Category: World News

ROME (Reuters) – Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 604 on Tuesday, a lower daily tally than the 636 seen the day before, while the number of … Read More

By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA/LA PAZ (Reuters) – Activists in Latin America are scrambling to house and feed animals abandoned by owners who misguidedly fear their pets will infect them with … Read More

By Anna Rzhevkina, Hilary Russ and Toby Sterling GDYNIA/NEW YORK/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The lockdown of millions of people at home across the globe due to the coronavirus should have been … Read More

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job openings fell in February, suggesting the labor market was losing momentum even before stringent measures to control the novel coronavirus outbreak shuttered … Read More

GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization has no blanket recommendation for countries and regions for easing measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, but urged them not … Read More

(Reuters) – New York state overtook Italy on Tuesday, reporting overall coronavirus cases second in the world only to Spain, according to a Reuters tally. The U.S. state has 138,836 … Read More

PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech lawmakers on Tuesday approved keeping the state of emergency in the country in place until April 30, a shorter extension than the government had sought to … Read More

By Wendell Roelf and Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s main health workers’ union planned to challenge the government in court on Tuesday over shortages of protective gear for … Read More

By Nathan Layne and Maria Caspani (Reuters) – New York has suffered its deadliest day in the novel coronavirus pandemic, with 731 fatalities in the last 24 hours, although Governor … Read More

By Gwladys Fouche and Victoria Klesty OSLO (Reuters) – Norway, one of the first European countries to curb activities to rein in the spread of the coronavirus, will relax restrictions … Read More