Weather and protests hamper Ukraine quarantine efforts
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s effort to evacuate more than 70 people from China over the outbreak of a new virus faced setback...
Can AI flag disease outbreaks faster than humans? Not quite
BOSTON (AP) — Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors in warning the world of a severe coronavirus outb...
Virus limits next Tokyo Olympic test event to Japanese-only
TOKYO (AP) — A test event for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for later this month that would have involved some non-Japane...
2 former cruise ship passengers with virus die in Japan
TOKYO (AP) — Two elderly passengers taken off the Diamond Princess cruise ship because they were infected with a new vir...
S. Korea reports 1st virus death; 2.5M urged to stay home
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea reported its first death from the new virus on Thursday while the mayor of a south...
AP PHOTOS: Olympic bidder Sapporo has erratic snowfall
SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — After two months of almost no snow, Japan’s northern city of Sapporo was overwhelmed with the whit...
Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street rises to record
TOKYO (AP) — Shares were mixed Thursday in Asia after Wall Street recovered to record highs, but worries persist about d...
Qantas cuts flights to Asia amid virus outbreak
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s Qantas announced Thursday it will slash flights to Asia as the coronavirus crisis cuts into th...
Passengers leave ship docked off Japan after quarantine ends
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — About 500 passengers left the cruise ship Diamond Princess on Wednesday at the end of a much-crit...
China’s virus center vows no patient unchecked as cases fall
BEIJING (AP) — Protective suit-clad inspectors in the epicenter of China’s viral outbreak went door-to-door Wednesday to...
China revokes 3 Wall Street Journal reporters’ credentials
BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday said it has revoked the press credentials of three reporters for the U.S. newspaper Wa...
Abbott says top Malaysian leaders suspected pilot of MH370
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has claimed the “top levels” of the Malaysian gover...
Asian shares mostly rise despite continuing virus fears
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday, despite overnight losses on Wall Street and continuing fears about an o...
Russia to ban entry of Chinese nationals to halt virus
BERLIN (AP) — Russia will temporarily ban Chinese nationals from entering the country due to the virus outbreak centered...
Experts ponder why cruise ship quarantine failed in Japan
TOKYO (AP) — As an extraordinary two-week quarantine of a cruise ship ends Wednesday in Japan, many scientists say it wa...
AP Interview: UN chief says new virus poses ‘enormous’ risks
LAHORE, Pakistan — The U.N. secretary general said Tuesday that the virus outbreak that began in China poses “a very dangerous situation” for the worl...
China virus outbreak chilling recovery for Asian economies
BANGKOK — The virus outbreak in China has put South Korea's economy into an "emergency situation," its president says. Japan is on the brink of recess...
HSBC cuts headcount by 35,000 in deep overhaul
LONDON — HSBC will shed some 35,000 jobs as part of a deep overhaul to focus on faster-growing markets in Asia and as it tries to cope with a slew of ...
Japan says 88 more virus cases confirmed on quarantined ship
TOKYO — Japanese health authorities said Tuesday they have confirmed 88 more cases of the new virus on a quarantined cruise ship near Tokyo.
Shares take hit as virus outbreak slams profits, events
BANGKOK — Shares slipped in Europe and Asia on Tuesday as the impact from the virus outbreak that began in China deepened, with Apple saying it would ...
China reports 1,886 new virus cases, death toll up by 98
Mainland China reported 1,886 new virus cases and 98 more deaths for a total of 1,868 in its update Tuesday, following a report that 80% of cases have...
China’s ‘War on Terror’ uproots families, leaked data shows
Beijing — For decades, the Uighur imam was a bedrock of his farming community in China’s far west. On Fridays, he preached Islam as a religion of peac...
American cruise passengers quarantined at US military bases
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — More than 300 American cruise ship passengers, including 14 who tested positive for coronavirus, were being quarantine...
Quarantine ruling: Russia sends woman back after she escapes
MOSCOW — A Russian court on Monday ordered a woman who escaped from a virus quarantine to return back to the hospital she fled and stay under quaranti...
Virus fears rise after Cambodia’s acceptance of cruise ship
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The feel-good story of how Cambodia allowed a cruise ship to dock after it was turned away elsewhere in Asia for fear of spread...
Tokyo Marathon limited to elite runners because of virus
TOKYO — Tokyo Marathon organizers drastically reduced the number of participants for this year's race on Monday out of fear of the spread of the virus...
Automakers in China gradually reopen after virus shutdown
BEIJING — Automakers are reopening factories in China that were idled by anti-virus controls as they try to reverse a sales slump in their biggest mar...
Asian markets mixed: Japan skids; China helped by rate cut
BANGKOK — Markets were mixed in Asia on Monday, with Japan's benchmark slipping 0.8% after the government reported the economy contracted 6.3% in annu...
Quarantine ends for Germans; Italy to fly citizens from ship
BERLIN — More than 100 Germans evacuated from the hard-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a new coronavirus outbreak, were set to end their p...
Xi’s early involvement in virus outbreak raises questions
BEIJING — A recent speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping that has been published by state media indicates for the first time that he was leading the ...