TOKYO — Hidden away in her cabin, Masako Ishida reckons she doesn’t face much risk from the coronavirus that has stalked her cruise ship, forcing an onboard quarantine of 3,700 passengers and crew members in the port city of Yokohama. Ms. Ishida, 61, is trying to see the bright side as she faces two long […]
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Notifications on your phone and computer are great for keeping up to date with breaking news, weather and traffic updates. But those real-time alerts popping up can also drive you nuts with the frequent interruptions bombarding your screen — not to mention the battery burn on your device from all the activity. Between a presidential
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The Red Sox have agreed to trade 2018 AL MVP Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers, two people with knowledge of the deal tell The Associated Press By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer February 5, 2020, 5:57 AM 6 min read BOSTON — Banking on Mookie Betts to be the missing piece in their
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A caucus on Monday at Johnston Middle School in Johnston, Iowa. The collapse of Democrats’ ability to report the results in a timely way left the party open to Republican taunts.Credit…Pete Marovich for The New York Times DUBUQUE, Iowa — Troy Price, the head of the Iowa Democratic Party, said at a Tuesday afternoon news
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The European Union is pushing changes to the system for adding new members in a move that should make the opening of enlargement talks easier for two Western Balkan nations By RAF CASERT Associated Press February 5, 2020, 1:45 PM 3 min read BRUSSELS — Down one country with the departure of Britain, the European
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Britain has urged all of its citizens in China to leave because of the outbreak of the new virus, while Belgium became the latest nation to announce a confirmed case February 4, 2020, 10:34 PM 4 min read LONDON — Britain on Tuesday urged all of its citizens in China to leave the country because
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Reynolds (left) worked on Mash with such actors as Alan Alda, Mike Farrell and Harry Morgan Gene Reynolds, a former president of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) who co-created such classic TV shows as Mash and Lou Grant, has died aged 96. The director and producer worked with
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Image copyright Getty Images Major online companies should be required to host publicly accessible archives of certain targeted adverts, a government-commissioned report says. Political ads and those for housing, credit, jobs and age-restricted products should be included, it says. It follows controversy over the targeting of political adverts during the 2019 general election. Web users
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Thailand’s central bank has cut its benchmark interest rate to 1% from 1.25% to help the economy weather a series of setbacks, most lately the virus outbreak in China that has devastated Thailand’s tourism sector By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer February 5, 2020, 12:49 PM 3 min read BANGKOK — Thailand’s central bank cut
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Joe Thornton had two assists to reach 1,500 career points and the San Jose Sharks beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 February 5, 2020, 6:01 AM 4 min read CALGARY, Alberta — Joe Thornton had two assists to reach 1,500 career points and the San Jose Sharks beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 Tuesday night. Evander Kane,
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