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People walk past the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The Tokyo Olympics are being threatened by a fast-spreading virus that has shut down most schools, sports competitions and Olympic-related events in Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

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A woman jogs outside San Siro stadium where a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Genoa was supposed to take place but was instead postponed to May 13, 2020, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 1, 2020. In Lombardy, the hardest-hit region by the spread of the Coronavirus, schools and universities were ordered to stay closed, and sporting events were canceled.(Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

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A young fan makes use of a hand-sanitizing station at CenturyLink Field prior to an MLS soccer match between the Seattle Sounders and the Chicago Fire, Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Seattle. Major North American professional sports leagues are talking to health officials and informing teams about the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

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Two people walk by a notice outside San Siro stadium advising that the Serie A soccer match between Inter and Sampdoria is cancelled, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. In Lombardy, the hardest-hit region by the spread of the Coronavirus with 90 cases, schools and universities were ordered to stay closed in the coming days, and sporting events were canceled. Lombardy's ban on public events also extended to Masses in churches in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

List of sports events affected by the new virus from China

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UAE grants $3.5M for reef restoration in Florida Keys

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Tehran resident Mohammad Reza Khani, wearing mask and gloves, speaks with The Associated Press in downtown Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. Amid fear and uncertainty caused by the spread of a new virus, Iranians are taking extra caution to avoid getting infected, as authorities canceled Friday prayers in Tehran, Qom and other cities. The billboard at rear show soap dispenser reading (Farsi) &quot;If you are somewhere with no access to water and soap, use alcohol-based sanitizers.&quot; (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Virus outbreak in Iran sickens hundreds, including leaders

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo taken with a slow shutter speed, Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, halted travel to the holiest sites in Islam over fears of the global outbreak of the new coronavirus just months ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage, a move coming as the Mideast has over 220 confirmed cases of the illness. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Saudi Arabia halts pilgrimages over virus; Iran cases spike

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Pedestrians wear masks to help guard against the Coronavirus, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. On Sunday Iran's health ministry raised the death toll from the new virus to 8 people in the country, amid concerns that clusters there, as well as in Italy and South Korea, could signal a serious new stage in its global spread. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from new virus in city of Qom

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

A policeman and pedestrians wear masks to help guard against the Coronavirus, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. On Sunday, Iran's health ministry raised the death toll from the new virus to 8 people in the country, amid concerns that clusters there, as well as in Italy and South Korea, could signal a serious new stage in its global spread. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

UAE bans Iran flights over virus; at least 15 dead in Iran

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Dec. 16, 2019 - Al Khor, Qatar - Mouatz Al Khayyat, Chairman of Power Holding International, which founded the Baladna dairy with the inception of the blockade. The facility now produces 80 percent of the country's requirements for milk.

Qatar prospers under blockade by Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Bahrain

By Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

Ivanka Trump, the daughter and senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, delivers a keynote address at Global Women's Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Ivanka Trump lauds Saudi, UAE on women’s rights reforms

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Almost $175 million in foreign funding flooded the top 50 U.S. think tanks from 2014 to 2018, according to a recent report. (Associated Press)

Experts sound alarm on foreign influence on U.S. think tanks

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Done with homework: More than 200 schools in UAE cancel it

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FILE- In this Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 file photo, an Emirati man takes a selfie in front of a new Etihad Airways A380 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi's long-troubled Etihad Airways said Tuesday, Feb. 4 2020, it would sell 38 aircraft to an investment firm and a leasing company in a deal valued at $1 billion, the latest cost-cutting measure by the United Arab Emirates' national carrier. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Abu Dhabi’s long-troubled Etihad sells 38 planes for $1B

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

A man wears protective face masks stands in front of TV screens broadcasting Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam delivering a speech in Hong Kong, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. Lam says the city will shut almost all land and sea border control points to the mainland from midnight to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus from China. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

The Latest: UAE suspends flights to China outside Beijing

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UAE finds new natural gas field between Abu Dhabi, Dubai

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Diplomat says 4 killed in oil tanker fire off UAE sheikhdom

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Abu Dhabi marks interfaith effort a year after Pope’s visit

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United Arab Emirates gives Mauritania $2B for development

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A man holds the daily Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper fronted by a picture of President Donald Trump, at a coffee shop in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Mideast peace plan Tuesday alongside a beaming Benjamin Netanyahu, presenting a vision that matched the Israeli leader’s hard-line, nationalist views while falling far short of Palestinian ambitions. Arabic reads &quot;Trump plan... new borders between Palestine and Israel.&quot; (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Gulf Arabs back Donald Trump’s Mideast efforts, but not peace plan

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press