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After PM Boris Johnson orders 3-week halt to non-essential activity, subways still full, construction sites open, family allowances unclear

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Japan awoke on Wednesday to the deflating reality that the Olympics they had hoped to host in Tokyo this summer were now probably 16 months away after the coronavirus crisis forced organizers into an unprecedented postponement.

Stocks surged on the promise of a bailout. And the White House advised people who have passed through or left New York to undergo a 14-day quarantine.

Senate eyes quick exit after vote on coronavirus stimulus package | TheHill  The Hill What’s in Democrats’ coronavirus bill? Arts funding, union help and more  Fox News Congress unlikely to give stimulus deal final approval Tuesday and talks likely to slip into

Misplaced outrage over who attends a White House press conference | TheHill  The Hill

White House officials looking for way to ‘open’ economy without health catastrophe  CNN

The United States is launching a task force to address market manipulation, hoarding and price gouging related to the coronavirus pandemic, following an order by President Donald Trump to crack down on such crimes.

U.S. authorities put out tsunami warnings on Wednesday after an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck off Russia’s Kuril Islands, but meteorological officials in Japan issued no alerts, although they said there might be slight tidal changes.