Category: World News

By Lusha Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – Mainland China reported on Tuesday no coronavirus deaths for the first time since the pandemic began and a drop in new … Read More

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday declared a state of emergency to fight coronavirus infections in major population centres and … Read More

By Fabiano Franchitti ROME (Reuters) – Cecilia Bartalena, a doctor treating coronavirus victims, lives in terror – torn between the oath she has taken to heal the sick and the … Read More

By John Revill and Emma Farge ZURICH/LAUSANNE (Reuters) – Switzerland’s president called on the public to stick with emergency measures designed to halt the spread of the new coronavirus, saying … Read More

By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Leaders of Hungary’s Roma people said on Tuesday the coronavirus pandemic posed a grave threat to the already precarious status of the marginalised minority, … Read More

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators want to know if Facebook’s online marketplace benefits unfairly from its treasure trove of data, according to a questionnaire seen … Read More

MADRID (Reuters) – While most Spanish companies are shut amid the coronavirus pandemic, coffin-making firm Ataudes Chao has been working around the clock and hiring staff to meet unprecedented demand … Read More

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s health ministry on Tuesday warned that the country was facing an acute shortage of doctors as the country seeks to ramp up hospital care to … Read More

By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s parliament discussed a prisoner release law on Tuesday which aims to ease overcrowding in jails and protect detainees from the coronavirus, but which … Read More

By Stephen Grey and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – It was early spring when British scientists laid out the bald truth to their government. It was “highly likely,” they said, … Read More