Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has created a special cabinet committee to lead the response to COVID-19 in Canada. As David Akin explains, the military is also preparing in case there's a pandemic. More than 100 people in Italy have died from COVID-19, which is the most deaths reported from a country outside China. Crystal Goomansingh reports on the unprecedented measures Italy is now taking to minimize the spread of the virus.
In the U.S., Mike Bloomberg has dropped out of the Democratic presidential race, which was once crowded with candidates. Abigail Bimman explains whom Bloomberg is now supporting in a competition with two frontrunners, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders.
A new deal has been drafted in hopes of resolving the dispute over land rights and resource projects in Canada, brought to light by the controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern British Columbia. Sarah MacDonald reports on the reaction to the deal.
A Canadian man who has been imprisoned over espionage accusations in Egypt since 2007 is pleading for Ottawa's help. In a series of letters, Joseph El Attar alleges Egyptian authorities have been torturing him. As Mercedes Stephenson reports, El Attar is not the only Canadian inmate in a foreign prison reporting abuse.
Canadians who were repatriated after disembarking the virus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan are nearing the end of a two-week quarantine. But as Mike Armstrong explains, the journey back to Canada still hasn't happened for one Quebec couple.
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