SPARTANBURG/NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., (Reuters) – Presidential contender Joe Biden told South Carolina’s Democrats yesterday that they can take control of the White House if they pick “the right nominee” to face President Donald Trump.
KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad will stand for the premiership on behalf of the former ruling coalition, the interim prime minister said yesterday, less than a week after he quit and plunged the country into turmoil.
(Reuters) – U.N. chief Antonio Guterres yesterday described an increase in fighting in northwest Syria that killed dozens of Turkish troops as “one of the most alarming moments” of the nine-year-old war and – along with most U.N.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Roman Polanski cast a shadow over France’s Cesar Awards on Friday even as he won best directing for his film “An Officer and a Spy,” with several women in the audience walking out in protest at honouring a man facing rape accusations.
GENEVA/BEIJING, (Reuters) – The rapid spread of coronavirus raised fears of a pandemic today, with countries on three continents reporting their first cases and Swiss authorities cancelling the giant Geneva car show.
GENEVA/BEIJING, (Reuters) – Hopes the coronavirus would be contained to China vanished yesterday as infections spread rapidly around the world, countries started stockpiling medical equipment and investors took flight in expectation of a global recession.
ANKARA/ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Turkey, faced with a possible new wave of Syrian migrants and dozens more dead Turkish soldiers in Idlib, will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe, a senior Turkish official said as President Tayyip Erdogan chaired an emergency meeting.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry will allow for agrochemicals awaiting regulatory approval to receive licenses automatically, potentially allowing new pesticides to reach market faster, according to new rules published yesterday.
SHENZHEN, China, (Reuters) – The southern Chinese technology hub of Shenzhen is moving to outlaw the consumption of dogs and cats as the country clamps down on the wildlife trade that scientists suspect led to the coronavirus outbreak.
SYDNEY/DUBAI, (Reuters) – The coronavirus’ rapid spread in Iran, Italy, South Korea and elsewhere left alarmed governments and people across the globe rushing today to implement emergency measures.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told Americans yesterday that the risk from coronavirus remained “very low,” and placed Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the U.S.
Milwaukee, (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire at the Molson Coors Beverage Co brewing complex in Milwaukee yesterday, killing five employees before he was found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot, the city’s police chief said.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s culture ministry yesterday cancelled performances by Placido Domingo in Madrid in May following allegations of sexual harassment by the opera star.
CHARLESTON, S.C., (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden won the endorsement of an influential black congressman from South Carolina yesterday, which could prove pivotal as he competes with national front-runner Bernie Sanders for the support of the state’s African-American voters in Saturday’s primary.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign said on Wednesday it was filing a libel suit accusing the New York Times of intentionally publishing a false opinion article that suggested Russia and the campaign had an overarching deal in the 2016 U.S.
HASANKEYF, Turkey, (Reuters) – Every day hundreds of people gather on the banks of the Tigris river in southeast Turkey to watch a 12,000-year-old town disappearing before their eyes.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – The sudden rise in novel coronavirus cases in Italy, Iran and South Korea is “deeply concerning”, but the virus can still be contained and does not amount to a pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said today.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled for 30 years until he was ousted in a popular uprising against corruption and autocracy, died yesterday at the age of 91.
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday alerted Americans to begin preparing for the spread of coronavirus in the United States after infections surfaced in several more countries.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – More than a dozen people have been killed and hundreds injured in clashes between opposing groups of protesters in New Delhi, hospital officials said yesterday, as riots overshadowed U.S.