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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

No checkout needed: Amazon opens cashier-less grocery store

NEW YORK - Amazon wants to kill the supermarket checkout line. The online retailing giant is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, where shoppers can grab milk or eggs and walk out without waiti...

Feb 27, 2020

Kids shine as Broadway's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' goes big

NEW YORK - The cast of "To Kill a Mockingbird" ditched its sombre Broadway home Wednesday for the cavernous Madison Square Garden, performing the play for 18,000 school kids in an electric one-time-on...

Feb 27, 2020

China struggles to revive manufacturing amid virus outbreak

BEIJING - Factories that make the world's smartphones, toys and other goods are struggling to reopen after a virus outbreak idled China's economy. But even with the ruling Communist Party promising he...

Feb 27, 2020