Author: Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday pledged “massive investments” in the country’s public hospital health system, close to a breaking point as it copes with the coronavirus … Read More

CARQUEFOU, France (Reuters) – Coronavirus restrictions meant Catholic priest Guillaume Le Floc’h officiated at Wednesday evening’s mass in front of empty pews, so to make sure his flock could celebrate … Read More

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday there would be “no avoiding” a complete lockdown of the country without a decrease in the rate of new … Read More

By Andy Bruce and William James LONDON (Reuters) – Testing as many people as possible for the coronavirus is vitally important but a global shortage of the materials needed is … Read More

By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Wednesday that potential efforts by President Donald Trump to re-open American businesses in time for the Easter holiday … Read More

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has arrested 410 people for making “provocative” posts on social media about the coronavirus outbreak, its interior minister said on Wednesday. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu praised … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s parliament suspended sitting for at least four weeks from Wednesday as part of government efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus. Parliament was due to close … Read More

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia has confirmed 59 new cases of the coronavirus, Health Minister Abdelatif el-Mekki said in a televised news conference on Wednesday, taking the total number to 173. … Read More

By Jack Tarrant and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan awoke on Wednesday to the deflating reality that the Olympics they had hoped to host in Tokyo this summer were … Read More

By John Irish and Gonzalo Fuentes PARIS (Reuters) – Outside a Paris retirement home on Wednesday, a director rushed out and told the man delivering a coffin to use a side … Read More