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Italy virus death toll soars amid travel ban

bbc.co.uk - The number of people to have died from the coronavirus in Italy has shot up by 133 in a day to 366, officials say. The total number of infections leapt 25% to 7,375 from 5,883, according to the Civil…

Mr. Market Loses It Over Coronavirus Risk: Oil Tanks, S&P Futures Trades Halted on Limit Down Overnight, Gold Jumps | naked capitalism

nakedcapitalism.com - It looks like a bloodbath is coming Monday for Europe and the US based on overnight trading in Asia. Coronavirus is showing that financial instruments can’t trump the real world. Mr. Market has final…

Live updates: Panic grips world markets as coronavirus fear unleashes oil-price war

washingtonpost.com - By Adam Taylor and close Adam Taylor Foreign reporter who writes about a variety of subjects Email EmailBio BioFollow Follow Teo Armus close Teo Armus Reporter on the Morning Mix team Email EmailBio …

‘Recovered’ Covid-19 patient dies as China reports more repeat cases

scmp.com - Volunteers take a pregnant woman into the Wuhan Maternal and Child Health Hospital to be tested for the coronavirus. Photo: Xinhua Volunteers take a pregnant woman into the Wuhan Maternal and Child H…

Governments step up coronavirus response as U.S. cases top 500

washingtonpost.com - A woman gestures as other people look on from aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship, operated by Princess Cruises, as it maintains a holding pattern about 25 miles off the coast of San Francisco. (Jo…

Lack of paid leave will leave millions of US workers vulnerable to coronavirus

theguardian.com - For over 30 years, Joyce Barnes has worked as a home healthcare aide in Richmond, Virginia without any paid sick days. She makes $8.25 an hour and often works through illnesses because she can’t affo…

Officials set to receive thousands from ship hit by virus

apnews.com - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal and state officials in California were preparing Monday to receive thousands of people from a cruise ship that has been idling off the cost of San Francisco with at least…

Inside Trump Administration, Debate Raged Over What to Tell Public

nytimes.com - The debate moved that afternoon to the Oval Office, where Mr. Azar and others urged the president to approve the ban. “The situation has changed radically,” Mr. Azar told Mr. Trump. Others in the roo…

The Latest: Philippines declares public health emergency

apnews.com - ROME (AP) — The Latest on the coronavirus epidemic sweeping the globe (all times local): The Philippine president has declared a state of public health emergency throughout the country after health o…

Columbia University Cancels Classes After Coronavirus Exposure

nytimes.com - “When we got the email, it was like, thank you, yeah, that’s what I wanted,” she said. “You’re recognizing that it’s important for us to not get sick.” Maya Perry, 22, called it a “sensible” decision…

Logistical and Technical Exploration into the Origins of the Wuhan Strain of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

harvardtothebighouse.com - An accessible and comprehensive YouTube summary of the report below by a Professor of Neurobiology at the University of Pittsburgh’s Medical School is available here. This report is the product of a …

N. Korea fires weapons after threatening 'momentous' action

apnews.com - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three short-range projectiles off its east coast on Monday, South Korea’s military said, two days after the North threatened to take “momentous” action to …

Democrats, You Really Do Not Want To Nominate Joe Biden ❧ Current Affairs

currentaffairs.org - If you are a Democrat, you may be thinking about the presidential primary something like this: Joe Biden doesn’t seem like a bad guy. He was a good Vice President under Obama, and he’s certainly bett…

MH17 trial to start with four accused facing murder charges | News

aljazeera.com - The trial of four men suspected in the downing of MH17 is set to start in Amsterdam on Monday, more than five years after the Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down as it flew over eastern Ukraine. P…

As in Afghanistan, Ending Our Endless Wars Will Not Be Painless

theintercept.com - At the end of a quiet, dusty street in an industrial suburb outside the Jordanian capital of Amman sits the house of one of the most infamous radical Islamic clerics in the world. Abu Muhammad al-Maq…

Gates-funded program will soon offer home-testing kits for new coronavirus

seattletimes.com - Testing for the novel coronavirus in the Seattle area will get a huge boost in the coming weeks as a project funded by Bill Gates and his foundation begins offering home-testing kits that will allow …

Here’s Why It Matters That Interest Rates Are Cratering

nymag.com - As recently as November 2018, ten-year U.S. government bonds paid an interest rate over 3 percent. That yield gradually fell as the Federal Reserve shifted from a stance of hiking interest rates to c…

How Long Will It Take to Develop a Coronavirus Vaccine?

newyorker.com - On Monday, Donald Trump held a meeting in the White House to discuss his Administration’s response to COVID-19, the novel coronavirus that has spread to every continent except Antarctica. At the time…

Trump Admin Reportedly Overruled CDC’s Coronavirus Advice for Seniors Not to Fly

nymag.com - As the federal government moves from a strategy of containment to one of mitigation, the Trump administration’s mismanagement of the coronavirus continues to escalate. The most concerning report over…

The Impossible Conspiracy Fuelling Russia's MH17 Defence - bellingcat

bellingcat.com - Ahead of the commencement of the MH17 trials in the Netherlands on March 9, 2020, various Russian government officials have made statements defending Russia against accusations that Russia provided t…

Trump in the Time of the Coronavirus

newyorker.com - The first official act of the Trump Administration was the Inauguration—and, within hours, a lie delivered from the White House press room about how this had been “the largest audience to ever witnes…

Crisis communication researcher shares 5 key principles that officials should use in coronavirus

theconversation.com - Infectious disease outbreaks have killed more people than hurricanes, wildfires or earthquakes. The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history, with death estimates rangin…

China turns to propaganda to right image in virus 'war'

apnews.com - BEIJING (AP) — As the rest of the world grapples with a burgeoning virus outbreak, China’s ruling Communist Party has deployed its propaganda playbook to portray its leader as firmly in charge, leadi…

Sudan's PM survives assassination attempt in capital

apnews.com - CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s prime minister survived an assassination attempt Monday after an explosion went off near his convoy in the capital of Khartoum, Sudan’s state media said. Abdalla Hamdok’s family …

Turkey's Erdogan heading to Brussels to discuss refugee crisis | Turkey News

aljazeera.com - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due to hold talks with senior European Union officials in Brussels over a refugee crisis unfolding at the Turkish-Greek border, as Germany said the bloc was …

Trump's mismanagement helped fuel coronavirus crisis

politico.com - President Donald Trump holds up a picture as he listens during a meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, left, Associate Director for Laboratory Science and Safety Steve Monroe, a…

Feminist groups hold mass Women's Day marches across Chile | Chile News

aljazeera.com - Antofagasta, Chile - Cities across Chile erupted in mass celebration and outrage on Sunday as women and their supporters rallied for International Women's Day. In Santiago, a plaza that has become th…


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