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Updated 3 days, 22 hours ago

FBI arrests Energy Department employee on charge of trying to support Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to …

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Global stocks rise after US Fed promises economic support

BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets and U.S. futures surged Tuesday after the Federal Reserve promised support to the struggling economy as Congress delayed action on a $2 trillion coronavirus aid package.

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
The Latest: Confusion over Britain nonessential activity ban

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 382,000 people and killed over 16,500. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but severe symptoms are more likely …

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Solidarity: Foreign hospitals help French virus hotspot cope

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The eastern French border city of Mulhouse was fought over by France and Germany across two centuries, but the horrors of the new coronavirus cluster tearing through this community of 110,…

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
US newspapers urge China not to expel their journalists

BEIJING (AP) — The publishers of three major American newspapers have written an open letter asking China to reverse its recent decision to expel many of their correspondents working in the country.

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
The Latest: Former Finnish president has the coronavirus

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 382,000 people and killed over 16,500. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but severe symptoms are more likely …

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
New coronavirus threatens both rich, poor across Mideast

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The new coronavirus continued its spread across some of the most-vulnerable nations of the Mideast on Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund warned that a lack of medical supp…

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
The Latest: Thailand decrees state of emergency over virus

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 382,000 people and killed over 16,500. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but severe symptoms are more likely …

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Thailand decrees state of emergency to control coronavirus

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's government agreed Tuesday to declare an emergency to take stricter measures to control the coronavirus outbreak that has infected hundreds of people in the Southeast Asian country.

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
The Latest: Indian authorities clear demonstration site

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 381,000 people and killed over 16,500. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but severe symptoms are more likely …

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

Asian shares jump after Dow sees biggest gain since 1933

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
'Stay at home': UK's Johnson ramps up response to virus

LONDON (AP) — Britain has become the latest European country to go into effective lockdown to deal with the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday sweeping curbs on …

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Men accused of creating explosions to rob ATMs in 2 states

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Two men are facing federal charges in Florida for using

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
India halts its crucial train network to try to stop virus

NEW DELHI (AP) — As India expanded its virus-containment measures and halted its train network, the country's lifeblood, the federal government warned Monday of strict legal action for those who flout the rules.