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Israel/Zionism See other Israel/Zionism Articles Title: NY Times 'morning briefing' Some states, like California, shut down early and entirely, while a few more rural states have yet to adopt stay-at-home orders. It’s possible that reopening the country could be similarly ad hoc. President Trump, who a day earlier made the widely rejected claim that he had “total” authority to reopen the economy, said on Tuesday that he would work with the states. In other developments: ■ Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder who has donated much of his fortune to public health initiatives, was among those who criticized Mr. Trump’s decision to halt American funding for the World Health Organization, which the president accused of a series of mistakes over the virus. Last year, the U.S. contributed about $553 million to the W.H.O., which is part of the United Nations and has a two- year budget of about $6 billion. ■ The International Monetary Fund projected that the global economy would contract 3 percent this year, its worst downturn since the Great Depression. A preliminary report today on U.S. retail sales in March is expected to show a record fall. Here are the latest financial updates. ■ The Trump administration has reached an agreement with major airlines over a $25 billion plan to prop up the industry. ■ Some European countries, including Italy, are lifting some constraints on daily life, an early test of whether democracies can restart their economies without reviving the spread of the disease. ■ Millions of voters in South Korea lined up today — three feet apart — in one of the first national elections during the pandemic. ■ Colleges and universities, concerned about the potential for shrinking enrollment and lost revenue, are making decisions that could alter higher education for years. The College Board, which administers the SAT, plans to make an announcement today about the future of the test. Related: New York City sharply increased its death toll on Tuesday, after officials said they would include over 3,700 people who were presumed to have died of the virus but had never tested positive for it. The new figures appeared to increase the overall U.S. death toll by 17 percent, to more than 26,000. Requiem for a whistle-blower Dr. Li Wenliang tried to warn China about the coronavirus but was silenced by the government authorities. He became a hero in the country when his warnings proved true, then a martyr when he died from the virus in February. Today, people gather, virtually, at his last post on Weibo, the Chinese social media platform, to grieve and seek solace in the comments section. Our columnist Li Yuan writes: “In a largely atheist yet spiritual nation with little tradition of praying, the digital Wailing Wall allows the Chinese people to share their sadness, frustration and aspirations with someone they trusted and loved.” Here’s what else is happening Barack Obama’s invisible hand: Mr. Obama, who endorsed Joe Biden on Tuesday, had kept his political distance from his former vice president. But he has been much more engaged in the end of the Democratic presidential primary race than has been previously revealed. School meal rollbacks are voided: A federal court struck down a 2018 Agriculture Department rule that reversed nutrition standards for sodium and whole grains. Schmidt Ocean Institute Snapshot: Above, a 150-foot siphonophore — a colony of cells that clone themselves to produce an extended, stringlike body — spotted off the coast of Western Australia. It could be the longest marine creature on Earth. Poster Comment: So Trump has cut WHO's budget by half a billion? Sounds like good news. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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