Category: World News

By Brenda Goh and Thomas Suen WUHAN, China (Reuters) – Life in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus first emerged, is slowly returning to normal as the government … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – British author J. K. Rowling is hoping her much-loved Harry Potter series will work its magic on bored children stuck at home during the coronavirus lockdown. Harry … Read More

ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss death toll from the coronavirus has reached 378, the country’s public health ministry said on Wednesday, rising from 373 people a day earlier as Switzerland … Read More

By Roxanne Liu and Alexandra Harney BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Beijing is stepping up its oversight of exports of coronavirus test kits after several European countries complained about the accuracy … Read More

By Padraic Halpin and Paola Luelmo DUBLIN/MADRID (Reuters) – On a St. Patrick’s Day like no other last month, Irish Health Minister Simon Harris launched a recruitment drive to tackle … Read More

(Reuters) – Lockdowns to halt the spread of the coronavirus have brought an uncanny silence to some of the world’s busiest places. Transport hubs that should be teeming with travelers … Read More

By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Anger at being confused with China amid the coronavirus outbreak and Beijing’s stepped-up efforts to assert sovereignty is stirring heated debate in Taiwan about … Read More

By Thomas Suen and Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) – Lockdowns are slowly being lifted in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, but not fast … Read More

By Antoni Slodkowski, Nathan Layne, Mari Saito and Ami Miyazaki TOKYO/PARIS (Reuters) – A businessman who received millions of dollars for his work on Tokyo’s successful campaign to host the … Read More

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – Lockdown and social distancing measures introduced by the British government to slow the spread of COVID-19 may already be working, according to preliminary research … Read More