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Pentagon sees Taliban deal as allowing fuller focus on China

By Robert Burns, Associated Press

The Trump administration's peace deal with the Taliban opens the door for an initial American troop withdrawal that Defense Secretary Mark Esper sees as a step toward the broader goal of preparing for potential future war with China.

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's viral spin on virus; Dem oversteps

By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press

President Donald Trump has not proved to be the bearer of reliable information when calamity threatens and people want straight answers about it. That’s happening again as he addresses the prospect of a coronavirus outbreak in the U.S.

Chinese activists confront censorship, violence to expose truth about outbreak

By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran

The spread of novel coronavirus in China has stabilized, but a battle between the country’s people and its government over information continues. In fact, several Chinese activists who raised alarm over the outbreak and the official response to it are…

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An increasingly isolated Iran tries to control virus crisis

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

President Hassan Rouhani said there were no immediate plans to quarantine cities, but he acknowledged it may take “one, two or three weeks” to get control of the virus in Iran.

WATCH: Pompeo blasts China and Iran for virus response

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the two governments of censorship and of trying to cover up the severity of the spread of the deadly illness.

In effort to stop virus' spread, countries limit travel

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Matt Sedensky, Associated Press

Police manned checkpoints in quarantined towns, governments issued travel warnings and more flights were suspended Tuesday as officials desperately sought to stop the seemingly inevitable spread of a new virus.

How novel coronavirus could change the map on global manufacturing

By Gretchen Frazee

For companies that have become heavily reliant on China, COVID-19 could serve as a wake-up call.

South Korea becomes newest front in shifting virus outbreak

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Matt Sedensky, Associated Press

The multiplying caseload in South Korea showed the ease with which the illness can spread.

WATCH: What you need to know about novel coronavirus

By Laura Santhanam

Nearly 77,000 people are sick with the virus globally and more than 2,200 people have died after they were infected, the World Health Organization reported Friday.