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• Canadian and Italian kidnapped in Burkina Faso turn up safe in Mali

  14-03-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Édith Blais and Luca Tacchetto, seized in 2018, apparently escaped and were picked up by UN forces.
  
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• Major cruise lines have suspended operations for 30 days. Here's what you need to know

  14-03-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cruise lines have made unprecedented steps in the wake of coronavirus to help combat its spread. Here are some questions and answers.
  
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• Spain imposes near total lockdown to fight virus

  14-03-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Spain on Saturday followed Italy and imposed a near total nationwide lockdown to fight the spread of coronavirus by banning people from leaving home except to go to work, get medical care or buy food. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced the restrictions on movement following a huge spike in the number of infections in this nation of some 46 million people. Spain confirmed more than 1,500 new cases of coronavirus since Friday evening, raising its total to 5,753 cases, the second-highest number
  
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• Coronavirus: Ottawa urges all Canadians to come home while they can

  14-03-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ottawa on Saturday urged all Canadians abroad to return home while they still can, as nations around the world moved to restrict travel to limit the spread of the new coronavirus.The guidance followed aggressive measures and money to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus announced by the federal government a day earlier, including asking Canadians to avoid all but essential foreign travel.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, however, has so far resisted growing calls to limit incoming t
  
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• Airbnb is letting guests around the world cancel their reservations for a full refund and no cancellation fees, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt travel plans

  14-03-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We don't want guests to feel like they have to travel because they cannot get their money back," Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said.
  
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• Trump World Descended on Mar-a-Lago as It Became a Coronavirus Petri Dish

  14-03-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s treatment of the coronavirus pandemic gained a sense of urgency late last week, just as he was forced to grapple with a potential outbreak among his inner circle and at his favorite Florida club.Two individuals who tested positive at a party last Saturday at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, and one more at a Republican fundraiser at the club the next morning, brought the reality of the pandemic right to Trump’s doorstep. But the severity of the exposure may n
  
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• Democrat Biden tacks left, backs Warren bankruptcy plan with student loan relief

  14-03-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I've endorsed Elizabeth Warren's bankruptcy proposal, which ... allows for student debt to be relieved in bankruptcy and provides for a whole range of other issues," Biden said in a digital town hall in Illinois on Friday. Biden's decision to endorse Warren's bankruptcy plan is significant, showing she and Sanders have moved the party's policy discussions to the left.
  
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• U.S. Will Extend Virus Travel Restrictions to U.K., Ireland

  14-03-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said the U.S. will broaden its temporary travel restrictions to include the U.K. and Ireland, two countries left out of an earlier order aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.Trump confirmed reports that the restrictions are pending during a Saturday news conference at the White House that followed a meeting of his coronavirus task force.“They’ve had a little bit of activity, unfortunately,” Trump said of the U.K. and Ireland. &ldq
  
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• Four more African nations confirm coronavirus, new controls put in place

  14-03-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mauritania, Rwanda, Seychelles and Central African Republic confirmed their first coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing to 23 the number of African countries that have reported positive tests for the virus.Moving swiftly to contain its spread, Rwanda, Senegal, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco and Kenya announced tougher control measures, including bans on public gatherings, halting flights and closing schools and universities.Three days after the World Health Organization (WHO) described the out
  
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• New York woman was shackled to bed during childbirth, lawsuit says

  14-03-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  * African American woman, 22, sues New York City and police* Representative decries ‘dehumanizing and pointless practice’A 22-year-old African American woman has filed a civil rights lawsuit in New York, claiming she was shackled to a hospital gurney during labor, after being arrested on a minor assault charge that was later dismissed.The lawsuit filed on behalf of “Jane Doe” against the City of New York and several New York police department (NYPD) officers who arrested
  
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• Mexico braces for coronavirus lasting 'all year', tightens curbs

  14-03-2020 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mexico warned on Saturday that the coronavirus outbreak could last all year as it began rolling out tougher measures to contain the spread, calling for an end to large gatherings and extending Easter school holidays.The education ministry said some 33 million students will head into the Easter break at the end of next week, doubling the length of their vacation."We're preparing for an epidemic that could last all year," Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell told a news conference.
  
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• Coronavirus travel: President Trump considering domestic travel restrictions, adds U.K. to ban

  14-03-2020 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In addition to potential domestic restrictions, Trump added the UK and Ireland to the existing international ban.
  
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• ISPs Raise Speeds, Suspend Data Caps in Response to Coronavirus Pandemic

  14-03-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As more people across the country work from home in a bid to help stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, some internet service providers (ISPs) are pledging to raise broadband speeds, suspend ...
  
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• This coronavirus is unlike anything in our lifetime, and we have to stop comparing it to the flu

  14-03-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Longtime health reporter Charles Ornstein says that comparing the novel coronavirus to the flu is dangerously inaccurate.
  
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• ISPs Raise Speeds and Suspend Data Caps in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic

  14-03-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As more people across the country work from home to help stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, some internet service providers (ISPs) are pledging to raise broadband speeds, suspend data caps...
  
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• Europeans scramble across borders as coronavirus restricts travel

  14-03-2020 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tom Holmes, a 34-year-old British primary school teacher living in Poland, had expected to welcome home his twin babies and his wife in Warsaw on Monday upon their return from a holiday in Britain.Instead, on Saturday, he jumped on a bus to travel 570 km (355 miles) from Warsaw to Berlin, in hopes of catching a flight to London to meet up with his family, now stranded in Britain by coronavirus-related travel curbs.Poland, which has reported 103 cases of coronavirus and three deaths, announced on
  
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• RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel tested for coronavirus, went to Trump's Mar-a-Lago, Senate lunch

  14-03-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Republican chairwoman came down with flu-like symptoms and is self-quarantining at her home in Northville awaiting test results.
  
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• In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration suspended an 82-year-old road safety law for some truck drivers, showing how much coronavirus is pressuring retailers and hospitals to maintain cleaning and medical supplies

  14-03-2020 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The hours-of-service regulations are some of truck drivers' most-hated laws, and some drivers won't have to follow them amid the national emergency.
  
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• Coronavirus: Quebec leader asks seniors to stay in, 'snowbirds' to fly back to Canada

  14-03-2020 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Quebec's premier told seniors Saturday to stay home to avoid contracting the new coronavirus, and urged "snowbirds" -- retired Canadians who spend winters in sunny US states -- to fly back to Canada now."If I were them, I'd come home as soon as possible," Legault also said about more than 300,000 Canadian "snowbirds" who live up to six months each year in the United States.As of 1300 GMT Saturday, said Health Canada, 193 cases of the COVID-19 virus have been confirmed in Canada, including one de
  
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• Woman says children who came into contact with Rudy Gobert being denied coronavirus testing

  14-03-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I'm sharing my story now because I've heard of other families in direct contact with individuals testing positive for the virus and not enough tests are available," the woman said.
  
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• As mayor, Bernie Sanders condemned American interventionism but also defended undemocratic governments abroad

  14-03-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Archives of Bernie Sanders’s mayoral papers shed light on the foreign policy views he held at the start of his political career.
  
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• In the Wake of the Coronavirus, Here's Why Americans Are Hoarding Toilet Paper

  14-03-2020 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Our panic buying represents one thing we can control
  
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• Italy death toll jumps past 1,000

  14-03-2020 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Italy's death toll from the coronavirus epidemic rose past 1,000 on Thursday as the economic impact worsened with the Milan bourse posting its biggest ever one-day fall.
  
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• France closes shops, restaurants, tells people to stay home

  14-03-2020 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  France will shut most shops, restaurants and entertainment facilities from midnight on Saturday and people should stay home as much as possible as the spread of coronavirus is accelerating, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced."I have decided to close all non-indispensable locations, notably cafes, restaurants, cinemas, nightclubs and shops," he said.Exceptions to the shop ban will include food stores, pharmacies and petrol stations.
  
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• Virus cases spread across Africa, nations prepare for more

  14-03-2020 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Africa is seeing a steady spread of the coronavirus across the continent, with five new countries confirming cases on Saturday, so that 24 of Africa's 54 countries have COVID-19 patients.Eswatini, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Namibia and Rwanda reported their first cases Saturday.All were brought to the continent by travelers from overseas, as with almost all the other cases reported in Africa, according to health authorities.
  
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• Everything you need to protect yourself from germs when you’re on the go

  14-03-2020 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Coronavirus is spreading—here are the products that may help protect you while you're commuting, traveling, or on the go in crowded settings.
  
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• Quarantined cruise ship passengers: 'We're being told next to nothing'

  14-03-2020 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Laura and Don Davis, two former passengers of a coronavirus-stricken ocean liner now quarantined on a California military base, have little to do to pass the time but watch TV, play cards and - they add half-jokingly - avoid arguments.Diagnostic kits were flown by helicopter to the ship, and 21 people aboard - mostly crew - tested positive.
  
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• Trump Tested for Virus; Travel Ban Extends to U.K.: Virus Update

  14-03-2020 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said he took the test for coronavirus after coming in contact with several infected people. He also said the U.S. would extend strict travel restrictions to the U.K. and Ireland.New York City reported its first fatality. Italy continued to be battered, reporting 175 new deaths for a total of 1,441.European governments, including Russia, tightened border controls to slow the spread. German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged people to avoid unnecessary social
  
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• Coronavirus: Why is the UK not shutting schools like other countries?

  14-03-2020 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The government's top scientists are ploughing a different furrow to that of many other countries.
  
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• Norway to close ports, airports from Monday to stop coronavirus: PM

  14-03-2020 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Norway is to shut its ports and airports from Monday in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus, although exemptions will be made for Norwegians returning from abroad as well as for goods, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Saturday.The government is ready to do all that is needed to secure the economy, which has been hit by business shutdowns due to the virus outbreak, and will seek to import medical equipment from China, Solberg told a news conference."We've decided to shut our airports,
  
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• Court cites coronavirus in blocking Trump administration's food stamp cuts

  14-03-2020 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Judge Beryl A. Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia cited the coronavirus pandemic in her decision to suspend the rule from going into effect.
  
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• Las Vegas is still loaded with tourists. Who's partying through the coronavirus pandemic?

  14-03-2020 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fear and loathing in Las Vegas? Not among the tourists partying through the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• U.S. airlines prepare new flight cuts after new UK, Ireland restrictions

  14-03-2020 18:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines said on Saturday it plans to soon announce additional schedule changes to its European flights after the Trump administration said it was expanding travel restrictions to Britain and Ireland.U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said the new restrictions will begin Monday at midnight and will bar most non-U.S. citizens from entering the United States who have been in the U.K. or Ireland within the last 14 days.Washington first imposed restrictions on China
  
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• After coronavirus closure, Disney theme park says it will give away excess food

  14-03-2020 18:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dairy, fruit, vegetables, packaged goods and unserved banquet meals will be donated to a local food bank.
  
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• Trump says he took coronavirus test and expands travel ban to UK and Ireland

  14-03-2020 18:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President speaks to press at White House after welcoming House bill that includes paid sick leave* Coronavirus – latest updates* See all our coronavirus coverageDonald Trump has announced new measures to tackle the coronavirus crisis, including expanding the existing US travel ban to travelers from the UK and Ireland.In a lunchtime briefing at the White House, the president also confirmed he had taken a test for the virus himself, although the result was not yet available.“I decided
  
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• Italy faces first weekend under shutdown

  14-03-2020 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Italians were spending their first weekend under lockdown Saturday, with only the odd jogger or dog-walker visible on pavements otherwise emptied in an attempt to contain Europe's worst coronavirus outbreak.Travel remains greatly reduced, with the last service from Rome's Ciampino airport -- a Ryanair flight to Nuremberg -- leaving on Friday night before the facility shut to passenger traffic until further notice.
  
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• Italy's health workers on edge of exhaustion in virus fight

  14-03-2020 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A worn-out nurse slumps over her keyboard in a widely shared image symbolic of the extreme fatigue that Italian healthcare workers are facing as they battle Europe's worse outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic.The picture is of Elena Pagliarini, a nurse in the northern region of Lombardy which has been worst hit by the disease.Nationwide Italy has more than 1,400 deaths from the virus and 21,000 infections, with a quarter of the country's intensive care beds taken up by those with the illne
  
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• Democrats see a road map for November in Michigan results

  14-03-2020 18:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden's decisive victory in Michigan’s presidential primary offers what some Democrats hope will be the road map for success in November — a high turnout powered by a coalition that extends into territory Donald Trump won in 2016. Biden beat Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders last Tuesday among key demographics — African American, suburban and working-class voters — that the Democratic Party failed to coalesce nearly four years ago. Michigan saw a record turnout of nearly 1.
  
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• Coronavirus: At least three people who joined Trump at Mar-a-Lago test positive for virus

  14-03-2020 18:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At least three people who spent time with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago last weekend have now tested positive for coronavirus.The cluster of confirmed cases, which all revolve around the US president’s private residence in Florida, have emerged in the past 48 hours.
  
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• White House will extend Europe travel ban to Ireland, U.K., considering domestic restrictions

  14-03-2020 18:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump on Saturday said during a press briefing that he's considering barring travel from certain places within the United States.The president didn't go into much detail about what places might be affected, but he said the White House is "working with states" to determine the best path forward. Regardless, he advised Americans not to travel if they "don't have to" because "we want this thing to end."> JUST IN: Pres. Trump says he is considering domestic travel restrictions "specific
  
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• Putin signs Russia's constitutional reform law

  14-03-2020 18:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed the package of constitutional reforms he had proposed, including a clause giving him an option to run for two more terms.The Kremlin has published the 68-page law spelling out the constitutional reforms on the official website.Putin's signature triggers a special procedure for the package, which differs from the way laws usually go into effect.
  
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• When will there be a coronavirus vaccine — and who will get it first? 

  14-03-2020 17:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One of the central questions for resolving the COVID-19 crisis is how long it will take to develop a vaccine.
  
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• Trump says he took coronavirus test as those around president, Pence have temperatures monitored

  14-03-2020 17:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump told reporters his temperature was "totally normal" and that he took the test last night and would await results.
  
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• Wynn Las Vegas to shutter poker room, sports book, spas and salons as coronavirus spreads

  14-03-2020 17:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The temporary closures will take place Sunday as the Las Vegas Strip grapples with how to limit COVID-19 spread in properties.
  
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• Pence Announces New Travel Bans on United Kingdom and Ireland as Coronavirus Pandemic Spreads

  14-03-2020 17:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vice President Mike Pence said Saturday that new travel bans would be implemented on the United Kingdom and Ireland as the novel coronavirus pandemic spreads.At a White House press conference with President Trump, the vice president said the ban would take effect from midnight Monday, but that U.S. citizens, permanent residents and their families would be allowed to return to the country through 13 airports where the Department of Homeland Security has established enhanced entry screening capabi
  
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• The White House is now checking the temperatures of any 'individuals who are in close contact' with President Trump and VP Pence

  14-03-2020 17:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The move comes a day after the president shook hands, touched officials, and made contact with a shared microphone 31 times at a press conference.
  
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• Western couple seized in Burkina Faso two years ago found in Mali

  14-03-2020 17:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Canadian woman and her Italian partner kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018 have been found in good health in the northwest of Mali after fleeing their captors and were set to be repatriated, diplomatic and UN sources said on Saturday.Tedith Blais and Luca Tacchetto, both in their thirties, managed to escape near the northern city of Kidal on Friday and were taken to the local base of the UN mission in Mali, known by its French acronym MINUSMA.The pair were then flown out on Saturday afternoon on
  
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• The coronavirus bill will provide free testing, benefits, paid leave. Here's everything you need to know about it.

  14-03-2020 17:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The bill includes several measures designed to provide financial relief to workers and families across the country who are reeling from the outbreak.
  
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• Putin asks court if he can amend constitution to run again for president

  14-03-2020 17:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally asked the country's constitutional court if it is legal for him to change the constitution, the Kremlin said on Saturday, a move that could allow him to remain in power until 2036.Putin in January unveiled a major shake-up of Russian politics and a constitutional overhaul, which the Kremlin billed as a redistribution of power from the presidency to parliament.The Kremlin said in a statement on Saturday that Putin had signed off on the constitutional
  
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• An 82-year-old woman is the first coronavirus death in New York state

  14-03-2020 17:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the news Saturday, writing on Twitter: "I extend my condolences to her family during this challenging time."
  
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