Category: World News

By Raul Cadenas and Elena Rodriguez MADRID (Reuters) – Doctor Cristina Fernandez stands in a residential Madrid stairway, both feet in a red plastic bag while a coworker gingerly peels … Read More

By Doina Chiacu and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, two prominent figures in the U.S. coronavirus crisis who are often at … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – Mainland China reported on Wednesday 30 new coronavirus cases, 23 of which were so-called imported cases involving travellers from overseas, up from 11 a day earlier. The … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia recorded 5,236 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, bringing its nationwide tally to 57,999, the Russian coronavirus crisis response centre said on Wednesday. Fifty-seven … Read More

SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria said on Wednesday it had 1,015 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, up from 975 the day before. Although increases had been gradual for more than … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – One third of British households said they were likely to need government support within the next three months to weather the coronavirus outbreak, according to a survey … Read More

CAIRO (Reuters) – Last April, medical student Mohamed Amashah stood on Cairo’s Tahrir Square and held up a sign saying “Freedom for prisoners”. He was detained. Now awaiting trial for … Read More

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has entered what the government calls “Phase 3” of the spread of the new coronavirus, the most serious stage, as transmission of the virus is … Read More

By Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) – Dressed in a hazmat suit, two masks and a face shield, Du Mingjun knocked on the mahogany door of a flat in a … Read More

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand on Wednesday reported 15 new coronavirus cases and one new death, continuing a trend of lower numbers of new cases. Despite the slowing of new cases, … Read More