Author: Reuters

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Major U.S. business lobbying groups are asking Congress to pass measures that would protect companies large and small from coronavirus-related lawsuits when states start … Read More

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Dozens of protesters poured back onto the streets of Beirut in their cars on Tuesday, furious at rising poverty and hardship, as parliament convened for the first … Read More

By Vicente, Gaibor, del and Pino GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (Reuters) – Venezuelan migrants in Ecuador are setting out on perilous journeys to return to their crisis-stricken homeland or to join family … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – Coronavirus fatalities in France increased steadily on Tuesday to nearly 21,000, but the number of patients in intensive care registered its sharpest decline since the beginning of … Read More

By Clotaire Achi and John Irish STAINS, France (Reuters) – Resuscitation nurse Aline Lheureux feared there would be trouble in the impoverished Paris suburb where she works when she heard … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. House of Representatives Democrat recommended measures on Tuesday to allow members to vote and do committee work remotely, even when they are back in … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has asked his cabinet to devise a plan to inject cash into the ailing U.S. oil-drilling industry to help … Read More

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A former men’s soccer coach at the University of California, Los Angeles has agreed to plead guilty and admit that he accepted $200,000 in … Read More

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Brazilian nationals Julio de Oliveira and his wife Thamyres only wanted to enjoy a few days on a Thai beach last month, but the coronavirus outbreak turned … Read More

By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Italy is likely to start easing its coronavirus lockdown from May 4 though the long-awaited rollback will be cautious and calculated, Prime Minister Giuseppe … Read More