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Rumors of North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un’s declining health have inspired a bevy of mocking and agenda-driven tweets from both the left and right. The hashtag #KIMJONGUNDEAD began trending on Twitter shortly after Reuters reported that China had dispatched a team of medical experts to the country to advise …

Governments should not issue so-called “immunity passports” or “risk-free certificates” as a way of easing lockdowns, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. It said there was “no evidence” that people who had developed antibodies after recovering from the virus were protected against a second infection. Such a move could actually …

New York revealed a spike in cases of disinfectant exposure in the 18 hours following Donald Trump’s dangerous and false suggestion that injecting the cleaning agent could help treat coronavirus patients. The city’s Poison Control Center managed 30 cases from Thursday evening until Friday afternoon, a spokesperson told New York …

US President Donald Trump has received loans from China’s state-owned Bank of China, according to a report. Politico reported on Saturday that Trump has taken on debt in his dealings with the Chinese bank. In 2012, Trump’s real estate partner refinanced the 43-story 1290 Avenue of the Americas skyscraper, which …

Deutsche Bank has declined a request by prominent U.S. senators to provide information about the German lender’s recent business dealings with President Donald Trump and his family, according to a letter this week seen by Reuters. Four Democratic senators, led by Elizabeth Warren, earlier this month demanded details from Deutsche’s …

Donald Trump claimed Joe Biden “doesn’t want to debate” him because of the coronavirus pandemic during a press conference on Thursday — just hours after the former vice president suggested he’s eager for the shot. The president referred to the presumptive Democratic nominee as a “sleepy guy in the basement …

A US Navy destroyer performing a counter-narcotics mission has been hit by an outbreak of at least 18 coronavirus cases, a US Navy official said. The USS Kidd is the second ship to be impacted by a major outbreak of the virus while at sea following the aircraft carrier USS …

Former vice-president Joe Biden said he is concerned Donald Trump will try to delay the November presidential election, during remarks at an online fundraiser. “Mark my words, I think he is going to try to kick back the election somehow, come up with some rationale why it can’t be held,” …

Doctors and health experts urged people not to drink or inject disinfectant on Friday after US President Donald Trump suggested scientists should investigate inserting the cleaning agent into the body as a way to cure COVID-19. “(This is an) absolutely dangerous crazy suggestion,” said Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine …

A further 4.4 million Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as the economic toll from the coronavirus pandemic continued to mount. The new applications brought the total number of jobless claims since mid-March to 26.4 million. That amounts to more than 15% of the US workforce. However, the most recent …

The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has downplayed a recent US anti-Iran rhetoric, warning that the Islamic Republic will target American vessels if they were to threaten the safety of the country’s vessels or warships. #Iran #IRGC commander Gen. Salami says Iranian naval forces have been …

Trump says he will force Harvard to give back emergency coronavirus funding Harvard says it did not receive aid from a congressional relief fund created for small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic after Donald Trump alleged the university took the money “meant for workers”. In a statement posted to Twitter, …

Michael Bloomberg spent more than $1 billion (£813m) during 104 days of his presidential campaign, it has been revealed. A Federal Election Commission filing from Monday showed that the former mayor spent over $1 billion in less than four months. Mr Bloomberg had a staff of more than 2,400 to …

A new bipartisan report from the Senate Intelligence Committee reasserts the panel’s position that Russia launched an “unprecedented” election interference campaign in 2016 to help Donald Trump defeat Hillary Clinton. The Senate Intelligence Committee is chaired by Republican Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina. The 158-page, heavily redacted fourth volume …

Far more Americans are placing their trust in what White House infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo are saying about the health crisis than what Donald Trump is saying, according to a new poll from NBC News/Wall Street Journal. Three out of every five Americans …

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has once again warned US President Donald Trump against interfering in the internal affairs of other countries in the age of the new coronavirus. Zarif made the remarks in a Sunday posting on Twitter in an apparent reference to Trump’s Saturday allegation that the …

US President Donald Trump is accused of stoking Islamophobia after raising questions about social distancing in mosques during the holy month of Ramadan. Trump said on Saturday there “could be a difference” in how authorities and politicians enforce coronavirus lockdown measures during the upcoming Ramadan compared with how Christians were …

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has relaxed the state’s COVID-19 containment measures, scaling back restrictions on outdoor activities with an executive order as outraged residents take to the streets to demand an end to the lockdown. While some forms of outdoor recreation were permitted under a previous directive, an array of …

Thousands of protesters in cars and on foot have flouted Michigan’s stay-at-home orders to demand the state reopened. ‘It’s time for our state to be opened up’ said one protester in her car. ‘We’re tired of not being able to buy the things that we need, go to the hairdressers. …

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has hit back at a series of presidential tweets accusing him of dramatizing the coronavirus pandemic and not being appreciative of the president’s efforts in providing help. Following Cuomo’s complaints about the medical shortage in the US, President Donald Trump had tweeted that Cuomo “should …