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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Tropical Cyclone Harold lashed the South Pacific island of Vanuatu for a second day on Tuesday, ripping off roofs and downing telecommunications, and was moving towards Fiji … Read More

By Nathan Layne and Peter Szekely NEW YORK (Reuters) – The governors of New York, New Jersey and Louisiana pointed to tentative signs on Monday that the coronavirus outbreak may … Read More

By Abhirup Roy and Nupur Anand MUMBAI (Reuters) – Police in India lodged a case this week against an unknown online fraudster who tried selling the world’s largest statue for … Read More

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand reported 38 new coronavirus infections and the death of a 54-year-old man on Tuesday, a spokesman for a government agency said. In addition to 16 new … Read More

By Angela Moore NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nadia, the tiger who tested positive for the novel coronavirus in New York, and six other big cats who developed a dry cough … Read More

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The president of El Salvador warned on Monday that security forces had been ordered to enforce quarantine orders more rigorously to prevent the spread of the … Read More

By Linda Sieg and Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is to impose a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other prefectures as early as Tuesday to contain the … Read More

By Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) – While most people in the Chinese city of Wuhan were hunkered down in their homes at the height of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, … Read More

SYDNEY (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday she had rejected her health minister’s offer to resign for breaching nationwide lockdown rules as doing so would … Read More

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday approved the extension of lockdown and home quarantine measures covering more than half of the population, a crisis panel official said, … Read More