SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic, as authorities made plans for millions of people returning to work after an extended Lunar New Year break. Many of China’s usually teeming cities have almost become ghost towns during…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTom Brook: My predictions for the Oscar winners Some of the movie world's biggest stars will be walking the red carpet at this year's Oscars in Los Angeles later.Joker leads the pack with 11 nominations, followed by The Irishman, 1917 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood…
neoprene and plastic — There is a lot going on here. Charlie Theel - Feb 8, 2020 12:50 pm UTC Enlarge / Look at everything that comes in the box. It's mostly plastic and neoprene.Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. Locating the…
BEIJING (Reuters) - A 60-year-old American has died of the new coronavirus, the first confirmed non-Chinese death of the illness, U.S. officials said, as millions of Chinese began returning home after a Lunar New Year break that was extended to try to contain the outbreak. While the vast majority of cases have been in China,…
Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Mr Lavrov (left) was speaking after talks with President Maduro (right) in Caracas Russia has pledged to boost military and economic co-operation with Venezuela to help the South American nation deal with growing US pressure.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's comments came after his meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro…
Snot bubble — A spoiler-free ode to the surprise comic-film romp of the year. Sam Machkovech - Feb 7, 2020 1:00 pm UTC Enlarge / Margot Robbie, seen here sporting a shirt that will help you remember her character's name through the course of the film. Oh, and she's also smiling while explaining how she…
LONDON (Reuters) - Nagging coronavirus worries took a swipe at world markets on Friday but failed to stand in the way of the best week for stocks since June and the strongest for the dollar since August. FILE PHOTO - An investor sits next to a stock quotation board at a brokerage office in Beijing,…
President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took jibes at each other a day after his acquittal in the impeachment proceedings.Speaking at the White House, he called her a "horrible person" and took issue with her and Mitt Romney's use of prayer and faith, while Pelosi criticised his "dangerous" behaviour.On Wednesday, the Senate voted to…
Ad Astra — “We would go to parties where there would be things like ice sculptures of the ATK logo." Eric Berger - Feb 6, 2020 1:00 pm UTC Astra Space performs a test on its rocket outside its headquarters in Alameda, Calif. Astra Space An overview of the company's factory. Lunch tables at right,…
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese city with only eight confirmed cases of a new coronavirus has been accused of intercepting a shipment of surgical masks bound for a municipality with 400 cases, prompting outrage on social media. Hospitals, towns and cities across China are scrambling for supplies of equipment, in particular protective masks, as the…
