Peace Corps suspending all activities in 60 countries
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MGM Resorts International closes all of its Las Vegas hotels and casinos and won't take reservations prior to May 1 amid coronavirus pandemic
By Valerie Edwards For Dailymail.com
05:47 GMT 16 Mar 2020 , updated 06:01 GMT 16 Mar 2020
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Iranian Ayatollah Hashem Bathaei-Golpaygani dies of coronavirus - report
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 16, 2020 08:06
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Iran's Assembly of Experts member Ayatollah Hashem Bathaei-Golpaygani died of coronavirus on Monday morning, Iranian news outlets report.
Bathaei-Golpaygani was reportedly being treated for the illness in Shahid Beheshti Hospital since Saturday.
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North Korea
N.Korea Recalls Kim Jong-un's Uncle from Austria
By Kim Myong-song | March 16, 2020 12:56
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North Korea has replaced its ambassador to Austria for the first time in 27 years.
The North's Foreign Ministry on Saturday said it appointed instead Choe Kang-il, the acting director-general of the Foreign Ministry's North American affairs bureau. The outgoing ambassador, Kim Kwang-sop, is a son-in-law of regime founder Kim Il-sung.
Earlier, Kim Pyong-il, North Korea's ambassador to the Czech Republic and a son of the nation founder, was also recalled to Pyongyang after decades in quasi-exile as a perpetual ambassador in Eastern Europe.
Kim Kwang-sop is the husband of Kim Pyong-il's older sister Kyong-jin, making him the brother-in-law of former leader Kim Jong-il….
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