People who had contact with man with virus to be monitored
SHORELINE, Wash. — Health officials said Wednesday they are actively monitoring 16 people who came into close contact with the traveler to China who b...
The Latest: WTO chief says debate over trade rules will last
DAVOS, Switzerland — The Latest on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (all times local):
Wife: China’s ex-Interpol boss jailed for reformist views
PARIS — In her first comments about her husband's jail sentence, the wife of the former Interpol president imprisoned in China has dismissed his bribe...
Years after SARS, a more confident China faces a new virus
BEIJING — As a viral outbreak spread from the central Chinese city of Wuhan this week, the ruling Communist Party's political and legal affairs commis...
China virus outbreak may wallop economy, financial markets
BANGKOK — News that a new virus that has afflicted hundreds of people in central China can spread between humans has rattled financial markets and rai...
Virus prompts temperature checks, extra cleaning at airports
BEIJING — Many countries are checking the temperatures of arriving airline passengers and adopting precautionary quarantine procedures in response to ...
Washington man is 1st in US to catch new virus from China
SEATTLE — The U.S. on Tuesday reported its first case of a new and potentially deadly virus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident w...
Global stocks slide on growing concern about China virus
BEIJING — Stock and oil prices fell Tuesday as concern about the potential impact of a Chinese disease outbreak increased and a rating agency cut Hong...
As virus spreads, anxiety rises in China and overseas
WUHAN, China — Face masks sold out and temperature checks at airports and train stations became the new norm as China strove Tuesday to control the ou...
Human-to-human transmission confirmed in China coronavirus
BEIJING — The head of a Chinese government expert team said Monday that human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronav...
IMF: Low rates and reduced trade tension to aid world growth
WASHINGTON — Low interest rates and reduced trade tensions will likely buoy the global economy over the next two years and help nurture steady if mode...
Huawei exec’s extradition hearing begins in Canada
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The first stage of an extradition hearing for a senior executive of Chinese telecom giant Huawei begins Monday in a Vanc...
Malaysia sends back trash, says won’t be world’s waste bin
PENANG, Malaysia — Malaysia has sent back 150 containers of plastic waste to 13 mainly rich countries since the third quarter last year, with the envi...
Trump thanks farmers for backing him through China trade war
AUSTIN, Texas — President Donald Trump thanked farmers Sunday for supporting him through a trade war with China as he promoted a new North American tr...
China reports 17 new cases in viral pneumonia outbreak
BEIJING — Seventeen more people in central China have been diagnosed with a new form of viral pneumonia that has killed two patients and placed other ...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s compulsive claims of ‘biggest’ ever
WASHINGTON — Size matters to President Donald Trump. So much that he exaggerates continually, sometimes spectacularly, the size of what he does.
Minister: Germany needs China’s Huawei to build 5G network
BERLIN — Germany's interior minister is suggesting that his country can't build a 5G mobile network without Chinese tech giant Huawei, at least for no...
China reports 4 more cases in viral pneumonia outbreak
BEIJING — Four more cases have been identified in a viral pneumonia outbreak in the central Chinese city of Wuhan that has killed two people and promp...
US to screen airline passengers from China for new illness
NEW YORK — Three U.S. airports will screen passengers arriving from central China for a new virus that has sickened dozens, killed two and prompted wo...
Global stocks inspired by US rally, hopes for Chinese growth
Global stocks rose Friday, seemingly buoyed by high spirits on Wall Street, as new data suggested China's economic slowdown may have stabilized and Wa...
Chinese president heads to Myanmar for crucial state visit
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — China's President Xi Jinping was given a lavish welcome to Myanmar as he arrived Friday for a state visit meant to deepen bilater...
Putin’s, Xi’s ruler-for-life moves pose challenges to West
MOSCOW — Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping have established themselves as the world’s most powerful authoritarian leaders in decades. Now...
Fiat Chrysler in talks with Foxconn to develop electric cars
MILAN — Fiat Chrysler is in talks with the Chinese company Foxconn to develop and manufacture battery-powered vehicles, the U.S.-Italian automaker sai...
China reports 2nd death from virus behind pneumonia outbreak
BEIJING — A second person has died from a new coronavirus that has caused an outbreak of pneumonia in central China, health authorities said.
World shares subdued after signing of China-US trade pact
BANGKOK — Global markets were subdued Thursday after the signing of a preliminary China-U.S. trade agreement that investors hope will bring better rel...
China-US trade deal a blip in seismic shifts of Asian trade
BANGKOK — The trade agreement signed by President Donald Trump and Beijing's lead trade envoy comes amid seismic shifts in supply chains and investmen...
China welcomes US deal, says ‘core concerns’ must be met
BEIJING — China’s government welcomed an interim trade deal with Washington and said Thursday the two sides need to address each other’s “core concern...
Patient in Japan confirmed as having new virus from China
TOKYO — Japan's government said Thursday a man treated for pneumonia after returning from China has tested positive for the new coronavirus identified...
Asian shares mixed after signing of China-US trade pact
Share prices were mixed Thursday in moderate trading in Asia after the U.S. and China signed a preliminary trade agreement that investors hope will br...
Hong Kong leader says special status can endure beyond 2047
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam says the ''one country, two systems'' framework under which the city enjoys freedoms unknown in China could ...