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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday reported a record one-day rise in cases of novel coronavirus, pushing the official tally to more than 10,000, a day after President Vladimir Putin said the coming weeks would prove decisive in the fight against the virus.The number of cases jumped by 1,459 and…

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud is welcomed by his Bulgarian counterpart Ekaterina Zaharieva in Sofia, Bulgaria, January 29, 2020.REUTERS/Dimitar KyosemarlievCAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi foreign minister said early on Saturday that a statement attributed to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin about the kingdom’s withdrawal…

Stocks fell in regular trading Friday, as all major American indices fell in the wake of a broadly negative jobs report. With more than 700,000 jobs lost in the March data, unemployment in the United States rose from 3.5% to 4.4%. The markets have been bracing for widespread job losses…

By Alexander MarrowMOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Friday accepted the third resignation of a regional governor within two days after calling on Russia's far-flung areas to do more to limit the spread of the coronavirus.Russia has reported 4,149 cases of the coronavirus, with the majority of those in…

Published: April 2, 2020 at 7:58 p.m. ET ‘That’s what they told me,’ president says at briefing President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing Thursday at the White House. AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on his earlier tweet that he expects Saudi Arabia and Russia…

(MOSCOW) — President Vladimir Putin has ordered most Russians to stay off work until the end of the month to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Speaking in a televised address to the nation on Thursday, Putin said he was extending the non-working policy he ordered earlier for this week…

MOSCOW, RUSSIA -- The head of Moscow's main coronavirus hospital who met with President Vladimir Putin a week ago has tested positive, he said Tuesday, as the Kremlin announced the Russian leader's health was fine. Last Tuesday Denis Protsenko met with the Russian leader who inspected the Kommunarka hospital while…

“Everything is okay,” the RIA news agency reports. Seems legit. The doctor who hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin's tour of the main coronavirus hospital in Moscow last week has himself been diagnosed with the virus, the Rossiya 24 state TV channel reported on Tuesday. Putin was wearing quite the PPE…

Trump and Putin. 📷 Reuters, 2019 During a call-in to 'Fox & Friends' that lasted an hour, Trump says next call is with Putin. Impeached toddler president Donald Trump says he and his boss, Russian crimelord-president Vladmir Putin, will talk on the phone today about trade. While babbling on the…

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