British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ending his sick leave. He's back at work at No. 10 Downing Street in London after three weeks away with COVID-19, including time in intensive care. Johnson is urging his fellow citizens to continue a lockdown....
The CARES Act is the $2 trillion coronavirus response legislation that Congress approved late last month. It calls for a government watchdog the Government Accountability Office, or GAO to monitor the spending and the overall federal response to the...
While the world is focused on the coronavirus pandemic, tensions have been simmering between the Trump administration and Iran. Today the president took to Twitter to send a warning to Iran stop harassing U.S. naval ships with Iranian fast boats or e...
For the first time, Syrian officials are going to trial to face accusations of war crimes. The trial starts tomorrow in a courtroom in Germany. It's two former Syrian officials who are charged. This is all the result of evidence gathered over years,...
President Trump is offering more details now about his plan to temporarily block some immigrants from coming into the United States. Last night, he said a pause of 60 days on green cards for foreigners could help protect jobs for U.S. citizens. 特朗普...
COVID-19 is helping Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stay in power in Israel. He and his main political rival signed a deal that will keep Netanyahu in office for another year and a half. And then the two men will trade places. Here's NPR's Daniel E...
Yesterday, U.S. oil prices did something wild they went negative. That means traders were actually paying people to take oil contracts off of their hands. Camila Domonoske covers energy for NPR's Business Desk, and she has been watching this unfold....
This weekend brought the worst shooting in Canada's history. A gunman killed at least 16 people in Nova Scotia. Police say the suspect, who disguised himself as an officer, is now dead. Reporter Emma Jacobs is on the line from Montreal. Thanks for be...
At the beginning of this week, the president said he had the total authority to decide when state economies can reopen. After a lot of toing and froing, that message has changed in the past few days. The White House has now released new guidance emph...
The World Health Organization said today that it is reviewing its finances and looking to fill gaps after President Trump announced he is suspending payments to the WHO. Trump is blaming the WHO for mismanaging the global response to the coronavirus...
Bernie Sanders dropped out of the presidential race last week. And today he made his support for his former rival Joe Biden clear. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) BERNIE SANDERS: So today I am asking all Americans I'm asking every Democrat; I'm ask...
President Trump is defending his response to the coronavirus pandemic. At the White House briefing last night, he pushed back against detailed critical accounts of his leadership in this crisis. In a pandemic that has now killed more than 23,000 Amer...
The U.S. has now surpassed Italy as the country with the most deaths from COVID-19 anywhere in the world. More than 20,000 Americans have now lost their lives to the disease, and more than half a million have tested positive. NPR's global health corr...
A bit of news over the weekend many of the world's oil producers have agreed to cut production to prop up prices. NPR's Camila Domonoske reports on their deal. 来看上周末的一则消息，全球多个石油生产国同意减产以支持油价。...
India is one of the world's biggest manufacturers of medicines, including a certain malaria drug that President Trump has touted as a treatment for COVID-19. Last month, India limited exports of that drug and several others to ensure its own domestic...
