Category: World News

By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) – Drugs being re-purposed in hopes they will help against COVID-19 cost little to make but may prove challenging to produce in quantities needed for … Read More

By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s 75-year-old leader, known for his folksy style, released a workout video on Thursday, saying it shows citizens how to exercise in confined spaces … Read More

MANILA (Reuters) – Some Catholic penitents flagellated themselves and prayed outside closed churches in the Philippines to commemorate the death of Jesus on Good Friday, despite strict government orders for … Read More

By Inti Landauro (Reuters) – For young doctors like 26-year-old Christian Vigil, battling on the frontline against the new coronavirus is a journey back in time to an era they … Read More

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Britain appears to be sticking to its plan to seek a free trade deal with the EU by the end of 2020 even though formal talks have … Read More

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – One Catholic priest in rural coastal Ireland delivered socially-distanced blessings from a moving vintage “popemobile”. Another in Germany taped pictures of his parishioners … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – Fifty crew members aboard France’s sole aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, have tested positive for the new coronavirus and parts of the ship have been put … Read More

By Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) – China’s Wuhan city, where the global coronavirus pandemic began, is still testing residents regularly despite relaxing its tough two-month lockdown, with the country … Read More

By Joseph Sipalan and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia extended movement and travel restrictions on Friday for another two weeks until April 28 to stem the coronavirus outbreak … Read More

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has criticised the United States’ handling of the coronavirus outbreak as too slow, the latest sign of tensions between the two allies … Read More