ANGELA CHARLTON

March 29, 2020 at 9:25 am

Virus forces Europeans to ask: How united do we want to be? VIEW

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Europe’s fractured union came under new pressure this weekend, as Italy and Spain pleaded for urgent European help to withstand the... Updated 12:37 pm

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A woman wears a mask as she stands on an escalator inside Central train station, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Italy announced a sweeping quarantine early Sunday for its northern regions, igniting travel chaos as it restricted the movements of a quarter of its population in a bid to halt the new coronavirus’ relentless march across Europe. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP) MIL806 MIL806

March 7, 2020 at 9:50 pm

Italy quarantines north in drastic bid to slow virus spread VIEW

ROME (AP) — Italy took a page from China’s playbook Sunday, attempting to lock down 16 million people — more than a quarter of its...

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In this image from video, provided by the California National Guard, a helicopter carrying airmen with the 129th Rescue Wing flies over the Grand Princess cruise ship off the coast of California Thursday, March 5, 2020. Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship with 3,500 people aboard to stay back from the California coast Thursday until passengers and crew can be tested, after a traveler from its previous voyage died of the disease and at least two others became infected. Airmen lowered test kits onto the 951-foot (290-meter) Grand Princess by rope as the vessel lay at anchor off Northern California, and authorities said the results would be available on Friday. Princess Cruise Lines said fewer than 100 people aboard had been identified for testing. (California National Guard via AP) FX414 FX414

March 6, 2020 at 11:08 pm

Italy announces quarantine affecting quarter of population VIEW

BEIJING (AP) — Italy's prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's population in...

A firefighter disinfects a traditional shopping center to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, March, 6, 2020. A Health Ministry spokesman warned authorities could use unspecified â€œforceâ€ to halt travel between major cities. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) ENO124 ENO124

March 5, 2020 at 10:35 pm

Virus cases top 100,000 in 90 countries as markets take dive VIEW

PARIS (AP) — Crossing more borders, the new coronavirus hit a milestone, infecting more than 100,000 people worldwide as it wove itself deeper into the...

February 27, 2020 at 4:36 am

Top nominee Polanski to skip French Oscars after rape claim

PARIS (AP) — Filmmaker Roman Polanski is skipping the awards ceremony for France's equivalent of the Oscars — where his latest movie leads this year's...

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February 21, 2020 at 6:48 am

Watchdog toughens global financial scrutiny of Iran

PARIS (AP) — An international agency monitoring terrorism funding announced tough new financial scrutiny of Iran on Friday and added seven countries to a watch...

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February 20, 2020 at 2:55 am

1 trillion euros: EU leaders get into big fight over budget VIEW

BRUSSELS (AP) — European leaders argued into the early hours of Friday about how to spend and share some 1 trillion euros ($1.1 trillion) over...

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February 9, 2020 at 2:18 am