WUHAN, China — Shopkeepers in the city at the center of China’s virus outbreak were reopening Monday but customers were scarce after authorities lifted more of the anti-virus controls that kept tens of millions of people at home for two months. “I’m so excited, I want to cry,” said a woman on one of Wuhan’s […]
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Good morning and welcome to On Politics, a daily political analysis of the 2020 elections based on reporting by New York Times journalists. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday. Where things stand President Trump’s hopes that the economy would be “opened up” by Easter have come to an end.
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World shares are largely lower as countries report surging numbers of infections from the coronavirus pandemic, forcing shutdowns of travel and businesses By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer March 30, 2020, 11:32 AM 4 min read 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article BANGKOK — World markets started the week with more
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Handwashing has gotten all the attention lately (and rightfully so) because of the coronavirus pandemic, but with notables like singer Shawn Mendes and Sen. Elizabeth Warren saying they don’t wash their faces, the old twice-a-day rule has started coming into question. The pop star prefers to “meditate a lot” because he believes “if you’re happy,
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Image copyright Elton John/Instagram Sir Elton John enjoyed a less than quiet night in on Sunday as he was digitally joined by quarantined stars from around the music world for a virtual coronavirus benefit concert. The British pop legend hosted the iHeart Living Room Concert For America from his home in Los Angeles. The online
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Facebook announced on Monday that it will dole out $25 million in grants to local news outlets and spend $75 million in a marketing drive aimed at news organizations internationally in response to the coronavirus-prompted economic downturn, which has caused advertising to plummet and has threatened media industry revenues. Despite huge interest in news that
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Longtime Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is proudly keeping soccer and hockey arenas open even though most sports around the world have shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press March 30, 2020, 10:43 AM 3 min read MINSK, Belarus — With most sports around the world shutting down because of the
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So she created a digital news consortium, Courier, with sites in key 2020 states. She started her own PAC, Pacronym, to attack Mr. Trump across the web, and, in a coup, hired the Facebook specialist assigned to Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign. But Acronym faced an existential challenge after a firm it backed, Shadow, won the
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Laid off airline cabin crew staff in Britain are being asked to work in temporary hospitals to help treat COVID-19 patients March 30, 2020, 9:58 AM 2 min read 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed.
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John Oliver called out right-wing politicians and media figures who in recent days have pushed to reopen businesses, even if that means older Americans have to die due to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. “We’re being forced to confront some of the strangest, darkest implications of our national mindset in which market worship threatens to
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