Author: Reuters

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress is considering authorizing the Federal Reserve to pay the tab as local governments ramp up shipments of testing equipment, masks and … Read More

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – With Britain in lockdown, supermarkets have started to limit the number of customers in stores at any one time to enforce social distancing during … Read More

By Andrew Osborn and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) – The mayor of Moscow told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that the number of coronavirus cases in the Russian capital far … Read More

MILAN (Reuters) – From insults for dog walkers to furious local officials telling residents to stay home and people from other regions to stay out, Italians’ forbearance is fraying as … Read More

GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) – Four hundred years after the Mayflower crossed the Atlantic from Britain to the United States, a group of engineers plan to have a crewless-ship also named … Read More

By Elvira Pollina ROME (Reuters) – Italy hopes to become self-sufficient in producing protective masks against the coronavirus outbreak within two months, the national commissioner for the emergency said on … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he would like to see U.S. businesses re-open by Easter, which is April 12 this year. “I’d love to have … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.N. chief Antonio Guterres, in a letter to the Group of 20 (G20) major economies seen by Reuters, on Tuesday called for more resources to help keep … Read More

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A cargo ship operated by the Russian Navy transited Turkey’s Bosphorus strait en route to Syria on Tuesday loaded with ambulances, a Reuters reporter saw. Syria reported … Read More

By John Chalmers BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Shortly after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered the closure of non-essential retailers on Monday to curb the spread of coronavirus, the parent company … Read More