Category: World News

By John Geddie and Edgar Su SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore will close schools and most workplaces for a month as part of stricter measures to curb a recent jump in … Read More

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Family-owned restaurants fear they could be pitted against larger competitors, hotel chains and potentially investment funds in a race starting on Friday for a … Read More

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy looks set for a slump that in the short term could be deeper than during the depression of the 1930s, as a … Read More

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus rose on Friday to 3,294 as it claimed 134 lives in the past 24 hours, according to Health Ministry Spokesman … Read More

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s national lockdown to try to contain the spread of coronavirus will probably continue beyond the start of May, Angelo Borrelli, the head of the Civil Protection … Read More

By Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Grupo Modelo said on Thursday it will temporarily stop brewing Corona beer and other brands exported to 180 countries after its business … Read More

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s deputy health minister said on Thursday there are no plans for border closures even as the country’s death toll from the coronavirus jumped to 50 … Read More

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany Interior Minister Horst Seehofer wants to extend to another four countries stricter border controls designed to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus and oblige passengers … Read More

By Edward McAllister and Antoine Rolland DAKAR/BANGUI (Reuters) – Medical charity Alima planned to open an emergency operating theatre this week in Burkina Faso, but the project has stalled because … Read More

By Steve Holland and Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday looked set to join local officials in advising Americans to wear masks when venturing out … Read More