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US President Donald Trump downplays warnings that the US unemployment rate could spike to 20 percent due to the coronavirus pandemic, saying the economy is "nowhere near" that point. SOUNDBITE
After shutting down Ciampino airport "Aeroporti di Roma" has decided to close Terminal 1 of the main hub of Fiumicino. The World Health Organization called for the "boldest actions" against the pandemic on the continent, the outbreak's new epicentre. IMAGES
French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer and Health Minister Olivier Véran visit an elementary School in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux to review hygiene measures implemented in light of the new coronavirus. IMAGES
Italy shuts all schools and universities in a bid to stop the deadly coronavirus from spreading, as Germany warned the outbreak had turned into a global pandemic. More than 90,000 people have been infected and around 3,200 have died worldwide from the virus, which has now reached some 80 countries and territories. IMAGES
Pictures of people working in shops and restaurants in Caracas as a widespread blackout hit Venezuela, including the capital Caracas, from dawn in what the authorities are blaming on "sabotage" and an attempted coup, a month after the disputed re-election of Nicolas Maduro. IMAGES
Images show people confronting riot police in Yerevan, Armenia, amid ceasefire agreement between separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Yerevan did not take part in drafting a ceasefire agreement between separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan, but that he hoped it would hold. IMAGES