LOS ANGELES, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The first known death of a child due to the novel coronavirus in the United States was a teenager in previously good health, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said. The death of the youth from Lancaster, just north of Los Angeles, was reported hours…

LOS ANGELES, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Governor Gavin Newsom tightened California’s coronavirus lockdown, shutting parking lots at beaches and parks in the most populous US state after tens of thousands flouted social distancing rules over the weekend. The state is already under orders to stay home, but images of record…

WASHINGTON, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump declared the beginning of the end of the coronavirus crisis in the United States and called for a quick end to social distancing, even as New York’s governor compared the growing pandemic to a “bullet train.” Trump, who is keen to get…

BRASILIA, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro lashed out at what he called “scorched-earth” quarantine policies to contain the coronavirus pandemic, saying they risked wrecking the economy. Never one to shy from controversy, the far-right leader condemned the containment measures taken by local authorities in places such as…