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Still climbing: Covid-19 death toll tops 100,000 worldwide – AFP

Posted on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020By Editor

The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus has surpassed 100,000 globally, according to figures compiled by the AFP news agency, while the number of confirmed cases is rising toward the two million mark. … Read More >Still climbing: Covid-19 death toll tops 100,000 worldwide – AFP

Business

Exporters like Russia won as Covid-19 fears pushed grain market up, but now veggies may get sliced & diced

Posted on April 10, 2020June 15, 2020By Editor

Coronavirus tanked global markets, but for grain producers like Russia, the pain was eased by a surge in prices. More bad news is on the horizon, however, as virus-induced labor shortages threaten the fruit and vegetable supply. … Read More >Exporters like Russia won as Covid-19 fears pushed grain market up, but now veggies may get sliced & diced

Russia

Battling Covid-19: Moscow to ‘gradually’ introduce pass system for movements around city amid partial lockdown

Posted on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020By Editor

Russia’s capital, which has seen a surge in cases of the deadly coronavirus, will begin implementing a pass system designed to tighten control over people’s movement in a bid to tackle the outbreak. … Read More >Battling Covid-19: Moscow to ‘gradually’ introduce pass system for movements around city amid partial lockdown

Op-ed

Sweden’s flawed coronavirus battle plan hits the poor & elderly, resulting in worst death count among Nordic countries

Posted on April 10, 2020By Editor

In only three days, the total fatalities in Sweden due to the current epidemic rose from 477 to 881. While the problem started roughly about the same time in all the Scandinavian countries, Sweden’s stats are among the worst. … Read More >Sweden’s flawed coronavirus battle plan hits the poor & elderly, resulting in worst death count among Nordic countries

Australian MPs call for release of Julian Assange to home detention as Covid-19 ‘rapidly spreads’ in UK prisons

Posted on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020By Editor

There are new calls from Australia to release Julian Assange from prison over Covid-19 fears. Two MPs, supported on Twitter by the whistleblower’s mother, sent letters to UK authorities calling for his release to home detention. … Read More >Australian MPs call for release of Julian Assange to home detention as Covid-19 ‘rapidly spreads’ in UK prisons

Shows

CrossTalk, QUARANTINE EDITION: Rethinking globalism

Posted on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020By Editor

Historically, a crisis often affords new opportunities – new ways of doing things. As the world grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic and the rapid decline of the economy, are our elites open to imagining the world in a different way? What are the dangers of not doing so? … Read More >CrossTalk, QUARANTINE EDITION: Rethinking globalism

Asia & Pacific

Singapore BANS teachers from using Zoom after lessons get ‘porn-bombed’

Posted on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020By Editor

Singapore has ordered educators to stop using the video chat program Zoom after hackers ‘spiced up’ school lessons with pornography. The move comes as the app’s security woes led to a ban by NASA and others. … Read More >Singapore BANS teachers from using Zoom after lessons get ‘porn-bombed’

Middle East

Fears of MILLIONS becoming infected soon in war-torn Yemen as first Covid-19 case recorded

Posted on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020By Editor

The first confirmed Covid-19 case has been recorded in war-torn Yemen as the devastated nation braces for the pandemic to hit. A local health official has warned that up to 90 percent of the population could become infected. … Read More >Fears of MILLIONS becoming infected soon in war-torn Yemen as first Covid-19 case recorded

World

Over 300,000 Canadians may die from Covid-19 in case of ‘no control effort’ – report

Posted on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020By Editor

The Public Health Agency of Canada has issued a report detailing the possible best and worst-case scenarios of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the most grim projections saying the death toll could go into tens of thousands. … Read More >Over 300,000 Canadians may die from Covid-19 in case of ‘no control effort’ – report

Russia

Washington fails to provide proof for alleged Moscow-backed Covid-19 disinformation campaign – Russian Foreign Ministry

Posted on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020By Editor

Russian diplomats called on their US counterparts to provide some actual evidence of allegations circulated by American media and officials that Moscow is waging a coronavirus-themed fake news campaign – but have received none. … Read More >Washington fails to provide proof for alleged Moscow-backed Covid-19 disinformation campaign – Russian Foreign Ministry

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