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GENEVA/BEIJING (Reuters) – Countries on three continents reported their first cases of the coronavirus on Friday as the world prepared for a pandemic and investors dumped equities in expectation of a global recession. Coronavirus panic sent world share markets crashing … Continue reading Coronavirus spreads in three continents; $5 trillion wiped off markets
GENEVA/BEIJING (Reuters) – Countries on three continents reported their first cases of the coronavirus on Friday as the world prepared for a pandemic of the disease and investors dumped equities in expectation of a global recession. Share prices were on … Continue reading Coronavirus spreads in three continents; markets brace for global recession
GENEVA/BEIJING (Reuters) – Countries on three continents reported their first cases of the coronavirus on Friday as the world prepared for a pandemic of the disease and investors dumped equities in expectation of a global recession. Share prices were on … Continue reading Coronavirus spreads in three continents; markets brace for global recession
(Reuters) – Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda fears the worst-possible outcome as he prepares for his latest high wire act – trekking across a live volcano in Nicaragua on Wednesday. “I could fall to my death.” FILE PHOTO: Aerialist Nik Wallenda … Continue reading ‘I could fall to my death:’ tightrope walker Wallenda readies to cross active volcano
A section of border fence is pictured by the U.S.-Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley near Hidalgo, Texas, U.S., October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are working on new legislation … Continue reading House Democrats to introduce bill clawing back border wall funds
GENEVA/DUBAI (Reuters) – No country should make the “fatal mistake” of assuming it will be spared the coronavirus, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, as governments from Iran to Australia raced to contain the epidemic’s rapid global spread. With … Continue reading No country will be spared, warn experts, as fight against coronavirus ramps up
GENEVA/DUBAI (Reuters) – No country should make the “fatal mistake” of assuming it will be spared the coronavirus, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, as governments from Iran to Australia raced to contain the epidemic’s rapid global spread. With … Continue reading WHO warns against ‘fatal’ complacency in global coronavirus fight
SYDNEY/DUBAI (Reuters) – Governments battling coronavirus epidemics from Iran to Australia shut schools, canceled big events and stocked up on medical supplies on Thursday in a race to contain the outbreak’s rapid global spread. For the first time, new infections … Continue reading Schools shut, travel curbed as world races to fight coronavirus
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement funds from states and cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President … Continue reading Court allows Trump to withhold funds from ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions
SYDNEY/DUBAI (Reuters) – The coronavirus’ rapid spread in Iran, Italy, South Korea and elsewhere left alarmed governments and people across the globe rushing on Thursday to implement emergency measures. For the first time, new infections around the world in the … Continue reading World scrambles to curb fast-spreading coronavirus
SYDNEY/DUBAI (Reuters) – The coronavirus’ rapid spread in Iran, Italy, South Korea and elsewhere left alarmed governments and people across the globe rushing on Thursday to implement emergency measures. For the first time, new infections around the world in the … Continue reading World scrambles to curb fast-spreading coronavirus
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil confirmed the first case of a fast-spreading new coronavirus in Latin America on Wednesday, diagnosing a 61-year-old man in Sao Paulo who returned recently from Italy. The official diagnosis comes during Brazil’s carnival holiday, a … Continue reading Brazil confirms first coronavirus case in Latin America
