Beijing has dismissed the recent claim by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that COVID-19 is more likely to have originated from a Chinese laboratory, describing it as "extremely unlikely." ...

The CIA's "assessment" rocketed around the news and political worlds, spurring more heavy breathing from partisans who have long deployed the claim as part of a geopolitical contest with China.

The CIA's assessment rocketed around the news and political worlds, spurring more heavy breathing from partisans who have long deployed the claim as part of a geopolitical contest with China. The ...

Were he writing today, he would have to add to this sacred duo another entry — that it’s also certain that the theory that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab will persist, despite the ...

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released Saturday that points the finger at China even ...

The statement didn’t include details about what led the CIA to change its assessment and whether it had intelligence that would bolster the theory that the virus leaked from a research lab in Wuhan, ...

saying Saturday that the virus was "more likely" leaked from a Chinese lab than transmitted by animals. The new assessment came after John Ratcliffe was confirmed Thursday as the CIA director under ...

A CIA report found that the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic likely came from a lab in Wuhan, China, though the agency expressed “low confidence” in its own conclusion. Various ...

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released Saturday that points the finger at China even ...

Now, the most important thing is to make China pay for unleashing a plague on the world.” China has denied the lab leak theory. The Post has contacted the CIA for comment.

Advertisement Previously, the CIA has said it was unclear whether the Covid pandemic emerged from human exposure to an infected animal or from a research lab in Wuhan, China. A source familiar ...

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released on Saturday. It points the finger at China ...