Category: World News

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain registered 849 fatalities related to coronavirus overnight – the highest number in 24 hours since the epidemic started, although the increase in percentage terms was slightly … Read More

By Devjyot Ghoshal and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Shortages of protective health gear in India are forcing some doctors to use raincoats and motorbike helmets while fighting the … Read More

By Andrew Hay GUYMON, Okla., March 28 (Reuters) – On red cobbled Main Street in Guymon, the biggest town in Oklahoma’s panhandle, Jesus Ruiz gives “high and tight” hair cuts … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will start reporting on asymptomatic coronavirus cases that have been confirmed in the mainland from Wednesday, an official from the National Health Commission said on Tuesday. … Read More

BERLIN (Reuters) – The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Germany has risen to 61,913 and 583 people have died of the disease, statistics from the Robert Koch … Read More

TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese destroyer and a Chinese fishing boat collided in the East China Sea on Monday night and no one was injured, Japan’s defense minister said, but … Read More

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan will introduce social distancing measures to help control the coronavirus but will not yet punish people who fail to comply, the health minister said on Tuesday. … Read More

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s foreign minister said on Tuesday the government would ban all arrivals and transit by foreigners in Indonesia as the number of coronavirus cases and deaths rise. … Read More

By Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) – Residents of China’s Wuhan city, ground zero for the coronavirus pandemic, have mixed emotions as containment measures are lifted and the community infection … Read More

By Angela Ukomadu LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement imposing a 14-day lockdown on sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest city triggered a last-minute rush on Monday as people hurried to … Read More