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Israel says it has killed Hamas leader Yayha Sinwar in Gaza
Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas' top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year's attack on Israel th…
Time to 'revenge shop': China's virus hot spot reopens
WUHAN, China (AP) — The city at the center of China's virus outbreak was reopening for business Monday after authorities lifted more of the controls that locke…
Bad luck? Lost job? Coronavirus outbreak? Hong Kong's 'villain-hitters' beat all fears away
HONG KONG — Slap, slap, slap.
Doctors in India are being infected, trolled and evicted as they battle coronavirus
MUMBAI, India — After a patient at a hospital in northern India tested positive for COVID-19, it wasn’t long before some of the medical staff began showing symptoms, too.
Prisoners riot in Iran; Netanyahu goes into self-quarantine
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Prisoners in southern Iran broke cameras and caused other damage during a riot, state media reported Monday, the latest in a series of viol…
Mexican president flouts coronavirus protocol to shake hands with 'El Chapo's' mother
MEXICO CITY — It was bad enough that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was seen shaking hands with a 92-year-old woman Sunday in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Mexican governors call on president to do more to close border with US
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — Faced with the threat of the increased spread of the coronavirus across their borders, three northern Mexicans states are calling on President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to do more to stop …
G-20 trade chiefs defend open supply chains amid virus fight
Group of 20 trade chiefs pledged to try to keep supply chains open as the world fights to contain the coronavirus pandemic and limit the economic fallout.
4.2 quake hits southern Puerto Rico amid coronavirus curfew
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit Puerto Rico at a shallow depth and was felt across the U.S. territory on Monday.
Moscow goes into lockdown, rest of Russia braces for same
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian capital, Moscow, on Monday woke up to a lockdown obliging most of its 13 million residents to stay home, and many other regions of th…
Activists say IS prisoner riots break out again in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Imprisoned Islamic State militants broke out into riots again on Monday at a jail in northeastern Syria, hours after the Kurdish-led forces runni…
Singer John Prine is in stable condition, his wife says
NEW YORK (AP) — John Prine is in stable condition after being placed on a ventilator while being treated for COVID-19-type symptoms, his wife, Fiona Whelan Pri…
Japan warship, China fishing boat collide in East China Sea
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese destroyer collided with a Chinese fishing boat in the East China Sea on Monday but no one was injured, the Defense Ministry said.
Long-standing UK restaurant chain goes bust as sector reels
LONDON (AP) — Well-known food and retail chains in Britain are calling in bankruptcy administrators and struggling to pay bills after the government ordered sh…
India marshals more resources to stop virus, but gaps remain
NEW DELHI (AP) — India is adding more resources to tackle its increase in coronavirus cases by announcing that private hospitals may be requisitioned to help t…
In Zimbabwe, 'you win coronavirus or you win starvation'
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — “We are already ruined. What more harm can coronavirus do?" Irene Kampira asked as she sorted secondhand clothes at a bustling market i…