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BILBAO, Spain (Reuters) – Two dozen visitors queued to get their temperatures taken at the entrance to Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum on Monday as it became the first of Spain’s major cultural centres to reopen its doors after a long lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. General view of the Guggenheim Museum on the day it

FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a news conference at Rideau Cottage, as efforts continue to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada does not support Russia’s return to the Group of Seven, as U.S. President Donald Trump

FILE PHOTO: Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven speaks during a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation, in Stockholm, Sweden May 13, 2020. TT News Agency/Pontus Lundahl via REUTERS/File Photo STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden will launch an inquiry into the country’s handling of the pandemic before the summer, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said in

Sun beds are set next to a swimming pool of the Divani Apollon Palace hotel, on the first day of the opening of hotels in Greece, following a nationwide lockdown against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Athens, Greece, June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece allowed year-round hotels to open

FILE PHOTO: A model of a customs road sign is seen at the border of United Kingdom and European Union during the reopening of ‘mini-Europe’ theme park where people can wonder across small scale models of European capitals landmarks as Belgium began easing lockdown restrictions amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium, May

FILE PHOTO: Migrant workers look out of windows in a dormitory, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The Singapore government is racing to create additional housing for about 60,000 migrant workers by the end of this year, as it seeks to reduce the density in

PARIS/KARACHI (Reuters) – Air crash investigators were en route from Pakistan to France on Monday with two ‘black box’ flight recorders of a Pakistani airliner that crashed in a residential area while trying to land in the port city of Karachi last month, airport officials said. FILE PHOTO: People stand on a roof of a

FILE PHOTO: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov listens during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow, Russia December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday it needed to see more details before responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to invite Russia to attend a Group of

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign affairs Dominic Raab arrives in Downing Street, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 21, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will not look away from its responsibilities to Hong Kong, foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday, repeating London’s offer of

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will start administering its first approved antiviral drug to treat coronavirus patients next week, its state financial backer told Reuters, a move it described as “a game changer” that should speed a return to normal economic life. FILE PHOTO: Paramedics and members of the Emergencies Ministry wearing personal protective equipment (PPE)

(Reuters) – Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: FILE PHOTO: The drug hydroxychloroquine, pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump and others in recent months as a possible treatment to people infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is displayed by a pharmacist at the Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, U.S.,

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Residents of Moscow can leave their homes to take a stroll for the first time in nine weeks on Monday under a partial easing of a tough lockdown regime following a fall in novel coronavirus cases. FILE PHOTO: Vehicles spray disinfectant while sanitizing a road amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease

FILE PHOTO: A woman poses for a picture in front of the Sydney Opera House amidst the easing of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Sydney, Australia, May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SYDNEY (Reuters) – Several Australian states eased social distancing restrictions further on Monday, allowing restaurants to host more people and public attractions to

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s three decades of uninterrupted prosperity are coming to an abrupt end as the global coronavirus pandemic crashes one of its most lucrative sources of income – immigration. Gurmeet Tuli, who owns a jewellery shop speaks with fellow small business owners at an Indian restaurant, where a business has substantially slowed since

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro joined a rally on Sunday on horseback as supporters urged the closing of the Supreme Court for investigating the right-wing leader, as one of its justices compared the risks to Brazil’s democracy with Hitler’s Germany. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro rides a horse during a meeting with supporters protesting

FILE PHOTO: The drug hydroxychloroquine, pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump and others in recent months as a possible treatment to people infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is displayed by a pharmacist at the Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, U.S., May 27, 2020. REUTERS/George Frey WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has supplied