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KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan government freed 100 Taliban prisoners on Wednesday as a first step in a peace process with the hardline Islamists, despite the group’s suspension of talks … Read More
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron visited a French doctor in Marseille on Thursday whose work on an anti-malaria drug has been promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a … Read More
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday extended a lockdown aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus by two weeks to the end of April. Africa’s … Read More
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – On the day he nearly lost his job for supporting strict social distancing measures, Brazil’s health minister took another stand in … Read More
(Reuters) – A California retail developer claims the state’s coronavirus lockdown was an act of God that prevented it from completing a $4.2 million property acquisition, asking a court to … Read More
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s competition authority ruled on Thursday that Google must pay French publishing companies and news agencies for re-using their content. The U.S. tech firm said it would … Read More
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American and British cybersecurity officials are warning that state-backed hackers and online criminals are taking advantage of the coronavirus outbreak to further their operations, … Read More
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis presided at a scaled-down Holy Thursday Mass in an empty St. Peter’s Basilica, praising ordinary doctors, nurses and priests who risk … Read More
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc <UBER.N> on Thursday said it plans to ship millions of face masks to its active drivers and food delivery people around the … Read More
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A staggering 16.8 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in the last three weeks, with weekly new claims topping 6 million for the … Read More
