Category: World News

By Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) – The number of cases of the new coronavirus in the Czech Republic has risen past 5,000, although a slower growth rate allowed the health … Read More

By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) – Being overweight is a major risk for people infected with the new coronavirus and the United States is particularly vulnerable because of high … Read More

By Gram Slattery and Sergio Queiroz RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Despite stay-at-home orders aiming to protect people from the new coronavirus, many of Rio de Janeiro’s famous beaches have … Read More

By Tina Bellon (Reuters) – Tesla Inc <TSLA.O> told employees on Tuesday it would furlough all non-essential workers and implement salary cuts during a shut down of its U.S. production … Read More

By Aditya Kalra and Alexandra Ulmer NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing criticism for creating a new coronavirus relief fund when about $500 million was … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – The French government is working on a smartphone app that could warn users if they came into contact with a coronavirus carrier, ministers said on Wednesday, in … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – Major economies are seeing the biggest monthly slump in activity ever amid the coronavirus crisis and no end is in sight without clarity about how long lockdowns … Read More

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Central Bank told euro zone finance ministers that the bloc may need fiscal measures worth up to 1.5 trillion euros ($1.6 trillion) this year to … Read More

By Brenda Goh and Thomas Suen WUHAN, China (Reuters) – The Chinese city where the new coronavirus emerged ended its more-than two-month lockdown on Wednesday, even as a small northern … Read More

By Cate Cadell and Yawen Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – As the world grapples with the escalating coronavirus pandemic, China reopened the city of Wuhan on Wednesday, allowing its 11 million … Read More