Category: World News

By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) – For many in Santiago’s Plaza Italia, ground zero for mass protests in Chile that have raged for months, the … Read More

By Rod Nickel and Kelsey Johnson WINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA (Reuters) – After failing to grow wheat in Canada’s subarctic Yukon territory 15 years ago, farmer Steve Mackenzie-Grieve gave it another shot … Read More

By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday limited the rights of criminal defendants, declaring that states can bar them from using the so-called insanity defense … Read More

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The trial of four men accused of murder over the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine in 2014 will be adjourned until June 8 … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Julian Assange’s lawyers will apply for his release on bail because of the risk of contracting coronavirus while in prison, Wikileaks said on Monday. The Wikileaks founder … Read More

By Stephanie Kelly, Ahmad Ghaddar and Koustav Samanta NEW YORK/LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Prices and profit margins for motor and aviation fuels globally are under severe pressure from a plunge in … Read More

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said on Monday the world body wants $2 billion to help poor countries combat coronavirus and warned that a … Read More

(Reuters) – International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound said on Monday the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are going to be postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a … Read More

By Sanjeev Miglani and Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Monday announced a halt to domestic flights and said the majority of the country was under complete lockdown … Read More

By Jamie Freed and Anshuman Daga SYDNEY/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Widening travel curbs to contain the spread of the coronavirus prompted more flight cancellations on Monday, with new restrictions spanning India, … Read More