Image copyright Reuters Image caption Spain's health system has been under intense pressure as infections continue to rise Spain has seen a sharp rise in the number of deaths caused by coronavirus but the rate of new infections is stabilising, officials say.Confirmed cases of Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, rose to 64,059, a…
Unthinkable decisions — These are choices no doctor wants to make. But they may soon be a reality. Beth Mole - Mar 26, 2020 11:00 pm UTC Enlarge / NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 20: Doctors test hospital staff with flu-like symptoms for COVID-19 at St. Barnabas hospital on March 20, 2020, in New York…
TOKYO/LAUSANNE (Reuters) - Officials in charge of staging Tokyo’s Olympic Games crowded around a low table inside Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s residence late Tuesday, wincing as they spoke by phone with the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, President of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee Yoshiro Mori,…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A border wall divides Nogales, Arizona from the Mexican state of Sonora Mexican protesters have shut a US southern border crossing amid fears that untested American travellers will spread coronavirus.Residents in Sonora, south of the US state of Arizona, have promised to block traffic into Mexico for a second…
What are we doing here? — Editorial: We need someone who can explain how we'll deal with the pandemic. John Timmer - Mar 25, 2020 10:17 pm UTC Enlarge / To call the government's response to the pandemic unsteady would be an understatement.In difficult and frightening times, it's normal for a certain amount of confusion…
(Reuters) - New York state, leading the country in coronavirus infections and deaths, is showing tentative signs of slowing the spread of the disease, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday, while the health crisis deepened in hard-hit New Orleans and elsewhere. The rate of hospitalizations in New York has slowed in recent days, Cuomo said,…
Image copyright EPA Image caption Mr Putin put on special protective gear as he visited coronavirus patients at a hospital in Moscow on Tuesday Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed a vote on constitutional change that would allow him to stay in power, because of coronavirus concerns.He said the public vote - previously due to…
Piracy — North Carolina can't be sued for pirating photos of a famous pirate ship. Timothy B. Lee - Mar 24, 2020 8:37 pm UTC Enlarge / A model of the pirate ship Queen Anne's Revenge in the North Carolina Museum of History.A state government that infringes someone's copyright doesn't have to worry about getting…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The presidents of Mexico and Brazil scored stunning election victories in 2018 in defiance of the political establishment, but their unwillingness to follow consensus on the coronavirus pandemic has left the two increasingly exposed. Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro adjusts his protective face mask during a news conference to announce measures to curb…
The Olympic Games were due to run from 24 July to 9 AugustThe Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been postponed until next year because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.The event, due to begin on 24 July, will now take place "no later than summer 2021"."I proposed to postpone for a year and [IOC]…
