• House GOP Report Finds WHO ‘Complicit’ in Beijing’s COVID Coverup, Calls for Director Tedros’s Ouster

    House GOP Report Finds WHO ‘Complicit’ in Beijing’s COVID Coverup, Calls for Director Tedros’s Ouster

    China violated the International Health Regulations (IHR) of the World Health Organization in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee allege in a new report on the origins of the pandemic. The interim 50-page report, a copy of which was obtained by National Review, also raises new questions …
  • Ava DuVernay, Whoopi Goldberg elected to the Academy’s Board of Governors

    Ava DuVernay, Whoopi Goldberg elected to the Academy’s Board of Governors

    In a compacted election period due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the candidates who have been elected to its Board of Governors. Among the six voted in for their first term on the board are Ava DuVernay (“Selma,” “When They See Us”) for …
  • WHO Clarifies Claim That Asymptomatic Transmission Is ‘Very Rare,’ Says It Was ‘Misinterpreted’

    WHO Clarifies Claim That Asymptomatic Transmission Is ‘Very Rare,’ Says It Was ‘Misinterpreted’

    The World Health Organization on Tuesday sought to clarify a top official’s claim, made just a day earlier, that asymptomatic transmission of the coronavirus is “very rare,” saying that a significant percentage of transmissions may in fact occur through people who are not experiencing symptoms. Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, who leads the WHO’s diseases and …
  • How a serial cougher scandalized the UK version of ‘Millionaire’

    How a serial cougher scandalized the UK version of ‘Millionaire’

    Here’s one Charles and Diana scandal you’ve probably never heard about. The three-part series “Quiz,” premiering Sunday (10 p.m. on AMC), chronicles the real-life cheating incident that nearly destroyed Britain’s version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” in 2001 — when Major Charles Ingram (Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession”) and his wife, Diana (Sian Clifford, “Fleabag”), …
  • ‘The Stand’ photos show Alexander Skarsgård in post-plague world

    ‘The Stand’ photos show Alexander Skarsgård in post-plague world

    Too soon … ? First photos are circulating of CBS All Access’ nine-part adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Stand,” which presents an apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil. Though production fell four days short due to the real-world pandemic, and a precise release …
  • Trump Threatens to Make World Health Organization Funding Cut Permanent

    Trump Threatens to Make World Health Organization Funding Cut Permanent

    President Trump on Monday threatened to pull the U.S. out of the World Health Organization and end funding permanently if the group does not immediately address concerns about its deference to China. “It is clear the repeated missteps by you and your organization in responding to the pandemic have been extremely costly for the world,” …
  • WHO Says It Will Submit to Investigation of Coronavirus Response

    WHO Says It Will Submit to Investigation of Coronavirus Response

    The World Health Organization on Monday acquiesced to pressure from its member nations to submit to an investigation into its response to the coronavirus pandemic. The WHO will launch an independent review of the organization’s response to the global health crisis “at the earliest appropriate moment,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at the annual …
  • China Announces $2 Billion Coronavirus Aid Pledge during WHO Meeting

    China Announces $2 Billion Coronavirus Aid Pledge during WHO Meeting

    China’s President Xi Jinping said Monday that China will contribute $2 billion in aid to combat the coronavirus in other countries as the world’s second largest economy works to repair its global image after the pandemic spread beyond its borders. The funds, which will be distributed over two years, are intended to “help with Covid-19 response, …
  • Pompeo Slams ‘Abject Failure’ of WHO COVID Response: ‘It Had One Job . . . and It Didn’t Get It Done’

    Pompeo Slams ‘Abject Failure’ of WHO COVID Response: ‘It Had One Job . . . and It Didn’t Get It Done’

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo singled out the World Health Organization (WHO) for being unable to halt the coronavirus global pandemic, saying “it had one job, to protect the world from a pandemic, and it didn’t get it done.” Pompeo, speaking to the Washington Examiner, called the WHO’s response an “abject failure” and said the …
  • China's capture of the WHO, and make it turn from public health to crass politics

    China's capture of the WHO, and make it turn from public health to crass politics

    The coronavirus pandemic has revealed how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has corrupted the World Health Organization (WHO), under the leadership of Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The WHO pursued politics over public health by helping Beijing spread disinformation about the outbreak and excluding Taiwan and its wealth of knowledge about the disease. American decision-makers …