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DEPOK, Indonesia (Reuters) – While many Muslims in Indonesia’s capital accepted advice to avoid religious gatherings and prayed at home on Friday elsewhere in the world’s most populous Muslim country, … Read More

By Engen Tham and David Kirton SHANGHAI/SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – Expatriates living in China, who left in droves when the coronavirus outbreak hit in earnest in late January, face rising … Read More

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s national health authority questioned on Friday the World Health Organization’s call on countries to test as many patients as possible for coronavirus, after the country ran … Read More

By Barbara Goldberg, Nate Raymond, Jessica Resnick-Ault and Lucy Nicholson NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Across the United States, thousands of waiters, cooks, hotel staff, actors, bartenders and workers in … Read More

DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar has removed exit visa requirements for an additional segment of its foreign labour force, including some of those working in the oil and gas industry, according … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – France is trying to facilitate the repatriation of 130,000 of its nationals stuck overseas due to the coronavirus outbreak, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday. … Read More

By Sarah Wu and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – When Hong Kong student Wendy received a question from her geography teacher during an online class, she scrambled to unmute … Read More

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Apple Inc <AAPL.O> is limiting customer purchases of iPhones over its online stores in many countries including the United States and China to a maximum of two … Read More

By Colin Packham and Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Friday delayed its federal budget by five months to October saying the coronavirus pandemic made it impossible to make … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian scientists have begun testing prototypes of potential vaccines against the new coronavirus on animals in a laboratory in Siberia, Russia’s consumer health regulator said on Friday. … Read More