Category: World News

TOKYO (Reuters) – Some of Japan’s ubiquitous convenience stores have taken a novel approach to social distancing by hanging plastic sheets from the ceiling to provide a barrier between customers … Read More

(Reuters) – Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Restarting crucial industries India is planning to restart some crucial manufacturing to ease the difficulties of the … Read More

By Yen Duong HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) – A Vietnamese entrepreneur in Ho Chi Minh City has invented a 24/7 automatic dispensing machine providing free rice for people out … Read More

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore is preparing to house hundreds of foreign workers in accommodation vessels typically used for offshore and marine industry staff as it races to find alternatives to … Read More

By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Officials in New Zealand and Australia, hailed globally for their early signs of success in combating the spread of the coronavirus, said on Monday … Read More

By Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is planning to restart some manufacturing after April 15 to help offset the economic damage of a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, two government … Read More

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s number of confirmed coronavirus infections has risen by 2,537 to 123,016, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday. That was … Read More

By Estelle Shirbon and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left hospital on Sunday and thanked staff for saving his life from COVID-19, but his government … Read More

By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s congress on Sunday extended a national emergency law that allows the government to prolong certain health measures aimed at curbing the … Read More

By Se Young Lee and Lusha Zhang BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks, driven by a rise in infected … Read More