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Geneva auto show, other big events cancelled amid virus fears
GENEVA - The Geneva auto show was cancelled after the Swiss government put an immediate ban Friday on all large events in order to halt the spread of the new coronavirus. The Swiss ban on public and p...
Mar 01, 2020
Court halts Trump asylum policy, then suspends its own order
SAN DIEGO - A Trump administration immigration policy that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. courts was blocked and then reinstated by a court in the matter...
Mar 01, 2020
Westwood mixes message of ecology with regal Paris fashion
PARIS - A singer at Vivienne Westwood's eco-minded Paris Fashion Week show serenaded guests about fighting for the environment on Saturday. Elie Saab presented a 1970's-inspired study in the bow colla...
Mar 01, 2020
Billionaire Tom Steyer ends 2020 Democratic presidential bid
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Billionaire activist Tom Steyer, who poured millions of dollars into his Democratic presidential campaign, is ending his bid after a third-place finish in the South Carolina primary. ...
Mar 01, 2020
Trump, on 1st death from virus in US: 'No reason to panic"
WASHINGTON - Seeking to reassure the American public, President Donald Trump said there was "no reason to panic" as the new coronavirus claimed its first victim inside the U.S. The White House also an...
Mar 01, 2020
Rain, art and winter wonderlands at Paris Fashion Week
PARIS - Haunting music greeted drizzled-on VIP guests, including singer Janelle Mone, who braved torrential rains in Paris to get to Valentino's experimental fashion show near the Invalides monument o...
Mar 01, 2020
Virus fears close down France's famed Louvre Museum
PARIS - The spreading coronavirus epidemic shut down France's Louvre Museum on Sunday, with workers who guard its famous trove of artworks fearful of being contaminated by the museum's flow of tourist...
Mar 01, 2020
Attacks on Indian journalists highlight growing intolerance
NEW DELHI - Reporting in India has never been without its risks, but journalists say attacks on the media during last week's deadly communal riots between Hindus and Muslims in New Delhi show the situ...
Mar 01, 2020
Buttigieg ends historic presidential campaign, urges unity
WASHINGTON - Pete Buttigieg, who rose from relative obscurity as an Indiana mayor to a barrier-breaking, top-tier candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, ended his campaign on Sunday. Th...
Mar 01, 2020
Biden fights for momentum in Democrats' shifting primary
SELMA, Ala. - An emboldened Joe Biden tried to cast himself as the clear moderate alternative to progressive Bernie Sanders on Sunday as the Democrats' shrinking presidential field raced toward Super ...
Mar 01, 2020
