Google has recently begun releasing community mobility reports worldwide to give anyone and everyone access to data derived from individuals’ locations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite its helpfulness, that this service is coming from a private company, rather than a state health service, has prompted some to question Google’s reach.

Earlier, the American Media Inc. (AMI) insisted that they had received information about Jeff Bezos' extramarital affair from Michael Sanchez, the brother of the Amazon CEO's new girlfriend, who was reportedly paid $200,000 for confidential texts and other information on the tryst.

US President Donald Trump rejected the findings of an inspector general’s report on Monday, suggesting the report was politically biased, and he called the reporters who asked him about it “fake news.”

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US government hopes to negotiate unilateral and multilateral agreements with other states regarding lunar mining, a senior administration official told reporters.

US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the hospital ship USNS Comfort, presently moored in New York Harbor, would be opened to patients with COVID-19. The ship was originally sent to the area to treat other cases.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the US has eclipsed 352,000, with over 10,500 fatalities. New York City has the biggest COVID-19 death toll in the country - over 3,000 deaths - while more than 130,000 have tested positive, according to the state's department of health.

As the COVID-19 novel coronavirus outbreak in New York City appears to be reaching its peak and area hospitals continue to be filled with patients suffering from the contagious disease, US President Donald Trump has announced that the administration is considering a change allowing the USNS Comfort to begin seeing infected individuals.

A Washington state-based nonprofit is accusing Fox News and a number of other defendants of carrying out a “campaign of deception” against their viewers and endangering public health by not fully reporting on the dangers of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus.

New York City may have to resort to the somber measure of temporary burials in trenches dug in city parks if the COVID-19 death toll doesn’t decrease as city and hospital morgues quickly exceed capacity.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The COVID-19 death toll in the United States has risen above 10,000, according to the latest data published by Johns Hopkins University at 1:25pm EST (17:25 GMT).

Last week, US President Donald Trump ordered to deploy 1,000 military personnel, consisting mostly of doctors, nurses, and healthcare specialists to New York City amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US military has so far recorded 2,528 cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), a rise of around 800 since Friday, the Department of Defence announced on Monday.

The US government has introduced a number of measures to help businesses and citizens cope with the economic woes brought about by the coronavirus outbreak, such as aid programmes and a reduction of the key interest rate by the Federal Reserve.

Last week, US President Donald Trump ordered to deploy 1,000 military personnel, consisting mostly of doctors, nurses, and healthcare specialists to New York City amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The coronavirus-related recession is threatening to drag the US and UK's economies into a crisis comparable only to the Great Depression of the 1930s leaving millions unemployed. Economists have outlined the causes of the crisis and offered ways to solve the unemployment dilemma.

The coronavirus crisis has led to the cancellation of most international flights, massively reducing the amount of heroin and cocaine which can be smuggled. US President Donald Trump has sent warships to the Caribbean amid fears Latin American drug cartels are sending more narcotics by sea.

New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s Ministry of External Affairs has received requests from at least 30 countries for hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug, to fight COVID-19. However, the Indian Commerce Ministry put a complete ban on the export of medicine and raw materials after a request was made by US President Donald Trump on Saturday.

Quarantine regimes and business shutdowns continue worldwide, as the number of COVID-19 cases is still growing and investors remain concerned about the coronavirus's impact on the global economy.

So far, the number of people who died from the coronavirus disease in the United States has exceeded 9,600. It is the third-largest death toll from COVID-19, surpassed only by Italy (over 15,800 deaths) and Spain (over 12,600 deaths).