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DUBAI (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday about half of all Iranian government employees were staying at home as part of measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak in … Read More

By Umit Bektas and Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s government increased support for elderly people isolated at home and tightened restrictions on food shopping and travel on Tuesday after … Read More

By Alexander Winning and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African businesses braced for a nationwide lockdown and panic buyers stockpiled food and other essentials on Tuesday as the number … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Tuesday that 174 service members had the coronavirus, an increase of 41 cases from the day before. In a daily update, the Pentagon … Read More

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – A key modeling study from Singapore has found that putting multiple social lockdowns in place – including school closures – will have the biggest … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Hubei province where the coronavirus pandemic originated will lift travel restrictions on people leaving the region as the epidemic there eases, but other regions will tighten … Read More

(Reuters) – General Motors Co said on Tuesday it will draw about $16 billion from its credit lines in a bid to beef up liquidity amid rising business impact from … Read More

By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – Police in India’s northern city of Meerut are making citizens who break its lockdown hold up signs reading, “I am a friend of … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in a summit of Group of 20 economies to discuss the coronavirus crisis by video link on Thursday, the Kremlin … Read More

By Emma Farge and Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States has the potential to become the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic due to a “very large acceleration” … Read More