Author: Reuters

By Khalil Ashawi IDLIB, Syria (Reuters) – A team of volunteers in Syria have cobbled together prototypes of a ventilator and a testing machine – homemade equipment to fight the … Read More

By Anirban Sen and Sam Nussey BANGALORE/TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp <9984.T> founder Masayoshi Son’s dream of a global tech empire is unravelling, with the coronavirus crisis compounding losses … Read More

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia on Thursday reported 357 new COVID-19 cases and 11 new deaths, taking the total number of infections and fatalities to 7,775 and 647, respectively, health ministry … Read More

By Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) – Trader He Ximing in the Chinese city of Wuhan says he has no idea how or where he caught the coronavirus or why … Read More

GABORONE (Reuters) – President Mokgweetsi Masisi and all of Botswana’s lawmakers have been released from two weeks in quarantine after testing negative for the coronavirus, a senior official said on … Read More

By Hallie Gu, Jing Xu and Keith Zhai BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China is preparing to buy more than 30 million tonnes of crops for state stockpiles to help protect itself … Read More

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin will work from home from Thursday as a precaution against possible exposure to the coronavirus, her office said. The decision was made … Read More

By David Brunnstrom and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hit out at Beijing again on Wednesday over the coronavirus outbreak and accused it of … Read More

By Guy Faulconbridge and Dylan Martinez LONDON (Reuters) – At midnight, silence shrouds London’s party land. The packed streets and teeming bars that have tended to the nocturnal needs of … Read More

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Serbia and Hungary have agreed to reopen three checkpoints on their border from Thursday morning to allow access for commuter workers, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said. … Read More