World

FILE PHOTO: Medical workers in protective suits attend to novel coronavirus patients at the intensive care unit (ICU) of a designated hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 6, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Hubei province, the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak, reported 2,097 new cases and 103 new deaths on

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Apple supplier Foxconn (2317.TW) got approval to resume production at a key China plant after being forced to shut it following a coronavirus outbreak, but only 10% of the factory’s workforce has managed to return so far, a source told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Foxconn, the trading name of Hon

Argentine Vice-President and President of the Senate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner speaks during the Havana’s International Book Fair, in Havana, Cuba, February 8, 2020. Ismael Francisco/Pool via REUTERS HAVANA (Reuters) – Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said on Saturday that the government will not pay “even half a cent” of its debt back

Thomas Kemmerich, Thuringia’s newly elected State Premier Minister of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) reads his statement in front of the media at the federal state parliament of Thuringia in Erfurt, Germany February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s ruling coalition on Saturday called for fresh elections in the eastern state of Thuringia,

FILE PHOTO: Personnel collect debris while working with investigators at the helicopter crash site of NBA star Kobe Bryant in Calabasas, California, U.S., January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon (Reuters) – The two engines of the luxury helicopter that crashed into a steep hillside, killing basketball superstar Kobe Bryant and eight others near Los Angeles

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The coronavirus death of a Chinese doctor who had been reprimanded for sounding an early warning about the disease triggered anger at the government on Friday, while a major cruise line took the extraordinary step of banning citizens of China regardless of when they were last there. The death of Li Wenliang,

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gestures as he speaks during a news conference, in Mexico City, Mexico February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a visit to Mexico City on Thursday criticized attempts to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as not “useful” and denounced U.S. foreign policy

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Ten more people on a quarantined cruise liner in Japan have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Thursday, as health experts stepped up efforts to find a vaccine for a disease that has provoked fears of a global pandemic. Medical workers in protective suits attend to patients at the Wuhan International

FILE PHOTO: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers Friday prayers sermon, in Tehran, Iran January 17, 2020. Official Khamenei website/Handout via REUTERS DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for a high turnout in a February parliamentary election, the YJC news site, which is affiliated with Iran’s state TV, reported on

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak claimed its first life in Hong Kong on Tuesday, compounding the international financial centre’s problems after anti-government protests, and Macau, the world’s biggest gambling playground, urged casinos to shut their doors. The victim in Hong Kong was a 39-year-old man with an underlying illness who had visited China’s

BEIJING/WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The economic impact of China’s coronavirus lockdown is being felt across the globe, with exporters, miners and manufacturers of everything from coal and timber to meat and fruit facing delays and potential shipment cancellations. FILE PHOTO: A worker wearing a face mask transports fertilisers for export at a port in Nantong, Jiangsu

(Reuters) – On the day of the Iowa caucuses, the first nominating contest of the U.S. presidential election, Alphabet’s YouTube detailed how it will tackle false or misleading election-related content. FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Youtube logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado

WARSAW (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron visits Poland on Monday and Tuesday in an effort to reset frosty relations at a time when the departure of Britain from the European Union is reshaping political alliances in the bloc. French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech as he attends the annual dinner of CCAF (Co-ordination

BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) – China ramped up measures to contain the coronavirus epidemic and shore up an economy hit by travel curbs and business shut-downs on Sunday as the first death from the illness was reported outside the country. A 44-year-old Chinese man from the city of Wuhan in Hubei province, the epicenter of the epidemic,

FILE PHOTO: Albin Kurti, leader of the Self-Determination movement (Vetevendosje party), speaks to supporters after preliminary results of the parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Florion Goga PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo’s two biggest parties reached a deal on Sunday to create a new government almost four months after the Balkan country held snap

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China faced mounting isolation in the face of increasing international travel curbs and flight suspensions on Saturday, as the death toll from a spreading coronavirus outbreak rose to 259. The epidemic has led to mass evacuations of foreign citizens as world airlines halt flights, and risks exacerbating a slowdown in growth in