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FILE PHOTO: People toast as they party in an apartment to celebrate King’s Day (Koningsdag), during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Eva Plevier AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands will begin easing coronavirus lockdown measures next week nearly two months after they were imposed, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said

FILE PHOTO: Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo attends an ASEAN leaders summit with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in Bangkok, Thailand November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered ministers in his cabinet on Wednesday to use “whatever means” necessary to ensure the country’s infection curve of the coronavirus outbreak

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Indigenous leaders in Brazil asked the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday to set up an emergency fund to help protect their communities from the threat of the coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO: An indigenous person from Pataxo ethnic group is seen inside the village Nao Xoha, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak,

MONTREAL (Reuters) – The major Canadian province of Quebec, among the worst hit by the coronavirus, started gradually restarting its economy on Monday while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau maintained his cautious stance. FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pauses during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Blair

People wear face masks as a mandatory precaution for riding on public transportations amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak while boarding on and off a metro in Taipei, Taiwan, April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the government has “not yet” received an invitation to take part

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government said it foiled a marine incursion on Sunday by “terrorist mercenaries” who attempted to enter the country on speedboats from neighboring Colombia, adding security forces killed eight of the assailants. FILE PHOTO: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, March 12, 2020.

FILE PHOTO: The skyline of the Beijing’s Central Business District rises behind people crossing a street during evening rush hour as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in China, April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter HONG KONG (Reuters) – China reported two new coronavirus cases for May 2, up from one the day before, data

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong anti-government protesters queued outside businesses that openly support the democracy movement on Friday, a show of support for “yellow” restaurants and cafes reeling from the twin impact of the coronavirus crisis and months of demonstrations. Customers sit inside a yellow restaurant called ”Mainichi”, during ”golden week” holiday by supporting

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will reopen playgrounds, museums and churches from Monday to go with the small shops that reopened this week, and decide within days about schools and sports events as it eases its way out of lockdown. German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference after discussing with German state premiers whether the

(Reuters) – British World War Two veteran Captain Tom Moore, who has raised millions for the country’s National Health Service (NHS), was made an honorary member of the England cricket team as he celebrated his 100th birthday on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Former British Army Officer Captain Tom Moore looks at a spitfire and hurricane from

FILE PHOTO: A worker from the city’s center for disease control and prevention draws blood from a man to conduct a test for antibodies against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Suifenhe, a city bordering Russia in China’s Heilongjiang province, April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Huizhong Wu SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China “resolutely opposes” any international inquiry into the

MANILA (Reuters) – Catholic priest Eduardo “Ponpon” Vasquez has worn a hazmat suit more than a vestment this past month.  Filipino Catholic priest Eduardo “Ponpon” Vasquez Jr, 47, wears personal protective equipment (PPE) as he conducts an impromptu baptism on an infant, after visiting the family’s home to give a blessing to one of their

FILE PHOTO: A memorial for Const. Heidi Stevenson is seen outside the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Headquarters, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada April 20, 2020. REUTERS/John Morris/File Photo (Reuters) – Nine of the 22 victims killed in Canada’s Nova Scotia province earlier this month in a weekend shooting rampage died in house fires set

Dutch flags hang outside apartments to celebrate King’s Day (Koningsdag), during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Eva Plevier THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The Netherlands’ number of confirmed coronavirus cases has risen by 400 to 38,245 health authorities said on Monday, with 43 new deaths. The country’s death toll stands

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has almost entirely cleared out government migrant shelters over the past five weeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, returning most of the occupants to their countries of origin, official data showed on Sunday. FILE PHOTO: A paramedic, wearing protective suit and mask, transports a man suspected of

(Reuters) – Some 2.89 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 201,833 have died, according to a Reuters tally. People wear face masks waiting outside a beauty salon and check cashing facility as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread, in the Highland Park section of Detroit, Michigan