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With demonstrators across the US calling for racial justice, we ask a health expert how to protest safely during the pandemic. Meanwhile, Brazil marks another record increase in its death toll. And a survey shows nearly a quarter of Americans would r…
Scientists are testing if the drug could prevent severe breathing problems. Also: WHO resumes hydroxychloroquine trials; new evidence about so-called superspreaders; and British Vogue replaces models with key workers on its cover.
Illegal mining operations in the Amazon are exposing Indigenous villages to COVID-19. Meanwhile, recordings obtained by the Associated Press suggest that, while the WHO publicly praised China’s efforts, officials were frustrated with Beijing’s la…
UN’s human rights chief says pandemic is exposing issues ignored for too long. Also: New research shows every centimetre counts in social distancing; and the return of Parisian pavement cafes.
Brazil and Mexico are easing their COVID-19 restrictions, despite the continuing rise in infections. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin schedules a referendum on the Russian constitution, already delayed by coronavirus. And a chef re-opening his restaurant in…
The warehouse king battles a master of the universe…
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Itinerant hair stylists and barbers are a rare bright spot in a clobbered business…
The fraying Franco-Japanese carmaking union wants to give it another go…
Supermajors claim their prospects are not as bleak as they seem…
As with the coronavirus itself, some people seem to be more vulnerable than others to the infodemic…
The pandemic has exacerbated tension between church and state, and between religious figures, in many places…
Cycling ticks lots of good policy boxes, but cars aren’t over yet…
Covid-19 will change the way people travel…
Will footloose Chinese shoppers still feel welcome abroad?
The country’s forces kill too many of those they serve. Here is how to change that…
Donald Trump’s pledge to restore America to order recalls Andrew Johnson more than Tricky Dicky…
Profound economic, health and judicial disparities help explain the fury over George Floyd’s death…
America’s chronic anger could be its political undoing…
And may unhappily continue to repeat itself…
Live coverage of business, economics and markets as ECB president Christine Lagarde warns of ‘unprecedented’ 8.7% GDP slump in 2020ECB’s €600bn asset purchases surprise investorsUK construction industry recovers, but only slightly Aston Marti…
Movement to defund police gains ‘unprecedented’ support across USTrump’s Bible photo op splits white evangelical loyalists into two campsNew York police take seconds to restore reputation for brutalityMattis condemns Trump’s handling of prote…
The treasurer will be able to vary acquisition conditions by overseas buyers, or dispose of investments if national security risks emerge post-approvalThe Morrison government will add a new national security test to Australia’s foreign investment r…
The police killing of George Floyd continues to ignite protests across the US. On 2 June, the Guardian embedded with activists as they marched through New York City to voice their anger at the death and the systematic racism that enabled it Continue…
Several accounts reactivated after protests but social media giant gives no explanation for its actionsThe Facebook accounts of several high-profile bloggers and activists in Tunisia were among those deactivated without warning over the weekend.
Hours after the contentious bill became law, more than 1,000 people gathered to commemorate the victims of China’s 1989 crackdown, despite a police ban.
The geography of the illness is changing. Brazil now has nearly as many deaths a day as the United States, and Egypt is seeing exponential growth in patients.
Days after China moved to enact new security laws for Hong Kong, the territory’s police rejected permission for an annual vigil to honor the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
In early 1989, change seemed unstoppable in Beijing. That it wasn’t, that China would push back with fury, casts a large shadow over Hong Kong today.
The world has been transfixed by the unrest in the United States over police brutality, racism and President Trump’s response. Here are snapshots of how people in other countries view what’s happening.
An Alaska man accused of laundering US$1 billion held in South Korea for Iran funnelled nearly all the money through the United Arab Emirates, US federal court documents released on Thursday show.The court documents, filed as part of a US asset seizu…
As Bollywood resumes shooting in the next few weeks based on coronavirus guidelines issued by the Producers Guild of India, the Hindi film industry is bracing itself for a new world with little of the old razzamatazz.Filming will be lean and sparse t…
Retired footballer Hao Haidong has openly challenged Communist Party rule in China, in a video posted online on Thursday.The well-known sports figure also issued what he called a “manifesto for the establishment of a Chinese federation” in the cl…
The coronavirus spreading in New York is unlikely to have come directly from China, but from infected people travelling to the United States from Europe, according to a new study.Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New Yor…
American lawmaker Tom Cotton has called for the deployment of military forces to quell unrest across the United States in an opinion piece published in Asia on June 4, the anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, when at least hundreds of prot…
June 04, 2020 7:56 PMPARIS (REUTERS) - An art gallery in Paris has sought inspiration in ancient China to help it enforce social distancing, by providing hats with winged extensions for visitors.
June 04, 2020 4:25 PMBRUSSELS (NYTIMES) - With US cities burning and the coronavirus still raging, killing more people than in any other country, President Donald Trump also has growing problems overseas. He has never before been so isolated and igno…
June 04, 2020 4:08 PMNEW YORK (NYTIMES) - The "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico will be larger than usual this summer, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted on Wednesday (June 3).
June 04, 2020 3:55 PMWASHINGTON - China cannot allow Hong Kong or Taiwan to be successful democracies in its plan to turn a vast swath of the globe essentially into tributary states through the "predatory capitalism" of the Belt and Road Initiative,…
June 04, 2020 3:46 PMSTOCKHOLM (REUTERS) - Swedes' confidence in the ability of the government and the health agency to handle the outbreak of the novel coronavirus is falling amid growing worries about the high mortality rate, polls published on Thu…
The activists broke through barricades to hold a candlelight vigil as China takes a tougher stance against semi-autonomous Hong Kong.
A new security test would be imposed on all foreign investments that threaten the national interest in a federal government plan to fix legal gaps that leave critical assets exposed to overseas control.
The Broncos were on the end of the biggest defeat in club history, embarrassed by the brilliant Roosters at Suncorp Stadium. At least nobody was there to watch.
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Searchable.ai is an early-stage startup in the alpha phase of testing its initial product, but it has an idea compelling enough to attract investment, even during a pandemic. Today the company announced an additional $4 million in seed capital to con…
Fitbit has secured an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Fitbit Flow emergency ventilator. The ventilator hardware is low-cost, and doesn’t require very much training or expertise to use,…
A lot of the attention in medical technology today has been focused on tools and innovations that might help the world better fight the COVID-19 global health pandemic. Today comes news of another startup that is taking on some funding for a disrupti…
Amazon .com may follow its American peer Facebook’s footsteps in securing a slice of India’s booming telecom market. The e-commerce giant, which has invested over $6.5 billion in India, is in early-stage talks to buy a 5% stake worth at least…
Well the votes from the public and the judges are in and we can finally reveal the shortlist for The Europas Awards 2020 to find the hottest European tech startups! The entries were sorted and sifted by journalists to compile an editorially-driven …
Cases in Europe dropped to their lowest level since March 22, while India experienced its biggest single-day rise. The U.S.death toll rose to more than 106,000.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain is considering providing a route to British citizenship for nearly three million Hong Kong residents, as the U.K. escalates a standoff with China.
The epidemiologist behind Sweden’s controversial decision to forgo a mandatory lockdown conceded for the first time that more restrictions might have helped prevent a surge in coronavirus-related deaths.
School closures this spring are now compounding longstanding social differences, as hundreds of thousands of children in the U.S. and Europe who lacked the support to continue distance learning risk leaving school altogether.
Worried about the depth of its economic downturn, Europe is lining up two new packages potentially worth hundreds of billions of euros that boost prospects for a global recovery.
You know those videos of musicians rocking out from their living rooms, laid out in a grid? Here's how they're made.
For some, it's a sort of mental self-preservation, for others it’s a concerted strategy to win the former category over to their way of thinking.
Passenger jets and cruise ships normally gather key weather data. But full docks and empty skies make it hard to predict the details of incoming storms.
Researchers say the stay-home orders can encourage police abuse and pit residents against law enforcement.
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On 31 May 2020, WHO received information that between 18 and 30 May, four deaths were reported from the same quarter (quartier Air Congo) in Wangata Health Zone, Mbandaka city, Equateur Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
From 20 to 26 May 2020, no new cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Figure 1).
Between 2 and 8 April 2020, six suspected human cases of dracunculiasis in Duli village, Gog district, Gambella region, Ethiopia, were reported to WHO.
From 13 to 19 May 2020, no new cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported from North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
From 6 to 12 May 2020, no new cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported from North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Figure 1). Since the resurgence of the outbreak on 10 April 2020, seven confirmed cases have been reported…
