March2020

Wayne Rooney has criticized England’s football authorities over how long they took to suspend matches in the country amid the coronavirus outbreak, saying it felt like players were being treated like “guinea pigs”. The Premier League,...

US officials on Wednesday stepped up warnings about the potential security risks from the fast-growing, Chinese-owned TikTok as a lawmaker unveiled legislation to ban the social media app from government devices. At a Senate hearing, officials...

Australia on Sunday announced anyone arriving into the country will face mandatory 14-day self-isolation, in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus. “We are going to have to get used to some changes in...

France on Saturday drastically stepped up its measures against the spread of the coronavirus, announcing the closure of all non-essential public places including restaurants and cafes from midnight (2300 GMT). “I have decided on the closure...

A total of 2,314 people have been kept in-home quarantine across the country so far under strict monitoring of local administrations, said Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) today. “A total of 2,314 people...

Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has pledged to donate two million protective masks for distribution across Europe, with a first consignment arriving in Belgium late on Friday. A cargo plane loaded with 500,000 masks...

American Airlines Inc said Saturday it plans to cut 75% of its international flights through May 6 and ground nearly all its widebody fleet, as airlines respond to the global collapse in travel demand due to...

Alphabet’s Google said on Saturday that it was working with the U.S. government to develop a nationwide website that would help Americans with questions about coronavirus symptoms, risk factors and testing. “We are fully aligned and continue...

Apple has reopened all of its Chinese stores, a month after shutting them down amid the coronavirus outbreak. All 42 official Apple retail stores opened on Friday, although some stores had special business hours, reports BBC....

Facebook and Twitter have taken down a network of African-based fake accounts linked to previously banned Russian trolls. The social-media firms say the accounts, based in Ghana and Nigeria, were aimed at US citizens, reports BBC....