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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — China and South Korea have reported more cases of a new viral illness that has been concentrated in North Asia. But concerns are growing about increasing clusters of the disease in the Middle East and Europe. China reported 508 new cases and another 71 deaths, 68 of them in the central city of Wuhan, where the epidemic began in December. The updates bring mainland China's totals to 77,658 cases and 2,663 deaths. South Korea now has the second-most cases with 893. Health workers continue to find batches in the southeastern city of Daegu and nearby areas, where panic has brought towns to an eerie standstill.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has sent lawmakers a $2.5 billion urgent budget plan to address the deadly coronavirus outbreak, whose rapid spread is spooking financial markets and restricting international travel. That's according to the White House budget office, which says the funds are for vaccines, treatment and protective equipment. The request could advance quickly through Congress. It comes as coronavirus fears are credited with a 1,000-plus point drop in the Dow Jones index and are increasingly seen as a potential political threat to President Donald Trump.

UNDATED (AP) — Shares are lower in Asia after Wall Street suffered its worst session in two years, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging more than 1,000 points on worries over the impact of the viral outbreak from China. Japan's Nikkei 225 index lost 3% after it reopened Tuesday from a holiday on Monday. Shares rise in South Korea and Singapore but fell in other markets across the region. Monday's decline in New York wiped out the Dow's gains so far in 2020 as nervous investors scrambled for safety, loading up on gold, U.S. government bonds and other safe-harbor assets.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bernie Sanders says he’ll be ready for attacks he expects his Democratic presidential rivals to shower on him during the next presidential debate. The Vermont senator solidified himself as the primary front runner with a decisive win Saturday in Nevada. That will likely make him the center of unflattering attention on the debate stage Tuesday night in South Carolina, which holds its primary this weekend. Asked during a CNN town hall Monday if he’ll be prepared, Sanders said simply, “Absolutely.” Sanders notes that he has spent decades in Congress in the opposition on many key issues, so “it is a little funny to find myself as the so-called front-runner.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI official is warning that Russia wants to watch Americans “tear ourselves apart" through disruptive and brazen foreign influence operations. David Porter is an assistant section chief with the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force. He spoke at an election security conference on Monday. He says Russia's goal is to spread disinformation, exploit lines of division in society and sow doubt about the integrity of U.S. elections and the ability of its leaders to govern effectively. Porter spoke just days after conflicting accounts emerged of a closed-door briefing intelligence officials had given House lawmakers on threats from Russia in the 2020 election.

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