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By Julie Steenhuysen and Stephanie Nebehay CHICAGO/GENEVA (Reuters) – A week ago, only two laboratories in Africa could diagnose the novel coronavirus that originated in China and is rapidly spreading … Read More

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – The woman who had been expected to become Germany’s next chancellor said on Monday she would not run for the top job, succumbing to … Read More

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong is evacuating people from a residential building in the New Territories district of Tsing Yi, where two people confirmed with coronavirus live though on … Read More

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell to their lowest level since December 2018 on Monday on weaker Chinese demand in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak … Read More

By Bart H. Meijer and Gilles Guillaume AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Carlos Ghosn, the fugitive former auto executive, used a joint venture between Nissan and Mitsubishi to inflate his pay, effectively … Read More

By Dave Sherwood SANTIAGO (Reuters) – With residents and courts ringing the alarm about depleted water supplies in Chile’s Atacama salt flat, the world’s top lithium miner Albemarle <ALB.N> quietly … Read More

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – A British Uber driver, previously cleared of a sword attack on police outside Buckingham Palace, was convicted on Monday of a plot to kill … Read More

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s $740.5 billion defense budget request sent to Congress on Monday includes more money for nuclear weapons and a big boost … Read More

ROME (Reuters) – Ukraine’s foreign minister said on Monday he saw no preparations taking place for a promised summit over the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, adding that he had … Read More

By Panu Wongcha-um and Patpicha Tanakasempipat NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (Reuters) – A soldier angry over a property deal gone sour killed at least 29 people and wounded 57 in a … Read More