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The World Health Organization's top official said Monday that he hopes the agency's partnership with the United States can continue, even after President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. will cut ties with the international aid group. "The world has long benefited from the strong collaborative engagement with the government and the people of the United States," WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a press conference

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Mexico's President Touts Reopening With The Country Mostly In Coronavirus Red Zone Mexico's government has announced a nationwide lifting of coronavirus social distancing measures — with the exception of areas marked as red zones. In the Mexico City metropolitan area, which has been hit hardest by the outbreak, it's unclear when social distancing rules will be lifted.

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The World Health Organization reported that officials expect to find more cases as outbreak responses ramp up. In April, officials were just days away from declaring the outbreak over, only to discover a new cluster of cases.
Meanwhile, the DRC has been battling on of the world’s largest measles outbreaks, with 369,520 cases and 6,779 deaths reported since 2019.

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says he will ask Spain's Parliament for a final two-week extension of the nation's state of emergency that has allowed the government to take lockdown measures to control its coronavirus outbreak. Spain on Monday reported no official deaths from the new coronavirus in a 24-hour period for the first time since March.

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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has occasionally been an ally of Trump’s, but his spokesperson told journalists on Monday that he would veto any plan to readmit Russia. Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau also told reporters Monday that Russia should not be welcomed back.

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Hong Kong Police Block Tiananmen Square Vigil, Citing Coronavirus Concerns. For the first time in 30 years, police in Hong Kong have denied permission for organizers to hold an annual vigil for victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Lee Cheuk-yan, who chairs the alliance that organized the event, told the South China Morning Post that he believes the government was using the pandemic to shut down the demonstration.

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Tesla’s stock (TSLA) is soaring today and significantly outpacing the market despite the lack of significant news about the automaker, but some analysts attribute the jump to SpaceX’s successful launch of two astronauts, which they see as a credibility boost for Elon Musk.

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Local closures will take place in such communities as Azusa, Baldwin Park, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Santa Ana, Rosemead and West Hollywood. A Target at Seventh and Figueroa streets in downtown Los Angeles was among the locations looted over the weekend as protesters took to the streets, attacking police vehicles, breaking store windows and setting multiple fires.

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Moderna has led the pack in the American race to make a vaccine, with share prices for the company surging last month after it announced promising early results from its first stage of human trials. Moderna announced Friday that it has begun its second phase of human trials for its coronavirus vaccines - but the results of its first human tests are now shrouded in controversy

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U.S. retailers large and small have closed some of their stores across the country because of disruptions caused by the widespread street protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Target, CVS, Apple and Walmart all said Sunday that they had temporarily closed some locations for safety reasons.

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Spotify will add an 8 minute and 46-second moment of silence to select playlists and podcasts on the platform to honor George Floyd. On this day — and every day — Spotify will support our employees, friends, partners, artists, and creators in the fight against racism, injustice, and inequity,” the company writes in a blog post.As a result, you’ll notice some changes on Spotify starting at 12:01 AM on Tuesday.”

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George Floyd protests reached Europe as several thousand people gathered in Amsterdam’s Dam Square Monday to protest against police violence and in solidarity with demonstrations across the US. “Institutionally racist violence against black people is a problem that also occurs in The Netherlands and the rest of Europe,” the organizers said in a statement, according to CNN affiliate and national broadcaster NOS

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Barcelona captain Lionel Messi will not leave the club this summer, he opted not to activate a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave before his deal expires at the end of June next year. As part of the four-year extension signed in 2017, Messi included stipulations that he could leave the club for free at the end of any given season

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US President Donald Trump told the nation's governors in a video teleconference Monday to aggressively target violent protesters. "You have to dominate or you'll look like a bunch of jerks, you have to arrest and try people," the President told the governors in a call from the basement White House Situation Room. Trump suggested to governors it was their responsibility, not his, to tamp down harshly on the continued unrest

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American credit rating and financial services company Moody’s downgraded India's sovereign credit rating for the first time in more than two decades following weak fiscal policies and historically low economic data. They also expect Indian GDP to shrink by 4% in the fiscal year 2021 after a significant impact of lockdowns on the manufacturing and services sector.

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Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz said in a news conference that a funeral memorial for George Floyd has been scheduled for Thursday. "It will be an important event both for the city of Minneapolis and Minnesota and for the nation to watch that process of celebrating a life that was taken in front of us, an opportunity for leadership," Walz said

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Anger over the killing of George Floyd has gone international, with people taking to the streets Berlin and London to show solidarity with US protesters. In Germany, soccer stars wore T-shirts and knelt in support. Thousands of people took to the streets of London and Berlin on Sunday to show support for protests in the United States over the killing of a black man by a white police officer

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According to the recent reports, Facebook’s management and staff are divided over President Donald Trump’s controversial post. Facebook staff have spoken out against the tech giant's decision not to remove or flag a controversial post by US President Donald Trump last week. Mr. Trump took to Facebook to repeat a tweet about the widespread protests in Minneapolis, following the death of George Floyd in police custody

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New York City mayor, Bill de Blasio’s 25-year-old daughter Chiara got arrested during the George Floyd protest at Manhattan. “I love my daughter deeply. I honor her. She is such a good human being. She only wants to do good in the world. She wants to see a better and more peaceful world," de Blasio said. “I am proud of her that she cares so much" he added

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Coronavirus has hit the global economy hard, while other countries are struggling to avoid recession, China looks set to grow as analysts are expecting GDP expansion at a rapid pace in a post-pandemic world. “We don’t want to leave China,” said Joerg Wuttke, President of the European Chamber of Commerce in China. “That’s why we engage more with China and ask for more.”

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India reports another one-day record of new coronavirus cases as the country reported 8,392 new cases in 24 hours. The total number of cases in the country now stands at 190,535 with 5,394 deaths. India has climbed to seventh from the ninth spot in the list of 10 nations worst hit by COVID-19, with more cases than that of France. Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked people to be extra cautious

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Michelle Obama expressed her grief over the death of George Floyd and said that it’s up to everyone in this country to help root out racism. "It just goes on, and on, and on. Race and racism is a reality that so many of us grow up learning to just deal with" she wrote. "It's up to all of us, Black, white, everyone, to help root out racism," she added

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Israel’s Ministry of Health associate director-general Prof. Itamar Grotto said that the country’s border will remain closed for all the foreign passport holders until at least July 1. In the first stage, Israel will only allow in passport holders from 'green countries' with low Covid-19 morbidity like Cyprus, Greece, Austria, Denmark, Australia, and New Zealand. Citizens from 'red countries' with higher morbidity will still be barred

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Two US astronauts, Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have docked with the International Space Station (ISS). Their Dragon capsule - supplied and operated by the private SpaceX company - edged them into port on the high-flying lab's bow section. The men will have to wait for leak and pressure checks to be completed before they can disembark and join the Russian and American crew already on the ISS

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Tech giant Microsoft announced that the company is laying off dozens of journalists and editors at its Microsoft News and MSN organizations. The layoffs are part of a bigger push by Microsoft to rely on artificial intelligence to pick news and content that’s presented on MSN.com, inside Microsoft’s Edge browser, and in the company’s various Microsoft News apps.“Like all companies, we evaluate our business regularly,” says a Microsoft spokesperson

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