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India resumes limited train service as it eases lockdown

NEW DELHI — India reopened parts of its huge rail network on Tuesday, running a limited number of trains as it looks at easing a nearly seven-week loc...
11:15 12 May 2020

Data: Virus-weary Americans slowly return to the road

OAK PARK, Illinois — Americans are slowly getting back on the road after hunkering down due to the coronavirus, though the volume of traffic is still ...
10:03 12 May 2020

Homophobia threatens to hamper South Korea’s virus campaign

SEOUL, South Korea — As South Korea grapples with a new spike in coronavirus infections thought to be linked to nightspots in Seoul, including several...
8:52 12 May 2020

Back in recession, Greece puts faith in digital overhaul

ATHENS, Greece — Greece plans to rapidly expand government digital services in 2020 to try and slim down its notoriously slow-moving bureaucracy and h...
8:15 12 May 2020

‘Foretaste’ of Brexit: Virus cuts off much of UK farm labor

LONDON — Britain's fruit and vegetable farmers have long dreaded their country's exit from the European Union, worrying that it would keep out the ten...
7:31 12 May 2020

Plexiglass houses: Parliaments adapt to the coronavirus age

ATHENS, Greece — “Pfft, pfft...” The sound came through loud and clear on Greece’s parliament TV during a change of speakers: the sound of disinfectan...
7:22 12 May 2020

Premier League seeks to allay players’ training health fears

MANCHESTER, England — The Premier League will seek to allay players' concerns about health risks as the government prepares to release protocols allow...
6:38 12 May 2020

Toyota profit drops on virus outbreak but recovery expected

TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. reported Tuesday a sharp plunge in fiscal fourth quarter profit as the global pandemic slammed vehicle sales and halted pro...
6:22 12 May 2020

Virus sparks debate on whether more prospects will stay home

Concerns about the coronavirus are preventing football prospects from visiting campuses this spring and keeping coaches from traveling to evaluate the...
6:20 12 May 2020

In some Olympic sports, training from home is almost routine

Less than a month after Nikhil Kumar qualified for the Olympics in table tennis, the Tokyo Games were postponed until 2021. Like so many other athlete...
6:15 12 May 2020

Doctors and nurses suffered as Iran ignored virus concerns

CAIRO — They are regarded as heroes, their fallen colleagues as martyrs. But for doctors and nurses still dealing with Iran’s growing number of corona...
6:10 12 May 2020

Asia Today: Singapore partly reopens despite rise in cases

BANGKOK — Singaporeans were able to get a haircut at the barber or pop in to their favorite bakery Tuesday as the government loosened restrictions, th...
5:58 12 May 2020

Hong Kong to prioritize passing of contentious anthem bill

HONG KONG — Hong Kong's government will give “priority” to a contentious bill that seeks to criminalize abuse of the Chinese national anthem, the city...
5:34 12 May 2020

Lives Lost: Victims of the virus, remembered for tomorrow

Across the world, the devastation caused by the coronavirus is told in the voices of those left behind.
5:05 12 May 2020

Report: Anti-Semitic incidents in US hit record high in 2019

SILVER SPRING, Md. — American Jews were targets of more anti-Semitic incidents in 2019 than any other year over the past four decades, a surge marked ...
4:32 12 May 2020

Australia faces “sobering” future economy due to coronavirus

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's treasurer said Tuesday the country faces a “sobering” economic outlook due to the effects of the coronavirus and wil...
4:29 12 May 2020

Trump casts doubt on mail voting. His campaign promotes it.

While President Donald Trump claims mail-in voting is ripe for fraud and “cheaters,” his reelection campaign and state allies are scrambling to launch...
4:15 12 May 2020

Bulging deficits may threaten prized Pentagon arms projects

WASHINGTON — The government's $3 trillion effort to rescue the economy from the coronavirus crisis is stirring worry at the Pentagon. Bulging federal ...
4:13 12 May 2020

Skipping a mask, Trump says he’s ‘met the moment’ on testing

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump insisted his administration has “met the moment” and “prevailed” on coronavirus testing, even as the White House i...
4:09 12 May 2020

‘Express burials’ cast doubt on Nicaragua’s virus figures

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Roger Ordoñez was hospitalized with breathing problems last week.
4:01 12 May 2020

As nations reopen, warning emerges about virus tracing voids

NEW YORK — A top world health official Monday warned that countries are essentially driving blind in reopening their economies without setting up stro...
2:17 12 May 2020

Telethon raises $115M for New Yorkers impacted by COVID-19

NEW YORK — Tina Fey shed tears after announcing that more than $115 million was raised toward supporting New Yorkers impacted by COVID-19 during a vir...
1:58 12 May 2020

Longtime pass-rushing tutor Teerlinck dies at age 69

INDIANAPOLIS — John Teerlinck loved teaching the art of pass rushing. His top students considered him the best instructor in league history.
1:00 12 May 2020

Democrats set to take next steps toward virtual convention

Democrats are making new moves toward a virtual presidential nominating convention this August, with party officials preparing to grant convention org...
23:30 11 May 2020

UN says 7 or 8 `top’ candidates for a COVID-19 vaccine exist

UNITED NATIONS — The World Health Organization chief said Monday there are around seven or eight “top” candidates for a vaccine to combat the novel co...
23:27 11 May 2020

Organ transplants dive amid virus crisis, start to inch back

WASHINGTON — Organ transplants plummeted as COVID-19 swept through communities, with surgeons wary of endangering living donors and unable to retrieve...
22:49 11 May 2020

Atlanta-area DA, 3rd outside prosecutor, to take Arbery case

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia's attorney general appointed a black district attorney from the Atlanta area Monday to take over the case of a white father an...
22:20 11 May 2020

AP source: Tagovailoa signs $30.275 million, 4-year deal

MIAMI — Now Tua Tagovailoa can pay for that Cadillac Escalade he gave his mom.
22:02 11 May 2020

Column: NASCAR set for ‘huge microscope’ as racing returns

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR's season started with the Secret Service doing a security check on the firesuit-clad pole-sitter for the Daytona 500 and thou...
21:40 11 May 2020

The Latest: Drone league to stage series to raise PPE money

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
21:18 11 May 2020