Epidemics

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Here are brief profiles of the Canadian political party leaders contesting the Sept 20 federal election. Justin...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. State Department warned on...

By Neil Jerome Morales and Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -Exhausted by the COVID-19 workload, Loui quit her job as an...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran on Monday reported a record 655 COVID-19 deaths over the past 24 hours as the government...

HANOI (Reuters) - Thousands of jobless workers in Vietnam's biggest city are trying to flee to their hometowns, many on...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand, a regional manufacturer of AstraZeneca's coronavirus shots, is seeking to borrow 150,000 doses of the same...

By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - As the Delta variant of the COVID virus sweeps through Mexico's cities, more...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Japanese government is set to extend its state of emergency soft lockdown measures in Tokyo and other...

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand on Monday implored Taliban leaders to uphold human...

By Colin Packham and Renju Jose CANBERRA/SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's biggest city of Sydney recorded its deadliest day of the COVID-19...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monday in his annual state of the nation speech that there...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities reinstated a night curfew and extended COVID-19 lockdown measures in Melbourne for another two weeks...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday visited Governor General Mary Simon to ask her to dissolve...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean police mobilised hundreds of buses and set up dozens of checkpoints on Sunday...

By David Ljunggren and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit Governor General Mary Simon on...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is to impose a one-week lockdown and a ban on road travel amid a fifth COVID-19...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it was cutting the cost of COVID-19 tests for travel from the National...

By Rod Nickel (Reuters) - Alberta backtracked on Friday on plans to lift its remaining COVID-19 restrictions, as hospitalizations and...

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Friday it was setting up a new group...

By Heru Asprihanto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's capital reopened its retail malls this week to an exclusive crowd - shoppers...