Category: World News

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The death toll in Turkey due to the coronavirus rose to nine, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said late on Friday, after five elderly patients died of the … Read More

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel reported its first fatality from the coronavirus on Friday, an 88-year-old man who suffered from previous illnesses. The Health Ministry said in a statement he had … Read More

By Steve Holland and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday took Boeing Co <BA.N> and some airlines to task for buying back shares with the … Read More

By Maria Caspani, Alessandra Rafferty and Daphne Psaledakis NEW YORK (Reuters) – It’s more than 10 months until Christmas, but as the global coronavirus pandemic takes hold in the United … Read More

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s president on Friday ordered a general lockdown, limiting citizens’ free movement in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The government later said in … Read More

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Friday that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases had risen by 52 to 202, with the first cases recorded … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The impact of the global coronavirus pandemic will be “quite severe,” but a long expansionary period and high employment rates mean the global economy should weather the … Read More

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s imported coronavirus cases have risen to a record 228, data showed on Friday, as infected travellers spread to ever more provinces, adding pressure on authorities to … Read More

SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Costa Rica currently has 109 active cases of coronavirus infection, the health ministry said on Friday. Two people have died from coronavirus in the Central American … Read More

By Allison Martell and Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s health system is preparing for an influx of coronavirus patients in the midst of a long-running bed shortage, calling doctors … Read More