The COVID-19 travel restrictions in place at the Canada-U.S. land border will remain in effect until Nov. 21 at least. While the extension of the closure was anticipated, given the ongoing rate of virus transmission on both sides of the border, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair confirmed the plan on Monday • Full Story

The Trump administration on Thursday formally notified the United Nations of its demand for all U.N. sanctions on Iran to be restored, citing significant Iranian violations of the 2015 nuclear deal • Full Story

The nation’s top infectious disease experts on Tuesday slammed airlines planning full flights as the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the country • Full Story

The Trump administration said on Tuesday it would extend existing restrictions on non-essential travel at land ports of entry with Canada and Mexico due to continued risks from the novel coronavirus pandemic • Full Story

Canada and the United States are set to extend a ban on non-essential travel to late July as both countries seek to control the spread of the coronavirus, according to three sources familiar with the matter • Full Story

Johns Hopkins reported 19,699 new COVID-19 cases and 995 virus-related deaths in the country on Wednesday. This comes after many states started to lift restrictions • Full Story

An agreement has been reached between Canada and the United States to keep the border closed to all non-essential travel for another month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced • Full Story

Rabbi Yossie Denburg and Rabbi Avraham Friedman of Chabad of Coral Springs, FL, sent out a letter to their community members informing them of the reopening of their Chabad House with a number of guidelines in place to make sure that all health regulations are followed • Full Letter

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the emergency use of remdesivir, an experimental drug that is being tested in treating patients with coronavirus • Full Story

The Israeli coronavirus drug reportedly with a 100% success rate even among severely ill patients is being tested in the United States for the first time • Full Story

The House of Representatives expects to pass a nearly $500 billion coronavirus relief bill on Thursday but will put off any decision on changing its voting rules during the pandemic, avoiding a potential partisan fight • Full Story

More than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as job cuts escalated across an economy that remains all but shut down, the government said Thursday • Full Story

Senate has confirmed Moshe (Mitchell) Silk as Assistant Secretary of Treasury today, months after being nominated to the position by President Donald Trump • Full Story

President Donald Trump said on Monday he will suspend all immigration into the United States temporarily through an executive order in response to the coronavirus outbreak and to protect American jobs • Full Story

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday the U.S. and Canada have agreed to keep their border closed to nonessential travel for another 30 days and he said it will be undoubtedly longer before the restriction is removed • Full Story

US President Donald Trump spoke at the Coronavirus Task Force press briefeing and said: “We continue to see a number of positive signs that the virus has passed its peak. It’s been very devastating all over the world.” • Full Story

The U.S. is conducting a full-scale investigation into whether the novel coronavirus, which went on to morph into a global pandemic that has brought the global economy to its knees, escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China • Full Story

The United States informed its citizens of restrictions on leaving Israel and urged those who wish to leave to do so at their earliest convenience. As of today, the only available commercial flight departing from Ben Gurion Airport to the United States is via United Airlines, but that may change at any time • Full Story

In connection with the 9th of Adar, the day the Frierdiker Rebbe arrived in the United States after miraculously escaping the Nazis’ advance, in 5700-1940, we present a newspaper clip that reports on the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s arrival • Photo

During a Chanukah candle-lighting ceremony on Motzei Shabbos, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said the UN Security Council’s Resolution 2334 was distorted and shameful • Full Story