World coronavirus dispatch: Barack Obama goes after Trump admin's response

From Obama going after Trump admin's handling, to Brazil continuing to be in trouble, to how college may look like in fall and beyond

The number of new coronavirus cases confirmed in the US has steadily declined in recent days. In New York, the figure has dropped over the past month. The numbers have also plunged in hard-hit Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and some states, including Vermont, Hawaii and Alaska, are reporting few new cases. 

The north American nation has reached a perilous moment in the course of the epidemic, embracing signs of hope and beginning to reopen businesses and ease the very measures that slowed the virus, despite the risk of a resurgence. With more than two-thirds of states significantly relaxing restrictions on