Coronavirus – Page 270 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

USA

Resistance Strengthening: Small Business Defying Coronavirus Lockdown

Posted on April 27, 2020April 27, 2020By Editor

From New York to Texas and beyond, small business owners are pushing back against local and state governments who have deemed their livelihoods to be “non-essential. … Read More >Resistance Strengthening: Small Business Defying Coronavirus Lockdown

Russia

Russia OVERTAKES China in number of coronavirus cases

Posted on April 27, 2020April 27, 2020By Editor

Almost three months after the first confirmed cases of coronavirus in Russia, the number of infections in the world’s largest country has overtaken China, the first nation to report an outbreak of Covid-19. … Read More >Russia OVERTAKES China in number of coronavirus cases

World

Coronavirus infections top 3 MILLION cases worldwide – Johns Hopkins University

Posted on April 27, 2020April 27, 2020By Editor

The global coronavirus count has just surged past three million, according to newly released statistics by Johns Hopkins University. The US, with nearly one-third of all Covid-19 infections, still remains the hardest-hit country. … Read More >Coronavirus infections top 3 MILLION cases worldwide – Johns Hopkins University

Asia & Pacific

Thinking caps on: Chinese school kids return to classroom with the help of ‘social distancing hats’ (PHOTOS)

Posted on April 27, 2020April 27, 2020By Editor

Elementary schoolers in the Chinese megacity of Hangzhou have returned to school, sporting an unusual addition to their regular uniform: a winged cardboard hat reminding them to maintain distance from each other. … Read More >Thinking caps on: Chinese school kids return to classroom with the help of ‘social distancing hats’ (PHOTOS)

Covid-19 mortality in French intensive care units THREE to FOUR TIMES HIGHER than official figures – report

Posted on April 27, 2020April 27, 2020By Editor

The number of people dying of the novel coronavirus in French intensive care units could be between three and four times higher than the figure provided by the French government, Le Monde newspaper reports, citing a new study. … Read More >Covid-19 mortality in French intensive care units THREE to FOUR TIMES HIGHER than official figures – report

World

China is victim, not mastermind of Covid-19 disinformation – Foreign Ministry

Posted on April 27, 2020April 27, 2020By Editor

As the EU continues to blame China for misinforming the world about Covid-19, Beijing has once again dismissed these claims, insisting that it is actually the target of someone else’s disinformation campaign. … Read More >China is victim, not mastermind of Covid-19 disinformation – Foreign Ministry

Julian Assange’s extradition hearing postponed amid Covid-19 pandemic, earliest available date November

Posted on April 27, 2020April 27, 2020By Editor

The Wikileaks co-founder’s US extradition hearing in London has been delayed, potentially till November, due to the coronavirus pandemic with his defense arguing it made the proceeding ‘medically dangerous’. … Read More >Julian Assange’s extradition hearing postponed amid Covid-19 pandemic, earliest available date November

Middle East

‘Blow to privacy’: Top Israeli court to ban use of anti-terror tech on coronavirus patients, unless govt makes it law

Posted on April 27, 2020April 27, 2020By Editor

Israel’s High Court of Justice has ruled that a domestic spy agency must stop tracking coronavirus patients with tech it would otherwise use on terrorists – but only pending a law to legalize the practice. … Read More >‘Blow to privacy’: Top Israeli court to ban use of anti-terror tech on coronavirus patients, unless govt makes it law

Op-ed

Some Medieval Towns Handled Plagues Better Than Trump’s Unequal, Rundown America

Posted on April 26, 2020April 26, 2020By Editor

Even by historical standards, the U.S. president is an abysmal failure. … Read More >Some Medieval Towns Handled Plagues Better Than Trump’s Unequal, Rundown America

Business

The shale suffering has only just begun

Posted on April 26, 2020April 26, 2020By Editor

A few weeks before the summer driving season begins, US gasoline consumption has plummeted to levels last seen in the late 1960s, due to the lockdowns to contain the spreading of the coronavirus. … Read More >The shale suffering has only just begun

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