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Pompeo rushes to Kabul to jumpstart flagging peace process

KABUL - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Monday in Kabul on an urgent visit to try to move forward a U.S. peace deal signed last month with the Taliban, a trip that comes despite the corona...

Mar 22, 2020

Grieving and saying goodbye in the time of coronavirus

CHICAGO - Tucked deep in the obituary for Charles Recka was an announcement that a Mass celebrating his 87 years of life "will be held at a later date." Such notices are increasing amid the coronaviru...

Mar 22, 2020

Japan PM: Delay an option if Olympics can't be held fully

TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday said a postponement of Tokyo Olympics would be unavoidable if the games cannot be held in a complete way because of the coronavirus pandemic. He was...

Mar 22, 2020

Nations's capital trying to keep crowds from cherry blossoms

WASHINGTON - As signature cherry blossom trees go through peak bloom in the nation's capital, officials in the District of Columbia are resorting to mass street closures to keep large crowds away in t...

Mar 22, 2020

Rand Paul is 1st senator to report positive test for virus

WASHINGTON - Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says he has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. The Republican is the first member of the Senate to report testing positive. He said i...

Mar 22, 2020

Merkel in quarantine after doctor tests positive for virus

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has gone into quarantine after being informed that a doctor who administered a vaccine to her has tested positive for the new coronavirus. Merkel's spokesman s...

Mar 22, 2020

Spanish opera singer Plácido Domingo has coronavirus

MADRID - Spanish opera singer Plcido Domingo said Sunday that he's infected with the coronavirus. The 79-year-old Domingo said in a post on his personal Facebook account Sunday that "I feel it is my m...

Mar 22, 2020

Iran leader refuses US help, citing virus conspiracy theory

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran's supreme leader on Sunday refused U.S. assistance to fight the new coronavirus, citing an unfounded conspiracy theory that the virus could be man-made by America. A...

Mar 22, 2020

Strong earthquake shakes Croatia, damages buildings

ZAGREB, Croatia - A strong earthquake shook Croatia and its capital on Sunday, causing widespread damage and panic. Some casualties were reported. The European seismological agency, EMSC, said the ear...

Mar 22, 2020

New York reviewing sites for more hospital beds, Cuomo says

ALBANY, N.Y. - New York is reviewing places to put new hospital beds in response to the coronavirus outbreak, including New York City's main convention centre and some state university campuses, Gov. ...

Mar 21, 2020