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White House hopefuls target Trump on coronavirus response
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Democratic White House hopefuls are seizing on President Donald Trump's delayed response to the coronavirus outbreak, calling it the latest evidence of his incompetence and warning ...
Feb 28, 2020
Parents of 'terrified' Africans stranded in China want help
KAMPALA, Uganda - She wakes every day long before dawn to chat with her three stranded daughters on the other side of the world in China's locked-down city of Wuhan, anxious to see they have started a...
Feb 28, 2020
Geneva auto show cancelled as Swiss ban big events over virus
GENEVA - The Geneva auto show was cancelled after the Swiss government put an immediate ban Friday on all public and private events involving more than 1,000 people in order to halt the spread of the ...
Feb 28, 2020
Mexico confirms first 2 cases of coronavirus
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's assistant health secretary announced Friday that the country now has two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus. Hugo Lopez-Gatell said one of the patients is in Mexico City and...
Feb 28, 2020
Turkey, Russia talk on Syria as migrants rush Greek border
REYHANLI, Turkey - The presidents of Turkey and Russia spoke by phone Friday to try to defuse tensions that rose significantly in Syria after 33 Turkish troops were killed in a Syrian government airst...
Feb 28, 2020
Stocks fall on Wall Street, head for worst week since 2008
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday and were on track for their worst week since October 2008 as the spreading coronavirus threatens to derail the global economy. The virus outbreak has been sh...
Feb 28, 2020
Balmain celebrates diversity and twists classicism in Paris
PARIS - Usher unleashed a photographer's battle at Balmain on Friday, as he appeared at Paris Fashion Week alongside towering model Cindy Bruna. The designer, Olivier Rousteing said of the typically g...
Feb 28, 2020
Financial pain deepens as nearly 60 countries report virus
TOKYO - A deepening health crisis became an economic one too Friday as the coronavirus outbreak sapped financial markets, emptied shops and businesses and put major sites and events off limits. The li...
Feb 28, 2020
New Brunswick maintains position on abortions and Canada Health Act
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government is standing firm in its position that it is not violating the Canada Health Act by refusing to fund out-of-hospital abortions. "We are working with the feder...
Feb 28, 2020
Kenney warns cancelled energy projects stand in the way of Indigenous prosperity
CALGARY - A $1-billion fund established last year to support Indigenous participation in major projects won't have any projects to back if the circumstances that led to the cancelling of the Frontier ...
Feb 28, 2020