President Trump’s legal team will begin giving their opening argument

Senate TV/Getty Images In his opening statement today, Deputy White House counsel Mike Purpura aimed to make the case that

Johnson’s condition improves as UK endures deadliest day yet. Fauci: ‘It’s going to be a bad week for deaths.’

Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Tesla is telling staff to brace for pay cuts and furloughs as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupts operations

Global virus cases pass 1.6 million

Homemade masks sit at framing designer Leticia Bartelle Lorenzoni home in Los Angeles, California, on April 1. Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images

WHO defends its early actions in fighting the coronavirus

Doctors disinfect each other after visiting a home to conduct a coronavirus test, in Lima, Peru, on April 14. Rodrigo

Wuhan virus death toll nears 500

The US Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it has issued an emergency use authorization to allow qualified labs to

Italy’s case count drops for first time. Putin: Russia’s peak is still ahead. NY to start ‘aggressive’ antibody testing.

Marco Vangelista, an ambulance crew member for the Italian Red Cross, puts on protective equipment while responding to a coronavirus

Italy’s case count falls again. Iran: ‘We have not contained the pandemic.’ WHO official: Virus likely came from animals, not lab.

A family wearing protective masks walk in Barcelona on March 13. Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images After six weeks in lockdown, children

An innocent man spent 46 years in prison — and made a plan to kill the man who framed him

The artist needs raw material for his work: the sunset, the garden, the lilies on the pond. Phillips did not

Russian military reports more than 2,000 cases. White House may scale back coronavirus task force meetings.

Bill Gates says US states should focus on «high value» segments of the economy, and how to reopen them with

WHO issues warning. Future pandemics likely to be more frequent and deadly, leading scientists say.

Jason Godbey hangs a banner over the entrance of Madison Chop House as they prepare to shift from take out

Global coronavirus cases top 69,000 with 1,669 deaths

There were 139 more deaths due to the coronavirus in Hubei province on Saturday, the health authorities there said this

Total Italy cases below 100,000 for first time in weeks. Syrian leader warns of potential catastrophe.

A firefighter with Anne Arundel County Fire Department places oxygen tubes on a suspected COVID-19 patient as he is transported

Europe faces recession of ‘historic proportions’

Hong Kong has ordered more than 173,000 people to undergo quarantine since the coronavirus outbreak began, city authorities said today.

Two people killed and other wounded in stabbing at London Bridge

Metropolitan police gather near the Monument after a stabbing attack at London Bridge on Nov. 29. Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

Russia reports nearly 10,000 new cases. Brazil records more than 11,000 in a day.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives on Downing Street after leaving the House of Commons in London, England, on Wednesday,

What to expect at Rick Bright’s hearing

Health and Human Services via AP Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted director of the office involved in developing a coronavirus

4 key takeaways from Rick Bright’s testimony

Greg Nash/Pool via AP Rep. Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma, grilled ousted vaccine director Rick Bright on his current

This is exactly what Trump’s getting up to in India

When President Donald Trump travels abroad — be it to Saudi Arabia or Singapore — his hosts usually try make

Hosni Mubarak, former Egyptian president, dies at 91

Activists who helped overthrow Hosni Mubarak in 2011 are reacting to his death on social media. “The corrupt butcher has

Europeans take advantage of eased restrictions

People walk around Dotonbori, one of Osaka’s most popular tourist areas, on May 13 in Osaka, Japan. Carl Court/Getty Images

Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine

This scanning electron microscope image shows 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes Covid-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S. Source: NIAID-RML

Honeymooners burned and 13 others feared dead in New Zealand volcano eruption

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealanders and tourists from Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, China

At least 12 people have died in India after Cyclone Amphan makes landfall

Amphan’s rains have started to affect the Sundarbans, a vast mangrove forest which crosses India and Bangladesh. The area is

Six people dead in New Jersey shooting

Detective Joseph Seals, a 15-year-veteran of the Jersey City Police Department, was killed in today’s shooting, according to the city’s