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By Josh Smith and Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean officials on Friday reported 91 patients thought cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again. Jeong Eun-kyeong, director … Read More

By Tangi Salaün PARIS (Reuters) – As head of the urgent cases team in the Mulhouse ambulance service, Marc Noizet has been at the eye of the coronavirus storm that … Read More

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday that the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units across the state dropped in the last … Read More

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper rang his South Korean counterpart this week, he pressed for a deal quickly on defense … Read More

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices fell by the most in more than five years in March and further decreases are likely as the novel coronavirus outbreak … Read More

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s confirmed cases of coronavirus increased by 4,747 and 98 people died in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll from the disease to 1,006, … Read More

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic U.S. senators will introduce legislation on Friday seeking to reaffirm the country’s commitment to global health amid the coronavirus crisis, including … Read More

By Linda Sieg and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Metropolitan Tokyo asked some businesses to close and the ancient capital of Kyoto warned tourists to stay away as Japan battles … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional leaders and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will hold bipartisan negotiations on the contents of a new coronavirus response bill with the goal of reaching a … Read More

(Reuters) – 3M Co <MMM.N> said it filed a lawsuit against Performance Supply LLC on Friday, alleging that the New Jersey-based company had posed as an authorized vendor of 3M-branded … Read More