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Asia Today: Duterte threatens martial law-like enforcement

BANGKOK — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened martial law-style enforcement of a monthlong lockdown in the main northern region of the country as violations of the quarantine...

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Guatemala official: 44 deportees tested positive for virus

GUATEMALA CITY — Forty-four Guatemalans deported on one flight from the United States this week have tested positive for COVID-19, a Guatemala government official with knowledge of the...

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UK government extends virus lockdown by at least 3 weeks

LONDON — The British government announced Thursday that a nationwide lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the new coronavirus will remain in place for at least three more weeks, as health...

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Veteran’s garden walk raises $16M for UK health service

LONDON — A 99-year-old World War II veteran has completed his quest to walk 100 laps of his garden in eastern England and raised almost 13 million pounds ($16 million) for Britain’s National...

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WWII veteran, age 99, raises millions for UK health service

LONDON — A 99-year-old British army veteran who started walking laps in his garden as part of a humble fundraiser for the National Health Service has surprised himself by generating millions...

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Virus choking off supply of what Africa needs most: Food

HARARE, Zimbabwe — In a pre-dawn raid in food-starved Zimbabwe, police enforcing a coronavirus lockdown confiscated and destroyed 3 tons of fresh fruit and vegetables by setting fire to it....

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Germany arrests 4 IS suspects planning attack on US bases

BERLIN — German authorities say police have arrested four suspected members of the Islamic State group alleged to be planning an attack on American military facilities.

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China didn’t warn public of likely pandemic for 6 key days

In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan at the epicenter of the disease hosted a mass banquet...

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Netanyahu, rival report ‘meaningful progress’ in unity talks

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rival said early Tuesday they had made “meaningful progress” in their efforts to form a joint government to confront the...

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New, larger wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa

KAMPALA, Uganda — Weeks before the coronavirus spread through much of the world, parts of Africa were already threatened by another kind of plague, the biggest locust outbreak some countries...

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Israelis looking out for overworked healthcare professionals

RAANANA, Israel — While hunkering down at home and keeping three young children entertained in coronavirus isolation, Adi Karmon Scope had a thought: How much harder was it for those on the...

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Half billion more people face poverty due to virus - report

LONDON — Around half a billion people could be pushed into poverty as a result of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic unless richer countries take “urgent action” to help...

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Science row hits EU at height of coronavirus crisis

BRUSSELS — The European Union has been thrown into a scientific policy dispute at the height of the coronavirus crisis after the head of its top science panel resigned amid claims of red tape...

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Head of EU’s top science panel quits over COVID-19 response

BRUSSELS — The head of the European Union’s top science organization has resigned in frustration at the height of the coronavirus crisis.

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Europe’s nursing homes in spotlight for uncounted virus dead

ROME — Italian authorities said Tuesday they were investigating the country’s biggest nursing home where 70 residents died last month, in a stark reminder of the difficulties Europe faces in...

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Kenya bans travel in and out of Nairobi to fight coronavirus

JOHANNESBURG — Kenya increased its restrictions to combat the coronavirus on Monday, announcing travel bans into and out of the capital city, Nairobi, the port of Mombasa and two...

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Queen delivers message of hope to UK amid virus outbreak

Britain needed a message of hope Sunday. The queen delivered it.

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AP PHOTOS: Greek capital’s streets deserted during lockdown

ATHENS, Greece — Deserted squares, padlocked parks, empty avenues where lines of cars once idled bumper-to-bumper in traffic as motorbikes and scooters zoomed through the narrow gaps between....

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Crowded in camps, Rohingya refugees vulnerable to virus

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Aid workers are bracing for a possible outbreak of the coronavirus in one of the world's largest refugee camps in Bangladesh, with officials warning that containing the...

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Coast Guard: Cruise ships must stay at sea with sick onboard

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard has directed all cruise ships to remain at sea where they may be sequestered “indefinitely" during the coronavirus pandemic and be prepared to...

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Fake news or the truth? Russia cracks down on virus postings

MOSCOW — Two weeks ago, an opposition-leaning radio station in Russia interviewed political analyst Valery Solovei, who alleged the government was lying when it said no one had died in the...

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US warship captain seeks crew isolation as virus spreads

WASHINGTON — The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus is asking for permission to isolate the bulk of his roughly 5,000 crew members on shore,...

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Job cuts pile up, Ford to make ventilators at parts plant

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments on Monday related to the global economy, the work place and the spread...

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Indian authorities send buses to take unemployed to villages

NEW DELHI — Authorities sent a fleet of buses to the outskirts of India's capital on Saturday to meet an exodus of migrant workers desperately trying to reach their home villages during the...

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Students provide sanitizers to daily workers to fight virus

JAKARTA, Indonesia — They toil on the fringes, without any job security or set hours or decent wages. And the coronavirus has made their already difficult lives harder, and more...

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Venezuela’s only telecoms satellite is lost in space

BOGOTA, Colombia — Venezuela’s only telecommunications satellite has veered off its orbit and stopped working, creating a logistical headache for the cash=strapped South American...

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‘Terrified’ South Africa nears lockdown; cases almost 1,000

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa on the eve of a three-week lockdown announced its coronavirus cases are nearing 1,000, while the president urged police to have compassion as they ensure most of...

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The G20 video call: In virus era, even summits are virtual

LONDON — The face-to-face tension among foes was gone. So was the in-person camaraderie among allies.

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G-7 foreign ministers spar over coronavirus amid pandemic

WASHINGTON — Foreign ministers from the Group of 7 leading industrialized democracies sparred Wednesday over whether to call out China as the source of the coronavirus pandemic.

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As lockdowns kill jobs, Africa’s informal workers suffer

RABAT, Morocco — Earlier this month, Soukaina Rgragui, her 1-year-old daughter and diabetic mother lived modestly on the money brought back home by Soukaina’s husband, a vendor of used...

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AP PHOTOS: Virus accentuates isolation of Spain’s homeless

BARCELONA, Spain — While Spanish authorities tell the public that staying home is the best way to beat the coronavirus pandemic, some people are staying out because home has come to mean the...

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Can blood from coronavirus survivors treat the newly ill?

WASHINGTON — Hospitals are gearing up to test if a century-old treatment used to fight off flu and measles outbreaks in the days before vaccines, and tried more recently against SARS and...

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India halts its lifeblood train network to try to stop virus

NEW DELHI — As India expanded its virus-containment measures and halted its lifeblood train network, the federal government warned Monday of strict legal action for those who flout the...

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During virus, priests master livestream at Gothic cathedral

MARSEILLE, France — Recent restrictions on gatherings in France to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus have forced religious communities to adapt the way they express their...

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Belgian with 20% lung capacity starts home mask sewing army

ANTWERP, Belgium — With only 20% of normal lung capacity, Sien Lagae was extremely wary of viruses before anyone in Belgium heard of the coronavirus — and has long relied on caregivers to...

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Kickboxing match in Bangkok leads to spike in infections

BANGKOK — Kickboxing aficionados came from all over Thailand to attend a major Muay Thai match at Bangkok's indoor Lumpini Stadium on March 6. Dozens or more went home unknowingly carrying...

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Indonesia halts Islamic assembly, quarantining 9,000 people

MAKASSAR, Indonesia — Indonesia halted a mass congregation of nearly 9,000 Muslim pilgrims and began quarantining and checking their health Thursday to prevent the spread of the new...

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Balkans fights virus amid lack of doctors, medical supplies

BELGRADE, Serbia — The main Serbian hospital treating patients infected with coronavirus looks like an abandoned building, but it isn’t.

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France says people must stay home to slow spread of virus

PARIS — France said Monday that it would follow other European countries in confining residents mostly to their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, while the European Union considered closing...

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Economic fallout from virus felt in gas lines in Venezuela

SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela — Nicolás Maduro’s government on Monday banned gasoline sales in two states as part of a broader lock-down to stem panic buying by Venezuelans accustomed to hoarding...

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Global economic coordination not happening in virus crisis

FRANKFURT, Germany — When the global economy melted down in 2008, world leaders swiftly created an international forum to boost economies by spending more and keeping trade open. Central...

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Italy’s coronavirus ground zero sets virtuous example

CODOGNO, Italy — For three weeks, children’s play has not echoed in the main piazza of the town of Codogno, overlooked by a statue of the town’s patron St. Blaise, a 4th-Century physician....