Category: World News

By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – The Italian government is planning to extend its lockdown to contain the country’s COVID-19 outbreak until May 3, two trade union … Read More

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday announced a broad, $2.3 trillion effort to bolster local governments and small and mid-sized businesses, the latest in … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow’s zoo said on Thursday that its two giant pandas appeared to miss their usual flow of visitors and were clearly hankering after more human interaction with … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The city of Moscow’s health department said on Thursday it would begin regarding all pneumonia patients as potential sufferers of the new coronavirus and route them to … Read More

By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s Prime Minister Antonio Costa said it was too soon to lift a lockdown to slow the novel coronavirus, even though the number of … Read More

By Emilio Parodi and Silvia Aloisi MILAN (Reuters) – Italian prosecutors are investigating whether malpractice helped spread a coronavirus outbreak in nursing homes in Milan and the surrounding Lombardy region, … Read More

WASSENAAR, Netherlands (Reuters) – A Dutch home for people with dementia has crafted a visiting cabin so that residents can safely meet with family or friends despite the coronavirus outbreak … Read More

By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – Scovia Nakawooya’s unborn child died inside her as she struggled to reach a hospital on foot. She died hours later – one of at … Read More

By Katya Golubkova and Polina Nikolskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) – On Wednesday, March 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that, because of the spread of the new coronavirus, the following week … Read More

BERLIN (Reuters) – Strict social distancing measures have helped Germany to slightly slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, giving cautious hope some of … Read More