Author: Reuters

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Mainland China on Monday reported a drop in its daily tally of new coronavirus cases, reversing four straight days of increases, as the capital, Beijing, ramped up … Read More

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – On the burning question of whether Australian schools should close as coronavirus cases increase, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was adamant: “Children should go to … Read More

By Karolos Grohmann ATHENS (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee is stepping up its “scenario planning” for the Tokyo 2020 Games — including a possible postponement — as the coronavirus … Read More

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said for the first time on Monday that the Tokyo Olympic Games may need to be postponed if the … Read More

By Kirsty Needham and James Redmayne SYDNEY (Reuters) – As a noon deadline struck on Monday for Australian pubs, restaurants and other gathering-places to close, the last three guests in … Read More

MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo was hospitalized on Sunday with respiratory infection and is awaiting coronavirus test results, the government said in a statement on Monday. … Read More

By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) – Communist-run Cuba said it dispatched a brigade of doctors and nurses to Italy for the first time this weekend to help in the fight … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that medical assistance Russia was providing to Italy to help it battle the new coronavirus was not part of an attempt to … Read More

TOKYO (Reuters) – The governor of the Japanese capital warned on Monday that a lockdown of the city was possible if it saw an explosive rise in coronavirus cases, and … Read More

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis’s trip to Malta, which had been scheduled to take place on May 31, has been postponed indefinitely, the Vatican said on Monday. It was … Read More