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By Ilya Zhegulev KIEV (Reuters) – Authorities in Kiev sealed off a 1,000-year-old Orthodox Christian monastery on Monday after reporting that two of its members had died and more than … Read More

By David Morgan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress struggled to produce a fresh coronavirus relief bill on Monday, as a stubborn standoff between Republicans and Democrats … Read More

By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s nursing homes, which already have seen almost half the country’s total coronavirus deaths, will continue to see fatalities even as the overall number … Read More

By Stephanie Nebehay and Silke Koltrowitz GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) voiced confidence on Monday that the United States would continue funding his U.N. … Read More

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy sailor died on Monday after contracting the coronavirus aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, whose captain was … Read More

By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria will extend lockdowns in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun states for an additional 14 days to combat the new coronavirus, President Muhammadu Buhari said … Read More

By Keith Zhai and Aleksandar Vasovic SINGAPORE/BELGRADE (Reuters) – Last month, six Chinese medical professionals stepped off an Air Serbia jet in Belgrade to a red-carpet welcome from President Aleksandar … Read More

(This April 10 story has been refiled to fix typo in ‘aid’ in paragraph nineteen.) By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told … Read More

By Tracy Rucinski (Reuters) – When Reuters photographer Carlos Barria boarded American Airlines flight 4511 from Washington Reagan National Airport to New Orleans on Friday for an assignment, he was … Read More

By Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) – Albania is relaxing a weekday curfew to allow shoppers longer to collect provisions, but is extending its weekend lockdown and launching police drones to … Read More