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The Latest: UK supermarkets impose limits amid panic buying

TOP OF THE HOUR: — EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has tested positive for coronavirus. — Cruise carrying 1,400 people docks in French port city of Marseille. — Italy is on track to surpass China in the number of coronavirus-related deaths. — The coronavirus pandemic has infected 219,000 people and killed more than 8,900. […]

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Indonesia halts Islamic assembly, quarantining 9,000 people

MAKASSAR, Indonesia — Indonesia halted a mass congregation of nearly 9,000 Muslim pilgrims and began quarantining them and checking their health Thursday to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus amid a spike in cases. The four-day gathering at a boarding school in a rural area in south Sulawesi province wasn’t approved by authorities and

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An Easy Way To Help Fight Coronavirus: Fill Out Your Census Form Now

This year’s decennial census ― a constitutionally required count of the American populace that’s vital to determine congressional districts and allocate $1.5 trillion in funding ― just so happens to come at the same time the country is in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. You’ve likely already received mail from the U.S. Census Bureau

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Coronavirus: Living in an empty Korean boarding school

Image copyright Charlotte Worthington Image caption Alice Bate graduated from Oxford University last year, and was looking forward to travelling Asia whilst teaching in South Korea A young English woman has described her “eerie” life living in a virtually deserted South Korean boarding school, after all the students were sent home because of coronavirus. Alice

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