soar 0
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- March 30, 2020
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York welcomed the arrival of a gleaming 1,000-bed U.S. Navy hospital ship on Monday as a beacon of hope for the city’s desperate fight against the coronavirus pandemic, while officials said the disease was gaining traction in California. People gathered on the New York and New Jersey sides of the
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World equity markets edge higher despite oil plunge to 2002 lows 0
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- March 30, 2020
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global equity benchmarks rose slightly on Monday despite a drop in oil prices to their lowest levels since 2002, as central banks and the United States tried to contain damage from the rapidly spreading coronavirus that has upended the global economy. U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday extended the government’s stay-at-home
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