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Economist Jeffrey Sachs: Trump "Understands Nothing, Listens to Nothing" as Pandemic Surges in U.S. ([link removed])
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"Humanitarian Solidarity": Even Under U.S. Sanctions, Cuba Sends Doctor Brigade to Italy and More ([link removed])
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"Top Priority Is Release": Will Rikers Island Free More Prisoners as 60+ Test Positive for COVID-19? ([link removed])
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Former ICE Director: Release Immigrants from Detention or COVID-19 Will Spread Like Wildfire Inside ([link removed])
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U.N. Calls for Global Ceasefire So Countries Can Unite in Fight Against Coronavirus Pandemic ([link removed])
Italy’s COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 6,000 as Spain Officials Say Nearly 4,000 Health Workers Are Infected ([link removed])
Trump Says Country Will Be “Open for Business Very Soon” Despite Skyrocketing COVID-19 Infections ([link removed])
16 U.S. States Enforce Stay-at-Home Orders Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Affecting Over 40% of Population ([link removed])
Texas Orders Abortion Providers to Stop Performing Procedures ([link removed])
Texas Lt. Gov.: Elderly Should “Sacrifice” for U.S. Economy Amid Coronavirus Pandemic ([link removed])
Man in AZ Dies, Wife in Critical Condition, After Couple Took Chloroquine to Prevent Coronavirus Infection ([link removed])
ORR Refuses to Free Migrant Kids from NY Facilities Where 3 Staff Tested Positive for COVID-19 ([link removed])
NJ Plans to Release Some 1,000 Prisoners from County Jails to Limit Spread of Coronavirus ([link removed])
New York Now Accounts for Around 5% of All COVID-19 Cases in the World ([link removed])
Puerto Rico Passes $787 Million Financial Package as Coronavirus Pandemic Further Cripples Economy ([link removed])
U.S. Senate, Treasury Sec. Could Soon Agree to a $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package ([link removed])
Federal Reserve Says It’ll Buy Unlimited Amount of Bonds as U.S. Unemployment Skyrockets ([link removed])
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Pakistan’s COVID-19 Cases Top 900, Prompting Gov’t Ban on All Int’l Flights; Saudi Arabia Imposes Curfew ([link removed])
South Africa Enacts Nat’l Lockdown; Prominent Zimbabwe Journalist Zororo Makamba Dies of COVID-19 ([link removed])
Tokyo Olympics to Be Postponed Until 2021 ([link removed])
Indonesia Reports Over 100 COVID-19 Cases as China to Lift Lockdown on Wuhan ([link removed])
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