BELGRADE, Serbia — The main Serbian hospital treating patients infected with coronavirus looks like an abandoned building, but it isn’t. With its rundown facade, peeling walls and rooms crammed with metal beds, the downtown Belgrade clinic for infectious diseases has for decades been a symbol of Serbia’s depleted health system that now has to cope […]
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“Modern Family” star Sarah Hyland is one of the millions of people who are at high risk of experiencing severe illness as a result of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Hyland, 29, opened up about being fearful of contracting the virus due to her health conditions during an episode of the “Brad Behavior” podcast set
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Get ready for Wednesday, March 18, with a few things to know about the day’s news from The Associated Press March 18, 2020, 9:58 AM 3 min read Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. ‘WE ARE AT WAR’ World leaders grapple with how
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One by one, some of the world’s grandest sporting events have fallen or faded away to a later spot on the calendar. March Madness. The Masters. Baseball’s opening day. On Tuesday, at least four more huge spectacles were taken down by the coronavirus: the French Open tennis tournament and Kentucky Derby horse race were both
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WASHINGTON — When Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin rushed to the Capitol on Tuesday to pitch Senate Republicans on a $1 trillion coronavirus relief package, the chamber had already moved into crisis mode as lawmakers confronted a growing sense of urgency to act before much of the nation shuts down. Senate Democrats abandoned their weekly policy
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In recent weeks, some gig-economy companies have responded by offering basic sick leave provisions and cleaning products like hand sanitizer for drivers. Uber, Lyft, Instacart and DoorDash said that they would pay workers for 14 days of work if they have a coronavirus diagnosis and need to stay home. Uber and Lyft also said they
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Every Black hair journey is personal. Shared experiences lend to a special understanding between people who know just how much money, time and emotional resources go into maintaining and styling Black hair, but there’s no one type of Black hair and there’s no one way to style it. Processes and products are very personal decisions,
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Image copyright Capitol Records Image caption Katy Perry had been ordered to pay $550,000 of the total $2.8m damages in the original trial Katy Perry’s smash hit Dark Horse was not copied from a Christian rap song, a US judge has ruled. The ruling overturns a jury’s verdict from last summer, which said Perry’s song
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Ukraine has long been consumed by turmoil: political prosecutions, a stalemated war in the east and the loss of its territory to an aggressive Russian neighbor, not to mention rampant corruption and a troubled economy. It’s easy to understand, then, why people here pay little attention to the women they see from their train windows,
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INDIANAPOLIS — Philip Rivers spent more than a decade picking apart the Indianapolis Colts and irritating their fans. On Wednesday, he’ll become their new quarterback. The longtime Chargers star agreed to a one-year contract with Indy on Tuesday, according to a person who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal
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