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Perez de Cuellar, a compromise candidate, leaves a long list of diplomatic achievements
The remarkably abrupt coalescing of the once unwieldy Democratic presidential field into essentially a two-person race was underscored as Mike Bloomberg, the former New York mayor, ended his costly bid for the nomination and endorsed Biden
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro wants women to have many children as a way to boost the country, which has seen millions of people flee in recent years to escape its economic crisis
The US death toll from the coronavirus climbed to 11 with a victim succumbing in California - the nation's first reported fatality outside Washington state - as officials, schools and businesses came under pressure to respond more aggressively to the outbreak
Survey compiled by Fed's 12 regional banks notes that concerns are rising about virus' possible economic impact
The wife, two children and neighbor of a New York lawyer who is hospitalized in critical condition with COVID-19 have also tested positive for the disease
Saudi Arabia bans citizens from performing the Muslim pilgrimage in Mecca, Italy weighs closing schools nationwide and Iran cancels Friday prayers for a second week as nations scramble to control the coronavirus outbreak
World Health Organization says globally, about 3.4% of people known to have the new coronavirus have died so far
When it imposed the internet ban in August, the government said it was necessary to head off anti-India protests and attacks by rebels
A dozen women from Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, an autonomous prefecture in China, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen and Zimbabwe received the annual US State Department award
MGM, Universal and producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced on Twitter Wednesday that the film would be pushed back from its April release to November 2020
From Hawaii to Pennsylvania, states are scrambling to blunt the impact of the new rules, with roughly 700,000 people at risk of losing benefits unless they meet certain work, training or school requirements
The world's most-visited museum is shifting to card-only payments as part of new measures that helped persuade employees worried about getting sick to return to work Wednesday
An aide to Massachusetts senator said she was speaking to staffers and assessing path forward
The Thuringia governor vote followed a state election in October that stripped Ramelow's left-wing coalition of its majority
General Electric is cutting its profit expectations, Starbucks big annual meeting will go virtual, and companies are reporting illnesses among workers
Former first lady Michelle Obama plans to host a rally in Detroit later this month for a nonpartisan, nonprofit voter advocacy organization she co-chairs
The announcement came on the state-run Saudi Press Agency, quoting an unnamed Interior Ministry official announcing the ban
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions' bid to make a political comeback by recapturing his former Alabama Senate seat has become a battle for survival
A steep drop in business trips is dealing a gut punch to a travel industry already reeling from the virus outbreak
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