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Trump urges US to reopen as daily death toll spikes
May 6, 2020
Trump urges US to reopen as daily death toll spikes
President Donald Trump made his first major foray out of the White House since the coronavirus lockdown began in a…
Germany eyes accelerated return to normality
May 6, 2020
Germany eyes accelerated return to normality
Germany is eyeing an almost complete return to normality in May, with plans to send all pupils back to school…
Grim and getting worse: US set for historic unemployment surge
May 6, 2020
Grim and getting worse: US set for historic unemployment surge
Like a global tsunami, the coronavirus pandemic has caused a huge loss of life and taken a massive economic toll.…
France’s early COVID-19 case may hold clues to pandemic’s start
May 5, 2020
France’s early COVID-19 case may hold clues to pandemic’s start
LONDON (Reuters) – A study by French scientists which suggests a man was infected with COVID-19 as early as Dec.…
UK overtakes Italy with Europe’s highest official coronavirus death toll
May 5, 2020
UK overtakes Italy with Europe’s highest official coronavirus death toll
LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom has overtaken Italy to report the highest official death toll from coronavirus in Europe,…
Born in a concentration camp: the Holocaust’s youngest survivors
May 5, 2020
Born in a concentration camp: the Holocaust’s youngest survivors
Holocaust survivor Florence Schulmann has always worried that if she went into schools to recount her experience, it would sound…
Working in fear, immigrants keep US poultry plants running
May 5, 2020
Working in fear, immigrants keep US poultry plants running
Tina says a little prayer every time she heads to work at a Delaware poultry plant, a plea that this…
Australia ‘losing $2.5 bn a week’ in virus shutdown
May 5, 2020
Australia ‘losing $2.5 bn a week’ in virus shutdown
Australia’s economy is losing Aus$4 billion (US$2.5 billion) every week its virus shutdown continues, with GDP forecast to plunge 10…
HK penguins chill during pandemic while carers work overtime
May 5, 2020
HK penguins chill during pandemic while carers work overtime
Save for an absence of gawping crowds, life for the penguins of Hong Kong’s Ocean Park has been much the…
Virus deaths top 250,000 as billions pledged for vaccine push
May 5, 2020
Virus deaths top 250,000 as billions pledged for vaccine push
The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped a quarter of a million on Tuesday, with the US government…