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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper defended the Navy’s controversial decision to remove the commander of a coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier, who was reported on Sunday to have tested … Read More

By Nathan Layne (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday he believed there needed to be a mass rollout of rapid testing in order to achieve a … Read More

MILAN (Reuters) – The death toll from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 525 to 15,887, the lowest daily death toll in more than two weeks, while the number … Read More

(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 304,826 cases of coronavirus, an increase of 27,621 cases from its previous count, and said the … Read More

By Vicente Gaibor del Pino and Yury Garcia GUAYAQUIL (Reuters) – Ecuador’s government has begun storing the bodies of victims of the coronavirus in giant refrigerated containers as hundreds of … Read More

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Franciscan friars wearing surgical masks and gloves made house calls in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, delivering olive branches to Christians who are self-isolating as a precaution against … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top official at the U.S. Federal Reserve said on Sunday the $2.3 trillion economic relief bill approved by Congress was appropriately sized and that a further … Read More

By Richard Lough and Andreas Rinke PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) – From Europe to South America, U.S. allies are complaining about the superpower’s “Wild West” tactics in outbidding or blocking shipments to … Read More

(Reuters) – New York state reported 594 deaths from the coronavirus and 8,327 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, increasing the numbers to 4,159 dead and 122,000 cases … Read More

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Shroud of Turin, the mysterious linen some Christians believe is Jesus’ burial cloth, will go on virtual display on Saturday, an extraordinary … Read More