What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Philippines detects first local cases of Delta...
Banned Russian investigative news outlet says it won’t be silenced
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian investigative news outlet "Proekt" on Friday said it was closing down a U.S.-registered legal entity a day...
At least 44 dead, dozens missing as floods sweep through western Europe
By Wolfgang Rattay and David Sahl SCHULD, Germany (Reuters) - At least 42 people have died in Germany and dozens...
Church in honor of Maradona opens its doors in Mexico
By Carlos Carillo PUEBLA, Mexico (Reuters) - A pair of large vases bearing soccer balls stand at the entrance to...
China should provide raw data on pandemic’s origins – WHO’s Tedros
GENEVA (Reuters) -The head of the World Health Organisation said on Thursday that investigations into the origins of the COVID-19...
U.S. to sanction Chinese officials and warn companies over Hong Kong -sources
By Humeyra Pamuk and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is preparing to impose sanctions on Friday on a...
Further flooding feared in western Germany with death toll above 80
By Martin Schlicht and David Sahl SCHULD/ERFTSTADT, Germany (Reuters) - Further flooding was feared in western Germany on Friday as...
China, responding to sanctions report, says U.S. should stop interfering in Hong Kong
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Friday that it opposed the United States interfering in Hong Kong affairs, in response...
Chinese workers trapped in flooded highway tunnel for second day
BEIJING (Reuters) - Over a dozen workers were trapped in a flooded highway tunnel in the southern Chinese city of...
Hungary PM calls EU action on LGBT rights ‘legalised hooliganism’
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's Prime Minister on Friday accused the European Commission of "legalised hooliganism" for an...
Pakistan military rescues 5 telecom workers kidnapped near Afghan border
By Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's military rescued five telecommunications workers kidnapped by Islamist militants last...
Norway to mark 10 years since Breivik’s deadly attacks
By Gwladys Fouche UTOEYA, Norway (Reuters) - Norway will next week mark the tenth anniversary of the killing of 77...
Pandemic disruptions push millions of Nigerians into hunger
By Libby George and Estelle Shirbon LAGOS/LONDON (Reuters) - Shehu Ismaila Gbadebo has worked as a barber for two decades....
Biden says no U.S. plans to send troops to Haiti at the moment
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday appeared to rule out the possibility of sending U.S. troops to Haiti to...
Iran water crisis spurs protests -reports
DUBAI (Reuters) - Street protests broke out overnight over severe water shortages in Iran's oil-rich southwest, according to Iranian news...
Sinovac’s vaccine finds supporters in Singapore despite effectiveness questions elsewhere
(Changes StarMed Medical Centre to StarMed Specialist Centre in paragraph 21) By Chen Lin and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -...
Farmers protesting on tractors take to the streets of New Zealand
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Farmers in New Zealand drove their tractors to the city on Friday in a protest demanding the...
Australian leaders under pressure to contain COVID-19 outbreak
By Renju Jose and Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and state premiers were under increasing public...
Analysis-Unpopular Olympics, COVID-19: Japan’s Suga risks becoming short-term premier
By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) -Struggling with rising coronavirus cases and a deeply unpopular Olympics, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga...
Canada may allow fully vaccinated travellers by early September – Trudeau
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada may permit fully vaccinated travellers into the country by early September, the country's prime minister said...