McDonald’s profit slides as restaurants limit services
McDonald’s Corp reported a 16.7% slide in quarterly profit on Thursday as most of its restaurants across the globe limited their services to deliveries and...
California governor intends to close all state beaches and parks, police memo says – CNN
California governor intends to close all state beaches and parks, police memo says CNN Former GOP chair blasts Newsom’s broad stay-at-home order: California too big for...
Rugby: French Top 14 season to be abandoned – league
The French Top 14 rugby union season is to be abandoned amid the COVID-19 crisis after the league’s organisers (LNR) and the club presidents reached...
Rallying: Portugal’s postponed WRC round now cancelled
The postponed Portuguese round of the world rally championship has now been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Thursday....
Spain’s virus death tally lowest in weeks, but economy tanks
Spain recorded its lowest daily coronavirus death tally in six weeks on Thursday, but data showing the economy shrank by the widest margin on record...
Orange in talks with Apple on French contact-tracing app
Orange is in intense discussions with Apple over developing France’s smartphone app for tracing people who are at risk of coronavirus infection, the French company’s...
Europe flooded with cocaine despite coronavirus trade disruptions
Latin American drug lords have sent bumper shipments of cocaine to Europe in recent weeks, including one in a cargo of squid, even though the...
In lockdown, ‘desperate’ Swiss turn to snooping and snitching
A mother checking on her ex-husband’s sexual habits to protect their asthmatic child; a retiree frustrated with a neighbour who talks loudly on late-night conference...
Zoom admits it does not have 300 mln daily users: the Verge
Zoom video conferencing app does not have 300 million daily active users, the company admitted on Thursday to the Verge, saying it “unintentionally” referred to...
Portugal plans new hydrogen plant in post-coronavirus ‘green’ future
Looking to a more environmentally-friendly future after the coronavirus, Portugal is preparing a handful of multi-billion projects including a new hydrogen plant and will revive...
