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By Dave Graham and Drazen Jorgic MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – As Mexico scrambles to contain the coronavirus outbreak, many initiatives aimed at tempering the threat have come not from the … Read More

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order on Saturday mandating that all non-essential retail businesses close their stores and almost all state residents … Read More

By James Davey and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) will have more ventilators and thousands of extra beds and healthcare staff on hand from next … Read More

By Waruna Karunatilake and Asif Shahzad COLOMBO/ISLAMABAD, March 21 (Reuters) – One prisoner died and three others were injured when fighting broke out on Saturday in a Sri Lankan jail … Read More

(Reuters) – Best Buy Co Inc <BBY.N> said on Saturday that the company withdrew all financial guidance for fiscal 2021, for both the first quarter and full year, due to … Read More

By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian officials closed Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Saturday after thousands of people flocked there in recent days, defying social distancing orders to prevent … Read More

By tomas mrva BRATISLAVA, March 21 (Reuters) – Slovak President Zuzana Caputova appointed a center-right coalition government on Saturday headed by Igor Matovic, leader of the Ordinary People (OLANO) party, … Read More

ALMATY (Reuters) – Authorities in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have announced fresh restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus as the number of cases in Central Asia rose. … Read More

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose by more than 100 to 1,556 on Saturday and the total number of people infected now exceeds 20,000, a … Read More

(Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co <WFC.N> has asked the U.S. Federal Reserve to remove an asset cap introduced during its accounts scandal in order to allow it to support … Read More