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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal has closed all of its Himalayan peaks including Mount Everest this climbing season because of fears of the coronavirus outbreak, a government minister … Read More
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Even as Japan has stressed that the Olympics will proceed as planned, government and central bank officials are more seriously weighing the risk of … Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday morning that coronavirus testing in the United States will soon happen on a large scale, but did not provide any details … Read More
(Reuters) – The New York State Department of Health can authorize certain laboratories to begin testing for the coronavirus, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday. The agency … Read More
SAINTES, France (Reuters) – A retired surgeon suspected of raping or sexually abusing as many as 349 children over nearly three decades went on trial behind closed doors in France … Read More
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia on Friday reported 35 new coronavirus cases, including two toddlers, bringing its total to 69, as a rights group urged authorities to be … Read More
By Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers have already begun responding to the coronavirus with an emergency interest rate cut and a reopening of their crisis tool … Read More
By A. Ananthalakshmi and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Having lost leadership of Malaysia to an ally he says “double-crossed” him, 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad insists he feels duty-bound to … Read More
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia will close schools and universities for two weeks starting from Monday to fight the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday. The … Read More
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s first female president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, was sworn in for a five-year term on Friday at a ceremony scaled down due to the coronavirus outbreak. Sakellaropoulou, 64, … Read More
