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North Korea flies out foreign diplomats during virus fight

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A special North Korean flight carrying presumably dozens of diplomats and other foreigners left for Russia's Far East on Monday as the country tightens its lockdown intende...

Mar 08, 2020

Trump names Rep. Mark Meadows his new chief of staff

WASHINGTON - In the midst of one of the most daunting crises of his administration, President Donald Trump announced he had made a major staff overhaul, replacing his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvan...

Mar 08, 2020

N. Korea fires weapons after threatening 'momentous' action

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea fired three unidentified projectiles off its east coast on Monday, South Korea's military said, two days after the North threatened to take "momentous" action t...

Mar 08, 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 08, 2020

Oil plunges 20% as another virus-fueled trading week begins

NEW YORK - Oil prices are plunging amid worries that an OPEC dispute will lead an economy weakened by COVID-19 to be awash in an oversupply of crude. Brent crude, the international standard, lost $8.7...

Mar 08, 2020

Austin officials cancel South by Southwest festival

AUSTIN, Texas - The organizers of South By Southwest - which draws hundreds of thousands of visitors and some of Hollywood and music's biggest stars - announced Friday they had cancelled the annual ar...

Mar 08, 2020

Ohio State settling some suits over doc abuse; cost unclear

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State reached an unspecified settlement with nearly half of the roughly 350 men who say they were sexually abused decades ago by a team doctor who was jokingly known among some a...

Mar 08, 2020

Oil price dives as OPEC, Russia fail to agree on output cut

VIENNA - OPEC and key ally Russia failed to agree Friday on a cut to oil production that would have contained the plunge in the price of crude caused by the new coronavirus outbreak's massive disrupti...

Mar 08, 2020

21 positive for coronavirus on cruise ship off California

SAN FRANCISCO - Twenty-one people aboard a mammoth cruise ship off the California coast tested positive for the new coronavirus and 19 of them are crew members, Vice-President Mike Pence announced Fri...

Mar 08, 2020

Meghan urges men to honour the women in their lives

LONDON - Prince Harry's wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has visited a school to offer an International Women's Day message with an appeal to men to honour the women in their lives. The surprise vi...

Mar 08, 2020