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Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Coronavirus Spreads in Veterans’ Home, Leaving ‘Shuddering Loss for Us All’
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Fauci and Birx’s Tactics Can Help Us Survive
How the doctors are akin to hostages in the Trump administration.
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Coronavirus strikes skid row as Union Rescue Mission reports first confirmed case
In the first case on skid row, an employee of the Union Rescue Mission tested positive for the novel coronavirus. He is being treated at USC Medical Center.
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Wear face covering when grocery shopping, Riverside County says in coronavirus warning
Up to now, federal officials have urged the healthy not to wear masks. But that guidance may be changing.
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Veteran Santa Rosa police detective dies of COVID-19
Coronavirus: Santa Rosa police detective dies
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Mexico president ramps up rich vs poor rhetoric in coronavirus fight
As the outlook for Mexico's economy gets gloomier during the coronavirus crisis, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has driven home the message that his government is ready to help the poor to weather the storm - but that the rich can forget it.
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Australian authorities take cluster approach to contain coronavirus
Australian authorities will open a pop-up coronavirus testing clinic next to Sydney's Bondi Beach on Wednesday as health workers try to contain clusters of infections across the country.
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Paris Club creditors agree to cancel $1.4 billion of Somali debt
The Paris Club of creditor nations agreed on Tuesday to restructure Somalia's debt, including immediately canceling $1.4 billion owed by the impoverished Horn of Africa country.
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Coronavirus: Stock markets suffer worst quarter since 1987
The Dow Jones and FTSE 100 have fallen more than 20% since the start of the year.
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New Zealand, a country of about 5 million, has 18 million masks in its reserves, with 80,000 being made every day
New Zealand's prime minister posted a video of masks being made in a factory and said, "I'll admit, I have watched this video more than once."
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'Sailors do not need to die,' warns captain of coronavirus-hit U.S. aircraft carrier
The captain of the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, in a blunt letter, has called on Navy leadership for stronger measures to save the lives of his sailors and stop the spread of the coronavirus aboard the huge ship. The four-page letter, the contents of which were confirmed by U.S. officials to Reuters on Tuesday, described a bleak situation onboard the nuclear-powered...
AOC Drifts Away from Activist Left, Toward a More Conventional Staff and Political Strategy
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has taken steps recently to collaborate more with the Democratic establishment, taking a less contentious approach and allying with fellow Democratic members.After urging fellow progressives in 2018 to run for office with the support of the progressive group the Justice Democrats, which supported her, the New York Democrat...
12 Buildings That Show the Beauty of Deconstructed Architecture
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U.S. records 700 coronavirus deaths in a single day for first time
The U.S. government raced to build hundreds of makeshift hospitals to ease the strain on overwhelmed healthcare systems as the United States marked 700 deaths in a single day from COVID-19 for the first time on Tuesday. Nearly half those deaths were in New York state, still the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded for reinforcements...
Venezuela rejects a U.S. offer to ease sanctions in exchange for transitional government
A former senior U.S. government official says it's the "best" deal they can get, while an analyst said this is more about "politics than policy."
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Trump: a U.S. coronavirus death toll of 100,000 would mean his administration did 'a very good job'
President Trump on Sunday said if his administration can keep the coronavirus death toll to 100,000 in the United States, it will have done a "very good job."Earlier in the day, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the coronavirus pandemic could cause between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths in the United States. Trump said...
Saudis Start to Unleash Oil Wave Despite U.S. Pressure
(Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia has made good on its pledge to ramp up oil exports in April, with a first wave of crude already on its way toward Europe and the U.S., a clear sign the price war remains in full swing.The kingdom has loaded several of the supertankers it hired earlier this month to boost its ability to increase exports, according to ship-tracking data. In addition,...
10 cruise ships that are still at sea as the coronavirus shuts down the cruise industry
Ships from cruise lines like Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, and Cunard Line are still at sea.
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Outrage in India as migrants sprayed with disinfectant to fight coronavirus
Indian health workers caused outrage on Monday by spraying a group of migrants with disinfectant, amid fears that a large scale movement of people from cities to the countryside risked spreading the coronavirus. Footage showed a group of migrant workers sitting on a street in Bareilly, a district in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, as health officials in protective suits...
Top White House advisers predict as many as 240,000 US deaths from coronavirus - live updates
Members of the Trump administration laid out dire estimates Tuesday to underscore the potential impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.
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US warship captain seeks crew isolation as virus spreads
The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus is asking for permission to isolate the bulk of his roughly 5,000 crew members on shore, which would take the warship out of duty in an effort to save lives. In a memo to Navy leaders, the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt said that the spread of the disease is ongoing and accelerating...
Bristol GP surgery's dances a hit with care home
Staff at Green Valleys Health are dancing every lunchtime to entertain residents next door.
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Monday, 30 March 2020
Coronavirus: Free school meals children to get food vouchers
Ministers say the vouchers could be available to families in England as early as Tuesday afternoon.
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Blood test 'can check for more than 50 types of cancer'
The test could help diagnose tumours sooner, often before any symptoms, scientists hope.
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Coronavirus: Airport handlers at risk of collapse
Aviation services companies are calling on the government for urgent assistance due to the pandemic.
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Delay Brexit deadline amid coronavirus, say MEPS
The UK is due to stop following EU rules by the end of 2020 but a group of MEPs say the date should be pushed back.
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Coronavirus: Protecting yourself in a migrant camp
The often unsanitary conditions in refugee and migrant camps, like this one on Lesbos, pose a challenge for residents trying to avoid coronavirus.
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Coronavirus: Has the virus brought borders back to Europe?
The BBC’s Gavin Lee took a road trip in Europe's Schengen area to see how free movement has changed.
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How (not) to cut your hair at home
Stuck at home, some people have enlisted their children to help cut their hair.
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Coronavirus: The good that can come out of an upside-down world
There are reasons to believe the world may emerge from this upheaval enhanced, writes Matthew Syed.
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'The phone slipped into the bath': Conference call tales
How to avoid some of the pitfalls of teleconferencing and how it is changing the way we meet and do business.
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Coronavirus: What should you do if you are stuck abroad?
The government has outlined plans aimed at bringing stranded Britons home.
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The Atlantic Daily: One Virus, Two Americas
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One virus, two Americas
Maybe you live in a blue state, in a hard-hit, urban area, and are currently under lockdown orders from your...
New York greets hospital ship with cheers; U.S. death toll rises past 3,000
New York welcomed the arrival of a gleaming 1,000-bed U.S. Navy hospital ship on Monday as a beacon of hope for the city's desperate fight against the coronavirus pandemic, while the national death toll climbed past 3,000 on the country's most deadly day.
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Trump says coronavirus guidelines may get tougher; 1 million Americans tested
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that federal social distancing guidelines might be toughened and travel restrictions with China and Europe would stay in place as he urged Americans to help fight the coronavirus with tough measures through April.
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The Fight to Suspend Rent Payments in Seattle
In December, council member Kshama Sawant introduced a winter ban on evictions in Seattle and won. Then the coronavirus happened.
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Federal Judges Block Texas and Ohio Coronavirus Abortion Bans
There was bad news on Monday for states trying to use the coronavirus pandemic to halt abortions.
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In the College Basketball Documentary The Scheme, the FBI Comes Out Looking Dirty
The sordid business of a pointless, low-stakes prosecution.
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EXCLUSIVE: New Survey Reveals Church Giving is Down, but Faith is Growing
Churches continuing to hold in-person worship services came under fire from elected officials and other critics Sunday who fear the gatherings put parishioners at risk for catching the coronavirus. Now new research, obtained exclusively by CBN News, shows how churches across the nation are managing their ministries, including plans to celebrate Easter, during the pandemic.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro urges no more coronavirus quarantine, says jobs being lost
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that there can be no more quarantine measures imposed on the country than those already in place to combat coronavirus because jobs are being destroyed and the poor are suffering disproportionately.
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In scrappy Cambodian casino town, Chinese plan future beyond coronavirus
When casino owner Kang Qiang looks out the window of his 20th floor office in this city on the remote Cambodian coast, he sees construction cranes sitting idle.
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Trump’s Virus Defense Is Often an Attack, and the Target Is Often a Woman
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Listen to the Call: Bullock and Trump Discuss Testing
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Keep It Simple, Albany. This Is No Time for Budget Games.
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Congress Just Spent $2 Trillion on Coronavirus Relief. It’s Eying More.
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Sunday, 29 March 2020
France steps up coronavirus evacuations from packed hospitals
France on Sunday staged its largest evacuation of coronavirus patients to date from hospitals in the hard-hit east, increasing efforts to free up intensive care units as officials warned of an influx of serious cases in the coming days. Two specially equipped high-speed trains carried 36 patients from Mulhouse and Nancy toward hospitals along France's western coast, where...