Category: World News

By Mari Saito and Sakura Murakami OSAKA (Reuters) – The Osaka Corona Hotel in western Japan has been eerily quiet and empty the past few weeks. “Our name is extremely … Read More

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss, Kate Duguid and Abhinav Ramnarayan (Reuters) – Investors across a broad range of asset markets breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday, a day after the Federal Reserve … Read More

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior Pentagon leaders said on Tuesday that the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak that has hit the United States could continue for months and that the … Read More

By Emma Farge and Sanjeev Miglani GENEVA/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The United States could become the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as … Read More

By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration sowed confusion on Tuesday over use of a 1950s-era emergency act to procure coronavirus test kits amid severe shortages of tests, … Read More

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday denied Michael Cohen’s request to be released early from prison, saying U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer … Read More

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean police took the unusual step of publicly identifying the 24-year-old accused leader of an online sexual blackmail ring after the case lead … Read More

By Stephen Eisenhammer and Jake Spring SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – As Brazil’s largest city went into lockdown, President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday took aim at the “hysteria” over the coronavirus … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping will take part in a videoconference of leaders from the Group of 20 major economies on Thursday, Chinese state telelvision reported on Wednesday. … Read More

By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans are employing humor as a balm to soothe nerves during the coronavirus pandemic, flocking to new Instagram stars like Quentin Quarantino and … Read More