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Pandemic pushes Germany into recession
May 16, 2020 00:55The coronavirus pandemic has tipped Germany into a recession, official data shows, with Europe’s top economy suffering its steepest quarterly contraction in more than a decade as lockdown measures began to bite.
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Black people are being arrested at higher rates in the US for social distancing violations (1)
May 15, 2020 19:01ProPublica analyzed court records for several US cities and for the counties that include Columbus and Cincinnati, three of the most populous jurisdictions in Ohio. In all of them, ProPublica found, black people were at least four times as likely to be charged with violating the stay-at-home order as white people.
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Trump administration wants to cut social security in exchange for direct COVID payments
May 15, 2020 18:58Trump administration officials are reportedly considering several proposals purportedly aimed at reducing government spending — including a pair of plans that would provide Americans with cash payments in exchange for delays or cuts to their Social Security benefits.
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Over 4.56 million people have COVID-19 worldwide
May 15, 2020 12:53More than 4.56 million people are now infected with the new coronavirus across the world, and over 304,000 have died.
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Brazil’s Lula warns virus could cause ‘genocide’ under Bolsonaro
May 15, 2020 08:19Former Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has called for the impeachment of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, warning that his fierce opposition toward coronavirus restrictions could cause “genocide” in the country.
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COVID-19: Tension mounts in global race for coronavirus vaccine
May 15, 2020 07:30Global tensions simmered over the race for a coronavirus vaccine Thursday, as the United States and China traded jabs, and France slammed pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi for suggesting the US would get any eventual vaccine first.
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More Americans disapprove Trump’s handling of coronavirus: Poll
May 15, 2020 06:34More Americans say they think President Donald Trump is doing a “bad job” handling the coronavirus pandemic and don’t trust him to provide accurate data about the outbreak, according to a new poll.
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Fears of disaster as first virus case emerges at Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
May 15, 2020 06:15According to a senior Bangladeshi official and a UN spokesperson, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 has been reported in the Rohingya refugee camp, which houses more than a million, raising concerns of a potential humanitarian disaster.
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COVID-19: Tension mounts in global race for coronavirus vaccine
May 15, 2020 04:47Global tensions simmered over the race for a coronavirus vaccine Thursday, as the United States and China traded jabs, and France slammed pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi for suggesting the US would get any eventual vaccine first.
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More Americans disapprove Trump’s handling of coronavirus: Poll
May 15, 2020 04:38More Americans say they think President Donald Trump is doing a “bad job” handling the coronavirus pandemic and don’t trust him to provide accurate data about the outbreak, according to a new poll.