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Italy reports 1st virus death, cases more than quadruple

CODOGNO, Italy - Italy reported its first death from the new virus from China early Saturday and the number of people infected more than quadrupled due to a cluster of cases that prompted officials to...

Feb 23, 2020

Raf Simons joining Prada in full creative collaboration

MILAN - Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons - two of the fashion world's biggest creative names - will collaborate on Prada collections from Spring/Summer 2021 going forward indefinitely, the designers annou...

Feb 23, 2020

US, Taliban truce takes effect, setting stage for peace deal

ISLAMABAD - A temporary truce between the United States and the Taliban took effect on Friday, setting the stage for the two sides to sign a peace deal next week aimed at ending 18 years of war in Afg...

Feb 23, 2020

Virus closes doors at Armani, but other Milan shows go on

MILAN - After Giorgio Armani's last-minute decision to show his latest collection in an empty theatre due to concerns about the new virus, the rest of Milan's runway shows scheduled for Sunday are to ...

Feb 23, 2020

Eight dead in Turkey as 5.7 earthquake strikes western Iran

ANKARA, Turkey - Eight people were killed in Turkey in a magnitude 5.7 earthquake that struck western Iran early Sunday morning, Turkish Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu said. The quake centred on the...

Feb 23, 2020

Court in Thailand orders popular opposition party dissolved

BANGKOK - Thailand's constitutional Court on Friday ordered the popular opposition Future Forward Party dissolved, declaring that it violated election law by accepting a loan from its leader, charisma...

Feb 23, 2020

Iranians vote in parliament elections favouring conservatives

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranians voted for a new parliament Friday, with turnout seen as a key measure of support for Iran's leadership as sanctions weigh on the economy and U.S. pressure isolates the country ...

Feb 22, 2020

Trump not a 'Parasite' fan, praises 'Gone with the Wind'

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is apparently not a fan of Oscar winner "Parasite," his biggest complaint being that the movie was made in South Korea. Trump started talking about the Academy Awar...

Feb 22, 2020

New Orleans agency: 1 fatally struck by Mardi Gras float

NEW ORLEANS - A person was struck by a float and fatally injured Saturday evening during one of the iconic parades of the Mardi Gras season in New Orleans, authorities said. It was the second death in...

Feb 22, 2020

Cases rise in S Korea, China, as Iran, Italy battle outbreak

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea and China both reported a rise in new virus cases on Sunday, as the South Korean prime minister warned that the fast-spreading outbreak linked to a local church...

Feb 22, 2020