PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) – Three cruise ship passengers with suspected hantavirus infections were being flown to the Netherlands for treatment Wednesday. Three people have died, and the World Health Organization says there are eight cases, five of them confirmed by laboratory testing.
US stocks finished lower on Wednesday after a sharp rise in oil prices. The S&P 500 fell 0.48 per cent to close at 7,636.46 points, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite declined 0.64 per cent to 26,253.34. The Dow Jones was the weakest of the three major US indexes, falling 0.77 per cent to finish at 52,381.02 points.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) – A deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over the course of weeks on a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina toward Antarctica and then across the Atlantic Ocean, stopping at or near remote islands on the way as passengers and crew members fell sick, according to information from the cruise operator, the World Health Organization and ship tracking data.
Apple has unveiled its first foldable iPhone, introducing a $1,999 flagship device that represents one of the most significant changes to the company’s smartphone range in almost a decade. Called the iPhone Duo, the new device has a passport-like design with rounded edges and folds into a compact form.
Footage obtained by The Associated Press of a cruise ship at the center of a rare-virus outbreak shows deserted decks and gathering areas, medical teams in protective gear, and a still landscape ahead as the vessel and its nearly 150 passengers and crew waited another day for direction and help off the coast of West Africa.
China has strongly rejected allegations from the United States that leading Chinese artificial intelligence companies have engaged in the large-scale theft of American AI technology. The dispute escalated after three major US federal agencies accused Chinese AI companies of systematically using American AI models to improve their own systems.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) – A cruise ship with nearly 150 people aboard was waiting for help off the coast of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after three passengers died and three other people were left seriously ill in a suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus, according to the World Health Organization and the ship’s operator.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) – A suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has killed three people and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organization said Sunday.
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