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Mason’s Place opens in new location
MOSES LAKE — For Heather Mason, the opening of Mason’s Place’s new location is about more than fresh paint, expand…
What's Happening: Mask hoarders rebuked, Olympics delay eyed
BERLIN (AP) — As the new coronavirus continues spreading, people are being asked to stop hoarding masks and athletes are being advised to refrain from high-fives.
France fights mask hoarding; Virus deaths soar in Italy
PARIS (AP) — France requisitioned protective masks and sent tens of thousands of students home from school, deaths in Italy soared and Spain isolated dozens of health workers Tuesday as the new coronavirus spread f…
UN agency: Iran nearly triples stockpile of enriched uranium
VIENNA (AP) — Iran has nearly tripled its stockpile of enriched uranium since November in violation of its deal with world powers, U.N. atomic watchdog agency said Tuesday, while raising new questions about possibl…
Australia cuts rate to record low 0.5% to fight virus impact
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank on Tuesday cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a record low of 0.5% in response to the economic shock of the new coronavirus.
Thermo Fisher buying Qiagen in deal worth about $10.1B
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a maker of scientific instrument and laboratory supplies, is buying Qiagen in a deal valued at about $10.1 billion.
Togo’s president re-elected, according to final results
LOME, Togo (AP) — Togo’s Constitutional Court announced final results Tuesday, confirming the country’s president easily won a fourth term, extending the grip his family has had on power since 1967 as the oppositio…
US Federal Reserve cuts benchmark interest rate by half-point, most since 2008, to offset coronavirus impact
WASHINGTON (AP) — US Federal Reserve cuts benchmark interest rate by half-point, most since 2008, to offset coronavirus impact.
Wisconsin hosts largest technical dairy competition in world
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The largest technical cheese, butter and yogurt competition in the world started Tuesday in Wisconsin, with a record 3,667 entries from 26 nations.
Australian central bank cuts key interest rate to record low 0.5% to help counter slowdown
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian central bank cuts key interest rate to record low 0.5% to help counter slowdown.
Malaysian central bank cuts key rate to counter slowdown
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's central bank reduced its key overnight policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 2.5% on Tuesday, citing worsening economic conditions from the virus outbreak in a growing nu…
Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street sinks despite rate cut
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street sank despite an emergency U.S. interest cut aimed at defusing fears a virus outbreak might depress global economic activity.
Australian Associated Press to shut down after 85 years
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The national news agency Australian Associated Press said Tuesday it will close in late June, its 85 years in business vanquished by a decline in subscribers and free distribution of news…
G-7 nations pledge to use all appropriate tools to deal with virus outbreak, but offer no specifics
WASHINGTON (AP) — G-7 nations pledge to use all appropriate tools to deal with virus outbreak, but offer no specifics.
Hit by power shortages, South Africa's economy in recession
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Widespread power cuts are blamed for pushing South Africa's economy, the continent's most industrialized, into recession, according to official statistics released Tuesday.
Virus crisis ebbs in China, spreads fear across the West
PARIS (AP) — The coronavirus epidemic shifted increasingly westward toward the Middle East, Europe