US to pull out of WHO

WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Donald Trump on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) threatened to pull the US out of the World Health Organization (WHO), accusing it of botching the global coronavirus response and of being a “puppet of China.”

The American leader has been locked in a bitter spat with Beijing, alleging it covered up the initial outbreak in central China late last year before the disease unleashed death and economic devastation across the planet.