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What's Happening: Life feels surreal; celebrities infected

The coronavirus pandemic has lent a surreal quality to the lives of millions of people around the globe. It has disrupted daily routines, overwhelmed hospitals, shuttered schools and offices and halte...

Mar 13, 2020

Russian lawmakers move to keep Putin in power past 2024

MOSCOW - Russian lawmakers on Wednesday rapidly rubber-stamped sweeping constitutional changes that could keep President Vladimir Putin in power until 2036. If Putin won and completed two more terms a...

Mar 13, 2020

Saudi Aramco to boost capacity; Abu Dhabi to increase supply

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia steamed ahead on Wednesday with its new energy play by directing the kingdom's oil company Aramco on Wednesday to increase its maximum production capacity, w...

Mar 13, 2020

UK interest rates cut, funds freed up to ease virus impact

LONDON - Britain took bold steps on Wednesday to cushion the economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak, as the government announced a 30 billion-pound ($39 billion) stimulus package and the Bank of E...

Mar 13, 2020

Virus darkens stages, silences orchestras across the US

NEW YORK - The stage at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle is quiet. There is no music coming from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the members of Pearl Jam won't tour. There is no one to admire the t...

Mar 13, 2020

Pentagon: US strikes Iran-backed group that hit Iraq base

WASHINGTON - The U.S. launched airstrikes Thursday in Iraq, targeting the Iranian-backed Shiite militia members believed responsible for the rocket attack that killed and wounded American and British ...

Mar 13, 2020

In role reversal, Asia seeks to stop virus from coming in

BEIJING - From quarantining arriving travellers from overseas to nabbing those sneaking in with fevers, China and other parts of Asia are scrambling to prevent the new coronavirus from coming back to ...

Mar 12, 2020

Big city, big worry: New Yorkers fret as bustling city slows

New Yorkers will awake Friday to find the coronavirus has left their their famously bustling city with no Broadway, no basketball games, no big gatherings, and a populace unnerved by an ever-worsening...

Mar 12, 2020

Utah passes new abortion rules as Legislature wraps up

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah lawmakers passed new regulations on abortion this year, including a measure approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature Thursday that would ban most abortions if Roe v. Wad...

Mar 12, 2020

North Korea's Kim guides another round of artillery drills

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean state media said Friday that leader Kim Jong Un has supervised another round of artillery exercises, the latest in a series of exercises believed aimed at boos...

Mar 12, 2020