Al-Monitor
Moscow and Baghdad continue to plot a course for bilateral relations, though the process is being complicated by Iraq’s precarious political situation and the global coronavirus crisis.
More than three million coronavirus cases confirmed worldwide, with more than 216,000 deaths.
gulfnews.com
COVID-19 precautions in place with malls operating from 12pm to 10pm at 30% capacity
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted nearly every facet of American life. Follow here for the latest news.
Asia Times
The daily count of fatalities of the Covid-19 pandemic, whose official toll has now passed 210,000, is a sensitive business, with data often incomplete and differing methods between countries. Hosp…
The fatality rate remains among the lowest in the world, prompting both optimism and bafflement.
Confirmed coronavirus cases across the globe pass the 3 million mark, with Australian cases accounting for roughly 6,700 of those. Follow live.
"We're in war," President Donald Trump proclaimed at a White House news conference last week. "I call it the 'invisible enemy.' That's the war, and it's a dangerous war."
DW.COM
Once the coronavirus pandemic tapers off, people are likely to take vacations closer to home. European Union tourism ministers have no timetable for revitalizing travel. Bernd Riegert reports from Brussels.
the Guardian
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Blue skies over Beijing. Unusually clean air in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today that new modelling shows that public health measures are working to slow the spread of COVID-19 but cautioned that easing restrictions too fast could set back the progress made to date.
Displaced people need sufficient aid to survive, UN says, adding virus is likely to be circulating in war-torn country.
the Guardian
Iran reports 96 more deaths; Spain’s death toll shows slight rise; Germany calls for ‘very careful’ easing of lockdown; New Zealand says ‘worst is over’
Dr. Kami Kandola has worked in the Northwest Territories for almost 17 years. She is at the forefront of the territory's fight against COVID-19, and she was also an official during the H1N1 pandemic.
Noting that several European nations are preparing to ease coronavirus-related restrictions, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Monday urged countries to continue to find, isolate, test and treat all cases." Speaking at his regular briefing in Geneva, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said declining numbers of new virus cases was certainly a good sign. Tedros, did, however, warn that the pandemic is far from over.
www.nature.com
Researchers sift through data to compare nations’ vastly different containment measures. Researchers sift through data to compare nations’ vastly different containment measures.
the Guardian
Iran reports 96 more deaths; Spain’s death toll shows slight rise; Germany calls for ‘very careful’ easing of lockdown; New Zealand says ‘worst is over’
AP NEWS
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The spreading specter of the new coronavirus is shaking Latin America’s notoriously overcrowded, unruly prisons, threatening to turn them into an inferno. The Puente...
The UN warns pandemic, which has killed more than 209,000 people, may cause a 'human rights disaster'.
AP NEWS
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Some countries and U.S. states are starting to ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions and focus on fixing their battered economies. In Spain, the streets...
The global coronavirus pandemic has brought countries around the world to a standstill. Here's the latest updates on worldwide Covid-19 cases, deaths, government responses, and more.
Asia Times
Every day the numbers continue to rise as the Covid-19 crisis infects the world. But scratch beneath the surface of the data and another narrative is taking shape in which deceit has become a…
Environment Secretary George Eustice urges staff on furlough to ease a growing crisis on farms.
While billionaires isolate themselves at luxurious hideaways on the Mediterranean during the coronavirus outbreak, residents in deprived and crowded areas of France are now facing a surge in deaths, along with unrest on the streets.
