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By Yilei Sun and Norihiko Shirouzu BEIJING (Reuters) – China is considering temporarily easing quotas designed to boost production of electric cars to help automakers badly bruised by the coronavirus … Read More

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia confirmed on Wednesday 149 new coronavirus infections, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 1,677, a health ministry official said. Achmad Yurianto reported 21 … Read More

PRAGUE (Reuters) – The tally of coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic has exceeded 3,000 as the central European country ramps up testing and keeps strict measures in place to … Read More

By Giuseppe Fonte, Angelo Amante and George Georgiopoulos ROME/ATHENS (Reuters) – Bricklayer Salvatore La Barbera is worried that in a matter of days his family of four will run out … Read More

By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, California (Reuters) – As the coronavirus outbreak forced classes online, Boston Public Schools ordered 20,000 laptops and had them in hand in four days – an … Read More

ROME (Reuters) – Italy will extend anti-coronavirus lockdown restrictions imposed last month to April 13, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Wednesday. “We must not confuse the first positive signals … Read More

BERLIN (Reuters) – Two-thirds of Lufthansa’s global staff will work reduced hours after the German airline grounded much of its fleet due to the coronavirus pandemic, Lufthansa said on Wednesday. … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese health authorities began on Wednesday reporting on asymptomatic cases of the coronavirus as part of an effort to allay public fears that people could be spreading … Read More

By Nick Brown and Dan Whitcomb NEW YORK/ LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The U.S. government raced on Tuesday to build hundreds of makeshift hospitals near major cities as healthcare systems … Read More

By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) – U.S. air strikes in Somalia killed two civilians and injured three in February, human rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Wednesday, … Read More