Category: World News

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands announced a further 148 deaths linked to the coronavirus on Friday, bringing the country’s total to 1,487. It also confirmed 1,026 new coronavirus cases, taking … Read More

By Laurence Frost and Anthony Deutsch PARIS/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Air France-KLM is in talks with banks to receive up to 6 billion euros ($6.5 billion) in loans guaranteed by the … Read More

APFELSTAEDT, Germany (Reuters) – Countries’ procurement agents are fighting each other in China for access to the protective equipment that must play a key role in stemming the spread of … Read More

By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) – Italy and Spain, the two European countries hardest hit by the new coronavirus, have enforced the most drastic lockdowns to curb the pandemic but … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – French high-school school students will not sit the traditional ‘baccalaureat’ (bac) exam this summer due to the coronavirus, the education minister said on Friday, an unprecedented move … Read More

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s health ministry reported 10 more coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the tally to 237. More than 73,000 coronavirus tests have been carried out in Vietnam, it … Read More

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Confusion reigned on Friday in some Hong Kong pubs and bars, after authorities ordered a two-week closure from 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) to curb a coronavirus … Read More

By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Friday sounded alarm about the surge in coronavirus cases in Japan, adding to a chorus of prominent domestic voices – … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Friday said the coronavirus situation in Russia could yet develop into a worst case scenario, and that the epidemic has not … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – The deadliest peak of Britain’s coronavirus outbreak could be on Easter Sunday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Friday. When asked about reports that the death rate … Read More