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By Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several months before the coronavirus pandemic began, the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing intended to help detect disease … Read More

By Andrea Mandala, Jesús Aguado and Tom Sims MILAN/MADRID/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Corrado Sforza Fogliani is on the frontlines of European efforts to keep the region’s economy alive amid the coronavirus … Read More

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s government on Tuesday announced 20 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 215. All new cases were imported, with the patients having traveled to … Read More

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern urged New Zealanders on Tuesday to reduce contacts to a bare minimum to help fight the coronavirus, as the country … Read More

By Steve Keating and Leika Kihara TORONTO/TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. Olympic organizers joined calls for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, while the … Read More

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he would focus his response to the coronavirus outbreak on helping the poor rather than major companies … Read More

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday the government will double a planned rescue package to contain mounting economic and financial fallout from the coronavirus to … Read More

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Monday he is considering how to reopen the U.S. economy when a 15-day shutdown ends next … Read More

By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) – Joe Biden’s presidential campaign installed a television studio in his basement over the weekend so the Democratic front-runner could demand bolder action from President Donald … Read More

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico had 367 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country on Monday, up from 316 the day before, deputy health secretary Hugo Lopez-Gatell said, with a … Read More