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Trump threatens to withhold funding to states over mail-in voting

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal funding to the states of Michigan and Nevada over their plans to use mail-in voting in election

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White House considers more coronavirus aid as jobs picture worsens

The White House has begun informal talks with Republicans and Democrats in Congress about what to include in another round of coronavirus relief legislation, officials said on Sunday, while predictin

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U.S. firms return virus loans as Treasury threatens penalties

More than 40 U.S. public companies are pledging to return money to the government's small business coronavirus fund now that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is threatening criminal prosecutions for

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Federalism can't explain America's COVID-19 failures

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, April 15, 2020. /AP Editor's note:Zhu Zheng is an assistant professor focusing on const

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LeBron: Lakers ready to play despite call to cancel NBA

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James said Thursday he's ready for the NBA to return, refuting a report some agents and team executives want the league to scrap the 2019-20 season."Saw some re

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U.S. House panel launches inquiry into Trump's decision to halt WHO funding

U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs launched an inquiry into the Trump administration's decision to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), committee

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Washington's WHO decision challenged as G7 leaders discuss joint response to COVID-19

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries have discussed efforts to combat COVID-19 and launch an economic recovery, the White House said on Thursday. In a statemen

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Roundup: U.S. defunding WHO amid world health crisis, drawing criticism

With a rise of 2,494 over the past 24 hours, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has reached 28,364 Wednesday, as the total confirmed cases amounted to nearly 640,000, according to Johns Hopkins Univer

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Scapegoating cannot mask Washington's major pandemic mistakes

A screen shot of the "Stop the coronavirus stigma now" editorial published on the Nature magazine website. Editor's note: The following article is taken from the Chinese-language opinion colum

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Update: Coronavirus watch on April 9

The U.S. Navy Ship (USNS) Comfort sails toward Pier 90 in New York, the United States, on March 30, 2020. (Jie Fischer/NAPA/Handout via Xinhua) - JHU: Global confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 1.5 mill

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After Trump's threat, UN chief defends WHO, Tedros calls for unity

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres underscored on Wednesday the importance of the World Health Organization (WHO) during the COVID-19 pandemic.He made the remarks af

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Trump threatens to stop WHO funding as NY deaths pass 9/11 fatalities

Dr. Charles Robertson, an assistant professor of anesthesiology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center shows the simple "last resort" ventilator he and a group of pediatric nurses and

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Uncertainty in transfer market as sports world halts for COVID-19

Logo of UEFA Euro 2020 at a countdown clock showing 450 days to the tournament in St Petersburg, Russia, March 18, 2020. Clocks were changed from 87 to 450 days as UEFA announced that the tournam

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Philippines outgrows its U.S. defense alliance

Editor's note: Iram Khan is a Pakistan-based commentator on international and commercial affairs. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.After months of

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PBOC to keep liquidity ample amid coronavirus outbreak

The People's Bank of China headquarters in Beijing, February 26, 2018. China's central bank said it will use various monetary policy tools to ensure that liquidity remains reasonably ample ami

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News Analysis: U.S. Dems, GOP continue knock-down drag-out fight in Trump impeachment trial

U.S. House Democrats presenting the impeachment case against President Donald Trump finished their three days of opening arguments late Friday. Since the trial's first week has been marked by much d

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An adult sexting site exposed thousands of models’ passports and driver’s licenses

A popular sexting website has exposed thousands of photo IDs belonging to models and sex workers who earn commissions from the site.SextPanther, an Arizona-based adult site, stored more than 11,000 id