Category: World News

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – A key modeling study from Singapore has found that putting multiple social lockdowns in place – including school closures – will have the biggest … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Hubei province where the coronavirus pandemic originated will lift travel restrictions on people leaving the region as the epidemic there eases, but other regions will tighten … Read More

(Reuters) – General Motors Co said on Tuesday it will draw about $16 billion from its credit lines in a bid to beef up liquidity amid rising business impact from … Read More

By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – Police in India’s northern city of Meerut are making citizens who break its lockdown hold up signs reading, “I am a friend of … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in a summit of Group of 20 economies to discuss the coronavirus crisis by video link on Thursday, the Kremlin … Read More

By Emma Farge and Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States has the potential to become the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic due to a “very large acceleration” … Read More

By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) – Postponing the Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic has turned a hoped-for year of triumphant celebration for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe into a … Read More

GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Special Envoy for Syria called on Tuesday for an immediate nationwide ceasefire across Syria to enable an “all-out-effort” to stamp out COVID-19. In a statement, … Read More

By A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia is ramping up coronavirus tests in preparation for the “worst scenario”, as it grapples with Southeast Asia’s highest number of infections, a … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – France appealed on Tuesday to workers laid off by the coronavirus crisis to help farmers pick fruit and vegetables that will otherwise be left to rot in … Read More