Politics

Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:20 UTC
“UK not past the virus peak”, so no lifting of lockdown anytime soon, Raab

The British government warned on Monday it would not be lifting a nationwide lockdown anytime soon as the country remains in the grip of a coronavirus outbreak that has claimed more than 11,000 lives.
Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 07:59 UTC
Macron extends lockdown to curb coronavirus until May 11

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced he was extending a lockdown to curb the coronavirus outbreak until May 11, adding that progress had been made but the battle not yet won.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 12:22 UTC
“Bolsonaro's government is over; the question is how it makes it to 2022”, Senate president

The chief of the Brazilian Lower House, Rodrigo Maia has held a round of political talks and contacts to discuss the current course of the government and attitude of president Jair Bolsonaro regarding the current Covid 19 pandemics.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 10:31 UTC
Bolsonaro again criticizes social isolation by taking to the streets of Brasilia

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro again took to the streets of Brasilia, drawing crowds and greeting followers in his latest public pushback against social isolation measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 10:30 UTC
EU agrees massive emergency Euros 500bn fund; Germany says “nein” to mutual guaranteed coronabonds

European Union finance ministers have agreed on a massive emergency package designed to ensure that member-states hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic will have the necessary resources to rebuild their economies.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 10:18 UTC
Following transgender complaints, Peru cancels “gender-based lockdown”

Peru canceled a controversial measure restricting public movement by gender to try to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, after just over a week. A decree in the official gazette stated that instead of men and women leaving their homes on alternate days “to buy food, pharmaceutical products and perform financial operations, only one person per family unit can move from Monday to Saturday.”
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 10:05 UTC
On Easter Sunday, US death toll surpasses 22.000; May first, tentative date for relaxing stay at home restrictions

Americans spent Sunday on lockdown as the US toll from the COVID-19 pandemic surpassed 20,000 deaths and more than half a million confirmed cases. With almost all the country under stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of the disease, many turned to online church services to mark the holiest day in the Christian calendar.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 09:44 UTC
Assange fathered two children with one of his lawyers while in the Ecuador embassy

Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with one of his lawyers while holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London for much of the past decade, a report on Sunday said. The 48-year-old Australian is allegedly the dad of two boys - aged two and one - born to South African-born lawyer Stella Morris, the Mail on Sunday reported.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 09:39 UTC
Food Prices declines sharply in March except rice as countries stockpile

World food prices declined sharply in March, driven mostly by demand-side contractions linked to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the drop in global oil prices due mostly to expectations of economic slowdown as governments roll out restrictions designed to respond to the health crisis.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 09:34 UTC
Pandemic doesn't stop murdering journalists in Mexico

A Mexican journalist who disappeared over a week ago in the southern state of Guerrero was found dead close to where his family last saw him, the local prosecutor said on Saturday. Forensic tests on human remains in the seaside resort of Acapulco were identified as belonging to Victor Fernando Alvarez, who disappeared on Apr 2.