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‘Enough is enough’: Trudeau tells Canadians to stay home, major province clamps down
OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - A clearly unhappy Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said people defying advice to isolate themselves to fight a coronavirus...
Coronavirus: 12-year-old fighting for life as Fauci admits younger people being harder hit in...
Emma, 12, had no pre-exisiting conditions before she was infected with the coronavirus. Now she’s “fighting for her life” in an Atlanta hospital, according...
Carnival’s CEO says the coronavirus can be contained on cruises because ‘the ship is...
Carnival CEO Arnold Donald said that cruise ships are a less-risky environment for coronavirus infection because of "natural social distancing."
Airlines will be restricted from stock buybacks, issuing dividends, and outlandish salaries for executives...
The bill would provide payroll grants to cover airline workers and contractors, while restricting buybacks, dividends, and CEO salaries.
Biden urges Trump to apply Defense Production Act in response to coronavirus outbreak
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday urged President Trump to implement the 1950 wartime measure in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Lindsey Graham Urges Trump Admin. to Maintain Stringent Social Distancing Guidelines
Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) on Monday pushed back on calls to ease some of the restrictions imposed during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic after...
Fact check: Why is the 1918 influenza virus called ‘Spanish flu’?
On March 20, the Facebook page Unbelievable Facts shared a graphic on the origins of the 1918 flu pandemic’s more common name, the “Spanish...
Pompeo visits Kabul in bid to revive stalled peace process
A political crisis between Afghanistan’s chief political rivals has held up plans for negotiations meant to open the way for the withdrawal of U.S....
Coronavirus: Trump teases end of lockdown as his treasury secretary says outbreak will last...
Donald Trump is floating the notion of ending a national shutdown as soon as next week, with his treasury secretary suggesting the administration thinks...
