Category: World News

By David Shepardson and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Friday that taxpayers will “compensated” for providing up to $25 billion in direct grants … Read More

By Tim Cocks and Siyabonga Sishi JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Bustling streets and long queues at supermarkets highlighted South Africa’s struggle to adapt to a new lockdown on Friday, as the … Read More

By Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday that he would have China’s support in fighting the coronavirus, as Wuhan, … Read More

BRASILIA (Reuters) – A doctor working with the largest tribe in the Amazon has tested positive for the coronavirus, Brazil’s Health Ministry said on Friday, ringing alarm bells that the … Read More

By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Wall Street stocks tumbled on Friday, ending a massive three-day surge after doubts about the fate of the U.S. economy resurfaced and the number of … Read More

By Joseph Ax and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – It’s not just protective facemasks that are in short supply: health workers in U.S. hospitals are reporting dwindling stocks of … Read More

By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) – A bipartisan majority of Americans appear to reject an idea floated by President Donald Trump to reopen businesses by Easter, according to a … Read More

By Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s prime minister ordered citizens to stay home until April 12 to help slow the spread of coronavirus, telling them they … Read More

By Angela Ukomadu LAGOS (Reuters) – Fear of the coronavirus has induced an extraordinary calm in Lagos, Nigeria’s famously boisterous mega-city where streets known for miles of gridlock have emptied … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order authorizing the secretaries of homeland security and defense to call up military and Coast Guard reservists to … Read More