Category: World News

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy sailor died on Monday after contracting the coronavirus aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, whose captain was … Read More

By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria will extend lockdowns in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun states for an additional 14 days to combat the new coronavirus, President Muhammadu Buhari said … Read More

By Keith Zhai and Aleksandar Vasovic SINGAPORE/BELGRADE (Reuters) – Last month, six Chinese medical professionals stepped off an Air Serbia jet in Belgrade to a red-carpet welcome from President Aleksandar … Read More

(This April 10 story has been refiled to fix typo in ‘aid’ in paragraph nineteen.) By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told … Read More

By Tracy Rucinski (Reuters) – When Reuters photographer Carlos Barria boarded American Airlines flight 4511 from Washington Reagan National Airport to New Orleans on Friday for an assignment, he was … Read More

By Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) – Albania is relaxing a weekday curfew to allow shoppers longer to collect provisions, but is extending its weekend lockdown and launching police drones to … Read More

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 4,585, with 111 more overnight, a health ministry official said on Monday, adding the total number of … Read More

(Reuters) – The governors of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Delaware said on Monday that they planned to coordinate on a plan to reopen businesses and … Read More

By Paola Luelmo and Nathan Allen MADRID (Reuters) – Spain let some businesses get back to work on Monday, but one of the strictest lockdowns in Europe remained in place … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced he was extending a virtual lockdown to curb the coronavirus outbreak until May 11, adding that progress had been made … Read More