BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Friday to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization after the U.N. agency warned governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is seen before the inauguration ceremony of a temporary field hospital, amid the
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Muslims attend Friday prayers at al Husseini mosque for the first time after the closure of places of worship in Jordan for more than two months amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in downtown Amman, Jordan June 5, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed AMMAN (Reuters) – Mosques in Jordan opened for communal prayers
FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a joint press conference held with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at Admiralty House in Sydney, Australia, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australians should not attend planned protests against the death of black American George Floyd in U.S. police custody due to
FILE PHOTO: Tourists take pictures at the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine July 31, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is considering cancelling its visa requirement for tourists from China, Australia, New Zealand and Arab states in order to attract more visitors once lockdowns ease and bring more money into the economy, Ukrainian president
DAKAR (Reuters) – Protestors in Dakar set tyres on fire and threw stones at security forces on Wednesday night during protests over a nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed almost three months ago because of the coronavirus pandemic. Women walk past an ambulance that was torched by crowds of youths protesting against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration said on Wednesday it will bar Chinese passenger carriers from flying to the United States starting on June 16 as it pressures Beijing to allow U.S. air carriers to resume flights. FILE PHOTO: A passenger aircraft of China Eastern Airlines takes off at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong lawmakers are set to resume a debate on Wednesday over a controversial bill that would make disrespecting China’s national anthem a criminal offence, as the city ramps up for fresh protests amid simmering anti-government tensions. FILE PHOTO: Anti-government demonstrators take part in a protest during a lunch time in
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Railways has halted passenger and cargo rail transport between the northern port of Murmansk and the rest of Russia after the collapse of the only railway bridge linking the two, the national rail company said on Tuesday. The foundations of the bridge across the river Kola were washed away by rapidly
FILE PHOTO: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero/File Photo CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday said he would visit Iran shortly to sign cooperation agreements in energy and other sectors, after Iran sent five fuel tankers to the
A waiter serves meals to customers who practice social distancing on a terrace of a newly reopened restaurant, as Netherlands eases some of the lockdown measures put in place during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Amsterdam, Netherlands June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Eva Plevier AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Terraces throughout the Netherlands filled quickly on Monday as
LONDON (Reuters) – Hundreds of people protested in London and Berlin on Sunday in solidarity with demonstrations in the United States over the death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white policeman knelt on his neck in Minneapolis. The protesters knelt in central London’s Trafalgar Square, chanting “No justice,
People enjoy warm weather at the Tantolunden park as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Stockholm, Sweden May 30, 2020. TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden has not
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would postpone a Group of Seven summit he had hoped to hold next month until September or later and expand the list of invitees to include Australia, Russia, South Korea and India. U.S. President Donald Trump, with U.S. House Minority Leader
FILE PHOTO: People enjoy the hot weather next to the Invalides Museum in Paris, as France gradually lifts the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, France, May 29, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – Parisians flocked to parks and gardens as they reopened in the sunny French capital on Saturday for the first time after almost
MADRID (Reuters) – With air kisses and palms clasped, elderly patients in Madrid greet medics who come to check them at home during the coronavirus pandemic despite the risks involved. FILE PHOTO: Comunidad de Madrid home care nurse Maria Jesus Santamaria explains patient Manuel Sanz how to take some medicine in his bedroom, amid the
FILE PHOTO: The Twitter logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration taken November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Twitter has flagged a tweet written in March by a Chinese government spokesman that suggested the U.S. military brought the novel coronavirus to China, as the social media platform ramps up