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Gas prices climb across WA through April
MOSES LAKE — Gas prices across Washington continued their upward trajectory throughout April, mirroring national v…
A pandemic atlas: Kenya's youth suffer collateral damage
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The accepted wisdom was that young people had less to fear from COVID-19. But in Kenya, youth suffered from the pandemic in other ways.
A pandemic atlas: A virus widens Israel's religious rifts
BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — When Israel went into its second nationwide coronavirus lockdown in September, most of the country quickly complied. But in some ultra-Orthodox areas, synagogues were packed, mourners thron…
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EST
Turning the page? Republicans acknowledge Biden's victory
A pandemic atlas: Peru's death toll leaves a grieving nation
Each day at the height of the pandemic in Peru, Ronald Marín visited a crowded, dusty cemetery to offer final prayers for dozens of victims of COVID-19, their coffins wrapped in plastic like suitcases preparing for…
A pandemic atlas: Italy becomes Europe's viral epicenter
ROME (AP) — On the morning of Feb. 20, Dr. Annalisa Malara went to work at the public hospital in tiny Codogno, Italy, and broke protocol by ordering up a coronavirus test for a patient.
A pandemic atlas: China's state power crushes COVID-19
BEIJING (AP) — Workers have returned to factories, students are back in the classroom and once again long lines form outside popular hot pot restaurants. In major cities, wearing a surgical mask — though no longer …
A pandemic atlas: Masks key to keeping Japan's caseload low
TOKYO (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic came by ship to Japan in February — a foreboding harbinger for a world that had not yet come to grips with the disaster to come.
A pandemic atlas: India struggles to save lives, economy
NEW DELHI (AP) — India is caught between two calamities — a relentless pandemic that is ravaging the country and a hollowed-out economy that is without precedent.
A pandemic atlas: No longer in viral denial, Iran struggles
At the start, Iranian officials downplayed COVID-19 — denying the mounting toll of infections, refusing to close mosques, making half-hearted gestures at locking down businesses.
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AP Interview: Flattening curve wasn’t enough for New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand this year pulled off a moonshot that remains the envy of most other nations: It eliminated the coronavirus.
New Zealand's Ardern says successful moonshot to eliminate coronavirus came from realization health system couldn't cope
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's Ardern says successful moonshot to eliminate coronavirus came from realization health system couldn't cope.
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST
Turning the page? Republicans acknowledge Biden's victory
6 missing after a scallop vessel sank off Nova Scotia
DIGBY, Nova Scotia (AP) — Six crew are missing after a scallop vessel sank Tuesday off the coast of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia in two-meter waves and powerful winds.
Asia Today: S. Korea reports new daily high, mulls new steps
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported another high in daily coronavirus increases as health officials face growing pressure to enforce stricter social distancing to slow the spread in the capital area.