TAIPEI (Reuters) – With Taiwan’s borders closed to tourists as part of coronavirus controls, the staff at Taipei’s Dynasty massage parlour have little to do all day but pace the […]
Calls to suicide helpline show Thais' stress in downturn
BANGKOK (Reuters) – In the weeks before she took her own life, Thai waitress Nitiwadee Sae-Tia felt growing financial pressure after she lost her job, a member of the family […]
Two girls' lockdown learning underlines South Africa's educational divide
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – When Zinzi Lerefolo was sent home from her fee-paying girls’ school in a leafy Johannesburg suburb in March, her family set up a virtual classroom that allowed […]
UK leads fall in global trust in government COVID responses: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – People across almost all the world’s leading rich economies have turned more sceptical about their governments’ handling of the coronavirus pandemic with confidence slumping the most in […]
Brazil sets another record for daily coronavirus deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil registered another new record number of new coronavirus deaths over the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Tuesday evening, as the pandemic […]
Rooftop movie entertains violent Venezuelan barrio during quarantine
CARACAS (Reuters) – The sprawling working-class area of Petare on the east side of Venezuela’s capital of Caracas has made headlines recently for brutal gang battles that raged for days […]
Coronavirus: Government scraps COVID-19 briefings at weekends due to low viewing figures
The government has scrapped its weekend coronavirus briefings, Number 10 has announced. From this week, the news conferences fronted by a senior government minister from Downing Street will no longer […]
Coronavirus to shave trillions from US economy over 10 years
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – The US Congressional Budget Office projected on Monday (June 1) that the coronavirus pandemic would inflict a serious long-term blow to the United States economy, taking 3 […]
Britain has reached 200,000 capacity testing target, says government
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has reached its 200,000 capacity testing target for the coronavirus, including the means for 40,000 antibody tests a day, the government said on Sunday, adding that […]
Divert weapons funding to research to prevent next pandemic, pope says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Saturday urged politicians to divert funds spent on weapons to research to prevent another pandemic, as he led the largest gathering in the […]