Category: World News

By Polina Ivanova and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Opponents of Vladimir Putin’s plans to amend the constitution so that he can run for president again in 2024 said on … Read More

By Waruna Karunatilake and Asif Shahzad COLOMBO/RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Sri Lanka imposed a nationwide weekend curfew on Friday as South Asian countries escalated efforts to check the spread of … Read More

By Dan Whitcomb and David Shepardson LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – California issued an unprecedented statewide “stay at home” order on Thursday for its 40 million residents and Washington warned Americans … Read More

By Fathin Ungku SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore launched a contact-tracing smartphone app to allow authorities to identify those who have been exposed to people infected with coronavirus as part of … Read More

By Giulia Paravicini and Duncan Miriri ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) – Africa will likely see higher numbers of coronavirus cases in coming weeks because of the likelihood some are slipping through … Read More

ROME (Reuters) – The president of Lombardy said on Friday the government had agreed to deploy the army in his region to enforce the lockdown against the coronavirus epidemic, which … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – France is only at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis and is in a race to curb its progress, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday. “We are … Read More

By Kirsti Knolle VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria will extend its coronavirus restrictions until April 13 in efforts to curb the pandemic, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Friday, and tighter controls … Read More

By Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian worshippers scuffled with Israeli police in East Jerusalem on Friday as crowds headed to Al-Aqsa Mosque to pray, amid a partial lockdown imposed … Read More

NICOSIA (Reuters) – Religious leaders of Cyprus said on Friday they were joined in prayer to fight coronavirus in a rare display of unity on the war-divided island. Leaders of … Read More