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Virus forces Europeans to ask: How united do we want to be?Europe’s fractured union came under new pressure this weekend.
Off to the cafe: Sweden is outlier in virus restrictionsThe coronavirus is not keeping people in Sweden at home even while citizens in many parts of the world are sheltering in place.
Age is not the only risk for severe coronavirus diseaseOlder people remain most at risk of dying as the new coronavirus continues its rampage around the globe, but they're far from the only ones vulnerable.
In Somalia, coronavirus goes from fairy tale to nightmareNearly three decades of conflict, extremist attacks, drought, disease and even a devastating new outbreak of locusts have strained Somalia.
Germany's Merkel shines in virus crisis even as power wanesChancellor Angela Merkel has run Germany for more than 14 years and has over a decade's experience of managing crises.
What you need to know today about the virus outbreakPresident Donald Trump is raising the idea of what he's calling a quarantine involving New York and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut, states hard-hit by the coronaviru...
'Off the charts': Virus hot spots grow in middle AmericaBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson has become the first leader of a major country to test positive for the coronavirus as disturbing new outbreaks appeared in the Unite...
Texts, not door-knocks: Census outreach shifts amid virusThe coronavirus has waylaid efforts to get as many people as possible to take part in the census.
The week that was: Stories from the coronavirus sagaThe world changed remarkably this past week as the coronavirus marched across the world and humanity tried to cope.
2nd UK Cabinet member joins Johnson in having virus symptomsAnother member of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Cabinet says he has developed symptoms of COVID-19, as the number of people with the coronovrius to die in the U....
China sends medical aid to Pakistan to combat virus outbreakPakistan's foreign ministry says that China has sent a plane loaded with medical personnel and supplies to help with the fight against the spread of the coronavirus in th...
