Category: World News

By Lucien Libert PARIS (Reuters) – In a nursing home in Paris, bodies have been left decomposing in bedrooms and the smell of death seeps under doors after the coronavirus … Read More

LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said on Friday he would propose next week extending a national lockdown till May 1 as the number of coronavirus cases … Read More

(Reuters) – Some European countries have announced plans to ease restrictions on social life, transport and cross-border travel put in place since mid-March to battle the spread of the novel … Read More

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore reported 198 new coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the total in the city-state to 2,108. The Southeast Asian island nation, which is under partial lockdown to … Read More

By Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – On an eerie Good Friday in Jerusalem, a handful of Franciscan friars – some wearing face masks – commemorated Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection along … Read More

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The small Bavarian town of Oberammergau has yet to record any cases of the new coronavirus, and its pastor believes a 17th century promise could be the … Read More

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – There were around 2,000 more deaths in the Netherlands in the first week of April than would normally be expected, its statistics office said on Friday, likely … Read More

By Zeba Siddiqui and Sumit Khanna NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD (Reuters) – India is set to begin shipping the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to the United States where President Donald Trump has touted … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he has directed his agriculture secretary to expedite help to farmers, especially small farmers, hurt by the economic disruption caused … Read More

ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakhstan will extend a state of emergency declared over the coronavirus outbreak until the end of April, but will allow some businesses to reopen after a two-week … Read More