Author: Reuters

By Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) – Munich’s Oktoberfest, the world’s largest popular festival, where revellers from all over the globe swig beer by the litre and sing along to oompah … Read More

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s cabinet approved a second automatic visa extension for foreigners for three more months on Tuesday, in a bid to prevent long queues at immigration centres and … Read More

TORRE DEL BURGO, Spain, April 21 (Reuters) – About half of farmer Jaime Urbina’s asparagus crop lies unpicked in his fields in central Spain as border closures to curb the … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson will speak to U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday and meet Queen Elizabeth later this week, his spokesman said, adding that the British … Read More

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A California case worker hears screaming as she tries to conduct a telephone session for a child abuse prevention agency; an Oregon doctor … Read More

By Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will decide during its Golden Week holiday between April 29 and May 6 whether to extend its month-long state of emergency to fight … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth turned 94 on Tuesday but the coronavirus lockdown meant there was little fanfare to mark the occasion. Elizabeth, the world’s eldest and longest-reigning monarch, … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday sent her condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the after the “appalling” mass shooting in the Canadian province … Read More

By Marafaele Mohloboli MASERU (Reuters) – Lesotho’s government has agreed with South African mediators and political parties to implement a “dignified retirement” for prime minister Thomas Thabane, a joint statement … Read More

By Ross Kerber and Jonnelle Marte BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Senators from both major U.S. parties are pressing the Federal Reserve to say more about the role that climate considerations … Read More