SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Oil prices jumped more than 6% last night, clawing back some ground on hopes that a price war by top producers Saudi Arabia and Russia that sparked the biggest daily rout since the 1991 Gulf War will not be sustained.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Max von Sydow, the tall, blond Swedish actor who brought gravitas to arthouse dramas, horror movies and Hollywood blockbusters, has died in France aged 90, his agent said yesterday.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadians should avoid all cruise ship travel amid a coronavirus outbreak, the country’s chief medical officer said on Monday, as the number of people in Canada who have contracted the disease surpassed 70.
LUCKNOW, India, (Reuters) – The top court in India’s most populous state ordered authorities today to remove large displays of the names, pictures and addresses of dozens of anti-government protesters, amid fears that they encourage attacks by vigilante mobs.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Older Americans, especially those with chronic medical concerns, should probably avoid big social gatherings and airline flights, given the rapid spread of coronavirus, a top U.S.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Oil prices plunged around 25% yesterday, heading towards their biggest daily loss since 1991 after Saudi Arabia slashed prices and set plans for a big increase in crude production in April.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea launched multiple short-range projectiles into the sea yesterday as part of ongoing firing drills, a week after it resumed missile tests following a three-month break, South Korea’s military said.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – Brazilian and U.S. governments signed yesterday an agreement for development of defence projects that may give the South American country access to financing.
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Four people have died in the collapse of a hotel in the Chinese city of Quanzhou, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Sunday, after state media said the place was being used to quarantine individuals under observation for the coronavirus.
KABUL, (Reuters) – Abdullah Abdullah, the bitter rival of Afghanistan’s president-elect Ashraf Ghani, has issued invitations to a parallel swearing-in ceremony due next week, his spokesman said yesterday.
(Reuters) – Two more people succumbed to the novel coronavirus in Washington state, officials said yesterday, bringing the nationwide toll to 19, while the number of confirmed cases in New York rose to 89 and a cruise ship with infected passengers remained stranded outside San Francisco.
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian state police on Sunday charged two Sydney women involved in a violent brawl over toilet rolls as major grocers in the country restrict supplies to one pack per person amid panic buying by residents.
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Dogs have a type of infrared sensor in the tip of their nose which enables them to detect minute changes in temperature such as when other animals are nearby, according to new research.
LONDON/LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Twenty-one people aboard a cruise ship that was barred from docking in San Francisco have tested positive for coronavirus, U.S.
PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump parted ways yesterday with acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and replaced him with conservative lawmaker and close ally Mark Meadows, who was a strong Trump defender during the Democratic impeachment drive.
VIENNA, (Reuters) – A three-year pact between OPEC and Russia ended in acrimony yesterday after Moscow refused to support deeper oil cuts to cope with the outbreak of coronavirus and OPEC responded by removing all limits on its own production.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Twelve asymptomatic cases of the coronavirus have been registered on board a Nile cruise ship, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Egypt’s health ministry said today.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak radiated across the United States yesterday, surfacing in at least four new states and San Francisco as Congress quickly approved more than $8 billion to fight the outbreak.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil has confirmed eight cases of the new coronavirus as of yesterday, including the first instances of likely local transmission, as the infectious disease spreads up the coast to tourist hotspot Rio de Janeiro and neighboring Espirito Santo state, the Health Ministry said.