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KABUL (Reuters) – The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad congratulated Afghan political and civil society leaders on Friday on forming a negotiating team for talks with Taliban. “This … Read More
DETROIT (Reuters) – President Donald Trump and Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan took fresh swipes at each other over the spread of the coronavirus, escalating a war of words … Read More
By Cecile Mantovani LE LOCLE, Switzerland (Reuters) – A 95-year-old Swiss woman was back home and online with her 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchidren on Friday after recovering from a … Read More
By Sanjeev Miglani and Swati Bhat NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s central bank slashed interest rates on Friday in an emergency move to counter the economic fallout from the coronavirus … Read More
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The Thai government on Friday ordered the closing down of more public facilities and businesses in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus, and extended existing … Read More
By Joe Bavier and Karin Strohecker JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) – Africa is crying out for debt relief to weather a perfect storm of coronavirus, plummeting oil and commodity prices, mounting budget … Read More
By Michael Kahn and Joanna Plucinska PRAGUE/WARSAW (Reuters) – Eastern Europeans with strong memories of authoritarian Communist rule have taken a “been there, done that” attitude to the restrictions on … Read More
PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said in a speech the government had decided to extend the country’s coronavirus lockdown by two weeks until April 15. “After these … Read More
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday that disagreements between southern and northern EU countries about how to respond to the coronavirus are not insurmountable, as … Read More
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain was given a chance to participate in a European Union scheme to buy ventilators to fight the coronavirus, the EU said on Friday, after London said … Read More
