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WUHAN, China (AP) — Released from their apartments after a 2 1/2-month quarantine, residents of the city where the coronavirus pandemic began are cautiously returning to shopping and strolling in …
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By SAM McNEIL and JOE McDONALD
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4/9/20
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BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday though Japan’s benchmark fell as local leaders sparred with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government over measures to contain the …
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH
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4/9/20
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Alfonso Cedeño died at a crowded hospital in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, where the only bed doctors could offer was an ambulance stretcher. Two weeks later, his …
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By CHRISTINE ARMARIO
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4/8/20
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ROME (AP) — The Vatican said Wednesday that Pope Francis has created a new commission of experts to examine whether women can be deacons, an ordained role in the Catholic Church currently reserved …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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4/8/20
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Each year, Patricia Sheetrit and her family gather with in-laws for the first night of Passover, bringing together some 20 people for the holiday’s main event, the festive meal …
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By ILAN BEN ZION
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4/8/20
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TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympic flame has been taken off public display in Japan. And it’s not clear when it will reappear again or where — or under what conditions.
The flame arrived in …
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By STEPHEN WADE
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4/8/20
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BERLIN (AP) — Poor families are particularly hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, even in rich countries like Germany.
Lockdowns are forcing children to stay inside often-cramped homes, …
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4/8/20
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan's benchmark advanced but other Asian shares fell Wednesday amid uncertainty over the coronavirus outbreak, which continues to claim more lives around the world.
Japan's Nikkei …
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By YURI KAGEYAMA
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4/8/20
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WUHAN, China (AP) — After more than two months indoors, Wuhan resident Tong Zhengkun was one of millions of people enjoying a renewed sense of freedom Wednesday when the Chinese city's 76-day …
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By SAM McNEIL
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4/8/20
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ROME (AP) — Maddalena Ferrari lets herself cry when she takes off the surgical mask she wears even at home to protect her elderly parents from the coronavirus that surrounds her at work in one of …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD, MARIA GRAZIA MURRU and ARITZ PARRA
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4/8/20
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WUHAN, China (AP) — Wuhan was released from coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday, and it’s as if the Chinese city where the pandemic started late last year has awakened from a long slumber.
For …
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4/7/20
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — They are the first line of defense against the COVID-19 pandemic, but in parts of Mexico, doctors, nurses and other health workers are being harassed to the point that federal …
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By CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ
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4/7/20
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WUHAN, China (AP) — The lockdown that served as a model for countries battling the coronavirus around the world has ended after 11 weeks: Chinese authorities are allowing residents of Wuhan to once …
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By SAM McNEIL
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4/7/20
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LONDON (AP) — The measure of a nation — its DNA, or sometimes its political system — becomes more visible when its leader is stricken in office. How to respond, and what to tell — or not tell …
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By TAMER FAKAHANY
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4/7/20
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LONDON (AP) — A pandemic forcing everyone to stay home could be the perfect moment for online grocery services. In practice, they've been struggling to keep up with a surge in orders, highlighting …
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By KELVIN CHAN
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4/7/20
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a month-long state of emergency Tuesday for Tokyo and six other prefectures to ramp up defenses against the spread of the coronavirus as …
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
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4/7/20
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TOKYO (AP) — Global shares rose Tuesday, fueled by hopes the peak of the coronavirus pandemic surge may come soon.
France's CAC 40 rose nearly 4.0% to 4,518.21 in early trading, while Germany's …
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By YURI KAGEYAMA
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4/7/20
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Mohammed al-Dulfi's 67-year-old father died on March 21 after a brief struggle against the new coronavirus, but it would take nine days for his body to find a final resting place in …
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By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB
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4/7/20
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's highest court has dismissed the convictions of the most senior Catholic found guilty of child sex abuse.
High Court Chief Justice Susan Kiefel announced …
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By ROD McGUIRK
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4/6/20
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LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pushing a shopping cart with two children, César Alegre emerges from the large, deteriorated house near Peru's presidential palace that is shared by 45 families to search for …
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By FRANKLIN BRICENO
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4/6/20
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