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US and Mexico to curb border travel to control coronavirus
Mexico and the U.S. announced plans Friday to sharply limit travel over their busy shared border as part of efforts to control ...Anxious Chinese urge kin to leave virus-hit Europe
Under pressure from anxious parents, Chinese citizens living in virus-hit Europe are flocking back home, with some even flying on private jets ...India’s most populous city inches closer to shutdown
All private workplaces in Mumbai barring grocers, pharmacies and other essential services have been ordered to close until 31 March. It is ...Italy passes China’s virus deaths and braces for long lockdown
Italy on Thursday overtook China’s coronavirus death total and braced for an extended lockdown that could see the economy suffer its biggest ...Dutch PM tells citizens there’s enough toilet paper for 10 years
The prime minister in the Netherlands has offered reassurances amid the global coronavirus outbreak: telling citizens on Thursday there is no shortage ...World wages ‘war’ on virus as China offers ray of hope
World powers were on a war footing against the spiralling coronavirus pandemic on Thursday despite a sign of hope from China where ...Italian virus death toll nears China’s as outbreak spreads
The Chinese city where the coronavirus first took hold reported no new homegrown cases Thursday, while the death toll in Italy was ...Chile calls ‘state of catastrophe’ as Latin America fights virus
Chile declared a “state of catastrophe” and delayed a constitutional referendum while several countries announced nighttime curfews as Latin America expanded its ...Merkel calls coronavirus ‘biggest challenge since WWII’
Germany is facing its biggest challenge “since the Second World War” in the fight against the coronavirus, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday, ...Iran says 149 new coronavirus deaths, toll reaches 1,284
Iranian authorities on Thursday announced 149 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, raising the toll to 1,284 in a country that is ...