Category: World News

By Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Alexandra Ulmer MUMBAI (Reuters) – In an air-conditioned government building in Mumbai, a dozen officials are glued to a giant screen showing live drone and CCTV … Read More

By Duncan Miriri and Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) – Coronavirus cases in Africa could shoot up from thousands now to 10 million within three to six months according to very … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported fewer new coronavirus cases on Thursday that involved travellers arriving from abroad, but said locally transmitted infections rose, with the capital Beijing seeing new local … Read More

By Libby George and Katharine Houreld LAGOS/NAIROBI (Reuters) – Shehu Isah Daiyanu Dumus has run out of cash and says he only has a few handfuls of cassava flour left … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Prince William, the grandson of Queen Elizabeth, has opened an emergency COVID-19 hospital built in just eight days in the exhibition centre of Britain’s second city, Birmingham. … Read More

By Callaghan O’Hare FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – As a first-time mother with no idea what to expect, Nancy Pedroza was convinced the hospital was the safest place to have … Read More

MAASTRICHT, Netherlands (Reuters) – In the Dutch city of Maastricht the Salvation Army has converted a former prison into rooms for homeless people who can no longer safely stay at … Read More

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is in the spotlight as it champions the global fight against the new coronavirus but faces a funding freeze … Read More

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – Coronavirus outbreaks across the Middle East threaten to shatter the lives of millions of already destitute people in conflict zones, and could fuel socio-economic … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Lawmakers will quiz ministers via videolink next week as part of moves to make Britain’s centuries-old House of Commons a “hybrid” parliament to help prevent the spread … Read More