Category: World News

DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar has removed exit visa requirements for an additional segment of its foreign labour force, including some of those working in the oil and gas industry, according … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – France is trying to facilitate the repatriation of 130,000 of its nationals stuck overseas due to the coronavirus outbreak, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday. … Read More

By Sarah Wu and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – When Hong Kong student Wendy received a question from her geography teacher during an online class, she scrambled to unmute … Read More

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Apple Inc <AAPL.O> is limiting customer purchases of iPhones over its online stores in many countries including the United States and China to a maximum of two … Read More

By Colin Packham and Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Friday delayed its federal budget by five months to October saying the coronavirus pandemic made it impossible to make … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian scientists have begun testing prototypes of potential vaccines against the new coronavirus on animals in a laboratory in Siberia, Russia’s consumer health regulator said on Friday. … Read More

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The U.N. refugee agency and Rohingya community leaders in Malaysia are stepping up efforts to get refugees who attended a Muslim gathering to come forward for … Read More

By Dan Whitcomb and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California’s governor on Thursday issued an unprecedented statewide “stay at home order” directing the state’s 40 million residents to hunker … Read More

SEOUL (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan expressed their support for Tokyo to host “complete” Tokyo Olympics at a video conference held on Friday, South … Read More

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will cancel an in-person meeting of G7 leaders at Camp David in June because of the coronavirus and will hold a … Read More