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Coronavirus live updates: Fears fuel sell-off, CDC unveils new test kits, online grocery orders surge

This is a live blog. Please check back for updates.All times below are in Eastern time.Total confirmed cases: More than 83,700Total deaths: At...
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Turkey says it will let refugees into Europe after troops killed in Syria

OUTSIDE SARAQEB, Syria/ANKARA (Reuters) - Refugees in Turkey headed toward European frontiers on Friday after an official declared that borders had been thrown...
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Morrison's urgent manoeuvring on coronavirus is atonement for summer's bushfire shambles | Katharine Murphy

Have you heard the Morrison government has a plan? The Plan® was very hard to miss, given the prime minister used the word “plan”...
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Mike Pompeo says cease-fire holding in Afghanistan on eve of peace deal signing with Taliban

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Business

Business

A historically bad week for the market saw a little bit of everything, except panic

A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 28, 2020.Brendan McDermid | ReutersIn...
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Corona beer maker says U.S. sales remain strong despite virus outbreak

FILE PHOTO: Corona beers are pictured at a BevMo! store ahead of Constellation Brands Inc company results in Pasadena, California U.S., October 4,...
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Business

Lizzo Sued Back by Songwriters Over ‘Truth Hurts’

Last year, the song “Truth Hurts,” by the R&B and pop singer Lizzo, was one of music’s most extraordinary success stories, a two-year-old...
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Business

Grounded cargo ship leaking oil off Brazilian coast

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Business

Bill Gates: Coronavirus may be 'once-in-a-century pathogen we've been worried about'

Microsoft founder Bill GatesLintao Zhang/Getty ImagesBillionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said the coronavirus that has killed at least 2,859 people and infected...
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Explainer: How U.S. markets will function if coronavirus breaks out in NYC

NEW YORK (Reuters) - If an outbreak of coronavirus hits New York, it could cause more sharp selling of stocks, but markets would...
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Coronavirus leads to worst week for markets since financial crisis

The rapid spread of the coronavirus has triggered the biggest plunge in global stock markets since the financial crisis, amid rising fears over...
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Coronavirus will likely reduce Chinese travel to Yellowstone

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Baseball

Yankees’ Luis Severino Needs Surgery and Will Miss Season

TAMPA, Fla. — Luis Severino, one of the Yankees’ most talented pitchers, will require Tommy John surgery on his throwing arm, a significant...
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Baseball

A New Phillie Phanatic Is Unveiled Amid Fight Over Rights to Mascot

His bushy eyebrows are now bushier. His arms — green and fuzzy like the rest of his pear-shaped figure — have sprouted what...
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Baseball

Can Players’ Bosses Control Cheating in Baseball? ‘It’s Tough’

NORTH PORT, Fla. — As the Minnesota Twins prepare for this season, Rocco Baldelli, their field manager, and Derek Falvey, their president of...
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Baseball

The Trials of Rob Manfred

Manfred directed Dan Halem, his deputy and baseball’s chief legal officer, to reach out to Cora, said to be the mastermind of the...
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ENTERTAIN

Lifestyle

Formula E has motorsport back on BBC – and here is why you should watch this weekend

The ABB FIA Formula E Championship returns to Marrakesh to race in the shadow of the Atlas Mountains this Saturday...
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Lifestyle

Hand sanitiser or hand washing – which is more effective against coronavirus?

As the public and governments grapple with understanding Covid-19 and how to curb its spread, sales of hand sanitiser gel have soared. In...
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How to tell your partner that you want to be in a polyamorous relationship

This conversation could change your relationship for the better – or for the worse (Picture: Ella Byworth for Metro.co.uk)Polyamory can be a difficult...
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Lifestyle

What is ‘sexy baby voice’? This is why your voice changes when speaking to certain people

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TECHNOLOGY

Technology

Apple CEO Tim Cook says China is getting coronavirus 'under control' – CNET

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Technology

Tim Cook says he's 'optimistic' that China has the coronavirus situation under control

CEO of Apple Tim Cook attends China Development Forum 2019 at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 23, 2019 in Beijing, China.VCG |...
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Technology

Amazon defers 'non-essential' moves even in U.S. as corporate travel bans spread

(Reuters) - Amazon.com deferred all non-essential travel, within the U.S. and beyond, and Google set new restrictions for travel to South Korea and...
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Technology

FCC proposes fines for phone companies that shared user data

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Energy

Bucharest residents demand a breath of clean air

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - An unusually mild winter has exacerbated Bucharest’s chronic pollution problem, prompting residents in the Romanian capital to take matters into...
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Energy

Judge voids oil and gas leases on almost 1 million acres of public lands

A federal judge on Thursday voided five oil and gas leases on public lands that amounted to nearly a million acres, arguing that the...
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Energy

How will the Green New Deal play in Texas oil patch?

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Energy

'The world is on fire,' Greta Thunberg tells UK climate rally

BRISTOL, England (Reuters) - Greta Thunberg denounced politicians and the media on Friday for ignoring a looming climate cataclysm, saying that they were...
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