James Patterson

On Wednesday, the USS Bunker Hill conducted a freedom of navigation operation through the Spratly Island chain located a few hundred miles south of the Paracels.

China claims almost all the South China Sea, so any vessel sailing anywhere in the sea would be considered an intrusion.

Compared to other European countries, Germany has done a good job of handling the pandemic and keeping the death rate low.

Only 939 deaths and less than 30,000 cases have been recorded in India with a population of 1.3 billion people.

Other than killing over 210,000 people globally, almost 57,000 in the USA, and nearly 23,000 in the state of New York, the ebbing COVID-19 pandemic is the catalyst for a battle.

The actual “goods news” is that the 367 deaths are a decline from over two weeks ago when 799 people passed away from COVID-19.

Mayor of Osaka, Ichiro Matsui, said during a coronavirus press conference in Osaka on Thursday that, "Women take a longer time grocery shopping because they browse through different products and weigh out which option is best.”

A report issued by the European External Action Service, concerning Chinese disinformation surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, was edited to soften criticism against the Communist superpower.

The mystery surrounding the health of North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un is being delved into by a group of Chinese doctors and officials, but any news of their findings has yet to emerge, reports say.

Claims of sovereignty that often overlap are given as reasons for the ongoing disputes but the rights to the international waters would not be of great concern if the South China Sea did not have untapped reserves of oil and gas.

However, South Korea’s presidential office claimed Kim “is currently touring provincial areas with his close aides.”

The disease has already swept across China and is currently cutting a swath of illness, death, and economic turmoil through Europe and the U.S.

The America, an amphibious assault ship, and the Bunker Hill, a guided-missile cruiser, entered contested waters off Malaysia.

Kentucky saw a recent spike in coronavirus infections, but are they really linked to the anti-lockdown protests in the state?

The focus will be on Boston where, like NYC, the hardest-hit areas are expected in densely populated zones with people of minority ethnicities.

The well-policed city-state may have failed to follow the idiom “leave no stone unturned” and that may be responsible for a second wave of the global pandemic called COVID-19.

The timing of the announcement coincides with the FDA approving a test for the COVID-19 antibody that the body produces as a defense against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

President Donald Trump seemed to be throwing caution to the winds as he defended protesters defying social distancing and stay-at-home orders.

The most recent skirmish occurred Friday when a Chinese survey vessel was observed “tagging” areas near where Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas is operating.

India is shipping about 85 million hydroxychloroquine tablets and close to 500 million paracetamol tablets to 108 countries.

As countries emerge from the health crisis, the critical eyes of the world will focus on China’s handling of the pandemic in Wuhan, where it almost certainly began in late 2019.

The strongest evidence supporting a laboratory origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus may be in the way Chinese authorities handled the outbreak after it was first detected in Wuhan.

An email by the mayor mentioned a 6 to 10-month timeline for other essential and small businesses to be phased back in.

According to Governor Gavin Newsom, California's coronavirus situation could improve due to people’s adherence to the stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines.

The Chinese survey vessel, the Haiyang Dizhi 8, appeared Tuesday well within the EEZ of Vietnam about 160 km (100 miles) offshore.

Nineteen children and two employees at a Chicago shelter for immigrant youth and an undocumented worker in San Francisco are two examples of how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the country’s undocumented immigrant population.

U.S. President Donald Trump was also critical of WHO, pointing out in a Twitter message that the organization was “China-centric” and blamed them for getting “every aspect” of the coronavirus pandemic wrong.

Stanley Chera’s legacy will be for much more than being a good friend of the President. He was a philanthropist who funded many causes, especially those for special needs children.

The payments are part of the $2.2 trillion CARES act signed into law by President Donald Trump.