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By Michel Rose and Gabriela Baczynska PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron is leading a push for the European Union to acquire more powers to respond in healthcare emergencies, … Read More

By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Billionaire media mogul Mike Bloomberg will transfer $18 million to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and several of the field offices from his 2020 … Read More

LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s health authority announced on Friday that from next week anyone entering the country from abroad must self-quarantine for 14 days as its number of confirmed coronavirus … Read More

By Artorn Pookasook BANGKOK (Reuters) – A cafe in Thailand has started using a pulley system to serve coffee on wheels as coronavirus infections force businesses to practice social distancing. … Read More

By Polina Ivanova and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Opponents of Vladimir Putin’s plans to amend the constitution so that he can run for president again in 2024 said on … Read More

By Waruna Karunatilake and Asif Shahzad COLOMBO/RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Sri Lanka imposed a nationwide weekend curfew on Friday as South Asian countries escalated efforts to check the spread of … Read More

By Dan Whitcomb and David Shepardson LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – California issued an unprecedented statewide “stay at home” order on Thursday for its 40 million residents and Washington warned Americans … Read More

By Fathin Ungku SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore launched a contact-tracing smartphone app to allow authorities to identify those who have been exposed to people infected with coronavirus as part of … Read More

By Giulia Paravicini and Duncan Miriri ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) – Africa will likely see higher numbers of coronavirus cases in coming weeks because of the likelihood some are slipping through … Read More

ROME (Reuters) – The president of Lombardy said on Friday the government had agreed to deploy the army in his region to enforce the lockdown against the coronavirus epidemic, which … Read More