Author: Reuters

By Andreas Mortensen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s hairdressers flung open their doors on Monday after a month-long coronavirus lockdown, fixing a horror show of home haircuts and giving hope to … Read More

ROME (Reuters) – Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 464 on Thursday, against 437 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, but the daily tally of … Read More

DUBAI (Reuters) – African Union (AU) special envoy Tidjane Thiam on Thursday said a widespread outbreak of the new coronavirus in Africa would be a disaster for the continent. Africa, … Read More

By Leigh Thomas and John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – France offered retailers some relief on Thursday, saying it wanted them to reopen when a nationwide lockdown ends on May 11, … Read More

By Kate Kelland and Valentina Consiglio LONDON/ROME (Reuters) – Scientists in Britain began clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday as other vaccine developers across Europe also stepped … Read More

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Democrats accused the Trump administration of trying to “scapegoat” the World Health Organization to distract from its handling of the … Read More

By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Wearing a mask and other protective gear, a zookeeper at Portugal’s biggest zoo feeds a mob of energetic meerkats, including a few newborns – … Read More

By Jonathan Cable and Leika Kihara LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) – Global economic activity all but ground to a halt this month as government-imposed lockdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic took a … Read More

By Clotaire Achi and Benoit Tessier STAINS, France (Reuters) – On April 5, 61-year-old Mang Phother felt his breathing getting worse and worse. Two days later he was rushed to … Read More

By Joseph Campbell SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Pastor Samuel Gift Stephen spends his days trying to ensure migrant workers in Singapore, confined to cramped dormitories due to an outbreak of coronavirus, … Read More