Category: World News

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s death toll from coronavirus soared to 1,720 on Sunday from 1,326 the day before, according to latest data from the Health Ministry. The one-day rise in … Read More

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Oita prefecture confirmed two new coronavirus infections at a medical center on Sunday, bringing the total at the facility to 14 and making it a suspected … Read More

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has turned its “Athlete’s Village” built for the 2018 Asian Games into an emergency hospital with a capacity to hold more than 4,000 patients, authorities said … Read More

By Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia deployed the army on Sunday to enforce a two-week curb on travel in a country that has the highest number of coronavirus … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian military will start sending medical help to Italy from Sunday to help it to battle the new coronavirus after receiving an order from President Vladimir … Read More

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan further tightened travel controls on Sunday to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, suspending the transit of airline passengers through Taiwan from March 24 until … Read More

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore will not allow any short-term visitors to transit or enter the city-state in its latest measures to fight the spread of the coronavirus and to conserve … Read More

(This March 21 story corrects corrects FAO official’s title in paragraph 4) By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Lockdowns and panic food buying due to the coronavirus pandemic could ignite … Read More

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s foreign ministry said late on Saturday that it will allow a limited number of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States to legally … Read More

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s health and labor ministers resigned on Saturday, just hours after officials announced the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus had shot up to over … Read More