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India struggles with twin challenges of cyclone and pandemic
May 22, 2020
India struggles with twin challenges of cyclone and pandemic
NEW DELHI (AP) — In the middle of a pandemic, if a cyclone comes hurtling toward you, what should you…
UK set to outline quarantine measures for international arrivals
May 22, 2020
UK set to outline quarantine measures for international arrivals
LONDON (Reuters) — The United Kingdom will later on Friday spell out details of its plans for a COVID-19 quarantine…
Japan’s elderly workers, once key to Abenomics, suffer as pandemic closes businesses
May 22, 2020
Japan’s elderly workers, once key to Abenomics, suffer as pandemic closes businesses
TOKYO (Reuters) — On a recent Saturday in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district more than 100 people, many of them elderly men,…
Renaissance Dam construction now 73% complete: Ethiopian minister
May 22, 2020
Renaissance Dam construction now 73% complete: Ethiopian minister
Ethiopian Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy Seleshi Bekele announced on Friday that construction on the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam…
Tanzania says virus defeated through prayer, but fears grow
May 22, 2020
Tanzania says virus defeated through prayer, but fears grow
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — On just one day this month, 50 Tanzanian truck drivers tested positive for the coronavirus after…
Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him
May 22, 2020
Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him
WASHINGTON (AP) — “A Trump enemy statement,” he said of one study. “A political hit job,” he said of another.…
‘Last option’ – no Olympic postponement beyond 2021, says Bach
May 21, 2020
‘Last option’ – no Olympic postponement beyond 2021, says Bach
Olympics chief Thomas Bach agreed that 2021 was the “last option” for holding the delayed Tokyo Games on Thursday, stressing…
Huawei’s ambitions unbowed despite US pressure
May 21, 2020
Huawei’s ambitions unbowed despite US pressure
Construction cranes at Huawei’s headquarters busily expand an already massive faux-European campus that Walt Disney would envy, as well as…
Twenty-two killed as ‘super cyclone’ ravages Bangladesh, India
May 21, 2020
Twenty-two killed as ‘super cyclone’ ravages Bangladesh, India
At least 22 people died as the fiercest cyclone to hit parts of Bangladesh and eastern India this century sent…
A world redrawn: virus a ‘genocide’ threat for Amazon, warns Salgado
May 21, 2020
A world redrawn: virus a ‘genocide’ threat for Amazon, warns Salgado
Legendary photographer Sebastiao Salgado has warned of a “genocide” of the Amazon’s indigenous peoples if the Brazilian government does not…