This article is being republished as part of our daily reproduction of WSJ.com articles that also appeared in the U.S. print edition of The Wall Street Journal (February 28, 2020).

Countries that never expected to have to combat the coronavirus are realizing they likely can't keep it out in today's connected world. The disease caused by the virus has claimed more than 2,800 lives.

Some federal employees were sent to work at California coronavirus-quarantine locations without adequate safety protocols and returned home on commercial flights, a whistleblower alleges.

At least 29 Turkish soldiers were killed in northwestern Syria, officials said, plunging Turkey deeper into the war there.

Trump signaled his support for a measure that would prohibit the U.S. government from turning to a secretive surveillance court to obtain wiretaps on Americans.

Bloomberg's presidential campaign sought Yang's backing and floated the possibility of his becoming Bloomberg's running mate.

A Sanders proposal would sharply curb the tax benefits of executives' retirement plans and require earlier taxation of stock options.

The Justice Department is proposing to dramatically increase the cost of appealing deportation orders.

The U.K. and the EU laid out clashing approaches to their post-Brexit relationship, setting the stage for months of tense negotiations.

The U.S. and Switzerland formally launched a humanitarian trade channel for Iran.

 

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February 28, 2020 02:47 ET (07:47 GMT)

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