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Wednesday, 18 March 2020

The federal government is looking at quickly sending money directly to Americans to soften the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic.   

On This Day in American History
On March 18, 1852,  Henry Wells, William G. Fargo and other investors open their eponymous company. Wells Fargo and Co. began as a shipping company servicing the massive increase in demand caused by the discovery of gold in California. The company also provided some banking services. On 1857, the company began operating a network of passenger stagecoach routes. Shipping and passenger services continued to grow, and by 1910, it connected 6,000 locations. During World War I, the U.S. government nationalized the company’s shipping routes, but the company pivoted to its banking business. Today, after several mergers and acquisitions, the San Francisco-based company is one of the largest banks in the U.S.

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has taken a commanding lead in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination to oppose Republican President Donald Trump in November’s national election.

China and Cambodia bucked the global trend of event cancellations this week by starting joint military exercises as a way to show the world they’re over the coronavirus outbreak and getting friendlier despite apprehension in other countries.  

One of the supposedly most valuable exhibits at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., has turned out to be fake. Experts have determined that 16 waxy yellow fragments said to be remnants of the Dead Sea Scrolls are not part of an ancient Hebrew Bible, but rather forgeries.

VIDEO: Cox’s Bazar is home to the largest Rohingya refugee camp with a population of nearly a million. But with no internet access and a lack of basic information about coronavirus, many residents do not have a full picture of the threat. Local authorities are trying to address the issue by helping to educate the Rohingyas about how they can protect themselves from infection.

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