Author: Reuters

By Jan Strupczewski and Francesco Canepa BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde asked euro zone finance ministers during a videoconference on Tuesday evening to seriously consider a … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow introduced a raft of new measures on Wednesday aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus, including a temporary ban on holding any public events and the … Read More

DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s ailing former prime minister Khaleda Zia was released from prison on Wednesday on humanitarian grounds, her party said. Khaleda, 74, was jailed in 2018 following her … Read More

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is well, in close contact with her cabinet and holding international talks from home, where she is self-quarantining after coming into contact with … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the army to carry out drills designed to increase its readiness to fight the novel coronavirus if necessary, the Defence Ministry … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a televised address to the nation later on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, without providing further details. Putin’s address follows the sharpest … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The foundations of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and its co-founder Jack Ma said on Wednesday they had sent medical equipment, including masks and coronavirus tests, to Russia … Read More

By Peter Scott MOSCOW (Reuters) – Anton Scherbyna has been living in the security zone of a Moscow airport for nearly a week since returning from a honeymoon with his … Read More

By Aftab Ahmed and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is likely to agree an economic stimulus package of more than 1.5 trillion rupees ($19.6 billion) to fight a … Read More

By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators and Trump administration officials have reached an agreement on a massive economic stimulus bill to alleviate the economic impact … Read More