U.N. urges cease-fire as cases near 400,000

The U.N. chief called for a global cease-fire to help vanquish the pandemic, imploring warring parties to disarm and fight the virus as a “common enemy.”

By Arete News - March 23, 2020

U.S. soldiers check motorists at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site in New York on March 18, 2020 (AN/Sean Madden)

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