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By Tom Balmforth and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin confirmed a coronavirus case in President Vladimir Putin’s administration on Friday and the government said measures imposed in Moscow … Read More

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands rose by 1,172, or 16%, to 8,603, health authorities said on Friday, with 112 new deaths. The country’s … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – China hit out at what it called “biased” reporting on Friday in a frosty response to a request by three major U.S. newspapers to reverse the expulsion … Read More

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – It’s a bit like tag, except that you get tagged when someone coughs on you and that means you have the virus and have … Read More

DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) – A German baker has drummed up some much-needed demand during the coronavirus crisis by making cakes in the shape of toilet rolls. Faced with a slump … Read More

By Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil will cut back on efforts to fight environmental crimes during the coronavirus outbreak, an official at environmental agency Ibama told Reuters, despite concerns … Read More

By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – Private hospitals in the Philippines capital Manila have stopped accepting coronavirus patients in the face of surging numbers of sufferers and people seeking tests, … Read More

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel will deploy armed troops to support police on street patrols in enforcing a lockdown against the coronavirus epidemic, the military said on Friday. About 500 … Read More

By Robin Emmott and Andrew Osborn BRUSSELS/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s military planeloads of aid to Italy to combat the spread of coronavirus have exposed the European Union’s failure to provide … Read More

By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – Authorities in South Korea pleaded with the public on Friday to stay indoors and avoid large gatherings as new coronavirus cases … Read More