Author: Reuters

By Luke Baker LONDON (Reuters) – The rapid spread of coronavirus is piling pressure on criminal justice systems globally and has led to a flood of prisoner releases, with the … Read More

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Mark Esper has issued a stop movement order to the U.S. military halting travel and movement abroad for up … Read More

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of 32 U.S. states have a message for the nation’s leading online platforms: You are not doing enough to stop price gouging … Read More

By Stephen Kalin and Alexander Cornwell RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia reported its second coronavirus death and tightened a nationwide curfew on Wednesday, barring travel in and out of Riyadh, … Read More

By Michael Shields, Carl O’Donnell, Roxanne Liu and Anthony Deutsch ZURICH (Reuters) – Spiez Lab, a government-run institute in the Swiss mountains, was set up to protect the nation from … Read More

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – Many people across Asia wear face masks to try and protect themselves against COVID**19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. In Europe and … Read More

By Jeffrey Dastin and Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O> on Wednesday said it temporarily would not require sellers in its marketplace to repay loans it had made to … Read More

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – When Europeans first arrived in the Amazon rainforest, their smallpox decimated local tribes. Then rubber tappers, gold miners and settlers brought malaria, measles and … Read More

DUBLIN (Reuters) – The total confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ireland rose to 1,564 on Wednesday from 1,329 a day earlier, with two more deaths reported to bring the number … Read More

By Jeremy, Audouard and Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Red Cross-run homeless shelter in an abandoned office block in Brussels is helping the city’s homeless observe Belgium’s lockdown to … Read More