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Lockdown tensions grow as people seek to resume work or play
World
April 20, 2020
Lockdown tensions grow as people seek to resume work or play
WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus is touching all levels of society and increasing tensions as governments start to ease restrictions…
Nations seek to ease nursing home loneliness yet keep safe
World
April 20, 2020
Nations seek to ease nursing home loneliness yet keep safe
HALLE, Belgium (AP) — Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes just wanted to do the humane thing. After so many frail…
Syria’s divisions damage efforts to mobilize against virus
Middle East
April 20, 2020
Syria’s divisions damage efforts to mobilize against virus
BEIRUT (AP) — After nine years of war, Syria is broken into three rival parts unable to work together and…
India reports biggest one-day virus spike as lockdown eased
World
April 20, 2020
India reports biggest one-day virus spike as lockdown eased
NEW DELHI (AP) — India recorded its biggest single-day spike in coronavirus cases on Monday as the government eased one…
Iran’s Guard acknowledges encounter with US during a drill
Middle East
April 19, 2020
Iran’s Guard acknowledges encounter with US during a drill
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard acknowledged Sunday it had a tense encounter with US warships in the…
Israel accuses Hezbollah of ‘provocative’ activity
Middle East
April 19, 2020
Israel accuses Hezbollah of ‘provocative’ activity
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Saturday accused the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah of “provocative” activity along the Lebanese-Israeli frontier and…
Landmark Lebanese hotel folds amid virus, economic crisis
Middle East
April 19, 2020
Landmark Lebanese hotel folds amid virus, economic crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — One of Lebanon’s landmark hotels that survived the country’s bloody 15-year civil war and various other bouts…
Iran lets some Tehran businesses reopen after virus lockdown
Middle East
April 18, 2020
Iran lets some Tehran businesses reopen after virus lockdown
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran allowed some businesses in the capital and nearby towns to re-open Saturday after weeks of…
Security Council backs UN chief’s call for Yemen cease-fire
Middle East
April 18, 2020
Security Council backs UN chief’s call for Yemen cease-fire
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN Security Council on Friday endorsed the secretary-general’s call for the warring parties in Yemen…
‘I am so afraid’: India’s poor face world’s largest lockdown
Features/Interviews
April 17, 2020
‘I am so afraid’: India’s poor face world’s largest lockdown
The street peddler watched the prime minister’s speech on a battered TV, with her family of five crowded around her…
Lockdown weighs heavily on Orthodox Christians during Easter
World
April 17, 2020
Lockdown weighs heavily on Orthodox Christians during Easter
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For Orthodox Christians, this is normally a time of reflection and mourning followed by joyful release,…
Poorer countries face big risks in easing virus restrictions
World
April 17, 2020
Poorer countries face big risks in easing virus restrictions
BEIRUT (AP) — As some wealthier Western nations begin easing coronavirus restrictions, many developing countries, particularly in the Middle East…
Chinese epicenter Wuhan raises number of virus dead by 1,290
World
April 17, 2020
Chinese epicenter Wuhan raises number of virus dead by 1,290
BEIJING (AP) — At least 50 percent more people died in China’s virus epicenter of Wuhan than previously counted, with…
Coffins in the parking lot: A Spanish funeral home copes with coronavirus
World
April 16, 2020
Coffins in the parking lot: A Spanish funeral home copes with coronavirus
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Jordi Fernández’s 16-year-career as a mortician didn’t prepare him for the hundreds of bodies that are…
US job losses mount as economic pain deepens worldwide
Business
April 16, 2020
US job losses mount as economic pain deepens worldwide
WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranks of Americans thrown out of work by the coronavirus ballooned Thursday to more than 20…
Some leaders use pandemic to sharpen tools against critics
World
April 16, 2020
Some leaders use pandemic to sharpen tools against critics
BANGKOK (AP) — Health concerns were on artist Danai Ussama’s mind when he returned to Thailand last month from a…
Israeli president asks parliament to choose prime minister
Middle East
April 16, 2020
Israeli president asks parliament to choose prime minister
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s president Thursday asked the Knesset to choose a new prime minister, giving parliament three weeks to…
Africa to roll out more than 1 million coronavirus tests
World
April 16, 2020
Africa to roll out more than 1 million coronavirus tests
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — More than one million coronavirus tests will be rolled out starting next week in Africa to address…
China, Europe show restarting virus-hit economies not easy
World
April 16, 2020
China, Europe show restarting virus-hit economies not easy
BEIJING (AP) — As countries consider how to restart economies that have been halted by the coronavirus, the early experiences…
Coronavirus could erode global fight against other diseases
Features/Interviews
April 16, 2020
Coronavirus could erode global fight against other diseases
NEW DELHI (AP) — Lavina D’Souza hasn’t been able to collect her government-supplied anti-HIV medication since the abrupt lockdown of…