NEW DELHI — Over the weekend in Lucknow, one of India’s bigger cities, young people packed into pubs. Despite the Indian government scrambling to lock things down, few on the bar scene were taking the coronavirus very seriously. “I am not scared. I eat, party, sleep,’’ said Akshay Gupta, an accountant who was bar hopping […]
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The Buffalo Bills are set to acquire wide receiver Stefon Diggs in a trade with the Minnesota Vikings, a person with direct knowledge of the move confirmed to The Associated Press By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer March 17, 2020, 4:43 AM 5 min read BUFFALO, N.Y. — Stefon Diggs is headed to the Buffalo
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s prime minister said Monday he fears the new coronavirus will devastate the economies of developing nations, and warned richer economies to prepare to write off the debts of the world’s poorer countries. In an interview with The Associated Press, Imran Khan criticized recent comments by the president of neighboring Afghanistan, which appeared
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BANGKOK — With borders slamming shut, schools and businesses closing and increasingly drastic restrictions on movement in place, tens of millions of people were hunkered down Tuesday, heeding government calls to isolate themselves and slow the spread of the new coronavirus. From Southeast Asia to Europe to the Americas, people found their lives upended by
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Kristofer Hivju, who starred as Tormund Giantsbane in “Game of Thrones,” announced Monday that he had tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. The 41-year-old shared on Instagram that he was “in good health” and experiencing only mild cold-like symptoms but that he would be isolating himself and his family at home
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Image copyright Getty Images Carphone Warehouse is to close all its 531 standalone stores on 3 April, resulting in 2,900 redundancies. The firm says the move is not related to the coronavirus outbreak, but was because of the changing mobile market. The mobile phone retailer has shops inside 305 big PC World and Curry’s stores,
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With bursts of panic buying in Australia, some more vulnerable groups have found it difficult to buy supplies for themselves. The supermarket chain Woolworths has now created a special “elderly hour”, where all outlets open an hour earlier on weekdays so that older shoppers and those with disabilities have a chance to shop in peace.
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In another sign of a hotter market, many buyers have raised their target price to the $100,000 to $250,000 range, from the $50,000 to $100,000 that was previously typical, she said. But she predicted that future price gains will be modest because of an increasing supply of newly built properties and a surplus of older
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New U.S. Soccer Federation President Cindy Parlow Cone disavowed papers submitted by the previous attorneys who argued women’s national team players had lesser skills and responsibilities than their male counterparts By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sport Writer March 17, 2020, 4:43 AM 5 min read As a different set of lawyers took over for the
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Image copyright AFP Image caption Les Miserables is among the shows that have closed for the foreseeable future The government is set to announce more financial measures to help the economy during the coronavirus outbreak, amid warnings the latest restrictions could put firms out of business. Boris Johnson has urged everyone to avoid unnecessary social
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