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Tentacles of Olympic cancellation would reach around globe

By Stephen Wade, Graham Dunbar, Associated Press

The International Olympic Committee and local organizers say the games are on, but the clock is ticking.

Virus woes shift from China to Italy as borders slam shut

By Yanan Wang, Matt Sedensky, John Leicester, Associated Press

Starkly illustrating the global east-to-west spread of the new coronavirus, Italy began an extraordinary, sweeping nationwide travel ban on Tuesday while in China, the diminishing threat prompted the president to visit the epicenter and declare: ""We will certainly defeat this…

Why Russia just torpedoed global oil prices

By Ryan Chilcote

For many of the oil-rich countries, 2020 was already off to a miserable start, but they took a beating on Monday-- a barrel of oil now costs half what it did at the beginning of the year. What happened?…

News Wrap: Twitter labels video retweeted by Trump as ‘manipulated media’

In our news wrap Monday, Twitter has applied a “manipulated media” tag on a campaign video shared by a White House aide and retweeted by President Trump. The edited clip makes it appear that former Vice President Joe Biden, leading…

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Italy to restrict travel nationwide to slow spread of COVID-19

By Associated Press

The restrictions will take effect on Tuesday and, like those already in place in northern Italy, will last until April 3.

Dow drops 7.8% as free-fall in oil, virus fears slam markets

By Stan Choe, Alex Veiga, Associated Press

The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 7.8%, its steepest drop since the financial crisis of 2008, as a free-fall in oil prices and worsening fears of fallout from the spreading coronavirus outbreak seize markets.

Prisoners in Italy riot amid virus containment, 6 die in overdose

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

There are riots in at least two-dozen lock-ups and officials confirmed six prisoners died after they broke into an infirmary and overdosed on methadone.

UBS Bank won’t fund new offshore Arctic oil, gas projects

By Associated Press

The world's largest asset manager BlackRock urged companies in January to emphasize steps they are taking to combat climate change. Some have argued the new policies could hurt projects that Alaska relies on for future revenue.

Saudi Arabia, Israel tighten restrictions to counter virus

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Saudi Arabia has closed off air and sea travel to 14 countries affected by the new coronavirus while Israel announced plans to place anyone arriving from overseas into quarantine.

Netanyahu opponents to cooperate on forming new government

By Josef Federman, Associated Press

The announcement by Benny Gantz, leader of the Blue and White Party, dealt a new setback to Netanyahu as he struggles to hold on to power ahead of his upcoming trial on corruption charges.