Tag Archives: International

WASHINGTON - Americans pulled back on their spending in January, even as their incomes surged, a sign the economy was growing modestly before the threat of coronavirus arose. The Commerce Department s...

GENEVA - The Swiss government announced an immediate ban Friday on all "public and private" events in the country involving more than 1,000 people as a measure to halt the spread of COVID-19. The meas...

TOKYO - The Japanese island of Hokkaido is declaring a state of emergency over the rapid spread of the new virus there. The governor says the emergency will continue until mid-March. He is urging all ...

TOWSON, Md. - Criminal charges will not be filed against a police officer in Maryland who fatally shot a man accused of threatening to hurt himself and others. Baltimore County police announced prosec...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday cited low unemployment rates for African Americans and passage of a criminal justice bill providing earlier release for thousands of federal drug offend...

TOKYO - Japan's schools prepared to close for almost a month and entertainers, topped by K-pop superstars BTS, cancelled events as a virus epidemic extended its spread through Asia into Europe and on ...

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey has raised the death toll from a Syrian government airstrike on its forces in northwestern Syria the day before to 33 Turkish troops killed. The fatalities on Thursday marked t...

ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigeria's health authorities have reported the country's first case of a new coronavirus in Lagos, the first confirmed case of the disease in sub-Saharan Africa. The Commissioner for ...

Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper says the outspoken head of its publishing group, Jimmy Lai, has been held by police Friday over his participation in a protest march in August that was part of a mont...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - K-pop superstar group BTS has cancelled a series of planned concerts in Seoul in April due to concerns about a soaring viral outbreak in South Korea. The band's management ...