Author: Reuters

By Eduardo Simões RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has fired the head of the federal police, the government said on Friday, in a political row as … Read More

By Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An imam standing atop an 18-foot pulpit in a near-empty Al-Aqsa Mosque delivered the first Friday prayers of Ramadan in Jerusalem, his voice echoing … Read More

(Reuters) – Children confined to their homes under lockdown are drawing what they miss most – friends at school, grandparents, football and green open spaces. Regardless of where they are, … Read More

By Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) – Global shares fell on Friday, hit by delays to an agreement on divisive details of the European Union’s stimulus package and doubts about progress … Read More

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The U.S.-led NATO alliance called on Friday for Afghanistan’s Taliban militants to cut violence levels and join peace talks, saying prisoner releases should also be speeded up. … Read More

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After passing $3 trillion of coronavirus relief in a rare seven-week run of bipartisanship, the U.S. Congress is headed back to its normal state … Read More

By Howard Schneider and Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) – As the coronavirus crisis gripped the U.S. economy and Congress approved hundreds of billions of dollars in emergency small business loans, Utah … Read More

(Reuters) – Lysol and Dettol maker Reckitt Benckiser <RB.L> warned people against using disinfectants to treat the coronavirus, after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested researchers try putting disinfectants into patients’ … Read More

GENEVA (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will help launch a global initiative on Friday to accelerate work on drugs, tests and vaccines against COVID-19 … Read More

VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria, which is loosening its coronavirus lockdown, said on Friday that most pupils will go back to school on May 18, with classes split in two groups … Read More