Fear of coronavirus haunts Egypt’s cramped jails
CAIRO (Reuters) – Last April, medical student Mohamed Amashah stood on Cairo’s Tahrir Square and held up a sign saying “Freedom for prisoners”. He was detained. Now awaiting trial for … Read More

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Last April, medical student Mohamed Amashah stood on Cairo’s Tahrir Square and held up a sign saying “Freedom for prisoners”. He was detained. Now awaiting trial for … Read More
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has entered what the government calls “Phase 3” of the spread of the new coronavirus, the most serious stage, as transmission of the virus is … Read More
By Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) – Dressed in a hazmat suit, two masks and a face shield, Du Mingjun knocked on the mahogany door of a flat in a … Read More
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand on Wednesday reported 15 new coronavirus cases and one new death, continuing a trend of lower numbers of new cases. Despite the slowing of new cases, … Read More
By Joe Brock SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Global business leaders are preparing for a drawn-out U-shaped recession due to the impact of coronavirus and many fear their companies won’t survive the … Read More
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) – Demand for plant-based protein foods is surging in Asia, suppliers say, as suspicion over possible links between wild animal meat and the new … Read More
By Susan Cornwell and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved $484 billion in fresh relief for the U.S. economy and hospitals hammered by the … Read More
By Corina Pons and Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) – Allies of both Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his bitter foe, opposition leader Juan Guaido, have secretly begun exploratory talks as … Read More
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) – U.S. coronavirus deaths topped 45,000 on Tuesday doubling in a little over a week and rising by a near-record amount in a single day, according … Read More
By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Democratic Governor Tony Evers, challenging his stay-at-home order to contain the coronavirus outbreak as states’ … Read More