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FILE PHOTO: The skyline of the Beijing’s Central Business District rises behind people crossing a street during evening rush hour as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in China, April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter HONG KONG (Reuters) – China reported two new coronavirus cases for May 2, up from one the day before, data

ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen reported the first case of the novel coronavirus in a third province late on Friday, raising the number of diagnosed infections to seven with two deaths in one of the world’s most vulnerable countries. FILE PHOTO: A health worker takes temperature of passengers of a van, amid fear of coronavirus disease

FILE PHOTO: Bolivian deputies attend a session where they approve a law calling for elections in 90 days, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in La Paz, Bolivia, April 29, 2020. REUTERS/David Mercado LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia’s opposition-controlled parliament approved a law Thursday night that calls for presidential elections within 90 days,

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s Supreme Court chief Malgorzata Gersdorf ended a six-year term on Thursday, opening the way for the ruling nationalists to pick a supporter of their contested judiciary overhaul to replace her. Supreme Court President Malgorzata Gersdorf attends the court session in Warsaw, Poland January 23, 2020. Dawid Zuchowicz/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS After

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes China’s handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing “will do anything they can” to make him lose his re-election bid in November. U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions during an interview with Reuters about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and other subjects in

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that the Tokyo Olympics could not take place next year unless the coronavirus pandemic is contained, as the city’s governor called for an extension of the nationwide state of emergency. The International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government last month postponed the Games until

MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government was expected to outline on Tuesday how regions can begin phasing out one of Europe’s toughest lockdowns as the daily death toll from the coronavirus fell to 301, less than a third of a record high of 950 in early April. Carmen Diaz, 51, David Lopez, 45, and their

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro walks as he leaves the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano Machado BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilians are split on impeaching President Jair Bolsonaro despite a majority believing accusations by the former justice minister that Bolsonaro tried to interfere with the federal police’s work for political gain, a poll

MILAN (Reuters) – The coronavirus crisis has left Italy’s northern economic powerhouse a disaster zone and raised awkward questions for far-right opposition leader Matteo Salvini’s League party, which has dominated the region’s politics for years. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte addresses the lower house of parliament on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Rome, Italy April

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain released guidelines on Saturday allowing children to go outside after six weeks living under one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns, as figures showed a daily coronavirus death toll of 378, up slightly on Friday’s 367, the lowest in the past month. A sign to alert customers to keep social distancing is seen

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most senior aide, Dominic Cummings, took part in meetings of a scientific panel that has shaped the UK’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, the Guardian reported on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Dominic Cummings, special advisor for Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves his home in London as the

SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation on Friday loosened restrictions intended to stop the spread of the new coronavirus by keeping seniors and children from leaving their homes at all, after the top court ruled those restrictions violated the constitution. Iman’s father and coach Evelin Avdic, trains the national multiple swimming record holder, who

People wearing protective face masks leave work after office hours in Central Business District, as the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Beijing, China, April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Mainland China reported 6 new coronavirus cases as of end-April 23, down from 10 reported a day earlier, putting the

FILE PHOTO: N95 face masks hang to be sterilized with UVC light, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Cleveland Clinic hospital in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike/File Photo ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Dozens of N95 protective face masks hang on a line in a room of an Abu

Cemetery workers wearing protective suites carry the coffin of a coronavirus victim at the municipal cemetery, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tijuana, Mexico April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico reported on Wednesday it now has over 10,000 cases of coronavirus, the fifth-highest tally in Latin America, as

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Elias Feinzilberg, a 102-year-old Holocaust survivor, had to commemorate Israel’s annual memorial day for the six million Jewish dead on Tuesday separated from his family because of the coronavirus lockdown. From his third-floor Jerusalem home, he blew kisses to his daughter, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who stood in the street below to be