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As world hunkers down, Trump moves full-speed against US foes
Mar 28, 2020 (AFP)
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has led calls for an "immediate global ceasefire" to refocus on fighting COVID-19 and on Friday appealed for the "waiving ...
China dialing back virus conspiracy claims, US says
Mar 27, 2020 (AFP)
The State Department's Global Engagement Center, which is in charge of analyzing and countering foreign propaganda, said China has shifted to praising its own s...
US cancels major Philippines war games due to virus
Mar 27, 2020 (AFP)
The decision to scrap Balikatan 2020 was taken "in light of the extraordinary circumstances surrounding COVID-19 pandemic and in the best interest of the health...
Xi tells Trump China and US must 'unite to fight virus'
Mar 27, 2020 (AFP)
The two countries have clashed in recent weeks over the virus, and Chinese state media said Xi told Trump he hoped the "US will take substantive actions to impr...
N Macedonia officially joins NATO
Mar 27, 2020 (AFP)
The US State Department said the Balkan republic had submitted its "instrument of accession" to the NATO treaty in Washington -- completing the final formal ste...
US military says virus pandemic has no impact on operations
Mar 27, 2020 (AFP)
"There is no impact on the operations," said General John Hyten, the vice chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. "The currently assigned missions that we hav...
Pompeo attacks Chinese virus campaign at G7 as Europe seek cooperation
Mar 26, 2020 (AFP)
Foreign ministers from the major industrialized democracies spoke about the crisis by videoconference, scrapping a meeting scheduled in Pittsburgh, but any hope...
China cancels UN Security Council meeting
Mar 26, 2020 (AFP)
The Security Council, currently chaired by China, has not met since March 12 due to the outbreak and is deeply divided over a proposed declaration on the crisis...
World powers vow united front on virus as death toll mounts
Mar 26, 2020 (AFP)
From New York to Paris to New Delhi life has ground to standstill with some three billion people confined to their homes as governments scramble to halt the dis...
NATO foreign ministers to meet by videoconference
Mar 26, 2020 (AFP)
The meeting set for April 2 "will be held by secure teleconference" and will be chaired by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the statement said. "Precaut...
G20 in virtual huddle as virus toll tops 21,000
Mar 26, 2020 (AFP)
With the disease tearing around the globe at a terrifying pace, warnings are multiplying over its economic consequences, and experts say it could cause more dam...
Canada objects to US plan to post troops at border
Mar 26, 2020 (AFP)
Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland were responding to a Global News report that said White House officials are discussing such a military deplo...
Mark Esper issues 60-day overseas stop movement order for U.S. military
Mar 25, 2020 (UPI)
The measure is intended to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus and to "protect U.S. personnel and preserve the operational readiness of our global force," ...
Spain seeks NATO help as virus death toll touches 2,700
Mar 24, 2020 (AFP)
With the pandemic spreading across the world, Spain has been one of the worst-hit countries, logging the third highest number of deaths with the latest toll sta...
Russia ends war games as precaution against COVID-19
Mar 23, 2020 (UPI)
The war games were to be a response to a massive exercise by NATO troops in March, Europe-Defender 20, that was to involve over 20,000 U.S. troops and personnel...
US-China war of words deepens over coronavirus origins
Mar 23, 2020 (AFP)
"How many cases of COVID-19 were there among the 20,000 deaths due to the flu that started (in the United States) in September last year?" the Chinese embassy i...
France, China seek emergency G20 talks over coronavirus
Mar 23, 2020 (AFP)
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by telephone with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday, after Saudi Arabia, which currently presides over the G20...
Trump calls to protect Asian Americans after virus uproar
Mar 23, 2020 (AFP)
"It is very important that we totally protect our Asian American community in the United States, and all around the world," Trump wrote on Twitter. "They are am...
For some Americans, Trump's 'Chinese virus' has dark echoes
Mar 22, 2020 (AFP)
Speaking daily on the global coronavirus pandemic, Trump has incessantly called COVID-19 the "Chinese virus," with one photo even showing his notes in which he ...
China berates 'lying' Pompeo as US presses on pandemic
Mar 20, 2020 (AFP)
It was the latest clash in an escalating feud between the two powers over the global COVID-19 pandemic, which was first detected in the Chinese metropolis Wuhan...
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