March 19, 2020 State Department reduces passport services to only those with 'life-or-death' emergencies The U.S. government is cutting back on issuing passports to only travelers “with a qualified life-or-death emergency” in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
March 19, 2020 State Department advises Americans to avoid all international travel amid coronavirus outbreak The State Department advised United States citizens on Thursday to avoid all international travel due to the outbreak of coronavirus around the globe, urging Americans abroad to arrange for an “immediate return” to the U.S. unless they plan to stay out of the country for “an indefinite period.”
March 19, 2020 Coronavirus hits desperate Venezuela's already broken health care system For years, Venezuela has been deemed one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. And now, as the global coronavirus pandemic seeps into its already dire fabric, many inside are shuddering at the unimaginable suffering that is unfolding.
March 19, 2020 China recasts itself as global coronavirus response leader as US, Europe struggle In a matter of weeks, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Communist Party have gone from being selfish villains responsible for a deadly pandemic to global heroes ready to pitch in and help countries that have been hard hit by the coronavirus.
March 18, 2020 Pompeo rips China; says Beijing put 'countless lives at risk', pandemic 'repeatable' without transparency Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic could be "repeatable" if China persists with its lack of transparency, and committed to helping Americans stuck abroad due to border closures as a result of the outbreak
March 18, 2020 US to suspend refugee admissions for 3 weeks due to coronavirus The U.S. State Department suspended the arrival of all refugees to the United States for three weeks on Wednesday, in light of the growing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
March 17, 2020 Trump administration hits back after China kicks out US journalists amid coronavirus pandemic China on Tuesday escalated its tit-for-tat propaganda war with the United States over who's to blame for the spread of the coronavirus by placing restrictive measures on several top media companies including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, prompting strong opposition from the Trump administration.
March 17, 2020 New ISIS leader to be labeled 'specially designated global terrorist' by US The new leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) group has been declared a “specially designated global terrorist," according to the State Department.
March 17, 2020 Trump defends use of phrase 'China virus,' despite demands from China to stop President Trump on Tuesday further angered China by referring to COVID-19, which has killed north of 7,000 people worldwide, as the "China virus" despite being asked repeatedly to stop.
March 17, 2020 North Korea claims it has conquered coronavirus – but does anyone believe them? North Korea has triumphantly declared that it has zero cases of COVID-19, a virus that's turned into a global pandemic and put entire nations on lockdown to slow its speed. However, the problem with Kim Jong Un's chest-thumping proclamations are that no one believes him.