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Markets plunge as intervention fails to staunch virus panic

Mar 17, 2020

NEW YORK (AFP) -- Stock markets and oil prices went into freefall Monday as interest rate cuts and fresh stimulus measures by central banks failed to dampen fears amid the global coronavirus pandemic...
Yankees' minor league player tests positive for coronavirus

Mar 16, 2020

NEW YORK (AFP) -- A New York Yankees minor league player has tested positive for the coronavirus the team said Sunday, the first known case in baseball. The team did not identify the player in accor...
Fed takes emergency steps to slash rates and ease bank rules

Mar 16, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve took massive emergency action Sunday to help the economy withstand the coronavirus by slashing its benchmark interest rate to near zero and saying it would buy ...
Philippines isolates Manila to fight coronavirus outbreak

Mar 15, 2020

Thousands of police officers and army troops started sealing the Philippines' densely populated capital on Sunday at the start of one of Southeast Asia's most drastic containment moves against the ne...
Tokyo 2020 torch handover to take place in empty Athens stadium

Mar 15, 2020

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games flame handover in Athens next week will be done in an empty stadium amid the coronavirus outbreak, Greece's Olympic Committee said on Sunday. Greece on Friday cancelled ...
Turkey quarantines thousands of pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia

Mar 15, 2020

Thousands of Muslims returning to Turkey from a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were being taken into quarantine on Sunday due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, Turkish officials said. Tel...
Irish PM mulls coronavirus restrictions on pubs after outcry

Mar 15, 2020

The Irish government isconsidering imposing restrictions on pubs and nightclubs due tocoronavirus, after videos of singing in packed bars in thecapital on Saturday sparked a social media campaign to ...
US extends travel ban to UK and Ireland, reviews domestic curbs

Mar 15, 2020

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The United States said Saturday it was stepping up its fight against the coronavirus and extending a European travel ban to include the United Kingdom and Ireland, while acknowled...
Wife of Spain's prime minister tests positive for virus

Mar 15, 2020

MADRID (AP) -- Spain's government said Saturday that the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has tested positive for the new coronavirus. It said Begona Gomez and the prime minister are in good hea...
Trump tests negative for coronavirus: White House physician

Mar 15, 2020

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump has tested negative for the novel coronavirus, the White House physician said Saturday. Trump submitted to the test after coming in contact with several...
US summons Chinese ambassador over COVID-19 conspiracy theory

Mar 14, 2020

The United States on Friday summoned China's ambassador after a senior official in Beijing tweeted the "ridiculous" suggestion that the US military started the COVID-19 pandemic, the State Department...
Greek organisers scrap Olympic torch relay because of crowds

Mar 13, 2020

ATHENS (AFP) -- Greece's Olympic Committee on Friday said it was cancelling the rest of the torch relay for the Tokyo 2020 Games on Greek soil as large crowds had turned out despite coronavirus warni...
Canada: Trudeau's wife tests positive for new coronavirus

Mar 13, 2020

TORONTO (AP) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife has tested positive for the new coronavirus, his office announced Thursday night. It said Sophie Grégoire Trudeau was felling well and wo...
Iran reports 85 new virus deaths, taking total to 514

Mar 13, 2020

TEHRAN (AFP) --Iran announced on Friday that the new coronavirus has claimed another 85 lives, the highest single-day death toll in one of the world's worst affected countries. "Sadly, 85 people inf...
UEFA postpone all Champions League and Europa League matches next week

Mar 13, 2020

PARIS (AFP) -- All UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches scheduled to be played next week have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, European football's governing body said on...