While the world seeks unity to fight COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, China and the U.S. have become involved in an ugly slagging match over the illness.

Beijing announced on Tuesday that it is expelling all China- and Hong Kong-based journalists from the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.

It further demanded that those newspapers, as well as Voice of America and Time magazine, provide “detailed information ” about their work in China.

The deportation order came just hours after China denounced U.S. President Donald Trump for referring to COVID-19 as “the Chinese virus” in a tweet that a Communist Party newspaper immediately called “racist.” In what Foreign Policy magazine cited as an example of

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Coronavirus outbreak: Trump calls COVID-19 ‘invisible enemy’

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Lana Condor Called Trump Out for His Racist 'Chinese Virus' COVID-19 Rhetoric

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Trump allows states to cancel school testing amid pandemic

The president announced the updates on Friday.

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Trump keeps talking during market hours; stocks keep tanking

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Congress toils on $1 trillion rescue, Trump unleashes fury

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U.S.-Mexico border closing to all non-essential travel

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Member of Vice President Mike Pence's staff tests positive for coronavirus

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Melania Trump Sends Love To Barron On 14th Birthday With Celebratory Message

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Shady Ass Senators Got Briefed On Coronavirus Effects — And SOLD STOCKS?!?

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No border delays for Hamilton trucking firm despite COVID-19 closures

The clock is ticking at the Canada-U.S. border.

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Peter Alexander: 5 Things To Know About Reporter Trump Called ‘Terrible’ For Asking To Send Hopeful Message

NBC White House correspondent Peter Alexander was met with unfavorable reaction from President Donald Trump when he asked the President during the March 20 press conference “what do you say to Americans right now who are scared” amid the COVID-19 global pandemic. Instead of answering the question, President Trump went on a tirade, spewing insults at Mr. Alexander. The President called him a “terrible reporter” and accused him and the NBC network of writing “sensationalism.” But this isn’t the reporter’s first run-in with Trump’s vitriol. Here are five things you need to know about Peter Alexander.

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Rosie O’Donnell Reignites Feud With Donald Trump, Slams His Handling Of The Coronavirus Pandemic

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Federal government waiving student loan payments, suspending entry at borders due to coronavirus

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Income tax filing deadline moved to July 15 from April 15

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Income tax filing deadline moved to July 15 from April 15

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks to the press outside of the West Wing of the White House on March 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Lana Condor Called Trump Out for His Racist 'Chinese Virus' COVID-19 Rhetoric

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China says US trying to 'shift blame' for pandemic

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Trump's team, senators to negotiate $1T economic rescue deal

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2020 campaigns go digital amid fears of coronavirus spread

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Trump urges states to do more as hospitals sound alarms

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Madonna Calls Out Trump on COVID-19

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G7 summit will be held by teleconference due to coronavirus pandemic: White House

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Trump focuses attention on possible coronavirus treatments

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Coronavirus outbreak: Trump says Chloroquine could be a ‘game changer’

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Canada-U.S. border closure amid coronavirus likely to start Friday night

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Lana Condor bashes Donald Trump for still calling the coronavirus the 'Chinese virus': 'Be better'

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Coronavirus: Canada-U.S. border closure rules still being worked out

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Trump invokes Korea War-era law giving government extensive powers

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Wuhan reports no new virus cases, offering hope to world

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Surgeon general's TV praise of Trump earns his 'star' label

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Coronavirus outbreak: Trump signs COVID-19 relief package into law

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AP Explains: What exactly is the Defense Production Act?

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump on Wednesday invoked a Korean War-era law as part of his response to the coronavirus pandemic, aiming to boost private industry production of supplies needed for the health crisis.

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President Trump signs coronavirus relief package, as Congress eyes larger economic stimulus

WASHINGTON (AP) - Describing himself as a “wartime president” fighting an invisible enemy, President Donald Trump on Wednesday invoked rarely used emergency powers to marshal critical medical supplies against the coronavirus pandemic. Trump also signed an aid package — which the Senate approved earlier Wednesday — that will guarantee sick leave to workers who fall ill.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Trump says he’s planning to close southern border to asylum seekers, illegal immigrants

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Trump signs Defense Protection Act to manufacture PPE for COVID-19

Calling himself a "wartime president," President Donald Trump today signed the Defense Protection Act, a significant step that would allow the military to produce, among other things, personal protective equipment (PPE) such as face masks as part of an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Trump invokes Defense Protection Act to manufacture PPE

Calling himself a "wartime president," President Donald Trump today invoked the Defense Protection Act, a significant step that would allow the military to produce, among other things, personal protective equipment (PPE) such as face masks as part of an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Trump continues to call coronavirus ‘Chinese virus’ in spite of hate crime risks

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he doesn’t think calling COVID-19 the “Chinese virus” — or the “kung-flu,” as one administration official reportedly called it — puts Asian Americans at risk of retaliation despite growing reports they are facing virus-related discrimination.

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Coronavirus: Trump to invoke emergency powers to marshal medical supplies amid pandemic

Confronting twin health and economic crises, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he will invoke emergency powers to marshal critical medical supplies against a coronavirus pandemic threatening to overwhelm hospitals and other treatment centres.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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