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FILE PHOTO: A message from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is displayed on a screen in Piccadilly Circus, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will not celebrate her 94th birthday in any special way and has asked that there be

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will invest C$2.5 billion ($1.8 billion) in measures to help the hard-hit oil and gas industry survive during the nation’s coronavirus outbreak, which has killed 1,250 people, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. A health care worker runs across University Avenue from Mount Sinai Hospital to Toronto General Hospital as

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian public life could be constrained for another year because of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned on Friday, as the country’s most populous state mulled sending children to school in shifts. The mostly deserted city centre is seen following the implementation of stricter social-distancing and self-isolation rules to limit

PARIS (Reuters) – A year on from the inferno that gutted Notre-Dame de Paris, the cathedral’s great bell rang out across the capital on Wednesday in a tribute to the Gothic landmark’s resilience and to the medics battling the coronavirus epidemic. The bourdon bell had sounded just once since April 15, 2019, when the blaze

A man wearing a protective mask walks past closed shops amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez MADRID (Reuters) – The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Spain in 24 hours fell again on Wednesday to 523 from 567 reported the previous day, the country’s health ministry

FILE PHOTO: Local residents wearing protective gear stand guard at a makeshift check point, which was erected by members of a local community at their own expense to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the settlement of Chon-Aryk near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday extended

MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russia might need to call in the army to help tackle the coronavirus crisis and warned the contagion was getting worse after the number of confirmed cases rose by a record daily amount. Law enforcement officers wearing protective masks stand guard at a checkpoint set up

SINGAPORE/BELGRADE (Reuters) – Last month, six Chinese medical professionals stepped off an Air Serbia jet in Belgrade to a red-carpet welcome from President Aleksandar Vucic and an array of cabinet ministers. After elbow-bump greetings, Vucic kissed Serbia’s flag, then China’s. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask passes by a billboard depicting Chinese President

FILE PHOTO: A supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange posts a sign on the Woolwich Crown Court fence, ahead of a hearing to decide whether Assange should be extradited to the United States, in London, Britain February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with a lawyer

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Saturday a “huge influx” of coronavirus patients was beginning to put a strain on hospitals in Moscow as Russia’s death toll rose to more than 100. A man wearing a protective face mask walks along the street, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Moscow,

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is making “very good progress” in his recovery from COVID-19, his office said on Saturday. Johnson was moved out of intensive care after three nights on Thursday and

FILE PHOTO: A displaced family carries gallons of water in Tripoli, Libya January 16, 2020. Picture taken January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny/ TUNIS (Reuters) – The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Libya on Friday condemned the cutting off of water supply to the capital Tripoli over the past week as “particularly reprehensible” and said it

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson was resting in hospital on Friday as he recovered from COVID-19 while Britons were told to avoid the temptation of spring sunshine during the Easter break with the coronavirus outbreak approaching a peak. A sign of support for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has been in hospital

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council met for the first time on Thursday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic as the 15-member body – charged with maintaining international peace and security – struggles to agree on whether it should take any action. FILE PHOTO: Members of the United Nations Security Council observe a

FILE PHOTO: A worker wearing protective gear disinfects a public bus during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Gdynia, Poland, April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Matej Leskovsek WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s government may decide on Thursday to extend restrictions to fight the spread of the coronavirus, but no drastic new moves to combat the pandemic

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – If supporters and opponents of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador can agree on anything, it’s that he is very stubborn. He says so himself. FILE PHOTO: Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador talks to the media after touring a family clinic in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico April 4, 2020. Mexico Presidency/Handout