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A city hall worker sprays a disinfectant at Merdeka Square, or independence square, situated in front of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, background, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. Malaysia will restrict movements in its biggest city Kuala Lumpur, neighboring Selangor state and the administrative capital of Putrajaya from Wednesday in an attempt to curb a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Asia Today: Melbourne ready to ease rules with 1 new case

Oct. 17, 2020 12:43 AM EDT

A health worker tests a sample for COVID-19 in a market in Gauhati, India, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. India’s coronavirus fatalities jumped by 895 in the past 24 hours, a day after recording the lowest daily deaths of 680 in nearly three months. The Health Ministry on Friday also reported 63,371 new cases in the past 24 hours, raising India’s total to more than 7.3 million, second in the world behind the U.S. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Asia Today: Sydney lifts quarantine for N. Zealand travelers

Oct. 15, 2020 09:35 PM EDT

Women wearing face mask to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus pass by flowers at a park in Goyang, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. South Korea reported on Thursday more than 100 new cases of the coronavirus, half of them linked to a hospital in Busan. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Asia Today: SKorea reports 110 cases, half in Busan hospital

Oct. 14, 2020 09:52 PM EDT

Police officers check vehicles at a roadblock to ensure that people abide by a movement control order on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. Malaysia will restrict movements in its biggest city Kuala Lumpur, neighboring Selangor state and the administrative capital of Putrajaya from Wednesday to curb a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Asia Today: India reports 63,000 new cases, China tests 4.2M

Oct. 14, 2020 01:13 AM EDT

A medical staff takes a swab from a woman as residents line up for the COVID-19 test near the residential area in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. Authorities in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao said Tuesday that they have completed coronavirus tests on more than 3 million people following the country's first reported local outbreak of the virus in nearly two months. (Chinatopix ia AP)
Asia Today: China city says it's tested 3 million for virus

Oct. 12, 2020 11:17 PM EDT

People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus ride bicycle during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. Even as China has largely controlled the outbreak, the coronavirus is still surging across the globe with ever rising death toll. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Asia Today: China to test 9 million after new outbreak

Oct. 12, 2020 09:17 AM EDT

In this photo released by WHO, World Health Organisation on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wearing a mask to protect against coronavirus, gestures during a special session on the COVID-19 respnse. The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization says its “best estimates” indicate that roughly 1 in 10 people worldwide may have been infected by the coronavirus. (Christopher Black/WHO via AP)
The Latest: 3 million tested for coronavirus in Chinese city

By The Associated Press Oct. 12, 2020 02:39 AM EDT

Chinese Super League starts season more than 5 months late

Jul. 25, 2020 12:12 AM EDT
BEIJING (AP) — Eight-time champion Guangzhou Evergrande made a winning start to its Chinese Super League title defense on Saturday after a five-month delay...

Yaya Touré trains with 4th-division Leyton Orient

Jul. 24, 2020 10:06 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Touré trained Friday with fourth-division English club Leyton Orient. The 37-year-old...

Mick Hoffman, executive director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, poses for a photo, Thursday, July 16, 2020, sitting in the empty stands of the Renton School District's Renton Memorial Stadium, which is used for high school football, soccer, and track events in Renton, Wash. Hoffman and other administrators across the country are facing difficult decisions regarding the overwhelming uncertainty of whether high school sports can go forward this fall as the clock ticks closer to the start of the 2020-21 school year with little clarity in place for an obvious and safe path moving forward for athletics. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
The Latest: Big Sky delays start of fall Olympic sports

By The Associated Press Jul. 24, 2020 07:08 AM EDT

FILE - A student athlete runs a drill during a strength and conditioning camp at Arlington Martin High School Thursday, June 18, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. Texas will play high school football this fall, but some of it will be delayed, fans will be limited and masks will be required as the state fights a surge in new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and fatalities. The University Interscholastic League on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 released its guidelines for Texas public high school fall sports, pushing back the start of the football and volleyball seasons for the largest schools by one month into late September and extending the football championships for those schools into January. (AP Photo/LM Otero, file)
The Latest: Chinese hoop league allows some spectators

By The Associated Press Jul. 23, 2020 06:07 AM EDT