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Coronavirus: New York imposes quarantine on eight US states

It comes as a US university predicts 180,000 US deaths from the virus by October.

Coronavirus: New York couples can now tie the knot over Zoom

Governor Andrew Cuomo has said New Yorkers will be allowed to apply for licences and marry online.

Coronavirus: Why is NYC reporting surge in virus deaths?

New York is now reporting an additional 3,778 deaths presumed to be coronavirus-linked.

Coronavirus: US death toll overtakes Italy as world's highest

The United States now has more than 20,000 deaths and more than half a million cases.

Coronavirus: New York using mass graves amid outbreak

Drone footage shows coffins stacked in a pit in the city, as the state logs more cases than any country.

Coronavirus: New York has more cases than any country

Photos emerge of workers in hazmat outfits stacking coffins in a mass grave in New York City.

Coronavirus: New York reports highest single-day virus death toll

Governor Cuomo reports rising deaths as the state faces questions over a Rikers prison death.

Coronavirus spreading in New York like 'a bullet train'

As New York's governor predicts thousands of deaths, President Trump hopes to reopen the US by Easter.

Coronavirus: New York warns of major medical shortages in 10 days

New York's mayor issues a stark warning as the state struggles to slow the spread of coronavirus.

Foreigners respond to blood donation campaign amid COVID-19 outbreak

Wayne Worrel, a British expatriate who has lived in Vietnam for years, joined his peers at a blood donation spot at 26 Luong Ngoc Quyen street, Hanoi's Hoan Kiem district, on March 18 noon.

Coronavirus: Troops sent to New York 'containment zone'

The town of New Rochelle has a significant cluster of virus cases, according to New York officials.

Young Vietnamese painter set sales records in US

Xeo Chu, a 12-year-old Vietnamese painter, is setting sales records with his colourful abstract paintings in the US, with some selling for more than 150,000 USD.

New York county takes 'extremely unusual' step to ban unvaccinated minors from public places amid measles outbreak

 Unvaccinated people under age 18 are banned from public places in Rockland County, New York, as of midnight Wednesday, according to John Lyon, 

Amazon to open 'four-star' store in New York

 Online retailing giant Amazon is opening a store in New York that will only sell products that receive a high rating on its website.

Stolen Marc Chagall painting to be returned after 30 years

 A Marc Chagall painting stolen from a New York couple's home in 1988 will be returned to the family's estate after nearly 30 years, 

Bronx fire: Twelve die in New York apartment block blaze

 At least 12 people have been killed and four others critically injured in a fire at an apartment building in the Bronx borough of New York.

South America football corruption trial begins in New York

 The trial has begun in New York of three former South American football officials accused of corruption as part of a major US inquiry.

New York truck attack suspect charged with terrorism

 An Uzbek immigrant has been charged by US prosecutors with causing the deaths of at least eight people in New York by mowing them down in a truck.

New York truck attack: Five Argentine friends killed

 Five friends from Argentina were among those killed in a truck attack in New York on Tuesday.

Sleepless in HCM City: a tourism initiative

 VietNamNet Bridge – New York, famously known as the “city that never sleeps,” will soon be joined by HCM City, which is aspiring to that status in an effort to step up its tourism game.