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LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal moved to help businesses weather the coronavirus epidemic on Friday with a 2.3 billion euros package, including delaying some tax payments and granting soft loans, while … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – The Louvre museum in Paris said on Friday it would close from 1700 GMT until further notice due to the coronavirus outbreak. The French government has moved … Read More

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Muslims gathered in smaller-than-usual numbers at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Friday after religious authorities decided to keep Islam’s third holiest site open for prayers but enact … Read More

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States waged a series of precision air strikes on Thursday against an Iran-backed militia in Iraq that it blamed … Read More

By John Miller and Michael Erman ZURICH/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued emergency authorization for a faster coronavirus test made by Swiss diagnostics maker … Read More

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Results of the coronavirus test for the delegation that traveled with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to the United States are not yet ready, his son Eduardo … Read More

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian President Klaus Iohannis asked quarantined interim Prime Minister Ludovic Orban to form a new government on Friday that parliament could approve as early as Saturday, ending … Read More

KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait’s religious authorities asked Muslims to pray at home on Friday as the emirate prepares to enter a period of virtual lockdown to fight the spread of … Read More

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Warren Buffett on Friday said the coronavirus pandemic forced him to cancel Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s <BRKa.N> annual shareholder weekend, the largest gathering in corporate America, … Read More

By David Shepardson and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet on Friday with major laboratory company executives to discuss efforts to ramp up … Read More