The World Health Organization warns COVID-19 is continuing to accelerate globally at breathtaking speed but says basic public health measures – if followed -- can control its spread and turn the pandemic around. Plus, the United States closed its consulate in Chengdu, China in a tit-for-tat exchange that has seen tensions rise between Washington and Beijing. And officials in France announce they have located a former Rwandan spy chief suspected of playing a major role in planning the extermination of the civilian Tutsi population.