Faithwire, by Will Maule: With the Chinese forced to devote huge resources to containing the spread of COVID-19; you would think that the communist government might temporarily lay off persecuting the nation’s hard-pressed Christian community. Sadly not. Instead, the shuttering…

Mother Jones, by Will Peischel: The title of last week’s sermon from Robert Jeffress, pastor of the Dallas First Baptist Church—an Evangelical Christian megachurch that claims a flock of 14,000— directly addressed the issue worrying most Americans: the novel coronavirus…

Patheos.com, by Hemant Mehta: Right-wing pastor Perry Stone, best known for checking his phone while speaking in tongues, spread two separate lies last night [March 17th] about the coronavirus in what can only be described as an attempt to take…

CNN, by Ben Westcott and Shawn Deng: A strict ban on the consumption and farming of wild animals is being rolled out across China in the wake of the deadly coronavirus epidemic, which is believed to have started at a…

CNN, by Jason Hanna and Konstantin Toropin: A 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook the Salt Lake City area Wednesday morning [March 17th], cutting power to tens of thousands and suspending work at Utah’s public health lab amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials…

The Times of Israel, by Amanda Borschel-Dan: A plague of locusts the likes of which have been unseen for over 30 years is about to hit Africa and the Middle East. Adding to the perfect biblical storm, the current coronavirus…

BBC News: Global stock markets have sunk again despite central banks around the world announcing a coordinated effort to ease the effects of the coronavirus. The Dow Jones index closed 12.9% down after President Donald Trump said the economy “may…

CNN, by Angela Dewan: A woman at an Australian supermarket allegedly pulls a knife on a man in a confrontation over toilet paper. A Singaporean student of Chinese ethnicity is beaten up on the streets of London and left with…

CBN News, by Emily Jones: The coronavirus is officially considered a pandemic, and entire nations are taking drastic measures to fight the outbreak and curb the number of fatalities. While experts are preparing for the worst, minister and speaker Shawn…

Reuters: More than 15 rockets have hit a base near Baghdad that houses US personnel, the Iraqi army has reported. It’s not yet clear whether the attack on al-Taji base resulted in any casualties. The Katyusha rockets struck al-Taji, located…

Daily Mail, by Faith Ridler: Italians poured out of their homes in the country’s north this afternoon [March 10th] after an earthquake shook Tuscany amid the nation’s growing coronavirus outbreak. The 2.6-magnitude quake, which struck around a mile north of…

The Sacramento Bee, by Mark Price: A 5.8-magnitude earthquake reported Sunday 53 miles west of Petrolia, California, was one of 10 recorded in the area in 24 hours, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The other nine ranged from a…