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UK COVID-19 deaths hit 43,550 as another 36 patients die

Another 36 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Saturday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 43,550, the British Department of Health and Social

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Roundup: Ugandan party officials say China's people-centered philosophy key to development

Senior officials in Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party have said that the world needs to emulate China's people-centered development philosophy, a key factor in the country's

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Dow ends 2.8% lower on worries about surging coronavirus cases

Wall Street stocks sank Friday as surging coronavirus cases prompted large U.S. states to impose new public health restrictions, threatening the economic recovery following widespread business shutdo

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At least three dead in Glasgow stabbing, suspect shot by police

At least three people have been killed following a stabbing incident in Glasgow city center, Scotland, local media reported on Friday.Police Scotland confirmed an armed officer shot a male suspect an

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Ugandan party officials say China's people-centered philosophy key to development, pandemic fight

Senior officials in Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party have said that the world needs to emulate China's people-centered development philosophy, a key ingredient in the c

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IMF predicts deeper global recession due to coronavirus pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic is causing wider and deeper damage to economic activity than first thought, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, prompting the in

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UK COVID-19 deaths top 43,000 as another 154 patients die

Another 154 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Tuesday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 43,081, the British Department of Health and Social Car

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UK’s CMA clears Amazon’s 16% Deliveroo stake, says COVID-19 impact less severe than initially thought

More than a year after Amazon announced that it would be lead a $575 million investment into UK food delivery startup Deliveroo, the country’s competition regulator, the CMA, has finally announc

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IMF projects global economy to contract by 4.9 pct in 2020

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday it now expects global gross domestic product to shrink 4.9 percent this year, significantly more than the three percent drop predicted in April

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Cloud Foundry gets an updated CLI to make life easier for enterprise developers

The Cloud Foundry Foundation, the nonprofit behind the popular open-source enterprise platform-as-a-service project, is holding its developer conference today. What’s usually a bi-annual communi

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Europe Coronavirus Updates: UK deaths rise to 42,927, Italy's active infections drop under 20,000

A man wearing a face mask sits in a tram at Manchester Victoria Railway Station in Manchester, Britain, June 15, 2020. (Photo by Jon Super/Xinhua)-- UK COVID-19 deaths rise to 42,927 as another 171 pa

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Accelerated Digital Ventures’ future is in flux after founders lose board seats

The future of Accelerated Digital Ventures (ADV), the U.K. early-stage investment firm now majority owned by Legal General, is in flux after three of its founders have lost their seat on the board, Te

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Instagram expands Shopping to more businesses, including creators selling their merch

Instagram announced today it’s expanding access to Instagram Shopping to more businesses, including creators who want to sell their own merchandise. To enable this expansion, the company introdu

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Facebook tests Forecast, an app for making predictions about world events, like COVID-19

Forecast, a new project from Facebook’s internal RD group, NPE Team, is launching today to build a community around predictions. The iOS app will allow users to ask questions and then use in-app

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'No-swab' saliva test for coronavirus piloted in Britain

Military personnel at a drive-through COVID-19 testing facility in Hyde Park, London, Britain, June 11, 2020. /Reuters A weekly coronavirus testing regime using a "no-swab" saliva test is bein

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HashiCorp to offer managed versions of its developer tools starting with Consul

HashiCorp is well known in the developer community for offering a slew of open source tools to help build and manage modern applications. Today the company announced a new cloud platform and plans to

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Update: Stabbing in southern England declared terrorist incident

Britain's counter-terrorism police said Sunday that the stabbing incident taking place in southern England's town of Reading on Saturday night "has now been declared a terrorist incident." "Office