White House's 'muzzled' coronavirus messaging is dangerous, experts say
Trump administration’s lack of transparency can make problem worse by sowing mistrust and can ‘endanger the public’
Two days before Larry Kudlow was announced as a member of the White House taskforce on coronavirus, the director of the National Economic Council declared coronavirus “contained” in the US, despite a plethora of data that suggested it was not.
“I won’t say airtight, but it’s pretty close to airtight,” Kudlow told CNBC, swaddling himself in a comforting narrative that was probably destroyed in his first meeting with the taskforce.
Kudlow’s public statements on the level of threat to the US posed by the virus outbreak sit uneasily in the minds of health experts warning of its severity, but they probably rested far more peacefully in the White House, where the favored message seems to be: there is nothing to see here.
Greta Thunberg condemns EU climate change plan as 'surrender'
Swedish environmental activist meets with EU officials in Brussels
Jon StonePolicy Correspondent
The EU's plan to stop climate change is so weak that it amounts to "surrender", Greta Thunberg has said.
Speaking at the European Parliament in Brussels the environmental campaigner said the climate law unveiled by the bloc amounted to "empty words".
"You said that this was an existential treat, now you must prove that you mean it," she said at a press conference.
Greece-Turkey border crisis: Tear gas fired on both sides
Turkey claims that Greek forces have shot dead a migrant trying to cross the border, accusations Greece rejects as "fake news." European Council chief Charles Michel is heading to Ankara for crisis talks.
Greek authorities fired more tear gas to repulse migrants trying to cross its border with Turkey on Wednesday.
Local television channel Skai reported that some 12,500 people were waiting on the Turkish side for a chance to enter into Greece. Turkey already hosts 3.6 million refugees from the 9-year war in neighboring Syria.
Thai quarantine flip-flop throws holidays into doubt
Thailand threw possibly tens of thousands of holiday plans into confusion after the health minister ordered any new arrivals from eight countries to undergo quarantine for the coronavirus, before swiftly reversing the decision.
Health minister Anutin Charnvirakul posted an announcement Tuesday saying travellers from affected countries would be subjected to a 14-day quarantine "without exceptions".
The countries were China, South Korea, Japan, Germany, France, Singapore, Italy and Iran. Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan were also included on the list.
Chasing the sun: Racing 1,800 miles by solar power
Updated 1012 GMT (1812 HKT) March 4, 2020
Greener energy is a burning issue in the battle against climate change, but one car race across Australia has been chasing the sun for 20 years.
The World Solar Challenge has become a testing ground for new technology as competitors drive their own solar-powered cars across the Australian outback.
All cars are hand-built by university students and raced for more than 1,800 miles from Darwin in the north to Adelaide in the south using just the power of the sun.
Ronan and Dylan Farrow attack publisher Hachette over Woody Allen memoir
Woody Allen's son Ronan Farrow has attacked his own publisher over its plans to publish his father's memoir.
The journalist, whose Catch and Kill was published by Hachette, said he was "disappointed" to learn that the firm will release Allen's autobiography.
Farrow's sister Dylan, who claims she was molested by Allen in 1992 when she was seven, called Hachette's decision "deeply upsetting" and a "betrayal".
Hachette has defended its decision to publish Allen's Apropos of Nothing.
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