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LIMA,  (Reuters) – Two pregnant women diagnosed with the new coronavirus in Peru have given birth to babies who have tested negative for the disease, a hospital in the capital Lima said yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was set to spend a second night in intensive care yesterday to help his fight against a coronavirus infection, as his designated deputy said he would pull through because “he’s a fighter”.

LUSAKA,  (Reuters) – Glencore’s Zambian unit Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) will shutter its mines today following disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic and low copper prices, it said in a statement, after the country’s mines minister earlier criticised the closure.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticized the World Health Organization yesterday, accusing it of being too focused on China and issuing bad advice during the new coronavirus outbreak and saying he would put a hold on U.S.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – An Ecuadorian court sentenced former president Rafael Correa yesterday to eight years in prison after finding him guilty of corruption charges.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – The total number of coronavirus cases in Iran has risen to more than 62,000 and the death toll is nearing 4,000, according to health ministry data announced on Tuesday, but a senior official suggested the true number of infections might be far higher.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Mainland China reported no coronavirus deaths for the first time since the pandemic began, and a drop in new cases, a day before the central city of Wuhan, where the virus emerged late in December, is set to lift its lockdown.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The governors of New York, New Jersey and Louisiana pointed to tentative signs yesterday that the coronavirus outbreak may be starting to plateau in their states but warned against complacency as the death toll nationwide approached 11,000.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit yesterday after his coronavirus symptoms worsened though his Downing Street office said he was still conscious.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A report published by the Brazilian army’s strategic studies center last week contradicts President Jair Bolsonaro by calling for widespread isolation to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, potentially ratcheting up an already heated public debate within the government.

(Reuters) – Australia’s highest court yesterday acquitted former Vatican treasurer George Pell of sexually assaulting two teenaged choirboys in the 1990s, allowing the 78-year-old cardinal to walk free from jail.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan retirees Carlos Blanco, 81, and Olga Rodriguez, 78, have for more than a year been unable to purchase the diabetes medication they need, as the country’s hyperinflation has left their monthly pensions insufficient to buy even a loaf of bread.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases as of yesterday, up from 30 a day earlier, and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged as the government vowed tighter controls at land borders.

(Reuters) – The United States is entering what a senior official warned yesterday would be the “hardest” week of the coronavirus crisis as the death toll mounted, but some saw glimmers of hope from a slight slowing of fatalities in hard-hit New York.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti yesterday reported its first death linked to the coronavirus outbreak, with 21 confirmed cases of the respiratory disease in the impoverished Caribbean nation, the Health Ministry said.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – South Korea reported fewer than 50 new coronavirus cases yesterday for the first time since its Feb.

(Reuters) – American Airlines Group Inc said late yesterday it would suspend more flights in and out of New York City’s three main airports for about a month, joining other airlines that have cut flights to the area following a spike in coronavirus cases.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital for tests yesterday after suffering persistent coronavirus symptoms 10 days after testing positive for the virus, though Downing Street said he remained in charge of the government.

JOHANNESBURG/ADDIS ABABA,  (Reuters) – About 20 million jobs are at risk in Africa as the continent’s economies are projected to shrink this year due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according an African Union (AU) study.

MILAN, (Reuters) – It took Silvia Bertuletti 11 days of frantic phone calls to persuade a doctor to visit her 78-year-old father Alessandro, who was gripped by fever and struggling for breath.