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BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Friday reported a fall in new coronavirus cases, particularly imported and asymptomatic infections which authorities fear could see a second wave of COVID-19 as city … Read More

By Ismael Lopez MANAGUA (Reuters) – During Nicaragua’s devastating civil war in the 1980s, youthful revolutionary Daniel Ortega toured every town in the Central American nation, clad in his green … Read More

QUITO (Reuters) – Hundreds of prisoners in Ecuador will begin making coffins to help cover a shortage emerging in Guayaquil, the country’s largest city and the epicenter of one of … Read More

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw another military drill, state media reported Friday, ahead of a meeting of the country’s rubber-stamp parliament, which is going ahead … Read More

By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – Harvey Weinstein, who is serving a prison sentence for rape, has no symptoms of the coronavirus, his spokesman said on Thursday, more than two weeks … Read More

By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council met for the first time on Thursday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic as the 15-member body – charged … Read More

VALLETTA (Reuters) – Malta can no longer guarantee the rescue of migrants or allow their disembarkation during the coronavirus emergency, the Malta government said on Thursday. It said the decision … Read More

By Joan Faus and Belén Carreño MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s prime minister warned on Thursday that nationwide confinement would likely last until May even though he said the worst should … Read More

By Fabian Cambero and Daina Beth Solomon SANTIAGO/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – In the usually bustling streets of the downtown Santiago this week, Chilean great-grandmother Luz Maria Rios was ignoring a … Read More

By David Ljunggren and Kelsey Johnson OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s coronavirus death toll is set to soar from more than 500 currently to as high as 22,000 by the end … Read More