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VIRUS DIARY: Connecting to the world from a balcony in…

ROME (AP) — Balconies are a kind of extension of a window on the world. During Month One of lockdown in Italy, stepping out onto mine kept me connected to a drastically shrunken daily universe. Like millions of others these weeks in Italy, I am working from home, part of

India to remain in lockdown till May 3, announces PM…

New Delhi, April 14 (ANI): India will remain under lockdown till May 3 to contain COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Narendra

Virtual summit: SE Asia leaders meet by video on pandemic

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Forced apart by the coronavirus pandemic, Southeast Asian leaders linked up by video Tuesday to plot

Stocks open higher on Wall Street after deal on virus…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street after Congress and the White House reached a deal

India’s prime minister decrees 21-day lockdown to curb virus

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will begin the world’s largest lockdown on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in a

Fed to buy unlimited government debt, lend to businesses

WASHINGTON (AP) — In its boldest effort to protect the U.S. economy from the coronavirus, the Federal Reserve says it

Virus rebels from France to Florida flout lockdown practices

PARIS (AP) — Young German adults hold “corona parties” and cough toward older people. A Spanish man leashes a goat

China sends masks and experts abroad

BY KEN MORITSUGUT BEIJING (AP) — As the fight against a new virus shifts to Europe and beyond, China is

Dow drops more than 900 points, ending worst week since…

Wall Street ended the week the same way it began: in full retreat from the coronavirus. Stocks fell sharply and

Death toll due to coronavirus in Italy rises to 3405

Rome, (ANI): The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Italy crossed 3400 on Thursday, surpassing the fatalities due to