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Head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Hossein Salami delivers a speech, in Tehran, Iran, February 13, 2020. The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Thursday that Iran will destroy U.S. warships that threaten Iranian security in the Persian Gulf, a day after President Trump issued a similar threat regarding Iranian ships that “harass” U.S. …

The doors to the Magic Kingdom may not reopen for a year due to strict social distancing measures enforced as the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the country. Disney, which shuttered the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. and Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla. on March 12, will likely be unable to reopen the parks …

China’s foreign ministry on Wednesday criticized a lawsuit by the state of Missouri that seeks damages from China over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. “This so-called lawsuit is very absurd and has no factual and legal basis at all,” foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a press conference. Geng added that China has …

American companies have seen their shipments of coronavirus medical equipment, such as face masks and test kits, stranded in China after the country implemented new export restrictions this month. The shipments of personal protective equipment and other medical equipment currently remain in warehouses in China, unable to obtain the new clearances required to be shipped …

The Wuhan coronavirus had infected over 2 million people worldwide as of Wednesday morning, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. The worldwide death count has surpassed 128,000, while more than 500,000 people have recovered. The U.S. accounts for approximately 30 percent of global cases with more than 609,000 nationwide. Across the country, …

President Trump on Tuesday announced he would halt U.S. funding to the World Health Organization pending a review of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. “Today I’m instructing my administration to halt funding of the WHO while a review is conducted to assess the WHO’s role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of …

WORLD ON FIRE ON PBS MASTERPIECE Sunday, 9 p.m., PBS A love triangle burns at the heart of the World War II drama “World on Fire.” Harry Chase (Jonah Hauer-King) leaves behind his British girlfriend, factory worker and aspiring singer Lois Bennett (Julia Brown), to be a translator for the British in Warsaw (Prague was …

The Chinese government is relaxing restrictions on the city of Wuhan, the original epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, despite concerns that asymptomatic cases of the coronavirus linger in the city. Dr. Yang Jiong, director of respiratory medicine at Zhongnan Hospital in Wuhan, said that there may be 10,000-20,000 asymptomatic cases of coronavirus in the city …

SeaWorld Entertainment’s chief executive has resigned only five months into his job, becoming the third leader of the theme park company to depart in just over two years, according to a company filing released Monday. Sergio Rivera cited his disagreement with the board of directors’ involvement in decision-making at the company, according to a filing …

Helen Hunt says Nancy Campbell, the fictional reporter she plays in the war drama “World on Fire,” is based on two different real-life journalists: William Shirer, who chronicled Hitler’s rise to power for CBS Radio, and Claire Hollingworth, the Daily Telegraph reporter whose “scoop of the century” broke the news that Germany invaded Poland — …