US President Donald Trump has sent a letter to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) threatening to pull US funding permanently over Covid-19.
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International
France’s Macron loses majority as defectors form new party
The party of French President Emmanuel Macron has lost its outright majority in parliament, after a group of MPs broke away to form a new party.
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Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine
President Donald Trump claimed Monday he is taking daily doses of hydroxychloroquine, a drug he’s long touted as a potential coronavirus cure .
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Coronavirus vaccine: First evidence jab can train immune system
The first hints that a vaccine can train people’s immune system to fight coronavirus have been reported by a company in the US.
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Turkish Soccer Player Confesses to Killing Son in Hospital
Turkish authorities have arrested a former soccer player who confessed to killing his 5-year-old son while he was being treated on suspicion of a COVID-19.
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Fed chairman Powell warns downturn ‘may last until late 2021’
The chairman of the Federal Reserve says the US economy could “easily” contract by 20-30% amid the pandemic.
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Trump returns to a familiar strategy: Attack Obama
With the death count from the coronavirus rising and its economic fallout deepening, President Donald Trump is trying to fire up his base and divert the national conversation by promoting a baseless conspiracy that casts his predecessor, Barack Obama, as the architect of a plot to subvert his presidency.
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Trump says country will be back with or without vaccine
President Donald Trump unveiled a crash effort on Friday aimed at developing a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year but said the country would return to normal with or without one.
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JCPenney files for bankruptcy
JCPenney filed for bankruptcy on Friday, the latest retail giant to see its downfall hastened by the coronavirus crisis.
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Coronavirus vaccine: Macaque monkey trial offers hope
A vaccine against coronavirus appears to have provided protection against the disease Covid-19 in six rhesus macaque monkeys.
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