China delayed releasing coronavirus info, frustrating WHO
The Associated Press
Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly...
Afghan government releases hundreds of Taliban prisoners
KATHY GANNON and TAMEEM AKHGAR
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan government released hundreds of Taliban prisoners Tuesday, its single largest prisoner release...
In Bolsonaro’s Brazil, everyone else is to blame for virus
DAVID BILLER
Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With Brazil emerging as one of the world's most infected countries, President Jair Bolsonaro is deflecting...
UK leader Johnson stands by aide over 250-mile lockdown trip
JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday he wouldn't fire his chief aide for allegedly violating the national lockdown...
Time running out on the last US-Russia nuclear arms treaty
DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Time is running out on an arms control treaty that, if it's allowed to expire, will leave the...
Pakistan jet with 98 aboard crashes in crowded neighborhood
ADIL JAWAD
Associated Press
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A jetliner carrying 98 people crashed Friday in a crowded neighborhood near the airport in Pakistan's port...
Irish donors repay generosity of Native American tribes during great famine
ROBERT JAY WATSON
The Epoch TimesCharitable donations from a GoFundMe campaign initiated in Ireland have been pouring in to support Native American communities hard hit...
US, China standoff ensnares WHO meeting on COVID-19 fight
MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN
Associated Press
GENEVA (AP) — Facing the most disruptive pandemic in generations, the technocratic halls of the World Health Organization...
Study: World carbon pollution falls 17% during pandemic peak
SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer
KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — The world cut its daily carbon dioxide emissions by 17% at the peak of the pandemic...
Virus cases rising in Russia as crisis eases elsewhere
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, ELENA BECATOROS and NICK PERRY
Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — As the coronavirus outbreak eases in Western Europe and parts of the U.S.,...