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Tensions between Greece and Turkey rise over migrant clashes

KASTANIES, Greece - Greece countered accusations from Turkey Wednesday that it was responsible for the death of a migrant, as its border authorities strove for a sixth day to keep thousands of migrant...

Mar 06, 2020

Cruise ship is held off California coast for virus testing

SAN FRANCISCO - Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship with 3,500 people aboard to stay back from the California coast Thursday until passengers and crew can be tes...

Mar 06, 2020

At sea: Passengers off California await virus test results

SAN FRANCISCO - Passengers on a cruise ship off the California coast were instructed to stay in their cabins as they awaited test results Friday that could show whether the coronavirus is circulating ...

Mar 06, 2020

Warren reevaluates, Bloomberg drops out after Super Tuesday

LOS ANGELES - New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg suspended his presidential campaign and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was reassessing her candidacy Wednesday as the winnowing process in the De...

Mar 06, 2020

Stocks soar on plans for more stimulus measures, Biden wins

The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared more than 1,100 points, or 4.5%, Wednesday as governments and central banks around the globe took more aggressive measures to fight the virus outbreak and its e...

Mar 06, 2020

Australian composer Brett Dean hospitalized with coronavirus

ADELAIDE, Australia - Musician and composer Brett Dean has been hospitalized in Australia with the new coronavirus. British agent Intermusica confirmed on Thursday that the violist and conductor was i...

Mar 06, 2020

US stocks open sharply lower, yields drop in virus worries

NEW YORK - Stocks are opening sharply lower on Wall Street and bond yields are sinking to more record lows as investors fear that economic damage from the spreading coronavirus outbreak will be longer...

Mar 06, 2020

US added robust 273K jobs in February before virus escalated

WASHINGTON - Hiring jumped in February as employers added 273,000 jobs, evidence that the economy was in strong shape before the coronavirus began to sweep through the United States. The Labor Departm...

Mar 06, 2020

Suicide bombers wound 5 police in Tunisian capital

TUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisia's interior ministry says two suicide bombers blew themselves up near the U.S. Embassy in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, Friday, wounding five police officers. A ministry stateme...

Mar 06, 2020

Iran warns it could use 'force' to halt travel amid virus

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Friday the new coronavirus has killed 124 people amid 4,747 confirmed cases in the Islamic Republic as authorities warned they may use "force" to limit travel between cities. ...

Mar 06, 2020