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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 …
Olympic flame lands in Japan as doubts grow over Tokyo Games
MATSUSHIMA AIR BASE, Japan (AP) — The Olympic flame on Friday completed its difficult journey from Greece to Japan.
Most renters will not receive protections under WH proposal
NEW YORK (AP) — Most Americans who rent their home, many of whom have lost their jobs in the sudden economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak, will not be eligible for eviction protections, despite what …
US, Mexico discuss halting much of cross-border travel
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The United States and Mexico are working on plans to halt much of cross-border travel without disrupting trade during
AP Week in Pictures, Latin America & Caribbean
MARCH 13-19, 2020
Mexico's president in no hurry to confront virus outbreak
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Many countries in Latin America have taken aggressive measures to deal with the coronavirus such as closing their borders, dock and airports to foreigners, declaring states of emergencies and ord…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Imports of medical supplies plummet as demand in US soars
China exonerates doctor reprimanded for warning of virus
BEIJING (AP) — China has exonerated a doctor who was officially reprimanded for warning about the coronavirus outbreak and later died of the disease, a startling admission of error by the ruling Communist Party tha…
Californians told to stay home as pandemic's reach worsens
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — California's governor ordered people in the most populous U.S. state to stay home as the coronavirus pandemic's toll worsened so much world leaders warned of “record” economic pain.
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US Forecast for Saturday, March 21, 2020
Asian stocks rise after Wall Street advance on aid hopes
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Friday after Wall Street gained on hopes government and central bank action can shield the world economy from a looming recession caused by the coronavirus.
Iranian leaders vow to overcome virus in new year messages
TEHRAN (AP) — Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani in separate new year messages vowed to overcome the coronavirus and increase economic growth.
Olympic flame from Greece arrives in Japan for handover to Tokyo Games
MATSUSHIMA AIR BASE, Japan (AP) — Olympic flame from Greece arrives in Japan for handover to Tokyo Games.
A timeline of events after fatal gang rape that shook India
NEW DELHI (AP) — The brutal gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus in 2012 exposed the scope of sexual violence in India and prompted stiffer penalties and other changes to the country's rape laws.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro strives to regain leadership amid virus
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After questioning the seriousness of COVID-19, defying his own health ministry's recommendations and denouncing a “certain hysteria,” Brazil's president is now projecting himself as leading th…