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Parco Leonardo in Rome during the coronavirus shutdown. France, Italy and Spain are preparing to ease the lockdowns they imposed to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus. (Photo by N i c o l a) Photo used under CC BY

‘It’s just beginning here’: Pandemic grips Africa

France, Italy and Spain are preparing to loosen coronavirus restrictions, with other countries watching closely to see how some of the first and hardest-hit countries in Europe might safely emerge from their crippling lockdowns.

Guardian

Separatists declare self-rule in southern Yemen

Separatists in southern Yemen have declared self-rule, breaking a peace deal signed with the internationally recognized government.

BBC

Israelis demonstrate against Netanyahu deal

Several thousand Israelis have demonstrated against a unity government deal that leaves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in power as he goes on trial for corruption charges.

Al Jazeera

Pandemic sure to widen racial, financial inequities

The coming wave of hardship is likely to widen racial disparities, with poverty projected to rise twice as much among blacks as among whites. Poverty is also likely to rise disproportionately among children.

New York Times

Indonesia, home to world’s biggest Muslim population, bans holiday travel over Ramadan

CNN

Will global collaboration against COVID-19 succeed?

YouTube

Global coronavirus death toll hits 200,000

Global deaths linked to the coronavirus passed 200,000 over the weekend, while confirmed cases of the virus are expected to hit 3 million in coming days, according to a Reuters tally.

Reuters

Pandemic expected to raise global suicide risk

Among those most at risk of suicide nowadays are workers who have lost their jobs, those facing severe financial hardship, and elderly people who feel cooped up at home because of restrictions on movement during the coronavirus crisis, experts warn.

South China Morning Post

Africa gravely behind in race for virus gear

Africa’s coronavirus cases have surged 43% in the past week but its countries are dangerously behind in the global race for scarce medical equipment.

Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

India’s migrant workers fall through cracks

For many of India’s estimated 140 million migrant laborers, the epidemic is much more than a threat to their health – it endangers their very economic survival.

Reuters

Indian Muslims face stigma for infections

India’s government is blaming an Islamic missionary meeting for a surge in coronavirus cases, triggering a wave of violence, business boycotts and hate speech toward Muslims.

Associated Press

Homeless ‘treated as criminals’ amid lockdowns

As cities order people to stay off the streets, homelessness activists say police are targeting those with nowhere else to go.

Thomson Reuters

Pandemic is becoming ‘human rights crisis’

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the global community about the potential for the coronavirus pandemic to become a ’‘human rights crisis.’’

Deutsche Welle

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNMENT

Venezuela’s doctors,health systems unprepared

Venezuela has reported one of lowest cases of COVID-19 in world but doctors say many infections are being overlooked.

Al Jazeera

Brazil becoming hot spot as testing falters

Medical officials in Rio de Janeiro and at least four other major cities in Brazil have warned that their hospital systems are on the verge of collapse, or already too overwhelmed to take any more patients.

Associated Press

Food banks struggle to keep up with demands

As new patrons line up for food assistance in record numbers, and old clients become even more reliant on donations, major food insecurity nonprofits say they are experiencing financial and procedural challenges.

Time

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Many experiencing weird pandemic dreams

People around the world may be physically separated in pandemic lockdowns, but they are joined in at least one way. Many are experiencing vivid and bizarre “quarandreams.”

NBC News

Robots help care home residents stay in touch

BBC

Breakthrough hopes rise in virus vaccine trials

Scientists believe they are one step closer to a breakthrough in the race to immunize the human race against COVID-19. Clinical trials are already underway across the world to find a vaccine to combat the virus.

Asia Times Online

Healing wounds with plasma

Deutsche Welle

GLOBAL HEALTH

Fight against malaria could be set back 20 years

The WHO is now warning that the battle against malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, could be set back by 20 years as countries focus energy and resources on containing COVID-19.

Associated Press

Tokyo hospitals trying to stay ahead

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Rescue group has saved hundreds of lost pets

Dogs — some lost for up to two years — have been reunited with their families thanks to HARTT, an Arizona rescue group that uses high tech tricks to find lost pets.

People

Inspirational messages bloom amid outbreak

Inspiration is contagious, too. The pandemic has brought an outpouring of messages from stranger to stranger — in windows, on front doors, across walls, and colored onto driveways and sidewalks.

Associated Press

Gaza artists decorate masks to raise coronavirus awareness

Al Jazeera

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Kenyan nutritionist keeps school kids fed

Wawira Njiru founded her nonprofit, Food for Education, in Ruiru, Kenya - her hometown. Her mission is to provide cheap and nourishing lunches to primary school children from poor families, even during lockdown.

CNN

Restaurant owner gives away free meals

While most restaurants in America are shuttered, this one is hammered. In fact, Bruno Serato is feeding more people today than ever before. Twice a week in Anaheim, California, the cars line up by the hundreds.

CBS News

NYC’s homeless get supply filled backpacks

A group of New Yorkers are on a mission to get the city’s homeless population resources they need during the pandemic

Good Morning America

School meals on wheels in German town

In the German town, Potsdam children are entitled to free school meals, but with schools closed, they aren’t getting them. But now a novel solution has seen concerned parents breathe a sigh of relief.

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

Himalayan eco-rebels practice sustainability

An Indian state in the Himalayas has completely transformed its agriculture and switched to organic farming.

Deutsche Welle

Impact of B.P oil spill unknown decade later

The BP oil spill of 2010 started suddenly, explosively, and with deadly force. But the response has stretched out for years and scientists say there’s still much more we need to learn.

National Geographic

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Sri Lanka’s tea pickers toil on amid lockdown

Workers in a sector with a history of exploitation face hazards including a lack of masks and overcrowded accommodation.

Guardian

Hunger pandemic looms, fuels poverty

Economists predict a 20 percent rise in people who will struggle to feed themselves, of which more than 80 percent are in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Hondurans pushed into homelessness

Poor Hondurans who were barely eking out a living selling basics on the capital’s gritty streets prior to the coronavirus outbreak are now sleeping on those same streets as they can no longer afford their rent.

Reuters

Photo of the Day

A set of outdoor table tennis tables in a park in Haringey, London, has been locked out during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. (Photo by Acabashi) Photo used under CC BY

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