As of Wednesday, the World Health Organization termed the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, a label intended to prompt governments to take aggressive steps to protect the public. Countries are restricting travel and at least one world leader has entered into self-isolation.

Plus the latest update on an attack that killed three servicemembers.

Those stories and more are all on this International Edition.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said he was staying in the presidential nomination race and was looking forward to debating former Vice President Joe Biden Sunday, despite a poor showing in “mini Tuesday” primaries.  and doing everything he can to defeat US President Donald Trump in November.  Matt Kerbel is a political science professor at Villanova University. He speaks to International Edition’s Steve Miller about what’s next for the Democratic Party.

Plus the latest on the COVID-19 pandemic and more.

Former Vice President Joe Biden's chances to win the Democratic nomination widened more Tuesday with more commanding victories, including Michigan, a state that rival Bernie Sanders won four years ago.

A day after a global selloff in the financial markets, exchanges rebounded. Nonresident Senior Fellow David Wilcox at the Peterson Institute for International Economics explains.

Plus, the latest on the coronavirus outbreak, U.S. elections, and more.

Fears of a global recession as world stocks tumble and oil prices suffer their worst percentage losses since the start of the 1991 Gulf War. While low oil prices can translate into cheaper gasoline, they wreak havoc on energy companies and countries that count on petroleum revenue. Russia refused to roll back production in response to depressed demand as Saudi Arabia signaled it will ramp up its own output.

Italy imposed a virtual lockdown across a large region of its wealthy north on Sunday, including the financial capital Milan, in a drastic new attempt to try to contain a rapidly growing outbreak. The total number known number of COVID-19 cases in Italy surpassed South Korea Sunday, becoming the country with the second-highest number of infections after China.

The head of the World Health Organization says nations need to step up their battle against the coronavirus that is sweeping across the globe.  More than three thousand crew and passengers on board a cruise ship will not be allowed to disembark in San Francisco, California until they are tested for the virus.