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Shanghai Disneyland reopens with anti-virus controls
02:33 05/11
SHANGHAI — Visitors wearing face masks streamed into Shanghai Disneyland as China’s most prominent theme park reopened Monday in a new step toward rolling back anti-coronavirus controls that...
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New Iraq PM releases protesters, promotes respected general
11:28 05/10
BAGHDAD — Iraq's judiciary ordered courts on Sunday to release anti-government protesters, carrying out one of the first decisions of the recently inaugurated prime minister just as dozens of...
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Swiss plan to ask diners for contacts dropped over privacy
17:15 05/08
GENEVA — The Swiss government on Friday backed down from plans to require restaurants and bars to take the names and phone numbers of their patrons as a way to fight the coronavirus, after...
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Vatican cardinal in row over claim that virus hurts religion
14:07 05/08
ROME — A petition signed by some conservative Catholics claiming the coronavirus is an overhyped “pretext" to deprive the faithful of Mass and impose a new world order has run into a...
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Troubled Zimbabwe hopes for some relief in tobacco sales
09:01 05/08
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Adjust Saidi, a foreman at a farm outside Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, paced through rows of tobacco plants. Desperate to complete the harvest and sell the crop, he pushed...
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Volunteers put faces to names of Americans in WWII cemetery
07:52 05/08
OPIJNEN, Netherlands — Staff Sgt. Maurice Gosney was just a name carved on a white cross until a young Dutch historian went in search of the fallen American soldier's face.
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Leningrad siege survivor supplies needy amid pandemic
07:06 05/07
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — As a child during the World War II siege of Leningrad, Galina Yakovleva learned how to make the best of fearful times. Today she’s using those lessons as she brings...
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Polish ruling coalition postpones Sunday presidential vote
20:48 05/06
WARSAW, Poland — Poland's ruling party leader and a partner in the governing coalition announced an agreement late Wednesday to postpone Sunday's presidential election, saying a new date will...
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Astronomers find closest black hole to Earth, hints of more
12:01 05/06
Meet your new but shy galactic neighbor: A black hole left over from the death of a fleeting young star.
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Philippine TV network’s shutdown amid pandemic sparks uproar
04:36 05/06
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine church and business leaders expressed alarm Wednesday over a government agency’s shutdown of the country’s largest TV and radio network, which has been a...
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UK’s ‘Captain Tom’ inspires campaign by 97-year-old Russian
04:19 05/06
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia —
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Putin awards commemorative WWII medal to Kim Jong Un
08:34 05/05
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded Kim Jong Un a commemorative war medal marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, the Russian embassy in Pyongyang...
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India’s virus lockdown eased while infection rate speeds up
06:56 05/04
NEW DELHI — India relaxed some coronavirus lockdown restrictions on Monday even as the pace of infection picked up and reopenings drew crowds of people.
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Asia Today: Vietnam schools reopen, New Zealand hits zero
06:38 05/04
BANGKOK — Students across Vietnam started returning to classrooms Monday after being closed for three months to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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Asia Today: No new cases in N Zealand; Malaysia reopens some
02:09 05/04
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand reported no new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, marking a significant moment that indicated the country’s bold strategy of trying to eliminate the...
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Spaniards race out for 1st open-air exercise since mid-March
16:39 05/02
BARCELONA, Spain — Thousands of Spaniards woke early and laced up their sports shoes Saturday after a prohibition on outdoor exercise during the coronavirus pandemic ended after seven weeks....
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Serbia opposition stage curfew protest against government
18:59 04/30
BELGRADE, Serbia — A group of Serbian opposition leaders on Thursday staged a protest during an evening curfew to voice their criticism of the populist government's measures against the new...
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Johnson: UK ‘past the peak’ of outbreak but must be cautious
17:27 04/30
LONDON — Britain is past the peak of its coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday, as he promised to reveal a “road map” out of national lockdown — but not...
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Germany raids sites linked to Hezbollah, extends ban
09:02 04/30
BERLIN — German police raided five sites linked to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, as authorities announced Thursday that they were banning activities by its political wing in...
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South Korea investigating cause of fire after 38 workers die
05:35 04/30
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean authorities on Thursday were investigating what caused a fire that killed 38 construction workers in one of the country’s deadliest fires in years.
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UK leader Boris Johnson, fiancee announce birth of baby boy
10:59 04/29
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds announced the birth of a son on Wednesday, just two days after Johnson returned to work following hospitalization...
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Virus lockdown worsens suffering for Johannesburg beggars
09:07 04/29
JOHANNESBURG — Inock Mukanhairi shows the small amount of food that he has for himself, his wife, Angeline, and five children — barely enough to make it through another week of South Africa's...
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UK mourns ‘fallen’ front-line workers, expands virus testing
17:59 04/28
LONDON — The U.K. held a minute's silence Tuesday for all front-line workers who have died from the coronavirus, as the government extended its testing program and concerns mounted about the...
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Virus-ravaged Europe nudges some doors open, not others
15:33 04/28
PARIS — Europeans are starting to venture outside after weeks of confinement, scarred by a virus that has overwhelmed some of the world's best health care systems and killed more than...
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Asia Today: Officials: No more hospitalized Wuhan patients
09:28 04/27
BANGKOK — Wuhan, the city at the center of China’s coronavirus outbreak, has no more hospitalized patients after the last 12 were discharged Sunday, the Hubei province health commission...
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Facing disaster, Russian businesses find Kremlin aid lacking
08:16 04/27
MOSCOW — Desperate business owners in Russia have been pleading with the Kremlin for help in the pandemic shutdown. The response, however, has been slow and largely focused on big industries,...
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“Green light! Ants!” Spain’s kids get freedom from lockdown
17:56 04/26
BARCELONA, Spain — After six weeks cooped up with 3-year-old twins, mother Susana Sabaté was finally able to release her energy-filled boys onto Spain’s sunny streets.
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Hong Kong bookstore under attack in China reopens in Taiwan
09:35 04/25
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The part-owner of a Hong Kong bookstore specializing in texts critical of China’s leaders reopened his shop in Taiwan on Saturday after fleeing Hong Kong due to legal...
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Asia Today: Sri Lanka reimposes curfew; 12 cases in China
03:23 04/25
BANGKOK — Sri Lanka has reimposed a countrywide 24-hour curfew after a surge in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, most of them navy sailors who were hunting those evading quarantine....
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Sources: Guaido allies take slice of first Venezuela budget
19:30 04/23
MIAMI — Opposition lawmakers in Venezuela quietly agreed to pay themselves $5,000 a month when they approved special $100 bonuses for doctors and nurses battling the coronavirus — a large...
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Germany: Syrian ex-secret police go on trial for war crimes
07:29 04/23
BERLIN — Two former members of Syria's secret police go on trial Thursday in Germany accused of crimes against humanity for their role in a government-run detention center where large numbers...
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UK slammed over testing amid warning over social distancing
19:15 04/22
LONDON — The British government came under sustained criticism Wednesday for responding slowly to the coronavirus pandemic as its chief medical adviser warned that social distancing measures...
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Asia Today: Clusters among crew on 2 ships in Taiwan, Japan
04:42 04/22
BANGKOK — Japanese officials said Wednesday that 33 crew members on a docked cruise ship tested positive for the coronavirus in one day of testing after the first case from the ship was...
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Trump tells Chevron to “wind down” oil fields in Venezuela
00:37 04/22
CARACAS, Venezuela — The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered Chevron Corp. to “wind down” operations in Venezuela by Dec. 1, barring the California-based oil giant with a century-long run...
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UK Parliament to hold virtual debates amid virus lockdown
08:19 04/21
LONDON — Britain’s Parliament is going back to work, and the political authorities have a message for lawmakers: Stay away.
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Syria refugees to face their torturers in German court
06:45 04/21
BERLIN — Six years ago Wassim Mukdad fled Syria, demoralized and fearing for his life as the country spiraled ever deeper into all-out war.
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Southeast Asian nations struggling against coronavirus
05:11 04/21
Few Southeast Asian nations enacted serious measures to contain the coronavirus until their own number of cases starting climbing sharply. Indonesia, as the most populous country in the region, is...
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After denial, Indonesia sees mounting coronavirus deaths
05:09 04/21
JAKARTA, Indonesia — While Indonesia’s neighbors scrambled early this year to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the government of the world’s fourth most populous nation insisted...
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India reports biggest one-day virus spike as lockdown eased
06:21 04/20
NEW DELHI — India recorded its biggest single-day spike in coronavirus cases on Monday as the government eased one of the world's strictest lockdowns to allow some manufacturing and...
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‘A stroke of luck’ to be on global cruise during pandemic
17:24 04/19
BARCELONA, Spain — For Spanish traveler Carlos Payá, being on an around-the-globe luxury cruise while the rest of world scurried into their homes for fear of the COVID-19 pandemic was beyond...
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AP PHOTOS: The workers who keep Spain going under lockdown
06:34 04/19
PAMPLONA, Spain — As Spain hunkers down after five weeks of confinement, the brave few keep the country going during a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 20,000 of their fellow...
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US-Russian space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan
12:08 04/17
MOSCOW — A U.S.-Russian crew landed safely Friday in the steppes of Kazakhstan following a stint on the International Space Station and was greeted with extra precautions due to the...
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