Category: World News

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A California case worker hears screaming as she tries to conduct a telephone session for a child abuse prevention agency; an Oregon doctor … Read More

By Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will decide during its Golden Week holiday between April 29 and May 6 whether to extend its month-long state of emergency to fight … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth turned 94 on Tuesday but the coronavirus lockdown meant there was little fanfare to mark the occasion. Elizabeth, the world’s eldest and longest-reigning monarch, … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday sent her condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the after the “appalling” mass shooting in the Canadian province … Read More

By Marafaele Mohloboli MASERU (Reuters) – Lesotho’s government has agreed with South African mediators and political parties to implement a “dignified retirement” for prime minister Thomas Thabane, a joint statement … Read More

By Ross Kerber and Jonnelle Marte BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Senators from both major U.S. parties are pressing the Federal Reserve to say more about the role that climate considerations … Read More

By Humeyra Pamuk and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States is preparing a “substantial contribution” to help Yemen combat the coronavirus, but it may have to find … Read More

ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 1,187, the country’s public health agency said on Tuesday, rising from 1,142 people on Monday. The number … Read More

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese MPs were sprayed with sanitizer as they arrived for a legislative session on Tuesday that was relocated from the Beirut parliament building to a theatre to … Read More

By Maikel Jefriando and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia will ban its traditional annual exodus by people streaming out of cities at the end of the Muslim … Read More