The vice president convened his first meeting of the coronavirus task force on Thursday.
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Business
South Korea to pardon Samsung's Lee, other corporate giants
South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing former President Park Guen-Hye as part of the massive corruption scandal that toppled Park's government, the justice minister announced Friday.
World
At 75, India's democracy is under pressure like never before
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Suspect who tried to breach FBI office dies in standoff
Authorities are investigating the motives of an armed man who they say tried to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office, fled and died hours later in a rural standoff with law enforcement, a case unfolding as the FBI warns agents to take extra precautions amid increased social media threats to its employees and facilities.
