Tag: Coronavirus

Categories Asia & Pacific

As Philippines evacuates 200,000 ahead of Typhoon Vongfong, emergency shelters set to struggle with pandemic social distancing

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Authorities in the Philippines began the risky but necessary process of evacuating tens of thousands of people as Typhoon Vongfong bore down on the island nation, which is already grappling with the coronavirus pandemic. … Read More >As Philippines evacuates 200,000 ahead of Typhoon Vongfong, emergency shelters set to struggle with pandemic social distancing

Categories Asia & Pacific

Beijing signals harsh counter-sanctions for US lawmakers & STATES targeting China over Covid-19 outbreak

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China will not submit to US lawsuits and legislation aimed at blaming Beijing for the coronavirus crisis, state media has warned, suggesting that counter-sanctions against officials and entire states are already in the works. … Read More >Beijing signals harsh counter-sanctions for US lawmakers & STATES targeting China over Covid-19 outbreak

Categories World

Still in the grip of Covid-19, US & Poland plan to practice defeating enemy on NATO’s ‘eastern flank’

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The coronavirus pandemic still blighting the United States, Poland and the rest of Europe won’t stop the US Army from holding large-scale drills that come shortly after Warsaw declared Russia a mortal threat. … Read More >Still in the grip of Covid-19, US & Poland plan to practice defeating enemy on NATO’s ‘eastern flank’

Categories Middle East

Over 16Mln Yemenis Could Be Infected With Novel Coronavirus – Yemen Social Fund Official

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Well over half of Yemen’s population, or 16 million residents, could be infected with the novel coronavirus, Yemen Social Fund for Development Monitoring and Evaluation Head Lamis Al-Iryani said in an event live-streamed by the United States Institute of Peace. … Read More >Over 16Mln Yemenis Could Be Infected With Novel Coronavirus – Yemen Social Fund Official

Categories Russia

We Respond With Words’: Russia Will Not Revoke NYT, FT’s Accreditation Over False COVID-19 Reports

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The Russian Foreign Ministry has declined a request by a Federal Assembly commission to revoke accreditation for the New York Times and Financial Times newspapers following a slew of false reporting on the country’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. … Read More >We Respond With Words’: Russia Will Not Revoke NYT, FT’s Accreditation Over False COVID-19 Reports

Categories Middle East

After Denying Aid and Blocking IMF Loan, US Accuses Iran of Trying to ‘Foment Terror’ Amid Pandemic

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The Islamic Republic became one of the first countries in the world to suffer a surge in novel coronavirus cases, but has since gone on to successfully curb infection rates, ease restrictions, and even create a homegrown serology-based test kit that it hopes to export abroad. … Read More >After Denying Aid and Blocking IMF Loan, US Accuses Iran of Trying to ‘Foment Terror’ Amid Pandemic

Categories USA

‘The Onion can’t keep up with CNN’: Network’s coronavirus town hall to feature… expert Greta Thunberg

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CNN’s latest installment of its ‘Facts and Fears’ town hall on the coronavirus pandemic will feature teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg as one of its experts. What expertise Thunberg can offer on the virus is a mystery. … Read More >‘The Onion can’t keep up with CNN’: Network’s coronavirus town hall to feature… expert Greta Thunberg

Categories UK

Class divide: Nearly TWO-THIRDS of British working class unable to do jobs from home amid Covid-19 crisis, new data reveals

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New research suggests that the Covid-19 pandemic is exposing the class divide in the UK with almost two-thirds of British working class households unable to do their jobs from home, compared to under 30 percent of middle classes. … Read More >Class divide: Nearly TWO-THIRDS of British working class unable to do jobs from home amid Covid-19 crisis, new data reveals

Categories Op-ed

The US’ Covid-19 death toll is soaring, but it keeps wasting billions on overseas military ops. Is that what taxpayers want?

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As the bodies rack up and the economy goes into freefall, the US continues to spend a fortune on its military. It’s time the public asked whether the money could be used more wisely. … Read More >The US’ Covid-19 death toll is soaring, but it keeps wasting billions on overseas military ops. Is that what taxpayers want?