After a 14-day quarantine, approximately 500 uninfected passengers began leaving the Diamond Princess cruise ship on February 19. As of Thursday, two elderly Japanese passengers from the quarantined cruise ship have died, 621 people on the ship tested positive for the virus, and 524 cases from 25 countries and regions were confirmed. Japanese Health Minister said both passengers were sent to medical facilities when they showed symptoms.

The Boy Scouts of America has filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday. The filing comes at a time when the organization faces some 300 sexual abuse lawsuits across the country. The youth organization said it will use the bankruptcy process to create a trust to provide compensation to victims.

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee on Monday rolled out the official games motto for this year’s Olympics, “United by Emotion”, which they said reflected the “universal values” and “unifying power of sport.”

To contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, McDonald’s Corp, Starbucks Corp and other fast-food companies have launched a contactless pickup and delivery services to keep their workers and customers safe.

Anti-Defamation League reports: incidents of white supremacist material being spread across the US rose by 120% in 2019.

The broomstick challenge is the latest challenge to take over social media platforms worldwide. But the scientific claims behind it are nonsense.

65 more cases of novel coronavirus infection were confirmed on the cruise ship Diamond Princess on February 10, in addition to 70 cases found earlier among 3,711 passengers and crew. The cruise ship has been quarantined in the port of Yokohama near Tokyo.

“Parasite” won the top prize at the 92nd Academy Awards. It is the first non-English language film to win the best picture award.

The U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Foreign Affairs is holding a hearing Wednesday on the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

US President Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg aired their national Super Bowl ads to address sensitive social issues.