Video footage shows Indian health workers spraying disinfectant on a group of migrant workers, amid fears that a large scale movement of people from cities to rural areas risks spreading the coronavirus widely. The prime minister, Narendra Modi, has ordered the country's 1.3 billion people to remain indoors until 15 April, saying that was the only hope to stop the pandemic.
But the order has left millions of impoverished Indians jobless and hungry, prompting a mass exodus from cities to villages
The Cambridge Analytica whistle-blower and Filipino journalist discuss Facebook, fake news, and information warfare.
In this episode of Studio B: Unscripted award-winning Filipino journalist Maria Ressa and Cambridge Analytica whistle-blower Christopher Wylie discuss the weaponisation of information and how social media threatens democracy around the world.
In 2012, Ressa set up the digital news platform, Rappler, now particularly known for its tough scrutiny of the Duterte administration and his controversial "war on drugs". She is currently facing charges of fraud, tax evasion and cyber-liber, in what she says are politically motivated prosecutions.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci says the next couple of weeks will be a critical time in the fight against coronavirus following the deadliest day of the pandemic in the US.
Spain has Europe's second highest coronavirus death toll behind Italy. Its nearly 8,000 fatalities have now surpassed China. With the elderly at high risk, nursing homes in Spain have been overwhelmed by the number of infections. There are reports of dire conditions, with dead bodies left in beds for hours. Relatives are worried about their loved ones but they've been banned from visiting.
In the United States the death toll from COVID-19 now exceeds three-thousand. More than a third of those victims are from New York state, whose governor has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers . Andrew Cuomo called the number of deaths "staggering". So far, around 80,000 former medical professionals have answered Cuomo's call. Meanwhile, a US Navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the city's hospitals.
The operator of a coronavirus-stricken cruise liner has warned that more people could die at sea unless its vessels are allowed to dock, accusing governments of “turning their backs” on thousands of people stranded at sea during the global pandemic.
Orlando Ashford, president of Holland America Line, called for a port to show “compassion and grace” by allowing passengers on the Zaandam cruise liner and its sister ship, the Rotterdam, back on land.
Singapore high court upholds law criminalising gay sex
Judge rules law ‘important in reflecting public sentiment and beliefs’ in city-state
Singapore’s top court has upheld a colonial-era law that criminalises gay sex, dismissing three appeals that argued it was unconstitutional.
The presiding judge said that the legislation was “important in reflecting public sentiment and beliefs” in the city-state – despite it being rarely enforced.
Under Section 377A, men found guilty of homosexual acts in public or private can be jailed for up to two years.
Despite coronavirus, foreign doctors struggle to get degrees recognized in Germany
Some German authorities have called on foreign doctors in the country to help fight the coronavirus, even without a license. But the bureaucracy of approving their foreign medical degrees can't just be fast-tracked.
"Specialist surgery is like driving a car," the 34-year-old, who holds medical degrees from universities in Libya and Egypt, explained to DW. "When you don't drive your car for a while you forget how to drive. So I bought some intestines from the supermarket and I am stitching it in my home."
Two adults, two kids, one square metre each: trapped in a shoebox under lockdown
A nationwide lockdown intended to halt the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic has turned ordinary hardship into a living nightmare for French families living in cramped and overcrowded dwellings, with experts warning that homelessness and inadequate housing will only worsen the health crisis.
Ramata’s weary voice is barely audible, drowned out by the surrounding clamour as her children’s cries bounce off the mildewed walls of their tiny abode.
With France under a nationwide lockdown, the mother of two has been ordered to stay at home – except she doesn't have one. Her “home”, so to speak, is an 8-square-metre hotel room in the Seine-et-Marne department, east of Paris, which she shares with her partner, their two children and a legion of cockroaches.
Malian parliamentary elections marred by kidnappings, attacks
Election observers report a series of polling day incidents in volatile north and centre of the country.
Mali's parliamentary elections were marred by kidnappings, ransacked polling stations and a deadly roadside bomb attack, according to local officials.
Voters in the war-torn West African country cast their ballots on Sunday to choose new MPs, in an election that was long delayed, mostly because of security concerns.
Data might be one of the key weapons to curtail the Coronavirus pandemic. The data on our smartphones, for example. It can show nearly every step we take and every step people around us take.
Scientists estimate that one infected person passes the virus on to around 2-3 people on average. So what if we used all the data that we already have on our smartphones to track people infected with the Coronavirus? Warn those who had contact with a carrier ?
We explore life under lockdown as Beijing employs increasingly stringent measures to contain the coronavirus epidemic.
Life in the Chinese capital has ground to a halt, as authorities wage a desperate battle to contain the coronavirus epidemic.
Sebastien Le Belzic, a journalist based in Beijing for 13 years, has found himself largely confined to his apartment, giving him a front-row seat to the government's attempts to control the virus.
Turning the camera on his own daily routine with his wife and son, Sebastien provides a rare inside glimpse into life under quarantine.
The picture that emerges is one of a city where sub
Beavis and Butt-Head is an American adult animated sitcom created and designed by Mike Judge. The series originated from Frog Baseball, a 1992 short film by Judge originally aired on Liquid Television. After seeing the short, MTV signed Judge to develop the concept. The series first ran from March 8, 1993, to November 28, 1997. The series was later renewed for an eighth season, which aired from October 27 to December 29, 2011. In 1996, the series was adapted into the animated feature film Beavis and Butt-Head Do America.
Donald Trump called Nancy Pelosi a “sick puppy” after the House speaker said the president’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis would contribute to deaths in the US that might have been avoided. “She’s a sick puppy … that’s a terrible thing to say,” Trump said in a rambling hour-long call-in interview to the cable show Fox & Friends. “My poll numbers are the highest they’ve ever been because of her.”
In his interview on Monday, Trump told the Fox News hosts he had saved the country from “deaths like you have never seen before”.
Pelosi told CNN on Sunday that “the president’s denial at the beginning was deadly” and said “his delay in getting equipment to where it’s needed is deadly … As the president fiddles, people are dying.”
Trump also repeated a baseless claim he made Sunday, accusing states including New York, which has had to erect emergency medical facilities in Central Park and move in refrigerator trucks to temporarily store bodies, of squandering medical equipment.
2. "And as you know, even before this development, we've been doing more tests -- tests than any other country, anywhere in the world."
12. "No, I want the people of New York to check -- Governor Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio -- that when a hospital that's getting 10,000 masks goes to 300,000 masks during the same period -- and that's a rapid period -- I would like them to check that. Because I hear stories like that all the time."
So, because he "hear[s] stories like that all the time," Trump felt comfortable suggesting that New York is lying about their protective medical equipment needs? OK.
INBOX: Amazon workers at an NYC warehouse say they're staging a walkout tomorrow over "the company’s lack of safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic" pic.twitter.com/2Srq4MWhjb
As the coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, John Oliver discusses President Trump’s inconsistent response to the pandemic, including his suggestion of an Easter deadline for sending America back to work, and his reluctance to use the Defense Production Act.
The UK could remain under coronavirus emergency measures for as long as six months, a top health official has said, even as one expert said there were early signs that the outbreak was slowing in Britain.
Curbs on normal life may need to continue through the summer and into the autumn in order to avoid progress being "wasted," England's Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jenny Harries said on Sunday.
Harries suggested that while lockdown rules imposed last week could be relaxed once the curve of cases begins to flatten, strict social distancing guidelines will likely remain in place.
'Coronavirus could wipe us out': indigenous South Americans blockade villages
Groups in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru withdraw into homes as physicians highlight history of diseases ‘decimating’ communities
Indigenous groups across South America are blockading their villages and retreating into their traditional forest and mountain homes in a bid to escape the potentially cataclysmic threat of coronavirus.
In recent days, as the number of cases in South America has risen to almost 8,000 – with many more cases likely to be unreported – indigenous groups in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru have all started taking steps to protect themselves from what they call a historic danger.
Ground Zero: How New York became the epicentre of the global coronavirus outbreak
Makeshift morgues outside of hospitals, sirens in the streets and soon a quarantine. Richard Hall reports on the fight against the coronavirus in New York. Richard HallNew York@_richardhal
In every Hollywood disaster movie, New York somehow finds itself at the centre of it all. It is a peril of being the most recognisable city in the world that it always seems to bear the brunt of the alien invasions, environmental collapse and the deadly storms. This time is no different.
Over the past week, this city has become the new epicentre of the global coronavirus pandemic. New York now accounts for roughly a quarter of the 100,000 infections in the whole United States. More than 450 people have now died of the virus here, as of Saturday.
Will Germans trade privacy for coronavirus protection?
Asian countries have used digital tracking to fight the new coronavirus, while Europe has put its faith in social distancing. Germany's government is debating how much privacy should and can be protected amid a pandemic.
Should Germany concentrate more energy on digital surveillance in the fight against the new coronavirus? These days that issue is being hotly debated in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, where the federal commissioner for data protection, Ulrich Kelber of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), directly contradicted Health Minister Jens Spahn of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
North Korea slams Pompeo and says will 'walk our way' North Korea on Monday warned it could cut off dialogue with the United States and slammed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for urging the international community to maintain sanctions on its regime. Pompeo last week told nations to "stay committed to applying diplomatic and economic pressure" over the North's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes while calling on the nuclear-armed state to return to talks. A string of weapons drills by Pyongyang has come during a prolonged hiatus in disarmament talks with the United States and despite recent overtures from Washington offering help to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan not planning to declare state of emergency but will expand entry bans
By Leika Kihara and Takaya Yamaguchi
Japan has no plan to declare a state of emergency from April, its top government spokesman said on Monday, seeking to dispel mounting fears a recent spike in coronavirus cases could lead to a first-ever lockdown of the capital, Tokyo.
As the number of infections grows globally, however, Japan will raise its defenses against imported cases by banning the entry of foreigners travelling from the United States, China, South Korea and most of Europe, the Asahi newspaper reported on Monday.
Non-Japanese citizens who have been in any of those places in the previous two weeks will be barred, the newspaper said. The government may also ban travel to and from some countries in Southeast Asia and Africa, it said, citing unidentified government sources.
Young people may not face the highest health risk due to the coronavirus, but they're dealing with much of their world being shut down around them. Health experts say the actions of younger generations can have a significant impact on the course this pandemic takes. DW correspondents around the world checked in to see how youth are dealing with the social and societal restrictions.
In the race to protect public health, are governments harming privacy rights? Plus, Trump's coronavirus misinformation.
Coronavirus: Tracking the Outbreak, or Spying on People?
In the worldwide battle against COVID-19 - more governments are looking at our phones to track the infected and to prevent the virus from spreading.
China, South Korea, Israel, Italy and others are using phone location software, along with CCTV video and credit card records, among other tools, to do that.
Governments are understandably eager to use every weapon at their disposal in this fight and phone tracking has already proven effective in some places - such as China.
Because the “Ratings” of my News Conferences etc. are so high, “Bachelor finale, Monday Night Football type numbers” according to the @nytimes, the Lamestream Media is going CRAZY. “Trump is reaching too many people, we must stop him.” said one lunatic. See you at 5:00 P.M.!
Over 2,300 Americans have now died in the COVID-19 pandemic, due in large part to a government response that was delayed for weeks while Trump, conservative pundits, and his other allies suggested dire warnings of the pandemic’s potential spread were a “hoax” intended to make him look bad. The man is unfit for office; he cannot react to any crisis except as opportunity for self-promotion. Republican leaders continue, even as deaths mount, to offer no pushback to his false claims and incompetent measures.
“President Trump is a ratings hit. Since reviving the daily White House briefing Mr. Trump and his coronavirus updates have attracted an average audience of 8.5 million on cable news, roughly the viewership of the season finale of ‘The Bachelor.’ Numbers are continuing to rise...
“President Trump is a ratings hit. Since reviving the daily White House briefing Mr. Trump and his coronavirus updates have attracted an average audience of 8.5 million on cable news, roughly the viewership of the season finale of ‘The Bachelor.’ Numbers are continuing to rise...
...On Monday, nearly 12.2 million people watched Mr. Trump’s briefing on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, according to Nielsen — ‘Monday Night Football’ numbers. Millions more are watching on ABC, CBS, NBC and online streaming sites, and the audience is expanding. On Monday, Fox News...
Many rightwing adherents have come to view the coronavirus or covid19 outbreak and pandemic with a lot suspicion and paranoia thanks to Donald Trump diminishing the severity of the crisis and rightwing media telling their listeners, readers and viewers that it's all hoax. Or that it was a biological weapon created in China with funding from the Democratic party. This is how far into denial these people are. Remember these are the same people who believed there was a child sex ring being run by Bill and Hilary Clinton at Comet Ping Pong a pizzeria in suburban Washington D.C., after the Sandyhook school shooting that those who died (using their term) were crisis actors and that it was a false flag operation created by the Obama administration to take away their guns and the flu and covid19 were the same type of virus. They are not.
Now former Arkansas governor and failed presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has wade into the stupid with his conspiracies and paranoia. In the excerpt below he implores mayors to direct their citizens to buy firearms. Why? Because all of your constitutional rights which haven't been taken away are being taken away.
Workers supporting the manufacturing of safety equipment and uniforms for law enforcement, public safety personnel, and first responders.
Workers supporting the operation of firearm or ammunition product manufacturers, retailers, importers, distributors, and shooting ranges.
Following in the lead of Texas Attorney General Dan Patrick the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as noted above: Has deemed the the manufacturing and selling of firearms essential to stopping and/or helping elevate the spread of the deadly coronavirus. One can only imagine those brave armed virus warriors on the hunt for a microscopic foe they are unable to locate without a microscope. One can only imagine these fools dressed in full camouflage and armed to the teeth acting like a Special Forces unit in search of this diabolical enemy.
Treating those infected or preventing others from becoming infected never crossed the minds of these fools as being of the highest priority. No. Instead they decided that the ability to manufacture and sell a weapon meant for one use only, war is essential in the fight against the corona virus.
‘It’s good to be useful’: The volunteer heroes helping us through the coronavirus crisis
Some of the people stepping in to support emergency services and set up grassroots groups – from Italy to India – share their stories with Adam Forrest
The coronavirus has left millions living in fear since it began its devastating spread across the planet. The outbreak has not paralysed us, however. It has inspired an unprecedented surge of voluntary efforts to save and protect our neighbours.
In the UK, an army of more than 700,000 people have responded to the government’s call to help support the NHS and deliver essential food and medical supplies to the 1.5 million most vulnerable in the country.
Across the globe, ordinary people have signed up to bolster their emergency services and set up new, grassroots groups to look after everyone in their community. The Independent has taken a closer look at some of the heartening work going on in different parts of the world.
Coronavirus: states touching New York City region told to limit travel
Donald Trump backs away from quarantine of states as US death toll tops 2,000 and global infections pass 660,000
The US infectious diseases authority, the CDC, has urged millions of residents in three states touching the New York City region to avoid non-essential travel, citing extensive spread of coronavirus among the population.
The bulletin spanning three states was issued after a verbal confrontation between Donald Trump and the New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, sparked by the president’s suggestion that the state and others might be placed under quarantine to contain the Covid-19 virus. Trump backed away from the idea after Cuomo likened it to a “declaration of war” by the federal government against the states.
Coronavirus: Centre delivers sharp warning to states after migrant exodus, says will hold officials responsible
Coronavirus updates: People who travelled during the lockdown will have to spend 14 days in state government-run quarantine facilities, the Centre has ordered
The Union government on Sunday firmly reminded state governments that the onus to ensure that their boundaries are sealed was theirs and they should not allow the migrant workforce to cross borders and break the protocol for the nationwide lockdown across the country.
What Next?Attention Slowly Turns to the Mother of All Coronavirus Questions
The fight against the coronavirus has paralyzed society and the economy. Lockdown measures are fine for the short term, but they threaten to rapidly destroy the economy and erode our existing social order. What should the next steps be?
By Benjamin Bidder, Felix Bohr, Anna Clauß, Jürgen Dahlkamp, Ullrich Fichtner, Jan Friedmann, Annette Großbongardt, Martin Knobbe, Marcel Rosenbach, Michael Sauga, Cornelia Schmergal, Thomas Schulz, Gerald Traufetter and Steffen Winter
The storm has already begun ravaging several countries, but in many others, it is still approaching. The coffins are piling up in Bergamo, while in Wuhan, they are counting their graves. Hospitals in Madrid, Paris and Tehran are struggling to keep up, and the virus is racing through the population of New York. In India, the government has asked its 1.3 billion people to observe a 21-day quarantine. The black clouds of COVID-19 are gathering over Africa and the Americas.
North Korea launches sixth unidentified projectile in under a month
North Korea fired an unidentified projectile into the sea off the coast of Japan Sunday morning, the sixth launch by the Kim Jong Un regime in less than a month.
Japan's Self Defense Force said in a statement Sunday that the missile had landed outside the country's Exclusive Economic Zone, which extends 200 nautical miles from Japan's shores.
"It is a serious issue for the whole international society including Japan that North Korea has repeatedly launched the missiles lately," the statement said.
1968 - the year that haunts hundreds of women
By Ly Truong
The man had come in to buy soy sauce. Tran Thi Ngai was working as a midwife and nurse, but that morning she was looking after her parents’ shop in southern Vietnam while they were out.
He had grenades hanging from his armour, guns on his belt. It was the summer of 1967, and the Vietnam War - pitting South Vietnamese forces, the US and its allies, against the North Vietnamese Communists - was escalating.
As he approached the counter, he held out the money. As Tran reached to take it, he grabbed her arm, then her hair, and dragged her into the back room of the shop. There he raped her.
The spread of coronavirus has affected people all around the world. Many are locked in their homes, countless businesses are shut down, and life as many knew it has come to a halt. But amid the crisis and the uncertainty, acts of kindness and solidarity have spread.
Take a look at the many expressions of joy, teamwork, and support that have emerged from different corners of the world. They're a reminder that while many of us are isolated in our homes or on the frontlines of the fight against this virus, we are all in this together.
The mighty dollar shows reserve currency dominance. Plus, India's banking troubles and travel industry under COVID-19.
Rich nations have spent more than $9 trillion so far on tackling the economic fallout from COVID-19. And more spending is on the way as governments try to ensure there is a functioning economy post the pandemic.
The damage done is likely to surpass the financial crisis and maybe even the Great Depression.
It is the worst economic crisis in the last 70 years.
