Al-Monitor
No COVID-19 furlough for imprisoned Iranian women’s rights activists; Interreligious, LGBT couples struggle to connect; Yemen’s cease-fire gets a second chance.
Al-Monitor
The novel coronavirus is threatening to inflate food prices in Turkey, whose agricultural sector was already in dire straits and overly reliant on imports before the pandemic.
Asia Times
Scientists believe they are one step closer to a breakthrough in the race to immunize the human race against the deadly Covid-19 disease. Clinical trials are already underway across the world …
Shutting down immunization services in the COVID-19 pandemic risks triggering a resurgence of diseases that can be prevented with safe and effective vaccines, warns WHO in the lead-up to World Immunization Week (24-30 April).
Asia Times
(ATF) Asian markets were in a broad rebound on Thursday following Wall Street’s gains as oil prices showed signs of stability. This morning, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was 0.81% higher, while t…
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO has seen a dramatic increase in the number of cyber attacks directed at its staff, and email scams targeting the public at large.
AP NEWS
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans remain overwhelmingly in favor of stay-at-home orders and other efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, a new survey finds, even as small pockets of...
the Guardian
More than 232,000 could have been infected in first wave, compared with then-official total of 55,000, as US envoy calls for rethink of US-China relationship
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday the coronavirus could give some countries an excuse to adopt repressive measures for reasons unrelated to the pandemic as he warned that the outbreak risks becoming a human rights crisis.
DW.COM
US President Donald Trump wants to stop green card applicants from getting into the country for at least 60 days. What exactly does it mean and does he have the power to do it? DW has the facts.
DW.COM
US President Donald Trump wants to stop green card applicants from getting into the country for at least 60 days. What exactly does it mean and does he have the power to do it? DW has the facts.
More than 2.6 million infections confirmed in at least 185 countries and territories, including some 183,000 deaths.
Alarming new signs are emerging that the Trump administration is shunting science aside in the battle against coronavirus.
Not everyone in Israel, especially in the defense establishment, is enthusiastic about cooperating with a large China company in the battle against the coronavirus.
the Guardian
Advice expected to recommend public choose to wear a scarf or face covering rather than medical masks
The Christian Science Monitor
European nations responded to the coronavirus largely on their own. But the European Union will need to come together to take the next steps forward.
www.nature.com
Support grows for a controversial ‘human challenge’ vaccine study — but no trial is yet planned. Support grows for a controversial ‘human challenge’ vaccine study — but no trial is yet planned.
the Guardian
Results from the study will be vital for planning an exit strategy from the pandemic
Pew Research Center - U.S. Politics & Policy
Most Americans say economic problems resulting from the coronavirus outbreak will last for at least six months.
NPR.org
Richard Bright says he was removed from his post because of his "insistence" that the government spend funds on "safe and scientifically vetted solutions" to address the coronavirus.
To understand what the coming months will be like, try to tune out the politicians.
Pew Research Center's Journalism Project
More than two-thirds of adults ages 65 or older said they were following news of the pandemic very closely.
Social distancing during Ramadan a challenge for Muslim-majority Indonesia.
CNET
Roughly 25,000 employees are potentially affected.
NPR.org
The European country of under 12 million people surged to the top of the chart as authorities tally not only fatalities that are confirmed as virus-related but also many suspected of being linked.
