Cancellations may be just the beginning for restaurants.

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Do you know how to clean your phone? Think again.

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Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

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Want to Get Tested for the Coronavirus? It’s Still Incredibly Hard in Places That Need It Most

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Wall Street Suffers Worst Rout Since Black Monday as Virus Response Eludes Washington

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Restaurants Across the Country Struggle to Respond to Coronavirus

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Out of Touch

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From Rocky Season to No Season, Inside the N.B.A.’s Decision to Freeze

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‘Don’t Panic’: Fear and Loathing Grip Congress as Coronavirus Spreads

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Why Women May Face a Greater Risk of Catching Coronavirus

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Fewer restaurant tables means more ‘social distancing.’

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Cuban merchants stage unusual march in central town of Santa Clara

Dozens of small vendors staged a rare independent march through the central Cuban town of Santa Clara on Thursday against what they called excessive regulation of the private sector, according to videos on social media and two witnesses who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity.

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U.S. air strike hits four Iraqi positions: Iraqi military statement

The United States flew air strikes against four locations of Iraqi paramilitary forces, police and army in Iraq, an Iraqi military statement said on Friday.

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Ivory Coast leader backs PM Gon Coulibaly in presidential race

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Thursday named his prime minister, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, to be the ruling RHDP party's candidate for the October presidential election.

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Thousands wait in shelters a year after Mozambique cyclone

Hundred-year-old Vasco Gaspar leans on his walking stick in a field in central Mozambique, gathering maize near the tent where he has lived since floods and winds destroyed his house in March 2019.

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Major Mexican university to suspend classes until further notice

Mexico's Tecnologico de Monterrey university said on Thursday it would suspend all academic events and classes at its campuses from next week until further notice to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

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NZ fin min cancels Australia trip, will hold virus bilateral on Skype: media

Australia's and New Zealand's top finance lawmakers will hold a Skype call to discuss economic threats from the coronavirus, after New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson canceled his trip to Canberra at the last minute, media reported on Friday.

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Ghana and Gabon confirm first cases of coronavirus

Gabon and Ghana confirmed their first cases of coronavirus on Thursday, becoming the ninth and tenth countries in sub-Saharan Africa to register positive cases.

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Brazil's Bolsonaro asks supporters to call off demos due to coronavirus

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called on his supporters in an address to the nation on Thursday to suspend rallies they had planned in the country's main cities on Sunday due to the risk of coronavirus contagion.

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Canada battens down as Trudeau's wife tested for coronavirus and NHL suspends games

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie, are in self-isolation after she fell ill and was tested for the coronavirus, while schools are being shut down in Ontario to limit the spread of the outbreak.

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Bahrain accuses Iran of 'biological aggression', Gulf states try to curb coronavirus

Bahrain accused Iran on Thursday of "biological aggression" by covering up the spread of the coronavirus and failing to stamp Bahraini travelers' passports. As the death toll continued to rise in Iran, Gulf Arab states took new steps to contain the virus, with Saudi Arabia's highest religious authority saying anyone diagnosed with coronavirus was forbidden from attending Friday prayers. Attendance is generally mandatory for able-bodied men in Islam, but Riyadh said those under quarantine and those afraid of being infected or infecting others need not attend.

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Johnson Sidelines Subpoena Vote, Says He Will Directly Target U.S. Consulting Firm Linked with Burisma

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) decided on Wednesday to drop a subpoena of a former Ukrainian embassy official as part of an ongoing probe into Burisma and the Bidens, saying instead that he would “go straight to the source” and subpoena Blue Star Strategies, the U.S. firm which lobbied on behalf of Burisma.Citing “an abundance of caution” and “time for you to receive additional briefings,” Johnson told his colleagues in a letter on Wednesday that he would “postpone” the vote to subpoena Andrii Telizhenko, who worked for Blue Star."While we work through those questions, at the suggestion of both Republican and Democrat Committee members, we will instead go straight to the source and compel the same records and an appearance directly from Blue Star Strategies,” he added.The probe is focused on how Blue Star Strategies attempted to “leverage Hunter Biden’s role as a board member of Burisma to gain access to, and potentially influence matters at, the State Department,” according to a Johnson letter earlier this month. The Wisconsin Republican said last week that he was in possession of a document from Blue Star which apologized for a “misinformation campaign” against Ukrainian prosecutor Victor Shokin, who Joe Biden bragged about getting fired.Johnson, who asked the State Department for records on the matter Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) in November, has drawn criticism from Democratic lawmakers over his investigations, over fears that they are politically motivated — with President Trump consistently pointing to the Bidens’s “corrupt” dealings in Ukraine.Senator Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) sent a letter Wednesday to the inspectors general for the State Department, Treasury Department, Department of Homeland Security and the National Archives, over fears of a “really concerning double standard.”Senator Mitt Romney (R., Utah) initially expressed concerns on the probe, saying “there’s no question that the appearance of looking into Burisma and Hunter Biden appears political,” only to acquiesce after speaking with Johnson and being reassured that his subpoena would occur “without a hearing or public spectacle.”Romney did not return a request for comment on whether he was involved in the decision to target Blue Star directly.

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House Speaker Pelosi to unveil coronavirus aid package for workers

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is moving swiftly toward House passage of a coronavirus aid package possibly this week as Congress rebuffs President Trump's proposed payroll tax break and focuses instead on sick pay and other resources to more immediately help workers hit by the crisis.

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