Brazil's Bolsonaro asks supporters to call off demos due to coronavirus

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called on his supporters in an address to the nation on Thursday to suspend rallies they had planned in the country's main cities on Sunday due to the risk of coronavirus contagion.

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Canada battens down as Trudeau's wife tested for coronavirus and NHL suspends games

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie, are in self-isolation after she fell ill and was tested for the coronavirus, while schools are being shut down in Ontario to limit the spread of the outbreak.

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Despite entry of large private labs, coronavirus tests remain scarce in U.S.

The entry of commercial lab companies Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings and Quest Diagnostics Inc to help identify cases of the new coronavirus does not seem to be easing the burden of testing in the United States.

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Life upended for Americans as U.S. scrambles to contain coronavirus threat

From Disneyland to the U.S. Supreme Court, from Wall Street to Dodgers Stadium, nearly every facet of American life fell into turmoil on Thursday as the coronavirus outbreak forced sweeping closures and economic disruption.

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Coronavirus: Tourism in Thailand hit by Covid-19

Thailand's tourism industry, once considered very robust, is now struggling because of coronavirus.

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Eleonore Laloux is looking to prove it as France’s first political candidate with Down’s Syndrome

And Eleonore Laloux is looking to prove it as France’s first political candidate with Down’s Syndrome

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Christchurch mosques shooting victim one-year on

Wasseim and his daughter were among the victims of New Zealand's Christchurch mosques shooting.

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Trump restricts all travel from Europe to US for next 30 days amid coronavirus pandemic

03/11/20 6:12 PM

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Top U.S. college backs down on Taiwan naming on virus map after protest

A top U.S. university, Johns Hopkins, has backed down on how it refers to Taiwan on a map detailing the spread of the new coronavirus after the island's government protested at the institution's inclusion of the island as part of China.

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Saudi Arabia suspends travel, flights to EU, several other countries over coronavirus

Saudi Arabia has temporarily suspended travel of citizens and residents and halted flights with several states due to coronavirus fears, state news agency SPA said on Thursday citing an official source at Interior Ministry.

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Blinded Chilean student returns to protests as president faces new calls to quit

A Chilean student blinded in both eyes by police rubber bullets in a protest last year appeared in public on Wednesday for the first time to rejoin anti-government protests.

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British Police says dealing with multiple person stabbing incident in Walthamstow, London

British police said https://twitter.com/MPSWForest/status/1237874481369976832 on Wednesday it was dealing with a multiple person stabbing incident in Walthamstow, London.

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Coronavirus: Trump halts travel from Europe to US

President Trump suspends all travel to US from European countries – except the UK - for 30 days, due to coronavirus

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Coronavirus disrupts U.S. schools, sports, late-night television

The coronavirus spurred more disruptions to U.S. daily life on Wednesday as the largest public school district in Washington state announced a two-week closure, and the governor banned public gatherings of more than 250 people in the Seattle region.

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U.S. FAA revokes operating rights for company that transported baseball, hockey teams

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday issued an emergency order revoking the operating certificate of a Texas company for conducting dozens of unauthorized charter flights and using unqualified pilots.

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U.S. eyes direct deposit to workers, tax delays, airline aid in fight against coronavirus

The Trump administration wants to ease the economic drag from the fast-spreading coronavirus with aid to workers and businesses that will pump hundreds of billions of dollars into the U.S. economy, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told lawmakers on Wednesday.

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U.S. House backs extension of FISA surveillance law

The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Wednesday to extend a divisive set of government surveillance tools, a major boost for efforts to reauthorize the program before it expires on Sunday.

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San Francisco prohibits non-essential events over 1,000 people

California's City of San Francisco on Wednesday issued an order prohibiting non-essential events of over 1,000 people through March 25, citing the risk of the rapidly spreading coronavirus.

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Watch live on Fox News Channel: President Trump is expected to address the nation on America's coronavirus response at 9 p.m. ET

03/11/20 5:46 PM

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Harvey Weinstein: How a Hollywood giant faced his reckoning

The judge said this was not a referendum on #MeToo. But at times, his trial felt like one.

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