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By Elizabeth Piper and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak at the heart of the UK government spread on Monday with Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior adviser, Dominic … Read More

By Costas Pitas and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) – Some lockdown measures to combat coronavirus in Britain could last months and only be gradually lifted, a senior medical official said … Read More

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel will continue to lead the government from home, despite testing negative for coronavirus for a third time, a German government spokesman said on … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives is not expected to meet again in regular session sooner than Monday April 20, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Democrat, advised … Read More

By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro stepped up his stand-off with state governments on Monday by suggesting that democracy could be at risk if the coronavirus … Read More

PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech government is extending measures to curb the coronavirus outbreak by keeping most shops and restaurants closed and limiting people’s movements until April 11, its press … Read More

STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – French fire crews accustomed to attending road traffic accidents and putting out fires are adapting to a new line of work — first responders in the … Read More

By Marton Dunai and Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s parliament granted nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban the right to rule by decree on Monday to fight the coronavirus, ignoring … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was “full of vigor” on Monday morning at a cabinet meeting he chaired remotely while in self-isolation after testing positive for coronavirus, … Read More

By Steven Scheer and Tova Cohen TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel’s defense ministry plans to use software that analyses data gathered from mobile phones – produced, according to Israeli media, … Read More