Trump, Coronavirus Task Force holds press briefing – 5 April
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Trump announces enhanced narcotic operations amid coronavirus, deploys destroyers and Air Force assets
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. President Trump — flanked by Attorney General Bill Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and top military officials at the White House coronavirus briefing — announced on Wednesday a massive new “counternarcotics operation” in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea to…
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Coronavirus deaths top 4,000 in US, surpass China
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The number of coronavirus related deaths topped 4,000 in the U.S. on Tuesday night, just one day after reaching the 3,000 mark. The U.S. has now surpassed China by over 700 COVID-19 fatalities — as the White House coronavirus task force said it…
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Saudi-Russia oil price war: Will it script the end of Opec?
Saad Abdulla al-Kuwari As is customary, Opec is supposed to reach its 60th year this year, and perhaps it will not celebrate this event as expected, this year. The reason is Saudi Arabia’s decision to reduce and discount the price of selling oil and increase its production after Russia refused to reduce its oil production….
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White House projects 100K to 240K coronavirus deaths as Trump tells US to prepare for ‘very painful two weeks’
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The White House coronavirus task force on Tuesday pleaded with Americans to abide by the administration’s extended social distancing guidelines to slow the spread of coronavirus as a somber President Trump told Americans to brace for “a very painful two weeks” and warned of thousands of…
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‘Tens of Thousands’ of Guard Personnel to Be Called Up in Coronavirus Response
Florida National Guard Sgt. Jeff Betancourt, with the 124th Infantry Regiment, reviews the scripting process with medics at a COVID-19 Community Based Testing Site, March 19, 2020. (U.S. Army/Sgt. Michael Baltz) As novel coronavirus cases rise, some 2,050 citizen-soldiers and airmen have been activated by state governors, and that number will likely double by the weekend,…