Modi seeks ‘forgiveness’ from India’s poor over coronavirus lockdown
Mumbai (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the nation’s poor for forgiveness on Sunday, as the economic and
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Indian police fire tear gas at jobless workers defying coronavirus lockdown
Ahmedabad (Reuters) – Police in India fired tear gas to disperse a stone-pelting crowd of migrant workers defying a three-week
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South Korea to pay cash to families, bring in extra budget relief
Seoul (Reuters) – South Korea will make an emergency cash payment to most families and draw up a second supplementary
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Austria to make basic face masks compulsory in supermarkets
Vienna (Reuters) – Austria will require the public to wear basic face masks in supermarkets, where they will be handed
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India says no plan to extend coronavirus lockdown as poor struggle
New Delhi (Reuters) – India has no plans to extend a 21-day lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus,
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Drop in China’s new coronavirus cases; none in Wuhan for sixth day
Wuhan (Reuters) – China reported a drop in new coronavirus infections for a fourth day as drastic curbs on international
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Palestinian groups cancel mass Gaza rallies over coronavirus concerns
Gaza (Reuters) – Palestinian groups in Gaza cancelled mass rallies planned for next week along the border with Israel amid
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China’s Wuhan, where the coronavirus emerged, begins to lift its lockdown
Wuhan (Reuters) – The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak first emerged, began lifting a two-month lockdown on
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Turkey’s Erdogan replaces transport minister amid virus outbreak
Ankara (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan replaced Transport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan in an overnight decree on Saturday, as
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India to use some train coaches as coronavirus isolation wards
New Delhi (Reuters) – India said on Saturday it was planning to turn some railway coaches into isolation wards for
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