World

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – El Salvador has banned visitors from Germany and France due to coronavirus, after previously barring visitors from Italy, South Korea and Iran, countries with the largest outbreaks outside China. Salvadorans and diplomats arriving from the two countries may enter but must spend 30 days in quarantine, President Nayib Bukele said on

BERLIN (Reuters) – The number of coronavirus patients in Germany jumped to 684 on Saturday morning, with concern growing at the economic impact of the spreading epidemic on one of the world’s most trade-dependent economies. FILE PHOTO: Mercedes-Benz AMG CEO Ola Kallenius speaks at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany, September 10,

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities on Friday said they have identified a sixth person infected with coronavirus, a 71 year-old man in the State of Mexico who recently traveled to northern Italy. Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said the man, who suffers from hypertension, arrived in Mexico in “grave condition” and is currently hospitalized

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) – The streets of Bethlehem were near-empty on Friday as Palestinian police wearing masks patrolled the traditional birthplace of Jesus, hit hard by a state of emergency declared over coronavirus. A man walks past closed shops as preventive measures are taken against the coronavirus, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria’s Idlib region was quiet but tense on Friday with a lull in Russian and Syrian air raids that have pounded the last opposition-held enclave in Syria, residents and opposition sources said, after Turkey and Russia declared a ceasefire. Syrian army soldiers gesture in southern Idlib province, Syria in this handout released

KASTANIES/LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) – Greece has repulsed nearly 35,000 migrants trying to cross onto its territory illegally since Turkey opened its border nearly a week ago, government sources said on Thursday, as it prepares to deport hundreds of others who made it through. Migrants, who are part of a group who arrived in the previous

KABUL (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday carried out its first air strike on Taliban fighters in Afghanistan since the two sides signed a troop withdrawal agreement on Saturday. Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers stand at a checkpost, where last night clashes took place between Taliban and Afghan forces in Kunduz, Afghanistan March 4,

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine’s Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk attends a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament voted on Wednesday to accept Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk’s resignation, as part of a sweeping government reshuffle. The 35-year-old Honcharuk, who became Ukraine’s youngest prime minister last year, is expected to

South Korean soldiers in protective gears sanitize shacks as a luxury high-rise apartment complex is seen in the background at Guryong village in Seoul, South Korea, March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea reported 516 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as thousands of sick people waited for hospital beds in Daegu, the

FILE PHOTO: Members of a medical team spray disinfectant to sanitize outdoor place of Imam Reza’s holy shrine, following the coronavirus outbreak, in Mashhad, Iran February 27, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Aytollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that Iranians should follow the recommendations of authorities

TAIPEI (Reuters) – China is pressuring Taiwan with “provocative” air force maneuvers near the island and spreading fake news to sow discord during the coronavirus outbreak, security sources and government officials in Taiwan say. FILE PHOTO: A F-16 fighter jet takes off during a military drill at Zhi-Hang Air Base in Taitung, Taiwan January 30,

SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – South Korea sought murder charges against leaders of a secretive church at the center of a ballooning coronavirus outbreak in the country on Monday as the global death toll rose above 3,000. World stock markets regained some calm as hopes for global interest rate cuts to soften the economic blow of the

A woman wearing a mask to prevent contacting the coronavirus waits for a train at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, March 1, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea reported on Monday 476 new coronavirus cases, taking its national tally to 4,212, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said.

SEOUL (Reuters) – Churches were closed in South Korea on Sunday with many holding online services instead as authorities fought to rein in public gatherings, with 586 new coronavirus infections taking the tally to 3,736 cases. FILE PHOTO: FILE PICTURE: Employees from a disinfection service company sanitise a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, February

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leaders in Europe, the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings, and stricter travel restrictions as cases of the new coronavirus spread around the world. Travellers wearing protective face masks as a precautionary measure arrive on a flight from Italy, after the second case of coronavirus in Sao

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday called on the public to cooperate in a “tough battle” to contain the coronavirus outbreak in coming weeks as the country prepares to hold the Olympic Games in Tokyo as planned. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a news conference on coronavirus at his official