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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday that he had accepted Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly’s resignation. “This morning I accepted Secretary Modly’s resignation. He resigned … Read More

By Jesús Aguado and Joan Faus MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s daily toll of coronavirus deaths rose on Tuesday for the first time in five days, with 743 people succumbing overnight … Read More

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a White House communications shakeup, press secretary Stephanie Grisham announced plans to leave on Tuesday and administration officials said she was expected to … Read More

By Flavio Lo Scalzo and Alex Fraser CERNUSCO SUL NAVIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) – It is just a kiss blown over a video call on a computer tablet to a loved … Read More

By Dan Williams and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) – Israel called on Tuesday for the immediate resumption of indirect talks on the return of two Israeli civilians and the remains … Read More

By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – An Ecuadorian court sentenced former president Rafael Correa on Tuesday to eight years in prison after finding him guilty of corruption charges. Correa, who … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – France has officially registered more than 10,000 deaths from coronavirus infections, making it the fourth country to cross that threshold after Italy, Spain and the United States. … Read More

By Michael Erman and Deena Beasley NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The decades-old drug that President Donald Trump has persistently promoted as a potential weapon against COVID-19 has within a … Read More

By Anggy Polanco and Vivian Sequera SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela – Thousands of Venezuelan migrants who have returned to their country this month amid the coronavirus epidemic have been ordered into … Read More

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Allison Lampert TORONTO/MONTREAL (Reuters) – With deaths in nursing homes making up almost half of Canada’s coronavirus deaths, provinces are taking control of their workforces, … Read More