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The novel strain of coronavirus (officially dubbed COVID-19) that originated in Wuhan, China has spread to almost 30 countries, including regional neighbors like South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, and countries as far away as the United States, Canada, and Brazil. As of February 26, more than 81,000 cases have been confirmed worldwide, and the death toll has surpassed 2,700, mostly in China. The epicenter of the virus crisis, China, has been suffering socially and economically not only on account of the virus, but also because of the Chinese government’s problematic policies. The Chinese government has been working to tackle the...

Republican Senator Richard C. Shelby told the New York Times he worries that U.S. intelligence agencies are deliberately slowing the flow of information to Congressional investigators as a way of holding off until the Senate adjourns. "Time is not on our side," the Alabama senator and ranking GOP member of the Senate Intelligence Committee said. "You know," he told the Times, "we were told that there would be cooperation in this investigation, and I question that. I think that most of the information that our staff has been able to get that is real meaningful has had to be extracted...