APRIL 27, 2020
A dozen of America’s top scientists and a collection of billionaires and industry titans say they have the answer to the coronavirus pandemic, and they found a backdoor to deliver their plan to the White House.
The eclectic group is led by a 33-year-old physician-turned-venture capitalist, Tom Cahill, who lives far from the public eye in a one-bedroom...
APRIL 27, 2020
President Trump’s self-assessment has been consistent.
President Trump suggested on Thursday that an “injection inside” the body with a disinfectant like bleach could help fight the coronavirus. - Al Drago/NY Times
“I’m, like, a very smart person,” he assured voters in 2016.
“A very stable genius,” he ruled two years later.
“I’m not a doctor,” he allowed on Thursday, pointing...
APRIL 26, 2020
Michigan's and Maryland's governors said the president should watch what he says, especially about injecting disinfectants. People are listening to his direction.
President Donald Trump suggested at his Thursday briefing that disinfectants could work as a coronavirus treatment if taken internally, drawing immediate criticism from medical professionals and cleaning product manufacturers, like Lysol. A day later, Trump said...
APRIL 26, 2020
A video shown to travelers on a flight leaving Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 25, 2020, reminds them about anti-virus precautions. - Sébastien DUVAL
Ghostly airports, countless flight cancellations, shops and restaurants closed: the coronavirus has played havoc with air travel in the United States.
Following are some scenes witnessed by AFP journalists during the unusual experience of flying from...
APRIL26, 2020
Rulebreakers will be slapped with fines for offences including not wearing a mask in public when ill. - GREG BAKER
Beijing has banned "uncivilized" behavior such as not covering the mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing, the city government said Sunday, in a new set of regulations to improve public hygiene amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The laws aim...
APRIL 26, 2020
The Trump administration has announced a freeze on funding to the World Health Organization. - Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images
President Trump and his top aides are working behind the scenes to sideline the World Health Organization on several new fronts as they seek to shift blame for the coronavirus pandemic to the world body, according to U.S. and...
APRIL 26, 2020
President Donald Trump listens as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, April 21, 2020, in Washington.
When the United States Treasury first announced plans on March 27 to grant small businesses $349 billion in forgivable loans, known as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), it sounded...
APRIL 25, 2020
The White House briefing room is dark and empty after the coronavirus task force did not hold a briefing on April 25 in Washington.
Researchers tracking smartphone data say they recently made a disturbing discovery: For the first time since states began implementing stay-at-home orders in mid-March to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, Americans are staying...
APRIL 25, 2020
FILE PHOTO: Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - North Korea has never publicized who would follow leader Kim Jong Un in the event he is incapacitated, and with no details known about his young children, analysts say his...
APRIL 25, 2020
President Donald Trump reacts as Dr. Anthony Fauci steps away from the podium after speaking and answering questions at the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on April 22, 2020. Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Until this week, Dr. Anthony Fauci was a near-constant presence at the daily coronavirus task force briefings at the...
