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Turkey, Russia talk on Syria as migrants rush Greek border

REYHANLI, Turkey - The presidents of Turkey and Russia spoke by phone Friday to try to defuse tensions that rose significantly in Syria after 33 Turkish troops were killed in a Syrian government airst...

Feb 28, 2020

Stocks fall on Wall Street, head for worst week since 2008

NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday and were on track for their worst week since October 2008 as the spreading coronavirus threatens to derail the global economy. The virus outbreak has been sh...

Feb 28, 2020

Balmain celebrates diversity and twists classicism in Paris

PARIS - Usher unleashed a photographer's battle at Balmain on Friday, as he appeared at Paris Fashion Week alongside towering model Cindy Bruna. The designer, Olivier Rousteing said of the typically g...

Feb 28, 2020

Financial pain deepens as nearly 60 countries report virus

TOKYO - A deepening health crisis became an economic one too Friday as the coronavirus outbreak sapped financial markets, emptied shops and businesses and put major sites and events off limits. The li...

Feb 28, 2020

No checkout needed: Amazon opens cashier-less grocery store

NEW YORK - Amazon wants to kill the supermarket checkout line. The online retailing giant is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, where shoppers can grab milk or eggs and walk out without waiti...

Feb 27, 2020

Kids shine as Broadway's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' goes big

NEW YORK - The cast of "To Kill a Mockingbird" ditched its sombre Broadway home Wednesday for the cavernous Madison Square Garden, performing the play for 18,000 school kids in an electric one-time-on...

Feb 27, 2020

Plácido Domingo drops upcoming shows at Spanish opera venue

MADRID - Global opera star Plcido Domingo has cancelled his upcoming performances at one of Spain's main opera houses as officials and music venues in the tenor's home country reassess their ties afte...

Feb 27, 2020

China struggles to revive manufacturing amid virus outbreak

BEIJING - Factories that make the world's smartphones, toys and other goods are struggling to reopen after a virus outbreak idled China's economy. But even with the ruling Communist Party promising he...

Feb 27, 2020

Top nominee Polanski to skip French Oscars after rape claim

PARIS - Filmmaker Roman Polanski is skipping the awards ceremony for France's equivalent of the Oscars - where his latest movie leads this year's nominations - because of protests prompted by a new ra...

Feb 27, 2020

Democrats band together to knock Sanders during debate clash

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Democrats unleashed a roaring assault against Bernie Sanders and seized on Mike Bloomberg's past with women in the workplace during a contentious debate Tuesday night that tested th...

Feb 27, 2020