SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian countries are facing a second wave of coronavirus infections and are taking drastic measures to try to contain the disease, with Australia registering a record daily increase in cases and Vietnam closing the city of Danang. FILE PHOTO: Two people are tested in the windows of …
Read More »Belarusian self-exiled presidential contender trusts new ‘Joan of Arc’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A presidential contender who says he fled Belarus because he feared for freedom and custody of his children told Reuters that the country’s opposition is trusting a candidate he characterized as Joan of Arc in recent days. Valery Tsepkalo, a Belarusian opposition figure who was banned from …
Read More »Portugal on high alert as firefighters fight fire
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal will be on high alert as more than 850 firefighters are fighting to put out a fire that will sweep through part of the country’s central region on Sunday, with strong winds and high temperatures complicating efforts to fight the fire. . The forest fire has …
Read More »Citing his own weight battle, the Prime Minister urges Britain to get in shape
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson used his own fight against weight on Monday to urge the British to get in shape and tackle widespread obesity that could increase coronavirus risks. FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Great Britain on July 22, 2020. …
Read More »FIXED: Florida Registers 9,300 New Coronavirus Cases, Beats New York
(Corrects the eighth paragraph to New York third for the cases) By Diane Craft July 26 (Reuters) – Florida became the second state on Sunday after California to overtake New York, the state most affected at the start of the new coronavirus outbreak in the United States, according to a …
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