Author: Reuters

LIMA (Reuters) – Peru recorded its first confirmed case of coronavirus, President Martin Vizcarra said in a televised statement on Friday, as the disease begins to spread around South America. … Read More

By Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh NAZARETH, Israel (Reuters) – A female Muslim lawmaker from Israel’s Arab minority is set to become the first in parliament to wear a hijab, or head … Read More

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Officials in tourism-reliant Thailand sought on Friday to ease worries about new self-quarantine measures for arrivals from six countries and territories with coronavirus, a day after announcing … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron urged citizens to avoid visiting their relatives in retirement homes as far as possible to prevent exposing them to possible coronavirus infection. “We … Read More

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s health ministry said on Friday 28 new coronavirus infections were reported, bringing the total confirmed cases to 83 in the country. Of those, 23 people … Read More

LUSAKA (Reuters) – More than 50 people in Zambia have been killed in mob violence in response to a spate of poision spray attacks, President Edgar Lungu said on Friday, … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Victims in the United Kingdom have lost more than 800,000 pounds ($1 million) to coronavirus-linked scams since last month, with criminals tricking fearful people who wanted to … Read More

(This March 5 story corrects Reuters instrument code for 10-year U.S. Treasury in paragraph 14 to “US10YT=RR”, from “US10YR=RR”) By Medha Singh and Sanjana Shivdas (Reuters) – Wall Street was … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of French cardinal Philippe Barbarin who had been caught up in a sex abuse case, the archbishop of Reims said in … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – Wuhan, the epicenter of China’s coronavirus epidemic, will likely see new infections drop to zero by the end of this month, an expert with the country’s top panel … Read More