March 24 2020, 08:00
A prominent 30-year-old television journalist has died in Zimbabwe after contracting the new coronavirus infection, the first person to die in the country from the virus.
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March 24 2020, 08:00
South Africa will enforce a three-week lockdown over coronavirus, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Monday.
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March 24 2020, 08:00
• Spain extends state of emergency as coronavirus death toll soars
• Johnson warns UK health system is nearing a possible Italy-style breaking point
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March 24 2020, 08:00
The UK is banning people from leaving their homes apart from for a few "very limited" reasons, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced, as he imposed the most stringent restrictions seen in Britain since the end of World War II.
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March 24 2020, 08:00
Canada will not be sending athletes to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo because of the risks associated with the coronavirus outbreak, according to a joint news release from the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee.
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March 24 2020, 08:00
The quarantines and local-level lockdowns put in place to combat the coronavirus outbreak will likely cause Chinese economic output to decline in the first three months of the year -- the first contraction in more than four decades for what was formerly one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Though the extent and duration of the downturn will not be known for several months, it is already becoming clear that Chinese President Xi Jinping will leverage the crisis to further bolster his power as the country's leader as he seeks to return China to what he views as its rightful position as a preeminent global power.
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March 24 2020, 08:00
Every respirator mask that's available right now should be going to a healthcare worker on the front lines, caring for coronavirus-infected patients. They should not be sold in stores to consumers, said 3M CEO Mike Roman in a CNBC interview Monday.
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March 24 2020, 08:00
SoftBank announced a mammoth plan Monday to sell $41 billion worth of assets, buy back shares and shore up its finances, giving the company's stock its best day in more than a decade.
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March 24 2020, 08:00
The Trump stock rally, which at its peak only last month seemed unending, has evaporated.
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March 24 2020, 08:00
State leaders are scrambling to make up major gaps in critical medical equipment they need to combat coronavirus as the outbreak spreads rapidly across the country, saying the federal government still isn't fully addressing their pleas for millions of masks, ventilators and other supplies.
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