March 16 (Reuters) – Coronavirus fears led to a historic drop in U.S. stocks, shut borders and disrupted daily life around the world, as governments took increasingly drastic measures to try to reduce the severity of the global outbreak. Financial markets had their worst day in 30 years despite emergency action by global central banks […]
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Wuhan, the city at the center of China’s coronavirus outbreak, recorded just one new case on Tuesday as officials say they believe the country is over the worst of the crisis March 17, 2020, 5:02 AM 5 min read The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 182,000 people and killed more
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Image copyright BBC/Love Productions Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc famously quit as presenters of The Great British Bake Off after it moved to Channel 4. But the pair have now revealed to the Radio Times it wasn’t the first time they had resigned from the show. “On day one we had quite a frank chat
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Image copyright Getty Images America’s biggest airlines have called on Washington for more than $50bn (£41bn) in aid as they suffer the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. US President Donald Trump on Monday pledged to back the industry “100%”. But figures suggest major carriers spent almost all their spare cash in the last decade buying
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The Dallas Cowboys have an agreement on a long-term contract with receiver Amari Cooper By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer March 17, 2020, 4:07 AM 3 min read The Dallas Cowboys have an agreement on a long-term contract with receiver Amari Cooper. Now they’ll keep working to get a deal with Dak Prescott after
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WASHINGTON — A crude effort by hackers to test the defenses of computer systems for the Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday evening escalated Monday, with administration officials saying they were investigating a significant increase in activity on the department’s cyberinfrastructure. But officials backed off earlier suggestions that a foreign power was behind
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Distilleries are putting their spirits to work to help fill the shortage of hand sanitizers due to the coronavirus outbreak By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and LISA RATHKE Associated Press March 16, 2020, 11:26 PM 4 min read NEW TRIPOLI, Pa. — A Pennsylvania distillery owner who grew increasingly angry as he saw the skyrocketing price of
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Boris Johnson flanked by chief medical officer Chris Whitty and chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance Change course or a quarter of a million people will die in a “catastrophic epidemic” of coronavirus – warnings do not come much starker than that. The message came from researchers modelling how
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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have been discharged from a Gold Coast, Australia, hospital five days after they announced their coronavirus diagnosis, but they will remain in isolation for the time being to limit the spread of the pandemic. A representative of Wilson confirmed to HuffPost that both actors are self-quarantined at their place in
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Image copyright AFP/Getty Global stock markets are seeing record levels of volatility with the five biggest one-day points falls happening in less than a month. On Tuesday the Dow Jones Industrial Average saw its biggest one-day slide in more than three decades. This was the latest huge swing as investors weigh the economic impact of
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