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Here are the AP's latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP's coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org

Dow sinks 8% as a sell-off slamming global markets deepens

NEW YORK (AP) — The sell-off bludgeoning financial markets around the world got even worse Thursday as the economic pain caused by the coronavirus became more painfully clear. Worries are rising that the White Hous…

AP Week in Pictures, Middle East

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in the Middle East, Afghanistan & Pakistan Region between March 5-11, 2020.

The Latest: World markets roiled by coronavirus angst

The Latest on the world's coronavirus pandemic:

Europe, Russia postpone joint rover mission to Mars

BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency and Russia's Roscosmos said Thursday they are postponing a planned joint mission to Mars until 2022, in part due to travel restrictions resulting from the new coronavirus out…

In coronavirus battle, Trump restricts travel from Europe

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking dramatic action, President Donald Trump sharply restricted passenger travel from 26 European nations to the U.S. and moved to ease the economic cost of a viral pandemic that is roiling glob…

Stock trading halted on Wall Street after market plunge; S&P 500 falls 7%; trading resumes in 15 minutes

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock trading halted on Wall Street after market plunge; S&P 500 falls 7%; trading resumes in 15 minutes.

The Latest: Stocks plunge again triggers a trading halt

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the action in the financial markets (all times local):

Trading halted on Wall Street after stocks plunge 7% at open

NEW YORK (AP) —

AP Entertainment Digest

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Thunderstorms bring widespread flooding to Egypt, killing 5

CAIRO (AP) — Thunderstorms packing heavy rains and lightning caused widespread flooding across Egypt on Thursday, killing at least five people and injuring five others, officials said as authorities shuttered schoo…

The Latest: European Central Bank announces more stimulus

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the action in the financial markets (all times local):

New Yorker stranded in Egypt in virus quarantine hospital

CAIRO (AP) — When Matt Swider was tested for the new coronavirus on his Nile cruise in Egypt’s tourist hub of Luxor, he assumed the government was just taking extreme precautions.

Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY

Sweeping travel bans are accelerating around the globe as governments increasingly isolate people at home and within their borders to slow the unfolding coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. halted most travel from Europe…