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Trial of 4 suspects in downing of flight MH17 set to open
Published On: March 9, 2020 02:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SCHIPHOL, NETHERLAND, March 9: The trial is opening Monday of three Russians and a Ukrainian charged with multiple counts of murder for their alleged involvement in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
Indian Wells tennis postponed after coronavirus confirmed
Published On: March 9, 2020 01:03 PM NPT By: Associated Press
March 9: The BNP Paribas Open, the near-major tennis tournament set to begin this week in the California desert, won’t be played as scheduled after a case of coronavirus was confirmed in the Coachella Valley.
Italy quarantines north in drastic bid to slow virus spread
Published On: March 9, 2020 08:03 AM NPT By: Associated Press
ROME, March 9: Italy took a page from China’s playbook Sunday, attempting to lock down 16 million people — more than a quarter of its population — for nearly a month to halt the relentless march of the new coronavirus across Europe.
Italy announces virus quarantine affecting 16 million people
Published On: March 8, 2020 11:47 AM NPT By: Associated Press
ROME, March 8: Italy’s prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country’s population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of Europe’s outbreak.
21 positive for coronavirus on cruise ship off California
Published On: March 7, 2020 01:40 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, March 7: 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 Friday, amid evidence the vessel was the breeding ground for a deadly cluster of more than 10 cases during its previous voyage.
Virus cases top 100,000 in 90 countries as markets take dive
Published On: March 7, 2020 12:27 PM NPT By: Associated Press
PARIS, March 7: Crossing more borders, the new coronavirus hit a milestone, infecting more than 100,000 people worldwide as it wove itself deeper into the daily lives of millions, infecting the powerful, the unprotected poor and vast masses in between.
India’s beleaguered health system braces for virus surge
Published On: March 6, 2020 07:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, March 6: India is bracing for a potential explosion of coronavirus cases as authorities rush to trace, test and quarantine contacts of 31 people confirmed to have the disease.
Gunmen kill at least 27 at memorial for Afghan Shiite leader
Published On: March 6, 2020 05:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan, March 6: Gunmen killed at least 27 people and wounded 29 more in Afghanistan’s capital on Friday at a remembrance ceremony for a minority Shiite leader, officials said.
As virus cases near 100,000, fear of ‘devastation’ for poor
Published On: March 6, 2020 03:32 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BANGKOK, March 6: The number of people infected with the new virus charged toward 100,000 Friday, with the global scare upending routines, threatening livelihoods and prompting quarantines in its spread.
Trump set to sign $8.3B bill to fight coronavirus outbreak
Published On: March 6, 2020 12:49 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, March 6: President Donald Trump is expected to sign an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. The legislation would provide federal public health agencies money for vaccines, tests and potential treatments, and help state and local governments prepare for and respond to the threat.
Cruise passengers off California await virus test results
Published On: March 6, 2020 12:22 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, March 6: Coronavirus test results were expected Friday for some passengers and crew aboard a cruise ship held off the California coast.
South Africa sees nation’s 1st coronavirus case
Published On: March 5, 2020 08:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BANGKOK, March 5: South Africa has announced its first confirmed case of the new coronavirus.
New virus has infected more than 76,000 people globally
Published On: March 5, 2020 07:32 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Feb 21: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 76,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
Dogs, cats can’t pass on coronavirus, but can test positive
Published On: March 5, 2020 07:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
HONG KONG, March 5: Pet cats and dogs cannot pass the new coronavirus on to humans, but they can test positive for low levels of the pathogen if they catch it from their owners.
Iran says virus deaths reach 107 amid 3,513 confirmed cases
Published On: March 5, 2020 06:13 PM NPT By: Associated Press
DUBAI, UAE, March 5: Iran will set up checkpoints to limit travel between major cities and urged citizens on Thursday to reduce their use of paper money to fight a spreading outbreak of the new coronavirus, which has killed at least 107 people across the Islamic Republic.
Black voters power Biden’s Super Tuesday success
Published On: March 5, 2020 03:02 PM NPT By: Associated Press
DETROIT, March 5: Joe Biden’s presidential campaign spent the past month on the verge of collapse after disappointing finishes in the overwhelmingly white states that launched the Democratic primary. As he watched the turmoil unfold from Gadsden, Alabama, Robert Avery thought the race would change dramatically when it moved into the South.
Dylan and Ronan Farrow blast upcoming Woody Allen memoir
Published On: March 5, 2020 02:57 PM NPT By: Associated Press
An upcoming memoir by Woody Allen is being blasted by two of his children, daughter Dylan Farrow and author-journalist Ronan Farrow. Dylan Farrow, who alleged Allen molested her as a child in the early 1990s, calls the upcoming release “deeply upsetting.” Allen has denied any wrongdoing, and he was never charged after two separate investigations.
Lawyer says award-winning Iran filmmaker summoned to prison
Published On: March 5, 2020 02:50 PM NPT By: Associated Press
An Iranian filmmaker who just won the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear has been summoned to serve a one-year prison sentence over his movies, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Mona Lisa’s smile restored: Louvre reopens after virus fears
Published On: March 5, 2020 02:48 PM NPT By: Associated Press
This should restore the Mona Lisa’s famous smile: Her Paris home, the Louvre Museum, is open again after management eased workers’ fears about catching the coronavirus.
How risky is that virus? Your mind may mislead
Published On: March 5, 2020 02:07 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, March 5: Anna Alexander, a property manager in Virginia Beach, Virginia, started the day Monday thinking that she might avoid shaking hands because of the coronavirus outbreak. Then somebody stuck out a hand to shake.
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