Category: World News

By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – A last-ditch effort by the chief executives of major U.S. airlines to try to win cash grants to weather the coronavirus … Read More

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – In Argentina’s nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus, one magical being has been handed a presidential exemption: the tooth fairy. President Alberto Fernandez earlier … Read More

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration said late on Saturday it will close the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center and New York LaGuardia Control … Read More

By Krystal Hu and Rebekah Mathew (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc said on Saturday it is raising overtime pay for associates working in its U.S. warehouses as the world’s largest online … Read More

By Joan Faus MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government said on Saturday it would do whatever was needed to combat the coronavirus pandemic and warned that “the worst is yet … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea on Saturday welcomed what it said was a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying it was a … Read More

WASHINGTON, MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and his Mexican counterpart, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, agreed on Saturday on the importance of preserving bilateral trade and critical services, … Read More

GAZA (Reuters) – The first two cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the densely-populated Gaza Strip, Palestinian health officials said on Sunday. Two Palestinians who had traveled from Pakistan … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said he and his wife will be tested for coronavirus later on Saturday after a member of his staff tested positive. “The … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron threatened to close France’s border with Britain on Friday if Prime Minister Boris Johnson failed to take more stringent measures to contain the … Read More