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BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe discussed the coronavirus situation in China with U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday in a telephone call, China’s defense ministry said. … Read More

By Juan Bustamante and Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Bolivian former President Evo Morales, who resigned last year under pressure from the military, says he is confident his political … Read More

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Slovenia’s parliament elected Janez Jansa as prime minister on Tuesday, handing a third mandate to a center-right leader who plans to decentralize the state and fight red … Read More

By Laila Kearney and Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) – Less than a year after Constantine Valhouli moved his 85-year-old father into a Massachusetts elder-care facility, he is considering bringing … Read More

(This March 2 story corrects spelling of Maguire in paragraph 9) By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday he was pleased President … Read More

By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) – Britain unveiled its “battle plan” to tackle the spread of coronavirus on Tuesday, warning that as many as a fifth of … Read More

By Tom Balmforth and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday accused Russian authorities of emptying and blocking his bank accounts and those of his close … Read More

By Belén Carreño and Paola Luelmo MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s left-wing government approved a bill on Tuesday that would qualify all non-consensual sex as rape, acting on a pre-election promise … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has applied to Britain’s top court to try to stop publication of two judgments given in a legal battle with … Read More

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Tuesday barred citizens and residents of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries from entering the kingdom for 14 days after returning from outside the region … Read More