People of both parties seem rather okay with undermining core civil liberties in order to fight the pandemic. KINKARKINPHOTO / SHUTTERSTOCK / PAUL SPELLA / THE ATLANTIC Countries are taking extraordinary measures to slow the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these … Read More
Germany has brought the infection rate down considerably -Reuters Germany’s health minister says the month-long lockdown has brought his country’s coronavirus outbreak under control. Jens Spahn said that since 12 April the number of recovered patients had been consistently higher … Read More
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. is conducting a full-scale investigation into whether the novel coronavirus, which went on to morph into a global pandemic that has brought … Read More
The State Department is concerned China may be conducting small nuclear tests in secret, possibly violating an international agreement banning such tests, Fox News confirmed Wednesday. A new State Department report on compliance with arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament, first obtained by the Wall Street Journal earlier … Read More
This is the story behind the clashes at the Greek border. Migrants wait to board a ferry in the port of Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, on March 20. (Vangelis Papantonis/AP) In the midst of Europe’s coronavirus problem, a new border … Read More
AUSTIN, Texas – Thousands of asylum seekers crammed in border towns near the Texas-Mexico border awaiting U.S. immigration hearings are at risk of dying from coronavirus because of poor health access and unsafe conditions, advocates say. In Matamoros, where about 2,000 migrants live in a … Read More
Joe Raedle/Getty Images News/Getty Images On Monday, ProPublica reported that 19 migrant children in U.S. custody at a Chicago shelter called Heartland Human Care Services had tested positive for coronavirus. On Tuesday, that number had nearly doubled to 37, the organization said, … Read More
