Political News, Analysis and Opinion

By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) – Of dozens of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, only one patient is still in the hospital, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – Mainland China – excluding Hubei province where the new coronavirus outbreak originated – reported four new cases of infection on Friday, the lowest since the national health … Read More

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad said on Saturday he has agreed to be the prime ministerial candidate of the former ruling coalition, which collapsed this week when he … Read More

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – Sanofi SA has agreed to pay $11.85 million to resolve U.S. allegations that it used a charity that helps cover Medicare patients’ out-of-pocket drug … Read More

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge in Manhattan on Friday dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Woody Guthrie’s iconic 1940 folk song “This Land is Your Land” … Read More

By Sinéad Carew New York (Reuters) – The S&P 500 fell for the seventh straight day on Friday and the benchmark index suffered its biggest weekly drop since the 2008 … Read More

By Elizabeth Pineau and Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) – Roman Polanski cast a shadow over France’s Cesar Awards on Friday even as he won best directing for his film “An … Read More

By Julie Steenhuysen and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York health officials are trying to get their own coronavirus testing kits up and running after getting stuck with … Read More

By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) – Canadian National Railway Co has started calling back many of the 450 workers it laid off earlier this month in eastern Canada, when blockades … Read More

By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – Coronavirus panic sent world stock markets tumbling again on Friday, with an index of global stocks setting its largest weekly fall since the … Read More