Category: World News

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Ten Jewish worshippers wearing face masks prayed at the Western Wall on Sunday at a special “Priestly Blessing” during the holiday of Passover, an event usually attended … Read More

By Victoria Waldersee LISBON (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak spread further into Portuguese care homes over the Easter weekend, with 100 new cases of COVID-19 reported in a single residence … Read More

TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Chinese naval flotilla led by the country’s first aircraft carrier passed by the eastern and southern coasts of Taiwan on Sunday to carry out drills, the … Read More

By Tsvetelia Tsolova SOFIA (Reuters) – Clad in protective masks and gloves, a few dozen pious Orthodox Christians prayed for health on Sunday at the Bulgarian capital Sofia’s expansive Saint … Read More

(This April 11 story has been refiled to replace “boost” with “cut” in paragraph six.) By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. senators from oil states who recently introduced … Read More

By Huizhong Wu and Yew Lun Tian SUIFENHE, China (Reuters) – Chinese cities near the border with Russia said on Sunday they would tighten border controls and quarantine measures on … Read More

By Ann Saphir and Lindsay Dunsmuir SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the U.S. Federal Reserve rolls out trillions of dollars to blunt the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, there’s … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from a London hospital and will continue his recovery from COVID-19 at his country residence of Chequers, his office … Read More

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday drew an angry response from some Twitter users after sharing a video of himself lounging on a sofa with his … Read More

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands has topped 25,000, health authorities said on Sunday, with the number of deaths rising by 94 to 2,737. … Read More