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Virus outbreak keeps global markets in check

LONDON - Share prices around the world, particularly in Japan, took a hit Tuesday amid mounting fears about the economic impact of the new coronavirus outbreak. An anticipated solid opening on Wall St...

Feb 26, 2020

Brazil confirms first coronavirus case in Latin America

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's government confirmed on Wednesday that a 61-year-old Brazilian man who travelled to Italy this month has Latin America's first confirmed case of the contagious new coronaviru...

Feb 26, 2020

Auschwitz Museum upset at scene in Amazon series 'Hunters'

WARSAW, Poland - The museum of the Nazi German Auschwitz death camp is objecting to a scene in a new Amazon TV series that shows a murderous game of human chess being played there, insisting that no s...

Feb 26, 2020

Michael Douglas, Zeta-Jones to co-host Jerusalem ceremony

JERUSALEM - Hollywood power couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are set to return to Israel as co-hosts of this year's Genesis Prize ceremony. The Genesis Prize Foundation announced on Wed...

Feb 26, 2020

Original 'Flash Gordon' comic strip art headed to auction

LOS ANGELES - The original artwork for the "Flash Gordon" comic strip is headed for a new realm - the auction block. The auction house Profiles in History said Wednesday that it will sell the drawing ...

Feb 26, 2020

Johnny Depp in UK court for hearing on tabloid libel lawsuit

LONDON - A lawyer for Johnny Depp told a British judge on Wednesday that the star's ex-wife Amber Heard lied when she accused him of domestic abuse. Depp denies the abuse allegations, and attended the...

Feb 26, 2020

Trump to hold news conference on coronavirus US threat

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said he'll discuss the coronavirus threat at a White House news conference Wednesday, a day after he sought to minimize fears of the virus spreading widely across t...

Feb 26, 2020

B. Smith, model turned lifestyle guru, dead at 70

NEW YORK - Barbara "B." Smith, one of the nation's top black models who went on to open restaurants, launch a successful home products line and write cookbooks, has died at her Long Island home at age...

Feb 26, 2020

China postpones key political meetings because of virus

BEIJING - China announced Monday it has postponed its most important political meetings of the year because of the outbreak of the new virus, a significant step for an authoritarian government that ha...

Feb 26, 2020

Iran says 12 dead from new virus, rejects higher death toll

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran's government said Monday that 12 people had died nationwide from the new coronavirus, rejecting claims of a much higher death toll by a lawmaker from the city of Qom...

Feb 26, 2020