Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, November 18, 2019. Yara Nardi | Reuters WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo closed a series of scorching speeches by Trump administration officials and criticized the Chinese government on Thursday in a broad speech, …

President Trump announced Thursday that he will cancel the Republican National Convention events that were scheduled for next month in Jacksonville, Florida, citing the increasing number of COVID-19 in the state. “The timing for this event is not correct, it is simply not correct,” Trump said during a press conference …

As the world grapples with the cost of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists warn that the funds needed to prevent the next zoonotic disease outbreak are scarce, leaving everyone vulnerable. The estimated price to protect and monitor virgin forests and wildlife trade where disease occurs is approximately $ 22.2 billion to …

According to a study published Thursday, the various species of crocodiles that furrow rivers and brackish roads in the Americas, from Florida to Peru, come from Africa. They may have descended, the researchers speculate, from a single pregnant specimen that swayed along currents from the Atlantic Ocean to the New …

Washington National outfielder Juan Soto has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss Thursday’s season opener against the New York Yankees, general manager Mike Rizzo said. Rizzo said Soto was asymptomatic and that no one else on the list was deemed ineligible after the contact trace. Soto needs two …