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In the last four weeks, I've taken six fights throughout Asia – half domestic, half international. Here is what I have learned. from https://news.yahoo.com/ive-taken-6-flights-month-125249068.html

Pollsters at The Associated Press and NORC gave the public a chance to describe presidential candidates in one word or short phrase. The results were... telling.Democrats described former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg as nearly equal parts "smart," "young," and "gay." Independents and Republicans were far more likely to describe him as "gay," as well as "inexperienced," and "centrist." Philanthropist Tom Steyer was more overwhelmingly described as "rich" by Democrats, while independents and Republicans opted for "inexperienced."While former Vice President Joe Biden scored some mentions of "good person" among Democrats, he mostly got "old." Independents and Republicans also mostly called him "old," followed by "corrupt" and "creepy."Democrats and independents similarly described Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) as "old" at the highest rate, th...

There’s one big issue that Bernie Sanders has reversed himself on — and it could complicate his path to the nomination. The issue is the role of so-called superdelegates at the Democratic convention. These are the elected officials and party leaders who are automatically seated but whose votes only come into play after the first ballot. from https://news.yahoo.com/bernie-sanders-convenient-change-heart-011931867.html

The man had underlying health problems that put him at high risk of developing a severe case of the virus. from https://news.yahoo.com/us-reported-first-coronavirus-death-183300733.html

Limbaugh has said concerns about the coronavirus are being "weaponized" by Democrats and the media and compared the virus to "the common cold." from https://news.yahoo.com/pence-tells-rush-limbaugh-said-221536183.html

South Korea urged citizens on Saturday to stay indoors as it warned of a "critical moment" in its battle on the coronavirus after recording the biggest daily jump in infections, as 813 new cases took the tally to 3,150. South Korea is grappling with the largest outbreak of the virus outside China, as a new death took the toll to 17, amid a record daily increase in infections since the country confirmed its first patient on Jan. 20. It was a "critical moment" in reining in the spread of the virus, he said, adding, "Please stay at home and refrain from going outside and minimize contact with other people." from https://news.yahoo.com/south-korea-reports-594-coronavirus-012851366.html

(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is testing existing “off-the-shelf” drugs to combat the coronavirus, a cabinet official said Saturday.A national lab in Tennessee recently made “an important discovery” involving existing drugs, Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland.“The scientists at our Oak Ridge National Laboratory were able to look at the protein strains and determine -- perhaps, it’s still early -- that we can find some off-the-shelf drugs that can help us not only cure the disease but stop the spread of the infection,” Brouillette said.Brouillette was responding to a question about what his agency is doing to help combat the virus, which has caused markets to plunge and killed nearly 3,000 people across the globe. In the U.S., where 22 cases have been reported, the virus has killed one person -- a woman from Washington state -- and more cases are likely, President Donald Trump said Saturday.In addition to the labor...

South Korea reported its biggest surge in new coronavirus cases on Saturday as concerns grew of a possible epidemic in the United States and the World Health Organization raised its risk alert to its highest level. The virus has rapidly spread across the world in the past week, causing stock markets to sink to their lowest levels since the 2008 global financial crisis over fears that the disease could wreak havoc on the world economy. The vast majority of infections have been in China but more daily cases are now logged outside the country, with South Korea, Italy and Iran emerging as major hotspots. from https://news.yahoo.com/south-korea-virus-cases-surge-sounds-maximum-alert-034009720.html

For centuries, South Carolina’s Charleston was the largest port of entry for the transatlantic slave trade. Now, billionaire presidential candidate Tom Steyer is shaking up the state’s Democratic primary by advocating slavery reparations for African-Americans. from https://news.yahoo.com/billionaire-tom-steyer-shakes-primary-210121919.html

Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group lost at least eight fighters in northwest Syria in skirmishes with insurgents and airstrikes by Turkey's air force, an opposition war monitor and the militant group said Saturday. The casualties followed the death of at least 33 Turkish soldiers earlier this week. The deaths marked the highest for the group in Syria in years as Hezbollah has pulled out many of its fighters from the neighboring country. from https://news.yahoo.com/eight-fighters-lebanons-hezbollah-killed-153748159.html

China is a critical player in the global supply chain for drugs, as many ingredients in the medicines we take are manufactured there. from https://news.yahoo.com/fda-just-announced-first-drug-135500343.html

Education under a socialist regime is a malicious program, because it seems like an irreproachable social good but then is just another tool of repression. from https://news.yahoo.com/why-sanders-castro-revisionism-insulting-203600128.html

A cruise ship turned away from Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after a crew member tested positive for flu has docked in Mexico and passengers will be allowed to disembark as long as "health standards" are met, the country's president said Thursday. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told reporters that the Meraviglia, which has been anchored off Cozumel island in the Caribbean since Wednesday, "is being allowed to dock" and those aboard may be allowed off. The operator, MSC Cruises, lashed out at authorities for refusing to allow it to dock at its previous destinations for "acting out of fears" over the new coronavirus. from https://news.yahoo.com/rejected-mexico-caymans-over-virus-fears-cruise-ship-012843818.html

For Boris Johnson, Britain’s Baby Boom Starts at 10 Downing    The New York Times British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and partner Carrie Symonds announce pregnancy and engagement    CNN Johnson's baby power: British PM and his girlfriend are expecting first child    AOL PM Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds are expecting baby as couple announce their engagement    The Sun Boris Johnson, partner announce they are expecting a child and are engaged    NBC News View Full Coverage on Google News

More than 10K turn out for Bernie Sanders rally in Elizabeth Warren's backyard    USA TODAY Inside Cambridge, Massachusetts: Elizabeth Warren's Hometown    Los Angeles Times House Ways and Means chair endorses Elizabeth Warren    POLITICO Bernie Sanders goes for the campaign kill    The Boston Globe A not-so-super Tuesday and other commentary    New York Post View Full Coverage on Google News

Person dies from coronavirus in Washington state, first in the US, health officials say    Fox News View Full Coverage on Google News

Trump calls coronavirus Democrats' 'new hoax'    NBC News View Full Coverage on Google News

A neo-fascist party hopes for big gains in Slovakia's election    CNN Slovakia election: Anti-corruption party wins most votes - exit poll    BBC News Journalist’s Murder Puts a Tycoon, and a Nation, on Trial    The New York Times Slovak opposition party OLANO takes lead in election: TV Markiza exit poll    Reuters Slovakia election: Double murder haunts voters    BBC News View Full Coverage on Google News

Joe Coulombe, Founder And Namesake Of Trader Joe's, Dies At 89    NPR Joe Coulombe, Who Founded Trader Joe’s, Dies at 89    The New York Times Joe Coulombe, founder of popular Trader Joe’s markets, dies    Fox Business Joe Coulombe, Trader Joe's Founder, Has Died in Pasadena at Age 89 | Pasadena California, Hotels,CA Real Estate,Restaurants,City Guide... - Pasadena.com    Pasadena Now Trader Joe's founder Joe Coulombe dies at age 89    CNN View Full Coverage on Google News

The Dow is up 38% since Trump's election, down from 61% in a matter of days amid sell-off    CNBC The Week That Wiped $3.6 Trillion Off the Stock Market U.S. stocks were at record levels    msnNOW Stocks, Dow Sink As Coronavirus Fears Continue Driving Economic Uncertainty    HuffPost The Dow lost 12% in one week. Here's why and what likely happens next    CNBC Coronavirus splits Dow stocks performance between bad and worse    Fox Business View Full Coverage on Google News

Apple Sends Care Packages to Employees Stranded in China's Wenzhou City and Hubei Province by Coronavirus    MacRumors Apple sends care packages including free iPads to some workers in China    PhoneArena Apple is sending care packages to stranded employees in China    AppleInsider View Full Coverage on Google News

Miranda Lambert's Husband Has a New Boss: His Wife    Showbiz Cheat Sheet Miranda Lambert's Husband Retires From NYPD to Work Her Security    Taste of Country Miranda Lambert’s Husband Brendan McLoughlin Retires From NYPD, Is Working as Her Security Guard    Us Weekly Miranda Lambert's Husband, Brendan McLoughlin, Retires From NYPD    The Boot Miranda Lambert’s husband Brendan McLoughlin leaving NYPD    LawOfficer.com View Full Coverage on Google News

Bayern Munich, Hoffenheim refuse to finish match in protest of vulgar fan signs targeting owner (video)    Yahoo Sports TSG Hoffenheim vs. Bayern Munich - Football Match Report - February 29, 2020    ESPN Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on Bayern fan banners: “A dark day for football”    Bavarian Football Works Bizarre scenes as Bayern & Hoffenheim players pass to each other for 10 minutes to protest 'son of a b*tch' fan banner    Yahoo Sports 'The ugly face of Bayern' - Rummenigge slams his own fans & promises severe action after Hopp 'son of a b*tch' banner    Goal.com View Full Coverage on Google News

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a block on the administration’s policy of forcing migrants seeking asylum to wait in Mexico while the cases play out. from https://news.yahoo.com/federal-appeals-court-rules-against-182700911.html

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Hundreds of tourists at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace in Tenerife are on lockdown for the next two weeks. One guest called it the "holiday from hell." from https://news.yahoo.com/inside-horrifying-4-star-hotel-123857553.html

Government Eyes War Powers to Speed Medical Manufacturing Ahead of Virus    The New York Times

Live updates: Second coronavirus case of unknown origin confirmed in California, indicating virus is spreading in the state    The Washington Post View Full Coverage on Google News

Pete Buttigieg draws a crowd in South Carolina ahead of primary    CBS News Pete Buttigieg, the Political Junkie Who Is Running for President    The New York Times 'Help me get it.' Pete Buttigieg's black surrogates face a skeptical audience for the candidate in South Carolina    USA TODAY Frank Bruni: The case for Pete Buttigieg    Salt Lake Tribune Pete Buttigieg is no 'white Obama,' but merely a pale imitation    Washington Examiner View Full Coverage on Google News

Dow Drops 800 At Open, Extending Worst Week Since Financial Crisis | Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC    MSNBC Global markets, Wall Street drag out week-long free fall as coronavirus crisis worsens    The Washington Post Coronavirus just sent the Dow crashing 1,100 points and it could get worse    Yahoo Finance Here’s When You Should Buy Stocks Again    TheStreet Stocks fall sharply on Wall Street; Dow Jones sinks 3.8%    KSL.com View Full Coverage on Google News

Game Developers Conference Has Been 'Postponed' To Summer    Kotaku GDC running out of time to cancel as Amazon, Blizzard join no-show list    Ars Technica GDC 2020 Loses Microsoft, Epic, Unity to Coronavirus    Tom's Hardware GDC 2020 Has Been Postponed Until Summer 2020    Siliconera Amazon is the latest to pull out of GDC over coronavirus fears    Engadget View Full Coverage on Google News

Tech conferences are falling as fast as the stock market    MarketWatch

Facebook’s 3D photos can now be made using single-camera phones    The Verge Facebook has a new AI tool that lets you make your photos 3D - Business Insider    Business Insider Facebook's 3D photos no longer require portrait mode    Engadget Facebook brings its 3D photos feature to users with single-camera phones    TechCrunch Facebook Now Lets You Turn Any 2D Photo into a 3D Image Using AI    PetaPixel View Full Coverage on Google News

‘Hawaii Five-0’ To End After 10 Seasons On CBS, Sets Two-Hour Series Finale    New York Post ‘Hawaii Five-0’ to End After 10 Seasons    Yahoo Entertainment CBS announces end of 'Hawaii Five-0' run    Honolulu Star-Advertiser ‘Hawaii Five-0’ to End After Current Season on CBS    Variety Hawaii Five-0 Ending With Season 10; Two-Hour Series Finale to Air in April    Yahoo Entertainment View Full Coverage on Google News

Roman Polanski Wins Best Director at France’s Cesar Awards, ‘Les Miserables’ Wins Best Picture    Variety French cinema faces moral reckoning as Roman Polanski's new film up for 12 gongs at prestigious awards    CNN International Fearing 'public lynching', Polanski pulls out of France's César awards    FRANCE 24 English Walkout as Polanksi wins 'best director' at Césars    BBC News French police fire tear gas in clash with anti-Polanski protesters    Reuters View Full Coverage on Google News

Henry Ruggs Separates Himself, Justin Herbert and Jalen Hurts Impress, More Combine Notes    Sports Illustrated Alabama's Henry Ruggs runs 4.27 in 40-yard dash, short of John Ross' record    Yahoo Sports Tight Ends Run the 40-Yard Dash at 2020 NFL Combine: Albert O's BLAZING 4.49    NFL Henry Ruggs runs the 40 in 4.27 seconds    NBCSports.com NFL combine testing and tidbits on 9 top wide receiver targets for the Eagles    The Athletic View Full Coverage on Google News

LA deputies shared graphic photos of Kobe Bryant crash scene, report says    The Guardian Vanessa Bryant Reacts to Kobe's Sister's Tribute Tattoo    Entertainment Tonight Irate Bartender Busted Sheriff's Deputies Who Shared Gruesome Kobe Crash Scene Photos    TMZ L.A. Sheriff's Dept. Probes Claim That Deputies Shared Gruesome Kobe Crash Pictures    Hollywood Reporter Trump Remembers Kobe Bryant At African American History Month Reception | NBC News    NBC News View Full Coverage on Google News

More than 81,000 people have been sickened by a coronavirus, mostly in China. This map is updated daily. from https://news.yahoo.com/map-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-worldwide-190700950.html

A U.S. government commission urged Indian leaders to stop the "unchecked violence" as mobs attack people, including journalists, in the capital. from https://news.yahoo.com/35-killed-delhi-religious-violence-014403039.html

(Bloomberg) -- A 35-year-old man was confirmed as the first coronavirus case in Mexico, the country’s deputy health minister said on Friday. A second case was verified by a state health official.The first patient has a mild case and has been put in quarantine along with family members in the country’s Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference for further testing, deputy health minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said at the National Palace.The man is a resident of Mexico City who took a trip to Italy in February. The case is Mexico’s first, and the second known instance in Latin America after Brazil confirmed a case on Wednesday.“We have the capacity to deal with the situation,” President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said at his morning press conference.The man traveled to Bergamo, Italy, for a conference, where he had direct contact with an infected Italian national who normally lives in Malaysia.The second case, in the northern border state of Sinaloa, is a 41-year-old man who also ...

The most important thing to remember is that standard travel insurance does not cover you if you decide not to travel because of the outbreak. from https://news.yahoo.com/travel-insurance-covers-coronavirus-doesnt-210718334.html

Police in Milwaukee on Thursday identified the five brewery employees shot and killed by a co-worker who later took his own life in the latest spasm of gun violence plaguing U.S. workplaces and schools. The motive for the carnage was unclear a day after the shooting at the landmark Molson Coors Beverage Co complex shook Wisconsin's largest city. "Reasons for this are still under investigation," Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales said. from https://news.yahoo.com/u-brewery-shooting-could-spur-112243659.html

(Bloomberg) -- In a matter of days, South Korea has swung from confidence that it had escaped the worst of the coronavirus outbreak to a cautionary tale of how quickly the disease can plunge a nation into crisis.Confirmed cases of the deadly disease surged past 2,000 on Friday -- doubling in two days and raising alarm about the worst outbreak outside of neighboring China. Supermarket shelves are emptying, mask prices are soaring and hospital beds are running out in Daegu city, where the disease has stricken many from a religious sect. Epidemiological models predict that infections in Korea will top 10,000 in March.The surge has citizens looking for someone to blame, prompting fresh criticism of South Korea President Moon Jae-in, who confidently predicted two weeks ago that the virus would be terminated “before long” while refusing calls to halt all arrivals from China. With 13 dead from the virus, public fury is coalescing around the government’s handling of the outbreak, especially it...

The illustration is titled "Under Control," and references some comments that the president made at a coronavirus press conference this week. from https://news.yahoo.com/trump-wears-surgical-mask-over-145420339.html

Coronavirus masks are expensive, they only last a few hours — and they may not even help. from https://news.yahoo.com/no-1-way-prevent-coronavirus-094354777.html

Roman Polanski scooped France's Cesar Award for best directing for his film "An Officer and a Spy" on Friday, prompting a walkout by several women in the audience in protest at honoring a man facing rape accusations. from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-cesars/polanski-wins-cesar-award-for-best-director-prompting-walkout-protest-idUSKCN20M1P1?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews

South Korea reported 284 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, including a U.S. soldier, as health authorities prepared to test more than 200,000 members of a church hit hardest by the outbreak. The new cases pushed the total tally to 1,261, with the numbers expected to rise as the government widens its testing. Of the new cases, 134 were from Daegu city, where a branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, which has been linked to outbreaks, is located, the Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (KCDC) said. from https://news.yahoo.com/u-soldier-infected-south-korea-013709586.html

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has admitted she feels unsafe in Washington D.C. over her home in the Bronx, New York — which is fueled, in part, by the threats she's received after President Trump tweeted against her. from https://news.yahoo.com/aoc-says-she-feels-unsafe-001403828.html

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) again apologized Wednesday for previously incorrectly claiming tribal heritage and releasing DNA results that claimed to reveal she had Native American ancestry. The most recent apology was in response to a letter from several members of the Cherokee Nation, as well as members of other tribes standing in solidarity, calling on her to go beyond acknowledging her mistakes and do her part to dispel beliefs spread by white people claiming Native heritage.The letter asked Warren to unequivocally state she and her ancestors are white, explain that "only tribal affiliation and kinship determine Native identity," and that "Native people are the sole authority on who is — and who is not — Native."In a response letter, Warren affirmed she understood all three of those points, and thanked the Cherokee Nation for holding her "accountable," while also highlighting actions she has taken as a lawmaker as well as provisions she has included...

The patient did not fit CDC criteria for COVID-19, so a test was not immediately administered. from https://news.yahoo.com/california-case-could-first-patient-104801261.html

Sandberg said Facebook has to worry about TikTok's explosive growth, and users have reason to worry about their data because it's a Chinese company. from https://news.yahoo.com/sheryl-sandberg-said-she-worries-130852755.html

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported 433 new cases of coronavirus infections on Feb. 26, the National Health Commission said on Thursday, up from 406 a day earlier, with a cluster of new cases in Beijing raising concerns about the management of employees returning to work. The total number of confirmed cases on mainland China has now reached 78,497, the Commission said, though the number of new deaths on Wednesday stood at 29, the lowest daily rate since Jan. 28. The outbreak has now killed a total of 2,744 people in China. from https://news.yahoo.com/mainland-china-reports-433-coronavirus-014006953.html

House Leaders Nancy Pelosi and Kevin McCarthy called for bipartisanship...then quickly pivoted to attack their respective opposing parties. from https://news.yahoo.com/pelosi-hits-back-trump-over-054535982.html

Inmates at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman "live a miserable and hopeless existence confronted daily by imminent risk of substantial harm," the suit said. from https://news.yahoo.com/jay-z-helps-150-inmates-201400150.html

Klobuchar explains what she was thinking in heated debate moment captured in photo    CNN Klobuchar, at Fox News town hall, comes out swinging at Trump over coronavirus outbreak    Fox News Amy Klobuchar explains what she was thinking in heated debate photo    CNN The Case for Amy Klobuchar    The New York Times The Case for Bernie Sanders    The New York Times View Full Coverage on Google News

Bloomberg says he nearly eliminated stop-and-frisk as mayor. But he fought for it to the end.    NBC News Cooper to Bloomberg: Seems you've only had change of heart because you're running for president    CNN De Blasio blasts Bloomberg on 'Hannity': 'He's got no clue what everyday people are going through'    Fox News The Case for Mike Bloomberg    The New York Times Why Mike Bloomberg has a shot | TheHill    The Hill View Full Coverage on Google News

Oil Industry Tool to Spare Polar Bears Is More Miss Than Hit    The New York Times Arctic drilling operators can’t accurately pinpoint polar bear dens — which means they can’t avoid destroying them    The Washington Post 6 Simple Ways to Protect Polar Bears from Climate Change on Polar Bear Day and All Year Round    PEOPLE.com Polar bears are being forced into CANNIBALISM by climate change and humans, scientist reveals    Daily Mail View Full Coverage on Google News

Beyond Meat beats on Q4 earnings, founder says 'we would be crazy not to invest in growth right now'    Yahoo Finance Beyond Meat revenue tripled, but shares fall as losses return    CNBC Beyond Meat earnings: Shares rise, then fall, on mixed results    MarketWatch Beyond Meat narrows 4Q loss as plant-based meat sales jump    The Associated Press Coronavirus won't stop Beyond Meat from entering China in 2020: CEO Ethan Brown    Yahoo Finance View Full Coverage on Google News

Spotify's new iOS design makes it easier to navigate    The Next Web Spotify redesign makes it easier to play, favorite and download music    Engadget Spotify is rolling out a new look for iOS that ditches word-based buttons    The Verge Spotify tries making its app easier to use in latest update    TechCrunch Spotify launches iOS app update with new shuffle play button, action rows, favoriting playlists    9to5Mac View Full Coverage on Google News

Harvey Weinstein in 'disbelief,' as he remains in hospital: 'He didn't do anything wrong'    AOL Defiant Harvey Weinstein in custody: 'I didn’t sexually assault anyone and I didn’t rape anyone'    ABC News Why Harvey Weinstein Will Be Watched 24 Hours a Day    Inside Edition Weinstein Is Convicted. Where Does #MeToo Go From Here?    The New York Times Weinstein Will Be In 'Protected Custody' In Rikers, Says Andrea Cabral    wgbh.org View Full Coverage on Google News

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) watched Tuesday night's Democratic debate, and one thing stood out to her."Not a single climate change question," she tweeted. "Horrifying." One of the participants, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), agreed, responding, "A disgrace." The Democratic candidates don't shy away from talking about climate change on the campaign trail; billionaire investor and environmentalist Tom Steyer told voters in South Carolina on Tuesday that climate change is his "No. 1 priority," and if elected, he will declare a climate emergency on his first day in office.Poll after poll has shown that climate change is a key issue for voters; last week, the Pew Research Center released a survey showing that for the first time in two decades, a majority of Americans believe that tackling climate change should be a main priority for the president and Congress.Another poll released last week by the nonpartisan nonprofit Climate Nexus f...