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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, centre, wearing a protective face mask, talks to a medical staff member during his visit to the Academy of Military Medical Sciences in Beijing, Monday, March 2, 2020. The number of new virus infections rose worldwide along with fears of a weakening global economy, even as cases in China dropped to their lowest level in six weeks on Monday and hundreds of patients at the outbreak's epicenter were released from hospitals. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP)

Belt and road and ‘bribes’: Cotton says China paid off home country of WHO boss

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Pompeo: China blocking access to lab suspected of coronavirus link

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A member of a non-governmental aid organization measures temperature as a preventive measure for coronavirus in the town of Kafr Takharim, Idlib province, Syria, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syria virus death traced to Kurdish-run northeast region

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during an event celebrating American truckers, at the White House, Thursday, April 16, 2020, in Washington. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao third from right, listens. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump faces global resistance to US plan to cut WHO funding

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

Beddings and other belongings of Indian migrant laborers and homeless people lie scattered after they were evicted from the banks of Yamuna River where they were squatting during lockdown in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended the world's largest coronavirus lockdown to head off the epidemic's peak, with officials racing to make up for lost time. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Asia Today: Japan expands emergency; China denies allegation

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Bill Gates smiles while being interviewed in Kirkland, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) **FILE**

Bill Gates — oh, boohoo — rails at Trump for pulling WHO funding

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Full committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., speaks during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention budget on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump move to pause WHO funding is not legal: Dem aide

By Tom Howell Jr. and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses a press conference in Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) ** FILE **

Global leaders rally behind WHO as Donald Trump suspends funding

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 24, 2020, photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press conference about the update on COVID-19 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP) **FILE**

WHO expresses ‘regret’ for Donald Trump’s decision to freeze funds

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

EU blasts Donald Trump’s WHO funding cut, fears it worsens pandemic

By Jamey Keaten and Maria Cheng - Associated Press

Pedestrians walk past the entrance for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ** FILE **

Dr. Robert Redfield: WHO has been a ‘longstanding partner’ for CDC

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this June 28, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk to participate in a group photo at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. An odd new front in the U.S.-Russian rivalry has emerged as a Russian military cargo plane bearing a load of urgently needed medical supplies landed in New York's JFK airport. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Russia calls Donald Trump’s move to freeze WHO funding ‘selfish,’ ‘very alarming’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses his statement, during the opening of the High-Level Segment of the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP) ** FILE **

U.N. chief pushes back on Trump, says coronavirus pandemic is ‘not that time’ to withdraw WHO funds

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump ends US aid to WHO, says not enough done to stop virus

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

People wearing protective masks stroll a shopping street Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Tokyo. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency last week for Tokyo and some other prefectures to ramp up defenses against the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

The Latest: UN’s Guterres: Africa could see virus spread

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump defends WHO funding cut

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump: Plans to reopen U.S. ‘close to being finalized’

By Tom Howell Jr., David Sherfinski and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump directs halt to payments to WHO during virus pandemic

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump cuts off WHO funding, pending review

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times