POLITICS● ELEVATED3h ago · Oct 6, 2026, 11:42 PM
Trump says will speak to Putin on plague, after death of Russian lab tech
South China Morning Post · global
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would speak very soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the reported plague death of a laboratory technician, as Washington and the United Nations called for transparency from Moscow. Russian authorities denied that they were imposing anti-plague measures and played down the reports of an incident at a plague research institute in Siberia’s Irkutsk region last week. But Washington is showing growing concern, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio...
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