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VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria has stopped all train services with Italy to prevent a further spread of the coronavirus, tabloid OE24.at said on its website on Sunday. Austria’s interior ministry said earlier that Austria had denied entry to a train from Italy on suspicion that two travelers might be infected with the coronavirus. (This story refiles to remove extra word in paragraph two) Reporting by Kirsti KnolleOur Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.Read More

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Houston Astros, the Boston Red Sox and Major League Baseball asked a U.S. judge to dismiss a proposed class-action lawsuit by DraftKings participants who said the teams’ electronic sign-stealing distorted fantasy baseball contests they wagered on. FILE PHOTO: Oct 26, 2019; Washington, DC, USA; Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve (27) before game four of the 2019 World Series against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY SportsIn filings with the Manhattan federal court on Friday night, the defendants said courts have repeatedly dismissed legal claims by disgruntled sports fans who…

(Reuters) - In the days leading up to Saturday’s Democratic presidential caucuses in Nevada, Bernie Sanders withstood one attack after another over his Medicare for All plan – both from his rivals and the state’s powerful hotel and casino workers’ union. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders celebrates with his wife Jane after being declared the winner of the Nevada Caucus while holding a campaign rally in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'hareBut entrance polls from Edison Research showed more than 60% of caucus-goers favored replacing private insurance with a government-run plan, suggesting Sanders’…

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopefuls fanned out across the United States on Sunday to try blunt Bernie Sanders’ momentum after a dominant victory in Nevada solidified his front-runner status ahead of 15 key nominating contests in the next 10 days. Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont and self-avowed democratic socialist, rode a broad-based wave of support across age, race and ideology to capture 47% of the county convention delegates in Nevada, with 50% of precincts reporting as of Sunday morning. Former Vice President Joe Biden appeared headed to a badly needed second-place finish, but trailed by a…

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police used tear gas to disperse large crowds in India’s capital of New Delhi on Sunday in the latest eruption of violence at protests over a new citizenship law, police officials said. People supporting a new citizenship law and those opposing the law, throw stones at each other during a clash in Maujpur area of New Delhi, India, February 23, 2020. REUTERS/Akash Jain NO ARCHIVES. NO RESALES.Hundreds of people supporting the new law clashed with those opposing it, with the two groups pelting each other with stones in the Maujpur area in the northeastern part of…