Category: World News

By Lucas Jackson and Brendan McDermid NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City officials have hired contract laborers to bury the dead in its potter’s field on Hart Island as … Read More

By Bruno Kelly MANAUS (Reuters) – Brazil’s Amazonas state warned on Thursday that its health system has been overwhelmed by the coronavirus epidemic, with all intensive care beds and ventilators … Read More

By Ange Aboa and Aaron Ross ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The use of child labour on cocoa farms in top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana has risen over the past decade … Read More

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is lifting a freeze on weapons exports to Saudi Arabia and has renegotiated a much-criticized $14 billion contract to sell General Dynamics Corp … Read More

By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) – U.S. deaths due to coronavirus topped 16,400 on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, although there are signs the outbreak might be nearing a peak. … Read More

By Mohammed Ghobari and Abdulrahman Al Ansi ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) – A nationwide ceasefire in response to the global coronavirus outbreak went into effect in Yemen on Thursday, raising hope for … Read More

By Andy Bruce and William James LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson left intensive care on Thursday evening as he continues to recover from COVID-19, but he remains under … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab led a nationwide show of appreciation for health service workers on Thursday, standing in for his boss, Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In what … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Republican U.S. senator introduced legislation on Thursday to remove American troops from Saudi Arabia, adding pressure on the kingdom to tighten its oil taps to reverse … Read More

By Nelson Bocanegra SOACHA, Colombia (Reuters) – Sandra Sierra is praying for someone to bring her and her family food amid Colombia’s coronavirus quarantine. Her teenage son Kevin is at … Read More