President Trump called Sen. Mitt Romney a “loser” Monday after the Utah Republican criticized the president’s firing of government watchdogs. The president posted one word — “Loser” — on Twitter with a montage of video clips reviewing Mr. Romney’s loss to President Barack Obama in 2012, and Mr. Trump’s victory in 2016. Mr. Romney, the…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.For 81-year-old Dell Kaplan, the offer to get calls from a stranger just to chat while staying home during the coronavirus pandemic was immediately appealing.“It gets pretty lonely here by yourself,” said Kaplan, a suburban Dallas resident who has been…
The European Union and other countries on Monday called for an independent evaluation of the World Health Organization’s response to the coronavirus pandemic “to review experience gained and lessons learned.”The resolution has the support of more than half of the WHO's member countries and will be discussed this week at the decision-making body of the U.N.…
Image copyright AFP Image caption Dr Tedros and the WHO have faced criticism for their handling of the pandemic Global health leaders are set to call for a review into the international response to the Covid-19 pandemic.Envoys from 194 of the World Health Organization's member states will meet virtually on Monday and Tuesday for the…
Washington, DC (CNN)Republican Sen. Mitt Romney on Saturday denounced President Donald Trump's firings of internal government oversight officials, calling it a "threat to accountable democracy." Romney's comments came in response to Trump's Friday firing of …
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…