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Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: South Africa to spend big to fight virus effect

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe ill…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Canadian police say 22 victims after rampage in Nova Scotia

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police said Tuesday they believe there are at least 22 victims after a gunman wearing a police uniform shot people in their homes and set fires in a rampage across rural communities in Nova …

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Fighting in several parts of Yemen kills hundreds in April

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Heavy fighting in Yemen between pro-government forces and Houthi rebels has killed hundreds of people this month in several parts of the country, Yemeni officials and tribal leaders said Tuesday.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
South Africa announces $26 billion to help struggling nation

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s president on Tuesday announced an “extraordinary budget” of $500 billion rand ($26 billion) to address the huge socioeconomic effects of the coronavirus pandemic, saying that “our…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Serbia's elderly finally allowed outside

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe ill…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Dutch to let elementary students return

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe ill…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Congress, Trump in tentative deal on $500B virus relief bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress reached a tentative agreement Tuesday with President Donald Trump on a nearly $500 billion coronavirus relief bill that would replenish a small business rescue program, provide hospitals …

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Trial of potential vaccine set to begin in UK

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe ill…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Elective surgeries allowed again in parts of New York state

NEW YORK (AP) — Hospitals in parts of upstate New York will be able to conduct outpatient elective surgeries again, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday as he pledged to consider regional differences when re-opening the …

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Israel's Netanyahu notches key wins in a deal with his rival

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s embattled prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has notched two critical victories in this week’s power-sharing agreement with his chief rival: He can stay in office throughout his upcoming …

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Officials: Man angry about stimulus check set shed on fire

MARKSVILLE, La. (AP) — Fire Marshals in Louisiana said a man set his mother’s shed on fire out of anger for not receiving a federal stimulus check amid the

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
UN food agency chief: World on brink of `a hunger pandemic'

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. food agency warned Tuesday that, as the world is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, it is also “on the brink of a hunger pandemic” that could lead to “multiple famines…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Gunman shoots nine people dead in Lebanese mountain village

BEIRUT (AP) — A gunman shot dead nine people Tuesday, including five Syrians, and left their bodies in several locations in a mountain village southeast of the capital Beirut, the prime minister and state news and …

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Search ends in Texas bayou after no sign of anyone missing

BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday suspended a search of a Texas bayou, a day after receiving a distress call that a boat with seven people had taken on water.