“At its current pace, it’s on track to eclipse the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Wednesday.
BBC News – World The outbreak, declared on 15 May, has caused more than 2,000 deaths, with thousands more reported cases.
BBC News – World The outbreak, declared on 15 May, has caused more than 2,000 deaths, with thousands more reported cases.
BBC News – World President Donald Trump announced that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her post to spend more time with her family. Leavitt, who recently gave birth to her second child, will continue to serve as an outside adviser to Trump, according to one report. Her departure follows a tenure marked by sharp exchanges with reporters at the podium.
Sky News – Front Page British driver Andy Green, the only person to break the sound barrier in a car, set a world speed record in a hydrogen-powered vehicle, reaching 406.320 mph (653.908 km/h). The car was powered by two hydrogen internal combustion engines. Green, 64, is a retired Royal Air Force pilot.
NYTimes – US President Donald Trump confirmed he secretly left Turkey on a different aircraft instead of Air Force One after last month's NATO summit, saying the Secret Service and military wanted him off the plane due to a threat. Former Secret Service agents called the swap unusual but not unprecedented, with one suggesting it was likely improvised quickly. Trump made his first public comments about the incident on Tuesday.
