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FILE PHOTO: French Junior Minister for European affairs Amelie de Montchalin leaves after the weekly cabinet meeting and an official presentation of the pensions reform bill at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, January 24, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau PARIS (Reuters) – France would not sign a bad post-Brexit deal with the United Kingdom on Dec.

FILE PHOTO: Tourists wearing masks pass by Malaysia’s Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya, Malaysia January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia expects to meet its target of a record 30 million tourists this year by redirecting its marketing efforts to local and other markets as arrivals from coronavirus-hit China fall,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration said on Tuesday said it will begin treating five major Chinese state-run media entities with U.S. operations the same as foreign embassies, requiring them to register their employees and U.S. properties with the State Department. FILE PHOTO: A Chinese flag flutters in front of the Great Hall of the

FILE PHOTO: Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and U.S. President Donald Trump sign “phase one” of the U.S.-China trade agreement during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted proposed restrictions on trade with

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The number of new coronavirus cases in mainland China fell below 2,000 on Tuesday for the first time since January but the virus remains far from contained, as its economic impact spreads globally with South Korea announcing an economic emergency. Travellers with face masks and shields are seen at the Shanghai Hongqiao

TOKYO (Reuters) – When Emi Tanimura failed to find a daycare slot for her new-born daughter, she had to take a radical step for Japan to avoid a long time away from her job at communications firm Sunny Side Up (2180.T). She started working from home. FILE PHOTO: Passengers wait for a train on a

SHANGHAI/SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (Reuters) – More than 300 American passengers have been flown home from a cruise ship after two weeks under quarantine off Japan, including 14 found to have coronavirus who were kept isolated on the flight. The cruise ship Diamond Princess, by far the largest cluster of coronavirus cases outside China, has become the

SHANGHAI/SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (Reuters) – Authorities scrambled on Monday to track hundreds of cruise ship passengers scattered across the world after a woman who had been on board tested positive for coronavirus, highlighting the risks of a worsening global infection. People wearing face masks walk inside a subway station, as the country is hit by an

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – American passengers were taken off a cruise liner on Sunday to fly home after being quarantined for two weeks off Japan, while China said the rate of new coronavirus cases had slowed, calling that proof its steps to fight the outbreak were working. An announcement on the tannoy aboard the Diamond Princess,

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. officials in hazmat suits boarded a cruise liner on Sunday to fly home Americans quarantined for two weeks off Japan, while China said measures such as locking down megacity Wuhan had at last slowed the pace of new coronavirus cases. After being held on board the Diamond Princess since Feb. 3,

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The number of new cases of a coronavirus in China fell slightly on Sunday, more than three weeks after the outbreak’s epicenter was locked down, and a Chinese tourist died from the virus in France, the first fatality in Europe. A man wearing a face mask crosses a road, as the country

SHANGHAI/PARIS (Reuters) – An 80-year-old Chinese tourist infected with the coronavirus has died in France, the first fatality in Europe and the fourth outside mainland China from an epidemic that has shut Chinese factories, curbed travel and disrupted global supply chains. The outbreak, thought to have originated at a wildlife market in the central Chinese

FILE PHOTO: Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a news conference following a meeting with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (not pictured) in Moscow, Russia, December 30, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina BERLIN (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister said on Saturday he did not believe Saudi Arabia wanted to defuse tensions with Iran as it was

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Demonstrators graffitied the phrase “femicide state” in blood-red on Mexico’s presidential palace on Friday, before marching under heavy rain to the offices of newspaper La Prensa to protest the publication of a gruesome image of a murder victim. People take part in a protest against gender-based violence in downtown of Mexico

FILE PHOTO: Pictures of victims are seen during a ceremony to mark one year of the disaster of the tailing dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais state, Brazil January 25, 2020. REUTERS/Cristiane Mattos/File Photo RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A Brazilian state judge has accepted charges against Vale SA

BEIJING (Reuters – The new coronavirus has infected 1,700 Chinese health workers and killed six, authorities said on Friday, as businesses struggled to balance containment measures with a return from an extended post-holiday break. Authorities reported 5,090 new cases in mainland China, including more than 120 deaths, taking the total number of infected to 63,851,

BEIJING/SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (Reuters) – China’s coronavirus outbreak showed no sign of peaking with health authorities on Friday reporting more than 5,000 new cases, while passengers on a cruise ship blocked from five countries due to virus fears finally disembarked in Cambodia. Workers in protective suits are seen at a checkpoint for registration and body temperature

BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – The Chinese province at the center of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in deaths and thousands more infections using a broader definition on Thursday, while Japan became the third place outside mainland China to suffer a fatality. The epidemic has given China’s ruling Communist Party one of its sternest challenges

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has quarantined a community of 10,000 people near the capital, Hanoi, for 20 days because of fears the coronavirus could spread there, two local officials told Reuters on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective mask walks in a village in Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam, February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Kham The

BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese province at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in the death toll on Thursday under a new diagnostic method, and Beijing sacked two local leaders after criticism of their handling of the crisis. Workers wearing masks walk outside their dormitory, in an electronics manufacturing factory in

People dance during the opening show of the pre-carnival of Rio de Janeiro 2020, at the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil January 12, 2020. REUTERS/Ian Cheibub RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Preparing for Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival, when well over 1 million visitors pour into the “Marvelous City” for round-the-clock revelry, is always

FILE PHOTO: Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a news conference in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 10, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday he will send Congress a proposal crafted by the Supreme Court that aims to strengthen the judiciary to combat

BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Wednesday reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases since late January, lending weight to a prediction from its senior medical adviser that the outbreak could be over by April. People wearing face masks walk at Longtan Park, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus,

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s future is threatened by its diminishing birthrate, President Sergio Mattarella said on Tuesday, as new data showed the population had shrunk once again in 2019. FILE PHOTO: Elderly people play cards in Rome, Italy October 8, 2018. REUTERS/Tony Gentile Italy’s growing demographic crisis, with births falling and life expectancy rising, is

GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak is hitting a peak in China this month and may be over by April, the government’s senior medical adviser said on Tuesday, in the latest assessment of an epidemic that has rattled the world. In an interview with Reuters, Zhong Nanshan, an 83-year-old epidemiologist who won fame for

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has given formal notice to the United States of his decision to scrap a bilateral Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), officials said on Tuesday, following through on repeated threat to downgrade the defense alliance. FILE PHOTO: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attends a plenary session at a regional summit in

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General William Barr arrives for U.S. President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/POOL WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has charged four Chinese military hackers in

BEIJING (Reuters) – People across China trickled back work on Monday after an extended Lunar New Year holiday as the government eased restrictions imposed to counter the coronavirus, but the World Health Organization (WHO) said the number of cases outside China could be just “the tip of the iceberg”. The death toll from the epidemic

(Reuters) – A growing number of countries around the world are evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from parts of China hit by the new coronavirus. A woman wearing a face mask rides an escalator at an underpass leading to a subway station in the morning after the extended Lunar New Year

DUBLIN/CORK (Reuters) – Irish nationalists Sinn Fein demanded on Sunday to be part of the next Irish government after early results indicated the left-wing party secured the most votes in an election that leader Mary Lou McDonald described as a ballot box “revolution”. The former political wing of the Irish Republican Army, which has recast