For many years, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention was known as the world’s preeminent public-health agency. No longer. During the pandemic, the CDC stumbled repeatedly. Accused of incompetence, overreach and muddled messaging, it is now in need of repair. Director Rochelle Walensky was right to order a review of the agency’s operations in early April. ...

  In 2016, Filipino voters picked a president who will be remembered for his crass pronouncements and a brutal war on drugs. On Monday, if polls would be correct, they are poised to elect the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. The return of the Marcos clan to the Malacañang Palace may appeal to Filipinos nostalgic for the era ...

Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron offered a way for Ukraine to work more closely with the European Union, hours after Russia’s Vladimir Putin compared his war with Kyiv to the fight against Nazi Germany. “Ukraine, with its fight and courage, is already a member by heart of our Europe, our family, our union,” Macron told members of the European parliament ...