Category: World News

BANGKOK (Reuters) – The Thai government on Friday ordered the closing down of more public facilities and businesses in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus, and extended existing … Read More

By Joe Bavier and Karin Strohecker JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) – Africa is crying out for debt relief to weather a perfect storm of coronavirus, plummeting oil and commodity prices, mounting budget … Read More

By Michael Kahn and Joanna Plucinska PRAGUE/WARSAW (Reuters) – Eastern Europeans with strong memories of authoritarian Communist rule have taken a “been there, done that” attitude to the restrictions on … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said in a speech the government had decided to extend the country’s coronavirus lockdown by two weeks until April 15. “After these … Read More

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday that disagreements between southern and northern EU countries about how to respond to the coronavirus are not insurmountable, as … Read More

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain was given a chance to participate in a European Union scheme to buy ventilators to fight the coronavirus, the EU said on Friday, after London said … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – London’s second-busiest airport, Gatwick, said on Friday it would shut one of its two terminals next week following a collapse in flight numbers and government restrictions on … Read More

By Antony Paone and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) – The doctor’s surgery in Paris where Tura Milo works has closed its door to patients because of the coronavirus but the … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is sharply divided over a constitutional change that would allow President Vladimir Putin to extend his rule until 2036, an opinion poll published on Friday has … Read More

BELFAST (Reuters) – Northern Ireland’s devolved government is set to reopen off-licenses, its justice minister said on Friday, putting the region in line with the rest of United Kingdom and … Read More