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MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Leonardo Silveira, a bookstore owner in Montevideo, is hopeful about the future as Uruguay begins a gradual reopening. The small country has kept rates of COVID-19 at one of the lowest levels in Latin America, even as … Continue reading In Brazil’s shadow, laid-back Uruguay curbs COVID-19
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea reported 79 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the most since April 5 and the third straight day of rising infections, raising the spectre of a second wave of disease in a country widely praised for … Continue reading South Korea coronavirus cases jump to highest since early April as warehouse outbreak widens
TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asian shares and U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday as growing optimism about a global economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic trumped immediate concerns about a standoff between the United States and China over Hong Kong. … Continue reading Asian stocks gain on economic hopes, but Hong Kong risk clouds outlook
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Walt Disney World in Florida on Wednesday announced plans to reopen and MGM Resorts said guests could soon return to Las Vegas casino hotels, as more Americans emerging from the coronavirus lockdown marked a somber milestone … Continue reading Disney theme park, Las Vegas casinos plan reopening; U.S. mourns 100,000 dead
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Walt Disney World in Florida on Wednesday announced plans to reopen and MGM Resorts said guests could soon return to Las Vegas casino hotels, as more Americans emerging from the coronavirus lockdown marked a somber milestone … Continue reading Disney theme park, Las Vegas casinos plan reopening; U.S. mourns 100,000 dead
A view of One World Trade Center and lower Manhattan from The Green-Wood Cemetery, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – The novel coronavirus has … Continue reading U.S. coronavirus deaths top 100,000 as country reopens
(Reuters) – Less than four months after a 57-year-old California woman died and was later found to be the country’s first COVID-19 fatality, the coronavirus U.S. death toll topped 100,000 people on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally. FILE PHOTO: … Continue reading Factbox: Where states stand as U.S. reaches 100,000 coronavirus deaths
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was working on a strong response to China’s proposed security law in Hong Kong. FILE PHOTO: An employee holds a sample of crude oil at … Continue reading Oil falls on U.S.-China tensions over Hong Kong
(Reuters) – Twenty U.S. states reported an increase in new cases of COVID-19 for the week ended May 24, up from 13 states in the prior week, as the death toll from the novel coronavirus approaches 100,000, according to a … Continue reading Where U.S. coronavirus cases are on the rise
FILE PHOTO: A medical staff member treats a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), at Scripps Mercy Hospital in Chula Vista, California, U.S., May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo (Reuters) – Twenty U.S. … Continue reading Where U.S. coronavirus cases are on the rise
JOHANNESBURG/HOUSTON (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic has paused the electric vehicle revolution, forcing producers of battery metal lithium into survival mode with output cuts, expansion delays and sales of major assets. FILE PHOTO: A parking sign for electric vehicles is … Continue reading Lithium producers must wait as pandemic slows electric vehicle revolution
FILE PHOTO: A medical staff member treats a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), at Scripps Mercy Hospital in Chula Vista, California, U.S., May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo (Reuters) – Twenty U.S. … Continue reading Where U.S. coronavirus cases are on the rise
