World agog as Trump flails over pandemic despite claims US leads way
The president’s outlandish behavior as Americans suffer has inspired horror and confusion while alienating allies
The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that the US is “leading the world” with its response to the pandemic, but it does not seem to be going in any direction the world wants to follow.
Across Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, views of the US handling of the coronavirus crisis are uniformly negative and range from horror through derision to sympathy. Donald Trump’s musings from the White House briefing room, particularly his thoughts on injecting disinfectant, have drawn the attention of the planet.
Donald Trump has told you who he was from the beginnings of the presidential campaign until now. A Reality Television host in search of ratings and adulation. Never having had an interest in government or governance he thought, once elected the job would entail the ceremonial rather than having to actually govern.
‘There will be a war if they make us take a vaccine’: Anti-vaxxers defiant as world searches for Covid-19 cure
Struck-off former UK doctor among those spearheading effortsAndrew BuncombeSeattle
Disgraced former British doctor Andrew Wakefield is at the forefront of efforts by anti-vaccine activists in the US to use the coronavirus pandemic to try and persuade Americans vaccines are unsafe.
As the number of global infections from the coronavirus passes 4.3 million and the death toll approaches 300,000, dozens of drug companies and nonprofits are searching for a vaccine. Most officials agree access to a safe and effective treatment is the only way to end the pandemic, restore public confidence and restart the economy.
'No Chinese wanted' at German restaurant's post-coronavirus reopening
A well-known chef in Düsseldorf has faced a major backlash over how he announced his restaurant was reopening due to relaxed coronavirus restrictions. The chef's attempt to backtrack did not go down well either.
Like many restaurants in Germany, Im Schiffchen, a restaurant a block away from the Rhine River in Düsseldorf, was allowed to reopen as part of the government's relaxation on coronavirus restrictions.
But in announcing the eatery was once again open for business, the restaurant's French star cook, Jean-Claude Bourgueil, courted controversy with a post on his Facebook page.
"We start on Friday, but only with our bistro. No Chinese wanted!!!" the 73-year-old chef wrote on his personal Facebook page on Wednesday.
Race to prevent Covid-19 'nightmare' in Rohingya camps as first case detected
Emergency teams raced Friday to prevent a coronavirus "nightmare" in the world's largest refugee settlement after the first confirmed cases in a sprawling city of shacks housing nearly a million Rohingya.
There have long been warnings the virus could race like wildfire through the cramped, sometimes sewage-soaked alleys of the network of 34 camps in southeast Bangladesh.
Nakba Day: For Palestinians it is not just an historical event
While the Zionist project fulfilled its dream of a homeland in Palestine, Palestinian displacement has never stopped.by Ali Younes
May 15, 1948, is a date inked in infamy for generations of Palestinians who know it as the Nakba, or "the catastrophe", after the declaration of the state of Israel in Palestine.
On Friday, Palestinians mark the Nakba's 72nd anniversary since the Yishuv, the pre-state Jewish community in Palestine, transformed into Israel after former colonial sponsor the United Kingdom departed Palestine, which it had invaded and occupied during World War I.
A Transport Ban In Uganda
Means Women Are Trapped At Home With Their Abusers
By Louise Donovan
Illustration by Gabrielle Smith, CNN
Seconds after Veronica opened her eyes in the hospital, she knew who had put her there. Her body ached; her head throbbed.
Means Women Are Trapped At Home With Their Abusers
By Louise Donovan
Illustration by Gabrielle Smith, CNN
Seconds after Veronica opened her eyes in the hospital, she knew who had put her there. Her body ached; her head throbbed.
The night before, the 25-year-old mother-of-five was busy buying medication for her children in Moroto, a town in northeast Uganda. When Veronica (whose surname we're not using to protect her identity) returned home, her husband picked up a sharp object and stabbed her in the right eye. He then beat her, and when she blacked out, he fled, she said.
Two legal volunteers from the Association of Women Lawyers (FIDA-U), an organization that provides legal aid and access to essential services for women, were already working on the ground in the community. They heard Veronica's screams and decided to investigate. After finding her lying unconscious on the floor, they called their colleague Jacob Lokuda, a front-line legal clerk who responds rapidly to violent incidents, and who recounted what happened.
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