Category: World News

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s death toll from the novel coronavirus could reach 400,000 without measures to stem the contagion, according to a health ministry projection reported by local media. A … Read More

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand reported 30 new coronavirus cases and 2 deaths on Wednesday. Of the new cases, 19 patients were linked to previous cases, and three had no links … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc’s <TSLA.O> China car registrations jumped 450% in March, month on month, data from auto consultancy LMC Automotive showed. Tesla’s China registrations … Read More

By Phuong Nguyen and James Pearson HANOI (Reuters) – A new decree took effect in Vietnam on Wednesday introducing fines for the dissemination of ‘fake news’ or rumours on social … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said he has secured the agreement of three of the five permanent members of the United Nations’ Security Council to back a call … Read More

By Doina Chiacu and Maria Caspani WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City, the hardest hit U.S. city in the coronavirus pandemic, revised its official COVID-19 death toll sharply higher … Read More

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s citizens should do everything in their power to limit interactions with others by 70% to curb the spread of the coronavirus, government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said … Read More

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus … Read More

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, ministers in her government and public service chief executives will take a 20% pay cut for the next six months amid … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department has ordered President Donald Trump’s name to be printed on checks the Internal Revenue Service is planning to send to tens of millions … Read More