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South Koreans vote in national elections amid virus fears

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean voters wore masks and moved slowly between lines of tape at polling stations on Wednesday to elect lawmakers in the shadows of the spreading coronavirus. The government resisted calls to postpone the parliamentary elections billed as a midterm

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

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