Political leaders “underestimated” the magnitude of the danger posed by the coronavirus, the president of the European Commission admitted on Wednesday (March 18), as the EU shut its borders. “I think that all of us who are not experts initially underestimated the coronavirus,” Ursula von der Leyen told Germany’s Bild ...
Joe Biden scored decisive victories in all three major Democratic primaries Tuesday, earning him a nearly insurmountable lead over rival Bernie Sanders in their race for the party’s presidential nomination. In Florida, the 77-year-old won 62 percent to 23 percent against Sanders,a 78-year-old self-described “democratic socialist” senator from Vermont.Biden was ...