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  • China sends medical aid to Pakistan to combat virus outbreak

    Pakistan's foreign ministry says that China has sent a plane loaded with medical personnel and supplies to help with the fight against the spread of...

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  • Indian authorities send buses to take unemployed to villages

    Authorities have sent a fleet of buses to the outskirts of India's capital to meet an exodus of migrant workers desperately trying to reach their home...

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  • AP PHOTOS: Italy's front-line medical heroes, in portraits

    The doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and...

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  • Plans to fly German vacationers home from Australia in doubt

    Authorities are still hoping to fly 800 cruise ship passengers from Australia to Germany but a sharp overnight rise in cases of the new coronavirus on...

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  • With virus, cherished Mideast traditions come to abrupt halt

    As the novel coronavirus continues to spread across the Middle East, cherished traditions are coming to an abrupt halt: No more massive weddings and...

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  • Students provide sanitizers to daily workers to fight virus

    A group of students from several universities in Yogyakarta has distributed soaps and hand sanitizers to informal daily workers to prevent the spread...

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  • 4 passengers dead aboard cruise ship anchored off Panama

    Four passengers have died aboard a cruise ship now anchored off the coast of Panama and two people aboard the ship have tested positive for the novel...

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  • In Iran, false belief a poison fights virus kills hundreds

    An Iranian doctor says hundreds have died and thousands have been sickened from ingesting toxic methanol across the Islamic Republic out of the false...

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  • Rumors hampering fight against coronavirus in South Asia

    As India and other South Asian nations brace for the spread of the coronavirus, they face another battle: misinformation

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  • AP Sources: Alleged Maduro co-conspirator is in DEA custody

    Four people familiar with the case say a retired Venezuelan army general indicted alongside Nicolás Maduro has surrendered in Colombia and is being...

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  • Police sing happy birthday to girl from safe distance

    Volunteer police cadets in London gathered to sing happy birthday to a girl who had to cancel her seventh birthday party due to coronavirus lockdown.

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  • Nurse breaks down as he refuses his son’s hug after work

    A Saudi nurse falls to the ground in tears as he is forced to refuse a hug from his son after returning from work during the coronavirus outbreak.

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  • Iran's army sets up hospital in capital as virus toll climbs

    Iran has confirmed another 144 deaths from the coronavirus and says thousands more are in critical condition as the military completed work on a...

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  • Eiffel Tower says "Merci" to health workers fighting virus

    Health workers racing to save lives during the coronavirus outbreak in France have received a huge show of gratitude courtesy of the Eiffel Tower

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  • AP Sources: Ex-Venezuelan general indicted with Nicolás Maduro in alleged narcoterrorism conspiracy is in DEA custody

    AP Sources: Ex-Venezuelan general indicted with Nicolás Maduro in alleged narcoterrorism conspiracy is in DEA custody

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  • UN health agency settles in for long fight with virus

    The World Health Organization’s emergencies chief says widespread testing for the new coronavirus is crucial and countries should not be penalized for...

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  • AP Explains: US indicts Venezuela's Maduro as narcoterrorist

    The Trump administration has indicted Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and more than a dozen members of his inner circle, stepping up measures to...

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  • Israel says Gaza militants fired rocket at Israeli town

    Israel says Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have fired a rocket into the country's south

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  • Messages of hope, humor and guidance during coronavirus lockdown: Photos

    From billboards to lawn signs, large and small, people are staying connected.

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  • Syria, UAE leaders discuss coronavirus, a thaw in relations

    Syria's president and one of the United Arab Emirates' most powerful leaders have spoken on the phone, signalling a major thaw in Damascus' troubled...

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  • Pope prays for 'fragile' humanity needing help in pandemic

    Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis has likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare people's illusions that...

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  • Canada to cover up to 75 percent of salaries for businesses

    The Canadian government is increasing a payroll subsidy to small- and medium-sized businesses to now cover up to 75 percent of salaries amid the...

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  • 'Go home!' South Africa has 1st deaths as lockdown begins

    A three-week lockdown has begun in South Africa as the country announced its first coronavirus death and cases rose well above 1,000

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  • British Prime Minister Johnson tests positive for virus

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the new coronavirus, but remains in charge of the U.K.'s response to the outbreak

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  • Turkey moves migrants from Greek border amid virus pandemic

    Turkish authorities have evacuated thousands of migrants who had been waiting at the border with Greece hoping to make their way into Europe, amid the...

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  • Social distancing, lockdowns and closed beaches: The Week in Photos

    A lock at the week's top photos from around the globe.

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  • Italy has become the second country after the United States to surpass China in reported coronavirus cases

    Italy has become the second country after the United States to surpass China in reported coronavirus cases

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  • Garment workers going unpaid as fashion labels cancel orders

    A survey of factory owners in Bangladesh has found that major fashion retailers that are closing shops and laying off workers in Europe and the U.S....

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  • Europol: Criminals exploit virus crisis as fresh opportunity

    European law enforcement agency Europol says criminals are preying on a fearful public and disrupting the provision of medical care during the...

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  • Venezuela's only telecoms satellite is lost in space

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

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  • UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus

    He will continue to lead the government via video conference call.

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  • Political turmoil in Kabul dogs negotiations with Taliban

    The Afghan president has announced his 21-member team to negotiate peace with the Taliban, after months of deliberation

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  • Tokyo closes cherry blossom parks to slow spread of virus

    Japan's cherry blossoms are in full bloom, but flower viewing has come to an abrupt halt in Tokyo because of the coronavirus

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  • Boris Johnson tests positive for COVID-19

    The U.K. prime minister tweeted a video, telling the public he has mild symptoms and will self-isolate. Video courtesy of @BorisJohnson/Twitter.

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  • Spain sees record number of daily virus deaths at 769 but official says new infections are easing

    Spain sees record number of daily virus deaths at 769 but official says new infections are easing

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  • UK says Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the new coronavirus

    UK says Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the new coronavirus

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  • In Egypt, transgender activist fights battle on many fronts

    At 20, Malak el-Kashif is perhaps Egypt’s most outspoken transgender woman activist

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  • Correction: Virus Outbreak-Mideast story

    In a story March 26, 2020, about the U.S. halting aid to parts of Yemen, The AP erroneously reported that the rebels blocked half of an $8.35 billion...

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  • India's central bank cuts benchmark rate to decade-low 4.4%

    India’s central bank has cut its key interest rate by a sizable 75 basis points to 4.4% from 5.15% to ease financing troubles caused by the...

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  • AP Week in Pictures, Latin America & Caribbean

    AP Week in Pictures, Latin America & Caribbean

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  • Canada urges US not to put troops at border during pandemic

    Canada says it told the U.S. that a Trump administration proposal to put troops at the U.S.-Canada border amid the coronavirus pandemic was entirely...

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  • Mexican border city to quarantine returning migrants

    The Mexican border state of Chihuahua says it will set up a shelter to house deported migrants for a two-week quarantine

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  • US indicts Venezuela's Maduro on narcoterrorism charges

    The U.S. Justice Department has indicted Venezuela's socialist leader Nicolás Maduro and several key aides on charges of narcoterrorism

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  • AP Week in Pictures, Asia

    MARCH 20-26, 2020 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Asia and...

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  • Full force of coronavirus starts to strike Britain

    ABC News’ Ian Pannell joins us from London to discuss the reaction to the surge of cases in the U.K., and whether the country put restrictions in...

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  • Israeli parliament to choose new speaker amid double crisis

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief rival has been chosen as the new speaker of parliament

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  • EU members to launch talks with Albania, North Macedonia

    European Union leaders have given Albania and North Macedonia the greenlight to start EU membership talks

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  • Kidnapped French, Iraqi aid workers released after 2 months

    Four aid workers from France and Iraq have been released two months after they were taken hostage in Baghdad

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  • COVID-19 cases reach half a million worldwide

    There are more than 511,000 coronavirus cases worldwide, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

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