Category: World News

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia reported its biggest daily jump in coronavirus infections after identifying 436 new cases, taking the total to 8,211, data provided by health ministry official Achmad Yurianto … Read More

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian health authorities on Friday reported 88 new coronavirus cases and one more death. That brought the cumulative total to 5,691 cases in Malaysia, with the … Read More

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of Hong Kong students were among the first in the world to take their final secondary school exams on Friday, all wearing face masks and … Read More

By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) – In Nigeria’s Benue state, the food basket of the country, Mercy Yialase sits in front of her idle rice mill. Demand is high across … Read More

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ Health Ministry on Friday reported that confirmed cases of the new coronavirus have risen to more than 7,000. In a bulletin, the ministry recorded 211 … Read More

(Reuters) – Apple Inc <AAPL.O> said on Thursday it has found “no evidence” a flaw in its email app for iPhones and iPads has been used against customers, and that … Read More

By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Brazilians who make up Portugal’s biggest migrant community mainly came to Europe in search of a better life, but the coronavirus crisis has wiped … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Friday reported 5,849 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing its nationwide tally to 68,622. Sixty people with the virus died overnight, pushing the … Read More

By Hideto Sakai and Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) – As stores have closed across Japan during a state of emergency, some pachinko parlours remain defiantly open, sparking concern the noisy … Read More

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore registered 897 new coronavirus infections on Friday, taking its total number of cases to 12,075. The health ministry said the vast majority of the new cases … Read More