Category: World News

By Michael Shields, Carl O’Donnell, Roxanne Liu and Anthony Deutsch ZURICH (Reuters) – Spiez Lab, a government-run institute in the Swiss mountains, was set up to protect the nation from … Read More

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – Many people across Asia wear face masks to try and protect themselves against COVID**19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. In Europe and … Read More

By Jeffrey Dastin and Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O> on Wednesday said it temporarily would not require sellers in its marketplace to repay loans it had made to … Read More

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – When Europeans first arrived in the Amazon rainforest, their smallpox decimated local tribes. Then rubber tappers, gold miners and settlers brought malaria, measles and … Read More

DUBLIN (Reuters) – The total confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ireland rose to 1,564 on Wednesday from 1,329 a day earlier, with two more deaths reported to bring the number … Read More

By Jeremy, Audouard and Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Red Cross-run homeless shelter in an abandoned office block in Brussels is helping the city’s homeless observe Belgium’s lockdown to … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday pledged “massive investments” in the country’s public hospital health system, close to a breaking point as it copes with the coronavirus … Read More

CARQUEFOU, France (Reuters) – Coronavirus restrictions meant Catholic priest Guillaume Le Floc’h officiated at Wednesday evening’s mass in front of empty pews, so to make sure his flock could celebrate … Read More

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday there would be “no avoiding” a complete lockdown of the country without a decrease in the rate of new … Read More

By Andy Bruce and William James LONDON (Reuters) – Testing as many people as possible for the coronavirus is vitally important but a global shortage of the materials needed is … Read More