SEOUL, South Korea — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local): 9:35 p.m. Thailand has denied entry to passengers and crew of a cruise ship that arrived at the popular Andaman Sea resort island of Phuket. Phuket Immigration Police Chief Col. Narong Chanaphaikul said his office would not allow the more than 2,000 […]
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NEW DELHI — India is bracing for a potential explosion of coronavirus cases as authorities rush to trace, test and quarantine contacts of 31 people confirmed to have the disease. It is screening international travelers at 30 airports and has already tested more than 3,500 samples. The Indian army is preparing at least five large-scale
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“The Last Of Us” is getting another shot at survival, this time as a TV series. HBO is adapting Naughty Dog’s award-winning video game with its creative director, Neil Druckmann, joining forces with “Chernobyl” creator Craig Mazin to bring the harrowing tale of a man and a young girl venturing across a post-apocalyptic and zombie-infested
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Image copyright Getty Images Starbucks branches have temporarily banned reusable cups in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The coffee chain said customers would still receive a 25p discount for bringing reusable cups with them, but drinks would be served in paper cups. Great Western Railway and LNER have banned reusable cups on trains – but
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In a city with the Eiffel Tower, the Space Needle and an Egyptian pyramid all along the LED screen-lined Las Vegas Strip, it should be no surprise that seemingly every regional variety of pizza is available. But what may surprise is the level of craft brought to pizza in Las Vegas. These pies aren’t from
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Hundreds of thousands of people fall victim to scams in the UK every year. Many are run from criminal call centres abroad, where teams of fraudsters operate around the clock. One man in the UK, who goes by the name “Jim Browning”, decided to do something about it. He hacked into a call centre in
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John Millman came from a set and break down to beat Thiago Seyboth Wild 4-6, 7-6 (0), 6-2 to give Australia a 2-0 lead over Brazil after the opening singles matches in their Davis Cup qualifier March 6, 2020, 7:56 AM 2 min read ADELAIDE, Australia — John Millman came from a set and break
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Former President Bill Clinton, recalling the sex scandal that led to his impeachment in 1998, says in a new documentary series that his extramarital affair with Monica S. Lewinsky was a way of “managing my anxieties.” The four-part documentary series, “Hillary,” which was released on Friday on Hulu, focuses on Hillary Clinton’s life, her marriage
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Interest rate cuts won’t blunt the economic impact of a pandemic. Yet as the threat of the coronavirus threatens to tip the U.S. economy into a slump, that seems to be the federal government’s preferred solution. Just this week, fresh off an emergency call with central bank leaders around the world, the Federal Reserve cut
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Image caption Charlotte Nokes was jailed for 15 months in 2008 but had served eight years at the time of her death A prison where an inmate died has been told to avoid housing mentally ill inmates in segregation and to tackle the issue of illicit drugs. Charlotte Nokes, 38, who had been on suicide
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