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Financial markets reel, stocks plunge as Trump stuns with Europe travel ban
TOKYO (Reuters) – Financial markets reeled on Thursday as stocks dived and oil slumped after U.S. President Donald Trump took the dramatic step of banning travel from Europe to reduce the impact of...
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Factbox: Latest on the spread of coronavirus around the world
(Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) described the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic and said Italy and Iran were on the frontline of the disease and other countries would soon join them....
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Brazil communications secretary, who met Trump, has coronavirus, government says
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s communications secretary, Fabio Wajngarten, has been diagnosed with coronavirus following a second confirmatory test, the presidency’s...
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Democratic presidential hopeful Biden attacks Trump’s coronavirus response
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden on Thursday lambasted Republican President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, accusing him of having an...
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Trump had almost no interactions with Brazilian official with coronavirus:...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence had “almost no interaction” with a Brazilian government official they met in Florida last week who later tested...
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Dutch government: only travel to the U.S. if necessary
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government on Thursday changed its travel advice for the United States, advising citizens to only travel to the U.S. “if necessary.” The decision followed new U.S....
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United States approves coronavirus test in race to boost screening capacity
ZURICH (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued emergency authorization for a coronavirus test made by Swiss diagnostics maker Roche (ROG.S), a move aimed at boosting screening...
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Government officials respond to Reuters report on secrecy of coronavirus...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testified on Thursday on Capitol Hill that public health officials discussed coronavirus information in...
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Factbox: Latest on the spread of coronavirus around the world
(Reuters) – The alarm over the coronavirus intensified and governments from Ireland to Italy unveiled measures to try to slow the spread of a disease that has infected more than 134,500 people...
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Factbox: Global sports events hit by coronavirus pandemic
(Reuters) – Major sports events around the world which have been hit by the coronavirus outbreak: A man wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),...
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Trump declares coronavirus a national emergency, freeing $50 billion in funds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency over the fast-spreading coronavirus, opening the door to what he said was about $50 billion in federal aid to...
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Egypt reports 13 new cases of coronavirus, bringing total to 93
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt reported on Friday 13 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total of cases detected in the country to 93, the health ministry said in a statement. Egypt had previously...
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Trump declares U.S. emergency as coronavirus chaos spreads
WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – President Donald Trump declared a U.S. national emergency over the quickly spreading coronavirus on Friday, opening the door to more federal aid to combat a disease...
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Alphabet shares surge 9% after Trump praises Google for coronavirus website
Ambassador Debbie Birx, the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, displays the new testing protocols being deployed for coronavirus after U.S. President Donald Trump declared the coronavirus...
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Factbox: Here’s what the new U.S. restrictions on Europe mean for travelers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will suspend travel from certain European countries for 30 days beginning at midnight on Friday as part of an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus. –...
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Poland to close borders to foreigners, quarantine returnees
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will ban foreigners from entering the country from Sunday and impose a 14-day quarantine on its citizens returning home in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus, Prime...
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U.S. court to rehear House bid for testimony from ex-White House counsel McGahn
FILE PHOTO: White House Counsel Don McGahn listens during the confirmation hearing for U.S. Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2018....
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Air pollution clears in northern Italy after coronavirus lockdown, satellite...
LONDON (Reuters) – Air pollution over northern Italy fell after the government introduced a nationwide lockdown to combat coronavirus, satellite imagery showed on Friday, in a new example of the...
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Norway advises against all foreign travel amid virus outbreak
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway advised its citizens on Saturday not to travel abroad for the next month and urged Norwegians outside the country to consider returning home as soon as possible due to the...
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Berkshire taps former AmEx CEO Kenneth Chenault for board, as Bill Gates...
(Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Friday that former American Express Co Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Chenault has been nominated to the conglomerate’s board of directors,...
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