Trump assails China over coronavirus, World

NEW YORK ࢀ¢ US President Donald Trump assailed China for the coronavirus pandemic in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, calling on the international body to punish Beijing. “In the earliest days of the virus, China locked down travel domestically while allowing flights to leave China and infect the world,” Mr Trump said in the speech, which was recorded on Monday at the White House and delivered to the UN session which is being held mostly virtually because of Covid-19. “The Chinese government, and the World Health Organisation – which is virtually controlled by China – falsely…