Coronavirus: MSPs to agree emergency laws
MSPs are expected to pass new emergency powers in a single day in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2WYNeqP
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Coronavirus' 'minimum wage heroes'
Hear from the people on low wages who are taking a risk to keep the country running. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Uwxo4P
Coronavirus: How a professional deep clean is carried out
Specialist cleaning services are being inundated with requests to disinfect buildings during the coronavirus pandemic. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2UPyBTX
Coronavirus: Playing classical music for South Korea hospital patients
Musicians in South Korea have played a classical music concert for coronavirus patients. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3bD6eiD
How birth is changing in the age of coronavirus
Coronavirus is throwing many birth plans up in the air and leading some health trusts to increase home births. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3bFTEPt
Coronavirus: How it’s affecting young people’s mental health
The coronavirus crisis is having a huge impact on young people with existing mental health conditions. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2UAVhIN
Jay Blades: From repairing lives to hosting TV hit The Repair Shop
Jay Blades, host of BBC One's surprise hit The Repair Shop, never aimed for a career on screen. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/341yclw
Big splash: The world's largest designer of water parks
Geoff Chutter is the founder of Whitewater West, the world's largest water park design firm. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/39ysBEc
How Dua Lipa and The Weeknd are bringing the 80s back… again
The 1980s are once again influencing some of the world’s biggest artists like Dua Lipa and The Weeknd. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Uw1y8o
$30 Million in Illegal Drugs Seized From Cross-Border Tunnel in San Diego, U.S. Says
By BY NEIL VIGDOR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2UyBfhU
Mexico president ramps up rich vs poor rhetoric in coronavirus fight
As the outlook for Mexico's economy gets gloomier during the coronavirus crisis, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has driven home the message that his government is ready to help the poor to weather the storm - but that the rich can forget it. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wT7uiH
Australian authorities take cluster approach to contain coronavirus
Australian authorities will open a pop-up coronavirus testing clinic next to Sydney's Bondi Beach on Wednesday as health workers try to contain clusters of infections across the country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ymlXEh
Paris Club creditors agree to cancel $1.4 billion of Somali debt
The Paris Club of creditor nations agreed on Tuesday to restructure Somalia's debt, including immediately canceling $1.4 billion owed by the impoverished Horn of Africa country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QXBLDN
‘Never Thought I Would Need It’: Americans Put Pride Aside to Seek Aid
By BY CARA BUCKLEY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2Uygm6p
Human Rights Group Says Two U.S. Strikes Killed Somali Civilians
By BY CHARLIE SAVAGE AND HELENE COOPER from NYT World https://ift.tt/3dFYDSa
Hellmut Stern, 91, Dies; Violinist Returned to Germany After Fleeing
By BY KATHARINE Q. SEELYE from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2R0fBku
Coronavirus: Are loss of smell and taste key symptoms?
However, experts say a fever and a cough are still the main ones to look out for. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/340vDQA
Coronavirus: 3D-printer owners rally to create NHS face masks
More than 1,000 people volunteer to help make face shields for front-line workers. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3dFW4zH
Bristol GP surgery's dances a hit with care home
Staff at Green Valleys Health are dancing every lunchtime to entertain residents next door. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2URj4mv
Mexico president ramps up rich vs poor rhetoric in coronavirus fight
As the outlook for Mexico's economy gets gloomier during the coronavirus crisis, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has driven home the message that his government is ready to help the poor to weather the storm - but that the rich can forget it. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wT7uiH
Australian authorities take cluster approach to contain coronavirus
Australian authorities will open a pop-up coronavirus testing clinic next to Sydney's Bondi Beach on Wednesday as health workers try to contain clusters of infections across the country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ymlXEh
Paris Club creditors agree to cancel $1.4 billion of Somali debt
The Paris Club of creditor nations agreed on Tuesday to restructure Somalia's debt, including immediately canceling $1.4 billion owed by the impoverished Horn of Africa country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QXBLDN
Tokyo may keep city-run schools closed through early May: media
Tokyo is considering keeping city-operated schools closed through early May, public broadcaster NHK and other local media reported on Wednesday, a day after coronavirus infections in the Japanese capital hit a daily record of 78. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QYL8TK
Brazil's Bolsonaro urges no more coronavirus quarantine, says jobs being lost
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that there can be no more quarantine measures imposed on the country than those already in place to combat coronavirus because jobs are being destroyed and the poor are suffering disproportionately. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wFhlZF
In scrappy Cambodian casino town, Chinese plan future beyond coronavirus
When casino owner Kang Qiang looks out the window of his 20th floor office in this city on the remote Cambodian coast, he sees construction cranes sitting idle. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2xDSZ2d
Australia enacts sweeping lockdown powers to combat coronavirus spread
People in Australia's most populous state of New South Wales, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Australia, could be heavily fined or jailed for leaving their home without a good reason from Tuesday under sweeping new powers designed to slow infection rates. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/33VXfGF
Virus Prompts Workplace Protests Over Health Concerns
By BY NOAM SCHEIBER AND KATE CONGER from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2QWRCCy
Trump to Governors: I’d Like You to Do Us a Favor, Though
By BY MICHELLE GOLDBERG from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2QWRhjg
Trump’s Virus Defense Is Often an Attack, and the Target Is Often a Woman
By BY ANNIE KARNI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3dCNjWW