Category: World News

MURMANSK, Russia (Reuters) – When a group of French chess players traveled to the Russian Arctic city of Murmansk for a tournament this month, they didn’t expect to end up … Read More

MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Saturday that all non-essential workers must stay at home for two weeks, the latest government measure in the fight against … Read More

By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey halted inter-city trains and limited domestic flights on Saturday, as the main opposition called for a stay-at-home order after coronavirus cases surged to … Read More

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is to allocate 20% of its annual state budget to fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the country, one of the worst-hit in the world, President Hassan … Read More

By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland hopes to be in a position in two weeks to tweak or remove some of its new highly restrictive coronavirus-related measures if it … Read More

By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan replaced Transport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan in an overnight decree on Saturday, as the country battles a fast-growing coronavirus outbreak … Read More

There is a lot of misinformation circulating about the coronavirus, so we took to Instagram, Twitter and Reddit to see what questions have been bugging you, our readers.Below are answers … Read More

By Pedro Fonseca and Marcelo Rochabrun RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday cast doubt on Sao Paulo’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak and … Read More

By Aditya Kalra and Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India needs at least 38 million masks and 6.2 million pieces of personal protective equipment as it confronts the spread … Read More

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese security forces cleared away a protest camp in central Beirut on Saturday and reopened roads blocked by demonstrators since protests against the governing elite started in … Read More