Author: Reuters

By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) – A bipartisan majority of Americans appear to reject an idea floated by President Donald Trump to reopen businesses by Easter, according to a … Read More

By Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s prime minister ordered citizens to stay home until April 12 to help slow the spread of coronavirus, telling them they … Read More

By Angela Ukomadu LAGOS (Reuters) – Fear of the coronavirus has induced an extraordinary calm in Lagos, Nigeria’s famously boisterous mega-city where streets known for miles of gridlock have emptied … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order authorizing the secretaries of homeland security and defense to call up military and Coast Guard reservists to … Read More

By Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO (Reuters) – United Airlines Holdings Inc and Delta Air Lines welcomed on Friday a $50 billion relief package they said would protect jobs through September but … Read More

By Jonathan Allen and Nick Brown NEW YORK (Reuters) – At least one New York hospital has begun putting two patients on a single ventilator machine, an experimental crisis-mode protocol … Read More

By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The coronavirus has already driven the global economy into recession and countries must respond with “very massive” spending to avoid a … Read More

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria has appealed to private companies to make voluntary contributions towards the 120 billion naira ($330 million) the government says it needs to fight the coronavirus epidemic. … Read More

By Rodrigo Campos and Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks across the globe fell on Friday after a historic three-day run-up, as skittish investors kept indices on track … Read More

By Paul Sandle and Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is scaling up coronavirus testing for frontline National Health Service (NHS) staff, with hundreds of tests due to be carried … Read More