Category: World News

LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s government cleared the way on Wednesday for extending the state of emergency by 15 days to combat the spread of the coronavirus as the number of … Read More

By Jonathan Cable, Leika Kihara and Lucia Mutikani LONDON/TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Factories fell quiet across much of the world in March as the coronavirus pandemic paralyzed economic activity, with evidence … Read More

By Richard Chang NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wilhelm Burmann, a master teacher and coach for the world’s top ballet dancers for more than four decades, has died of renal failure … Read More

By Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) – Albanian schools, cafes, restaurants and other public venues will remain shut and restrictions on social and economic activity will stay in place till the … Read More

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump warned Americans on Tuesday of a “painful” two weeks ahead in fighting the coronavirus, with a mounting U.S. … Read More

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will ban entry to foreigners from 73 countries and ask everyone arriving from abroad to quarantine themselves for two weeks … Read More

By Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Easter celebrations should be permitted inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, even if only by a small number of clerics abiding … Read More

By James Redmayne SYDNEY (Reuters) – For Chris Moysa, a Sydney schoolteacher, the spread of coronavirus means long days at home without company. But like scores of other Australians, Moysa … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – China, where the coronavirus outbreak first emerged in December, reported dwindling new infections on Wednesday and for the first time disclosed the number of asymptomatic cases, which … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged the U.S. Treasury on Wednesday not to hold up $25 billion in cash grants approved by Congress last week to airlines … Read More