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China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province
March 24, 2020
China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities said Tuesday they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at…
Battered Italy sees rays of hope in grim death data
March 24, 2020
Battered Italy sees rays of hope in grim death data
Italy’s top coronavirus response official Tuesday attributed two successive declines in the daily death rate to a painful national lockdown…
US Olympic officials say Tokyo postponement ‘most promising path’
March 24, 2020
US Olympic officials say Tokyo postponement ‘most promising path’
The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee voiced support for delaying the Tokyo Games on Monday after a survey showed an…
Britain in lockdown as WHO warns pandemic ‘accelerating’
March 24, 2020
Britain in lockdown as WHO warns pandemic ‘accelerating’
Britain was under lockdown Tuesday, its population joining around 1.7 billion people around the globe ordered to stay indoors to…
Fear in New York, but Trump says coronavirus restrictions could ease soon
March 24, 2020
Fear in New York, but Trump says coronavirus restrictions could ease soon
Anxiety ratcheted up Monday across an eerily deserted New York, America’s coronavirus epicenter, but President Donald Trump said he’d soon…
For Moscow’s quarantined, 100,000 cameras are watching
March 24, 2020
For Moscow’s quarantined, 100,000 cameras are watching
A vast and contentious network of facial recognition cameras keeping watch over Moscow is now playing a key role in…
Grieving and saying goodbye in the time of coronavirus
March 23, 2020
Grieving and saying goodbye in the time of coronavirus
CHICAGO (AP) — Tucked deep in the obituary for Charles Recka was an announcement that a Mass celebrating his 87…
‘First we need to stay alive’: virus spread dampens Chile’s fiery protests
March 23, 2020
‘First we need to stay alive’: virus spread dampens Chile’s fiery protests
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – For many in Santiago’s Plaza Italia, ground zero for mass protests in Chile that have raged for…
Hunt for medical gear to fight virus becomes all-consuming
March 23, 2020
Hunt for medical gear to fight virus becomes all-consuming
PARIS (AP) — The hunt for ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the US and Europe on Monday, as new…
Trump deploys emergency beds, global pandemic deaths surge
March 23, 2020
Trump deploys emergency beds, global pandemic deaths surge
US President Donald Trump ordered thousands of emergency hospital beds set up at American coronavirus hotspots but a trillion-dollar economic…