Category: World News

PARIS (Reuters) – France is struggling to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, its top health official Jerome Salomon said on Monday, as authorities consider whether … Read More

By Giuseppe Fonte and Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Italy approved 25 billion euros ($28 billion) of spending measures on Monday to help the fragile economy survive the onslaught of … Read More

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court will postpone its next round of oral arguments that had been scheduled to start later this month, including a high-profile dispute … Read More

By Nadine Awadalla CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will halt all air traffic at its airports from Thursday until March 31 to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly … Read More

BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s state Election Commission postponed on Monday the April 26 general elections because of the coronavirus outbreak and until a state of emergency is lifted. “All the … Read More

By Gabriela Baczynska and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe proposed shutting its external borders to foreigners for 30 days on Monday in a bid to turn the page on … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Mark Green, is to step down from the main U.S. organization for humanitarian assistance, even as the … Read More

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi has told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by telephone that attempts to smear China’s efforts to control the coronavirus “will not … Read More

By Tim Reid and Joshua Schneyer (Reuters) – Lori Spencer had an uneasy feeling after dropping her 81-year-old mother off at the Life Care Center nursing home in Kirkland, Washington … Read More

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz received an official mandate on Monday to try to form Israel’s next government, and called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to join … Read More