Category: World News

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece said it would ban road and sea routes, as well as flights, to Albania and North Macedonia on Sunday, as well as banning flights to and … Read More

SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria will raise the salaries of all medics involved in treating coronavirus patients by 1,000 levs ($566) per month and offer liquidity support for businesses hit by … Read More

JEBEL FIHRAYN, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – As Saudi Arabia suspended international flights and shuttered entertainment venues this weekend over coronavirus fears, locals and residents once again turned to wide-open desert … Read More

By John Irish and Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) – French voters appeared to be holding back from taking part in local elections on Sunday after the government pressed … Read More

BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Michel Aoun declared a medical state of emergency in Lebanon on Sunday and called on people to work from home as the country steps up measures … Read More

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – France will shut shops, restaurants and entertainment facilities from Sunday with its 67 million people told to stay home to help fight the rapid … Read More

By Geert De Clercq and Matthias Blamont PARIS (Reuters) – The Cafe de Flore, once the drinking hole of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, and the Brasserie Lipp continued … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – Some United States politicians are using coronavirus as a weapon to smear China, the Xinhua official news agency said on Sunday, as a war of words escalated … Read More

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – Britain told manufacturers to ramp up the country’s production of ventilators and ordered private hospitals to prepare for an overspill of patients from the … Read More

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s food retailers appealed to shoppers on Sunday to stop panic buying during the coronavirus outbreak, saying purchasing more than they need would mean … Read More