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Trump Just Threatened to Withdraw From the WHO Unless ‘Major’ Changes Are Made Xi Jinping

Trump Just Threatened to Withdraw From the WHO Unless ‘Major’ Changes Are Made

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here.On the day that China pledged $2 billion to the World Health Organization and announced the country’s coronavirus vaccines would be freely available to all, U.S. President Donald Trump declared war on the global health authority, threatening to…
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May 19, 2020
Trump threatens to permanently halt WHO funding, membership unless WHO chief makes ‘major substantive improvements’ Xi Jinping

Trump threatens to permanently halt WHO funding, membership unless WHO chief makes ‘major substantive improvements’

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization.Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via Associated PressPresident Donald Trump wrote a letter to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, that says unless the organization makes "major substantive improvements" in the next 30 days, the US will permanently cut…
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May 19, 2020
Trump rejected an invitation to address WHO while China’s Xi accepted, in another example of the US retreating from global leadership Xi Jinping

Trump rejected an invitation to address WHO while China’s Xi accepted, in another example of the US retreating from global leadership

Analysis bannerBusiness InsiderTrump XiEugene Hoshiko/Getty Images; ReutersPresident Donald Trump rejected an invitation to address the World Health Organization, with the US secretary of health and human services talking to the virtual gathering on Monday instead.Alex Azar used the address as an opportunity to slam the agency, accusing it of failing…
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May 18, 2020
U.S. likely to back call for independent evaluation of WHO’s handling of coronavirus: envoys Xi Jinping

U.S. likely to back call for independent evaluation of WHO’s handling of coronavirus: envoys

By Stephanie Nebehay and Emma FargeGENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Monday an independent review of the global coronavirus response would begin as soon as possible and it received backing and a hefty pledge of funds from China, in the spotlight as the origin of the pandemic.But…
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May 18, 2020