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WASHINGTON — Chinese authorities are struggling to strike a delicate balance between containing a viral outbreak and restarting the world’s second-biggest economy after weeks of paralysis. As the death toll from the newly named COVID-19 illness topped 1,000, global supply chains remained widely disrupted for the businesses across the world that have built deep connections […]

Three years after the opening of the Smithsonian’s landmark Museum of African American History and Culture, momentum is building toward the creation of a museum dedicated to American women’s history By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press February 11, 2020, 8:00 PM 2 min read WASHINGTON — Three years after the opening of the Smithsonian’s landmark Museum

AL ULA, Saudi Arabia — The Coachella art crowd had arrived in the Saudi desert, and chic caftans in head-turning colors outnumbered abayas on the sand. At a buffet ornamented with cantaloupes carved in the shape of flowers, waiters tended a fresh-squeezed juice station and rows of dainty canapés. Across the gold-and-russet sandstone canyon, the

The Texas attorney general asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a California law prohibiting state employees from using taxpayer-funded business trips to expos or conferences in Texas February 11, 2020, 6:35 PM 2 min read HOUSTON — The Texas attorney general has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a California law prohibiting state

But Thai restaurants still push up against unreasonable expectations that they be casual and cheap, spicy and scrappy. Many, for the sake of business, serve only a small group of familiar dishes, in familiar presentations, in familiarly decorated spaces. Choose your curry, choose your protein, choose your heat level. Ms. Techamuanvivit, 49, opened her first

A package of tiny dead birds passed off as pet food was confiscated by Customs agents at a Virginia airport February 11, 2020, 10:29 AM 1 min read CHANTILLY, Va. — A package of tiny dead birds passed off as pet food was confiscated by Customs agents at a Virginia airport. U.S. Customs and Border

THE FALCON THIEFA True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect BirdBy Joshua Hammer It’s not easy to get into the mind of a notorious wild-bird trafficker — the kind of person who smuggles fertile peregrine falcon eggs by strapping them to his body, or dangles from a helicopter 700 feet over

Thai health authorities are barring a cruise ship from docking that has already been turned away by the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan out of concern over a new virus, although no cases have been confirmed on board February 11, 2020, 11:17 AM 2 min read BANGKOK — Thai health authorities have barred a cruise ship

Las Vegas draws travelers from around the world with its famous casinos, popular shows, luxury shopping, rich cuisine and more. But visitors to Sin City have made their fair share of mistakes during their travels ― and locals certainly take note. We asked people who live in Las Vegas (and a couple of seasoned visitors)

NUSA DUA, Indonesia — The family from Shanghai was vacationing in Singapore last month when they learned that the new coronavirus had arrived there from China. So they packed up and flew to the world’s largest country yet to report a single case of the deadly virus: Indonesia. They landed in Bali, a major destination