Category: World News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday praised an Afghan government negotiating team identified to hold talks with the Taliban as appearing to be fairly broad … Read More

By Stephanie Kelly and Daniel Trotta NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic climbed past 3,000 on Monday, the deadliest day yet in the country’s … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. Congress should pass a $2 trillion spending plan to update the country’s roads, bridges and other infrastructure, calling for … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co <LUV.N> said Tuesday it will cut more than 40% of flights from May 3 through June 5 amid a sharp decline in travel demand … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert said on Tuesday there were “glimmers” that social distancing efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus were having an … Read More

By Danny Ramos and Aislinn Laing LA PAZ (Reuters) – A former Bolivian interior minister known as “Minister for Cocaine” for his role in turning the impoverished nation into a … Read More

By Ossian Shine, Amy Tennery and Makini Brice LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tweeting from her Toronto couch two weeks ago, six-time Olympian Hayley Wickenheiser had two words for the International … Read More

YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenia is extending emergency restrictions for another 10 days until April 10 in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said … Read More

By Tom Balmforth and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian lawmakers on Tuesday voted to give the government powers to declare a national emergency over the coronavirus, and approved penalties … Read More

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Twice a year, cleaning teams using long sticks gouge out tens of thousands of written prayers that visitors traditionally cram into the crevices of Judaism’s Western Wall … Read More