Lockdowns

South Africa began to gradually ease its strict coronavirus lockdown on Friday, allowing some industries to reopen after five weeks…

ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Two medics in protective suits jumped out of a car in a deserted street in central Ankara…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — May Day usually brings both protest rallies and celebrations rallies marking international Labor Day. This year,…

There will be 11,000 fewer deaths in European countries under coronavirus lockdown due to a sharp drop in fossil fuel…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sailors at a Sri Lankan naval base have become the biggest cluster of coronavirus infections…

LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) — Qatar Petroleum, one of the world’s biggest energy companies, plans a new wave of job cuts and…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European economy shrank by a record 3.8 percent in the first quarter as business activity…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Brazil’s virtually uncontrolled surge of COVID-19 cases is spawning fear that construction workers, truck drivers…

TOKYO (AP) — Under Japan’s coronavirus state of emergency, people have been asked to stay home. Many are not. Some…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In cities around the world, public transport systems are the key to getting workers back…