Mar 09 Watch 4:02 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… Continue watching
Mar 09 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. Continue reading
Mar 09 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. Continue reading
Mar 09 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. Continue reading
Mar 09 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. Continue reading
Mar 09 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. Continue reading
Mar 09 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. Continue reading
Mar 09 Dueling Afghan leaders hold simultaneous inauguration ceremonies for themselves By Rahim Faiez, Tameem Akhgar, Associated Press The rival leaders were each sworn in as president in separate ceremonies on Monday, throwing plans for negotiations with the Taliban into chaos and creating a dilemma for the United States as it figures out how to move its peace… Continue reading
Mar 09 Turkey, EU to hold talks amid standoff over migrants By Suzan Fraser, Associated Press Erdogan has demanded Europe shoulder more of the burden of caring for refugees. He has accused the EU of not meeting its obligations, including failing to pay money promised to Turkey under a 2016 deal to stem the flow of… Continue reading
Mar 09 Dutch trial opens for 4 suspects in downing of flight MH17 By Mike Corder, Associated Press It's a day that has been a long time coming for family and friends of those killed on July 17, 2014, when a Buk missile blew MH17 out of the sky above conflict-torn eastern Ukraine. Continue reading