President Trump has rejected any proposal to rename U.S. military bases that are named for Confederate leaders from the 1860s Civil War, dismissing appeals made in the wake of the death of African American George Floyd.
A relaxed confidence infused a new round of street protests in New York and other major cities on Sunday, a day after some of the largest demonstrations since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody unfolded with no major violence.
The U.S. will end its relationship with the WHO over its handling of the pandemic, President Trump said on Friday, accusing it of becoming a puppet of China.
Kim Jong Un has threatened to bolster North Korea’s nuclear war deterrence and hosted a military meeting to discuss new policies to bolster the country’s nuclear capabilities amid stalled talks with Washington on how to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
Macron and Merkel will help launch a global initiative to accelerate work on drugs, tests and vaccines against COVID-19 and to share them around the world, the WHO said.
