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Hong Kong reports virus death as workers strike at hospitals

BEIJING - Hong Kong hospitals cut services as thousands of medical workers went on strike for a second day Tuesday to demand the border with mainland China be shut completely. The new virus caused its...

Feb 06, 2020

Avalanche of issues takes out Iowa plan for high-tech caucus

IOWA CITY, Iowa - What went wrong with the Iowa Democratic Party's high-tech plan to speed up the reporting of caucus night results? Pretty much everything. A little-known startup company was picked b...

Feb 06, 2020

Buttigieg slightly leading Sanders in partial Iowa results

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Democratic Party released partial results of its kickoff presidential caucus after a daylong delay late Tuesday showing former Midwestern mayor Pete Buttigieg with a slight...

Feb 06, 2020

Report: Emirates pilots unaware engines idle in 2016 crash

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The pilots of an Emirates flight that crashed in 2016 and caught fire in Dubai failed to realize the engines of their Boeing 777 remained idle as they tried to take off f...

Feb 06, 2020

Saudi Arabia bars citizens, residents from travel to China

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia on Thursday barred its citizens and residents of the kingdom from travelling to China amid the new virus outbreak. The kingdom's General Directorate of Passp...

Feb 06, 2020

China cuts tariffs on $75B of US imports in trade truce

BEIJING - China cut tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. imports including soybeans, pork and auto parts Thursday in a trade truce with Washington while Beijing struggles with a costly virus outbreak. The c...

Feb 05, 2020

Former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi is dead at age 95

NAIROBI, Kenya - Daniel arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya's longest-serving president and led the East African nation through years of repression and economic turmoil fueled by runaway...

Feb 05, 2020

Florida trooper dies in shooting; suspect killed by officer

PALM CITY, Fla. - A stranded motorist fatally shot a Florida Highway Patrol trooper alongside Interstate 95 on Wednesday before he was killed by a passing police officer, the agency said. Trooper Jose...

Feb 05, 2020

China new virus deaths rise to 563; 2 cruisers quarantined

BEIJING - China on Thursday reported 73 more deaths from a new virus, raising its total to 563, as the World Health Organization appealed for more funds to help countries battle the spread of the dise...

Feb 05, 2020

Tom Hanks, Chris Rock added to Oscars presenters

LOS ANGELES - Tom Hanks, Chris Rock and Taika Waititi are some of the presenters who will take the Oscars stage at the Dolby Theatre during Sunday's ceremony. Producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Steph...

Feb 05, 2020