MAY 3, 2020
WASHINGTON. D.C. — U.S. officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medical supplies needed to respond to it, intelligence documents show.
FILE - In this April 29, 2020, file photo Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference...
MAY 3, 2020
In 2012, I quit my job in investment banking and retired at 34. A few years later, my wife also left her job and joined me in early retirement. We had a net worth of about $3 million.
For nearly eight years, we saw our passive income streams (mostly from dividend-paying stocks, interest from savings, municipal bonds and...
MAY 3, 2020
Temperature screening at City Hall in Seoul, South Korea.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: An earlier version of a photo caption misspelled the name of a restaurant in Hong Kong. It is Le Garçon Saigon, not Le Gascon Saigon.
Worshipers at one of Seoul’s largest Catholic churches must refrain from singing hymns or saying...
MAY 3, 2020
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - North and South Korea exchanged gunfire around the South's guard post early on Sunday, raising tension a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended an almost three-week absence from public life with state media showing him visiting a factory.
In a photo taken on May 28, 2018 the skyline of North Korea...
MAY 2, 2020
President Trump walks away from the podium to play a video during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic at the White House on April 13. - Jabin Botsford/WashPost
The epidemiological models under review in the White House Situation Room in late March were bracing. In a best-case scenario, they showed the novel coronavirus was likely to kill between 100,000...
MAY 2, 2020
President Donald Trump is escalating efforts to pin blame on China for unleashing a pandemic that has killed more than 60,000 Americans and is exploring ways to hold Beijing accountable, though his options are limited because of the potential economic consequences.
Trump and his aides sharpened their criticism of Beijing this week, demanding answers about the virus’s origin...
MAY 2, 2020
South Dakota and New York are separated by hundreds of miles.
Members of the crew look on during the Open Wheel Nationals at Park Jefferson Speedway on April 25, 2020, in North Sioux City, S.D. - Jim Steffens/Getty Images
But when it comes to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, they could be seen as worlds apart.
The coronavirus pandemic...
MAY 1, 2020
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, resurfaced in public view on Friday, the North’s state news media reported Saturday, controverting three weeks of rumors and unconfirmed news reports that he was in grave danger after undergoing heart surgery.
He appeared at a ceremony at a factory in the city of Sunchon, the North’s state news...
MAY 1, 2020
A TV grab taken from a video released by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows WHO Health Emergencies Programme Director Michael Ryan attending a virtual news briefing on COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) from the WHO headquarters in Geneva on April 6. - AFP via Getty Images
The World Health Organization reiterated Friday that the new coronavirus was of natural...
MAY 1. 2020
The nationwide lockdown in India has been extended till May 17. The Ministry of Home Affairs extended the lockdown for two weeks while allowing different sets of relaxations in red, orange and green zones. The new guidelines aim at allowing India to exit from lockdown in a staggered manner while reopening the economy.
The decision for the lockdown...
