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'This is not a drill': WHO urges the world to fight virus

BANGKOK - The global march of the new virus triggered a vigorous appeal from the World Health Organization for governments to pull out "all the stops" to slow the epidemic, as it drained colour from I...

Mar 07, 2020

Florida: 2 dead in the state who tested COVID-19 positive

MIAMI - Two people who tested positive for the new coronavirus have died in Florida, marking the first deaths on the East Coast attributed to the outbreak in the U.S., health officials said Friday. Th...

Mar 06, 2020

Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian two-term UN chief, dies at 100

LIMA, Peru - Javier Prez de Cullar, the two-term United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic cease-fire between Iran and Iraq in 1988 and who in later life came out of retirement to help ...

Mar 06, 2020

WSJ: Saudis arrest 2 princes for allegedly plotting coup

NEW YORK - Saudi officials arrested two members of the royal family early Friday for allegedly plotting to oust King Salman and the son he has designated to succeed him, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salm...

Mar 06, 2020

Ronaldinho arrested in Paraguay in false passport case

SAO PAULO - Soccer star Ronaldinho was arrested Friday night in a hotel in Paraguay's capital after authorities said he entered the country with falsified documents. The 39-year-old Brazilian and his ...

Mar 06, 2020

Trump names Rep. Mark Meadows his new chief of staff

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday named Rep. Mark Meadows as his new chief of staff, replacing Mick Mulvaney, who been acting in the role for more than a year. Trump announced the staff re...

Mar 06, 2020

One more victory: Biden wins most Super Tuesday delegates

WASHINGTON - Former Vice-President Joe Biden has put an exclamation point on his Super Tuesday victories by winning the most delegates on the presidential primary calendar's biggest night. The Associa...

Mar 06, 2020

Plunging yields force investors and Fed to rethink strategy

WASHINGTON - The response in stock markets to the growing risk from the coronavirus has been swift and fierce. But a better gauge of fear on Wall Street may be the bond market, where the moves over th...

Mar 06, 2020

Skiing finals, Italian cycling races cancelled due to virus

MILAN - The alpine skiing World Cup Finals and major Italian cycling races were among the latest sporting events to be cancelled on Friday because of the escalating virus outbreak. Also, an unnamed Sc...

Mar 06, 2020

Austin officials cancel South by Southwest festival

AUSTIN, Texas - Austin city officials have cancelled the South by Southwest arts and technology festival. Mayor Steve Adler announced a local disaster as a precaution because of the threat of the nove...

Mar 06, 2020