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By John Geddie and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – As Singapore wins global plaudits for its handling of the coronavirus, the disease has spread rapidly within its large migrant worker … Read More

By Imani Moise and David Henry (Reuters) – Citigroup Inc <C.N> reported a 46% plunge in quarterly profit on Wednesday as it prepared for losses driven primarily by its credit … Read More

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish police made one of their largest drug seizures of the year when a car tried to evade one of their checkpoints set up to enforce strict … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – A 99-year-old war veteran has become a celebrity by raising at least 6.4 million pounds ($8 million) for Britain’s health service with a walk around his garden … Read More

By Stephanie Nebehay and John Revill GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday that he regretted U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull funding … Read More

By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The U.S. Forest Service has suspended controlled burns on public lands in wildfire-prone California because of the coronavirus pandemic, upsetting officials who see … Read More

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan’s Prime Minister Omar al Razzaz said on Wednesday the government would soon ease a tight lockdown imposed to stem the spread of new … Read More

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan urged its citizens on Wednesday to stay home, as media reports warned that as many as 400,000 of them could die of the coronavirus without urgent … Read More

By Anna Koper and Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish lawmakers debated a citizens’ bill on Wednesday to tighten already restrictive abortion rules as rights activists protested on social media … Read More

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium has extended measures to control the spread of the coronavirus to May 3, with a slight easing of restrictions to allow home improvement … Read More