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ROME (Reuters) – The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has risen by five to 34 over the past 24 hours, the Civil Protection Agency said on … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – Tourists and art lovers were unable to visit the Louvre in Paris on Sunday as workers staged a walkout at the world’s most-visited museum after a staff … Read More

By Fabian Werner MONTEVIDEO(Reuters) – Uruguay will shift to the right on Sunday with the inauguration of conservative Luis Lacalle Pou as president after 15 years of left-wing rule. Lacalle … Read More

By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Alexander Cornwell KABUL/DOHA (Reuters) – The United States signed a deal with Taliban insurgents on Saturday that could pave the way toward a full withdrawal … Read More

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had prepared 25 hospitals to handle any coronavirus cases that might be detected in the kingdom, part of precautionary measures which … Read More

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Sunday raised its infectious disease advisory levels for parts of South Korea and Italy, urging its citizens not to take trips to South Korea’s Daegu … Read More

DUBAI (Reuters) – Two luxury hotels in Abu Dhabi, which had been in lockdown amid concerns about the coronavirus during a professional cycling event, allowed some guests to leave on … Read More

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A coronavirus scare in an Israeli mall erupted into a political spat on Sunday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger accusing … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Chavushoglu agreed on the need to create a “favorable atmosphere” to improve working relations between their countries, … Read More

By Krishna N. Das KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Settling down for a recent interview, Anwar Ibrahim recalled his 20-year struggle to become Malaysia’s prime minister: surviving a decade in jail … Read More