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With the signing of a deal between the U.S. and Taliban, Afghanistan could be on the precipice of a new era. What will happen to the interpreters who put their lives at risk to work with U.S. forces?

Historians will begin combing the archives of the world’s most contentious pope on Monday, hoping to glean why Pius XII stayed silent during the Nazi extermination of Jews in the Holocaust. More than 200 researchers have applied for permission to

Top adviser to Iranian supreme leader Khamenei dies of coronavirus  New York Post Adviser to Iran’s Supreme leader dies from coronavirus, as other top officials infected  Fox News Iran Rejects Trump Offer of Help on Coronavirus as Ayatollah Aide Dies: ‘We Don’t

Pete Buttigieg Drops Out of Democratic Presidential Race  The New York Times Chris Cillizza’s winners and losers from the South Carolina primary  CNN Remember, Trump is president because of Bernie Sanders  Los Angeles Times Mary Anne Marsh: Biden finds himself in the middle

Trump Says Buttigieg’s Exit Is Start of “Dems Taking Bernie Out of Play.” Polls Tell a Different Story.  SlateView Full Coverage on Google News

The rapid spread of the new coronavirus has increased fears of a pandemic, sending global markets into a dive and prompting governments to step up control measures.

Paris shuts down famed Louvre museum as coronavirus epidemic spreads  USA TODAY Coronavirus: Staff force Louvre closure over infection fears  BBC News France closes the Louvre as virus spreads to new fronts  The Associated Press Coronavirus epidemic fears shuts down France’s Louvre Museum  Fox

In his brief three-month campaign for president, Michael Bloomberg poured nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars into building an advertising and data-mining juggernaut unlike anything the political world had ever seen.

The death of Expediency Council member Mohammad Mirmohammadi came as Iran announced the virus had killed 66 people among 1,501 confirmed cases in the country.

When Chinese authorities announced a lockdown on the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late January in an attempt to halt the spread of a deadly virus, millions of people fled the city, eager to escape before the enforced quarantine