April2020
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England cricket stars donate £ 500,000 to board, ‘good causes’
Apr 4, 2020England’s centrally contracted cricketers have agreed to make an “initial donation” of £ 500,000 ($612,000) in response to the financial crisis engulfing the game as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Friday’s statement issued by the... -
Oprah Winfrey donates $10 million for coronavirus relief
Apr 4, 2020Oprah Winfrey said on Thursday she was donating $10 million to coronavirus relief efforts, including a new venture to help get food to vulnerable Americans during the coronavirus epidemic. Winfrey, one of America’s richest and most... -
Amazon in contact with coronavirus test makers as it plans pandemic response
Apr 4, 2020Amazon.com Inc has been in contact with the CEOs of two coronavirus test makers as it considers how to screen its staff and reduce the risk of infection at its warehouses, according to internal meeting notes... -
Spain to increase state of emergency till April 26
Apr 4, 2020Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will ask parliament to extend lockdown measures by 15 more days until April 26 as the daily pace of new coronavirus infections and deaths slowed again on Saturday in one of... -
Prime Day to be postponed by Amazon
Apr 4, 2020Amazon.com Inc is postponing its major summer shopping event, Prime Day, until at least August and expects a potential $100 million hit from excess devices it might now sell at a discount, according to internal meeting notes... -
Webex registered a record 324 million attendees in March
Apr 4, 2020Cisco Systems Inc’s video-conferencing app Webex registered a record 324 million attendees in March, with usage more than doubling in the Americas, as the coronavirus-led lockdowns forced businesses to have employees work from home. Webex and... -
Tesla Inc to cut contractors from its U.S. car and battery plants
Apr 4, 2020Tesla Inc is cutting contractors from its U.S. car and battery plants, CNBC reported on Friday, citing workers and a contract staffing agency. The electric carmaker is axing contractors at both its vehicle assembly plant in... -
Maeve Townsend, granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy missing in Chesapeake Bay with her son
Apr 4, 2020Maeve Townsend, The granddaughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy and her young son were missing on Friday after drifting out into the Chesapeake Bay on a canoe, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan said. An intensive search... -
First Coronavirus death recorded in Georgia
Apr 4, 2020A 79-year-old woman who tested positive for the coronavirus died in Georgia on Saturday, the presiding doctor at the clinic where she was treated said, reporting the country’s first death related to the pandemic. The patient... -
Singer Bill Withers dies
Apr 4, 2020Bill Withers, the acclaimed 1970s soul singer behind hits Ain’t No Sunshine and Lean On Me has died from heart complications aged 81, his family said. The singer died on Monday in Los Angeles, the family...
