Category: World News

By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Wednesday that potential efforts by President Donald Trump to re-open American businesses in time for the Easter holiday … Read More

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has arrested 410 people for making “provocative” posts on social media about the coronavirus outbreak, its interior minister said on Wednesday. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu praised … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s parliament suspended sitting for at least four weeks from Wednesday as part of government efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus. Parliament was due to close … Read More

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia has confirmed 59 new cases of the coronavirus, Health Minister Abdelatif el-Mekki said in a televised news conference on Wednesday, taking the total number to 173. … Read More

By Jack Tarrant and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan awoke on Wednesday to the deflating reality that the Olympics they had hoped to host in Tokyo this summer were … Read More

By John Irish and Gonzalo Fuentes PARIS (Reuters) – Outside a Paris retirement home on Wednesday, a director rushed out and told the man delivering a coffin to use a side … Read More

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will overcome the coronavirus outbreak in two to three weeks through good measures, with as little damage as possible, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, adding … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – More than 170,000 people have signed up to help Britain’s National Health Service tackle the coronavirus outbreak just hours after a request for a quarter of a … Read More

By Tom Polansek and Nick Oxford CHICAGO/OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Farmers in rural America are expanding food delivery services to meet rising demand from consumers seeking to isolate themselves during … Read More

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria on Wednesday began a nationwide curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. as lockdown measures to counter the spread of coronavirus were extended, residents and state … Read More