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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Reverend Lowery (centre) with US Senator Barack Obama during a march in Selma in 2007 Joseph Lowery, a veteran US civil rights leader and former “dear friend” of Martin Luther King Jr, has died aged 98, US media report. Rev Lowery was a founding member of the Christian Leadership Conference, […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Canadian passengers on the Zaandam, Chris and Anna Joiner, ask their government for help A cruise ship carrying more than 1,800 people off Panama is in a race to transfer healthy passengers to another ship after four people died – and two others tested positive for coronavirus. The owners of […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Democratic US Representatives practise social distancing as they discuss the stimulus bill President Trump has signed the largest-ever US financial stimulus package, worth $2tn (£1.7tn), as the country grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. The House of Representatives passed the cross-party bill two days after the Senate debated its provisions. On […]
Image copyright Reuters US President Donald Trump has ordered General Motors to make ventilators for coronavirus patients after attacking the car giant’s chief executive. He invoked the Korean War-era Defense Production Act, which allows a president to force companies to make products for national defence. Mr Trump said that “GM was wasting time” and action […]
Image caption Ramprasad Shah sells vegetables in Noida India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, suddenly announced on 23 March that the entire country would be put under lockdown. This left many delivery services and vendors of essential services unprepared, leading to confusion and clashes between police and their staff in many areas. The BBC’s Vikas Pandey […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Clapping events have become a common way to salute healthcare workers fighting the pandemic As the number of coronavirus cases continue to rise worldwide, positivity is hard to come by. We are in the throes of a global health crisis that may last weeks, if not months. And yet there […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCoronavirus: South Africa prepares for three-week lockdown South Africa has announced its first deaths from Coronavirus infection, and said cases there have passed the 1,000 mark. “This morning, we South Africans wake up with sad news that we now have our first deaths resulting from COVID-19,” the […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump attributes rise in US cases to testing The US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country, with more than 85,500 positive tests. According to the latest figures collated by Johns Hopkins University, the US has overtaken China (81,782 cases) and Italy (80,589). […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption At the time of the abduction, Jean Der Agopian and Benjamin Blanchard from SOS Chrétiens d’Orient gave a press conference in Paris Four workers from a French Christian charity who were kidnapped in Iraq in January have been freed, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said. The three French nationals and an […]
Image copyright AFP / Getty Image caption A queue at a fever clinic in Hubei province on Friday China has announced a temporary ban on all foreign visitors, even if they have visas or residence permits. The country is also limiting Chinese and foreign airlines to one flight per week, and flights must not be […]
Nearly 3.3 million people registered to claim jobless benefits for the week ended 21 March, according to Department of Labor data. Rosie Alumbaugh and Chase Charaba tell BBC News about the struggles they’re facing following their job losses. Video produced by Xinyan Yu, Chelsea Bailey and Angélica Casas Source link
Coronavirus misinformation is flooding the internet and experts are calling on the public to practice “information hygiene”. What can you do to stop the spread of bad information? 1. Stop and think You want to help family and friends and keep them in the loop. So when you receive fresh advice – whether by email, […]