Author: Reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) – Nearly 20 people have been killed in some of the worst storms to hit Egypt in decades, the country’s prime minister said in a statement on Friday. … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson has postponed May’s local and mayoral elections in England for a year due to the coronavirus outbreak, Johnson’s office said on Friday. On … Read More

BERLIN (Reuters) – The coronavirus crisis is proving more of an extraordinary situation than the banking crisis, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, adding that her government’s focus now was … Read More

ATHENS (Reuters) – Medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has urged Greece to immediately evacuate migrants from overcrowded camps on its islands due to a high risk of the coronavirus … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – France wants amateur and professional sports clubs to limit their activities to groups of maximum 10 people, Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu said on Friday. Maracineanu told reporters … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – The plane crash which killed soccer player Emiliano Sala was triggered when the pilot lost control and the plane broke up while flying too fast, an official … Read More

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The number of deaths in people with the coronavirus in the Netherlands has doubled to 10, Dutch health authorities said on Friday. The number of infections rose … Read More

By Francesco Guarascio and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The EU will boost spending on coronavirus-hit sectors of the economy, it said on Friday, also clearing member nations to run … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, 93, has canceled some public engagements for next week due to the coronavirus outbreak, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. “As a sensible precaution and … Read More

By Amanda Becker and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After all the rancor of the Democratic presidential race, front-runner Joe Biden has a chance in Sunday’s debate to extend an … Read More