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The Guardian view on China and the US: a stricken world without leaders Editorial This pandemic has highlighted the need for global cooperation, but magnified the failings of the major powers Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage ‘Donald Trump spent weeks dismissing concerns and suggested the virus would “disappear” and was “very […] More
White House cut staff tasked with identifying global health problems in China, and tried to slash CDC funding Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump speaks during a news conference, amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Washington DC. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The Trump administration badly undermined the effort to contain the coronavirus […] More
Delay is deadly: what Covid-19 tells us about tackling the climate crisis Jonathan Watts Rightwing governments have denied the problem and been slow to act. With coronavirus and the climate, this costs lives • Coronavirus latest updates • See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump during a coronavirus briefing at the White House on Sunday. […] More
To watch Trump is to witness the awesome and terrifying power of the American president over life and death – a burden he is unqualified to bear Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Due to social distancing, there were only two dozen or so reporters in the White House press briefing room […] More
Infectious disease expert, who has politely sparred with Trump, has become a calming presence in a time of deep uncertainty Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Moments after Donald Trump approached the lectern to open the daily task force briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, mild panic broke among viewers online. Where was […] More
President said national guard will provide aid, and that he had approved disaster declarations for New York and Washington Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump attempted to blunt growing criticism of the stalled federal response to the coronavirus crisis on Sunday night, promising that more help was on the way […] More
After the 2010 Haitian earthquake, we saw the US military in action as a humanitarian force. They can do this In 2010, a devastating earthquake hit Haiti. In three minutes it killed more than 200,000 people and displaced two million more. Our humanitarian aid organization, the Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE), was on the ground […] More
Forty million Californians told to remain indoors as US sees cases rise to 14,500 and deaths to 205 Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The coronavirus pandemic continued to tighten its grip on the US on Friday, as China reported the second day in a row of no new domestic cases of […] More
