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‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls FlyDubai cockpit attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacker, an Omani national, was arrested in Saudi Arabia and w…
Tokyo Olympics officially postponed to 2021 by International Olympic Committee
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Tokyo Olympics officially postponed to 2021 by International Olympic Committee.
Abe says IOC agrees '100%' that Olympics should be postponed
TOKYO (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed “100%” to a proposal of postponing the Tokyo Olympics for about one year until 2021 because of the coronaviru…
Japanese Prime Minister Abe says IOC president has agreed 100% to proposal of postponing Olympics for about 1 year
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Abe says IOC president has agreed “100%” to proposal of postponing Olympics for about 1 year.
Japan's NHK television says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will propose 1-year Olympic postponement during talks with IOC
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s NHK television says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will propose 1-year Olympic postponement during talks with IOC.
China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities said Tuesday they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at midnight, as domestic cases of …
Solidarity: Foreign hospitals help French virus hotspot cope
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The eastern French border city of Mulhouse was fought over by France and Germany across two centuries, but the horrors of the new cor…
Pompeo leaves Kabul, no word on political power-sharing deal
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo left Afghanistan on Monday without saying whether he was able to broker an agreement between the …
Over 1.5 billion globally asked to stay home to escape virus
PARIS (AP) — The hunt for masks, ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the U.S. and Europe, as more than 1.5 billion people — one-fifth of the world'…
India halts its crucial train network to try to stop virus
NEW DELHI (AP) — As India expanded its virus-containment measures and halted its train network, the country's lifeblood, the federal government warned Monday o…
War-torn Syria braces for lockdown after first virus case
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrians rushed to stock up on food and fuel Monday amid fears that authorities would resort to even stricter measures after reporting th…
Tokyo Olympics seem sure to happen -- but in 2021, not 2020
TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics are going to happen — but almost surely in 2021 rather than in four months as planned.
IOC looking at postponing Tokyo Olympics; Canada pulls out
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC will take up to four weeks to consider postponing the Tokyo Olympics amid mounting criticism of its handling of the corona…
Canadian Olympic Committee says it won't send team to Olympics unless games are postponed by 1 year
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Olympic Committee says it won't send team to Olympics unless games are postponed by 1 year.
New York quiets as it becomes next virus hot spot
By JIM MUSTIAN and JEFFREY COLLINS
During virus, priests master livestream at Gothic cathedral
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Recent restrictions on gatherings in France to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus have forced religious communities to adapt th…