Category: World News

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – A former North Korean diplomat has won a parliamentary seat in South Korea’s swankiest district, four years after fleeing a London embassy and defecting … Read More

ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s government is due to unveil on Thursday how it plans to relax the country’s shutdown put in place to halt the spread of the new coronavirus … Read More

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand on Thursday reported 29 new coronavirus cases and 3 new deaths, bringing it to a total of 2,672 cases and 46 fatalities since the outbreak there … Read More

By Stephanie Nebehay and Jeff Mason GENEVA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday he regrets U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull funding … Read More

By Ismael Lopez MANAGUA (Reuters) – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega appeared on Wednesday in a live broadcast on national television after being absent from public life for a month, raising … Read More

By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives is looking “very closely” at how its members could vote from outside the Capitol as a coronavirus-forced recess looks … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that data suggested the country had passed the peak on new coronavirus infections, and said he would announce “new guidelines” … Read More

By Steve Holland and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to shut down Congress so he could fill vacancies in his administration without Senate … Read More

SAN JUAN (Reuters) – A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday that bankrupt Puerto Rico cannot fund more than $300 million in annual pension and health costs for its municipalities, but … Read More

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Coronavirus fraud is being targeted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under a new operation that has led to the seizure of bogus … Read More