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With nearly every government and populace around the world now mobilized to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the sort of broad-based international coordination often seen in previous global crises remains glaringly absent, and it’s holding us back from a solution. The reasons for this lack of overarching collaboration and coordination may be several, but one stands […] More
The Saudi crown prince and de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), finds himself in a difficult place, fighting three very different sorts of wars. The first — and the longest running — is the Saudi-led campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen that on 25 March passed its fifth anniversary. The second, the war on COVID-19, was […] More
A summary of the biggest developments in the global coronavirus outbreak Follow our latest coronavirus blog for live news and updates Coronavirus daily briefing. Illustration: Guardian Design/EPA/GETTY Key developments in the global coronavirus outbreak today include: Global infections pass 720,000 Covid-19 infections worldwide have risen to 722,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. The […] More
President extends social distancing rules to 30 April, saying open for Easter plans were only ‘aspirational’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Play Video 1:50 ‘Maybe worse than hoarding’: Trump implies hospital staff stealing masks – video Donald Trump has extended America’s national shutdown for a month, bowing to public health experts, […] More
House speaker criticizes president on CNN while Dr Anthony Fauci says as many as 200,000 Americans may die Coronavirus – live US updates Live global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Play Video 1:02 ‘As the president fiddles, people are dying’: Nancy Pelosi slams Trump’s coronavirus delays – video Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in […] More
Ignore the bankers – the Trump economy is not worth more coronavirus deaths Robert Reich CEOs, billionaires and advisers have the president’s ear and want people back to work. They are callous – and wrong US coronavirus outbreak: live Global coronavirus outbreak: live Read all our coronavirus coverage Defense Secretary Mark Esper and President Donald […] More
Trump mulls measures for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut Governor says proposal floated by Trump counter-productive Coronavirus live blog – follow global updates LIVE Updated Play Video 1:12 ‘I don’t know what that means’: Cuomo responds to Trump’s hint at quarantine – video 4.06pm EDT16:06 Confusion remains over Trump quarantine remarks 12.54pm EDT12:54 Cuomo: […] More
Reverend helped start the influential Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr Civil rights leader the Rev Joseph E Lowery speaks at an event in Atlanta in 2013. Photograph: David Goldman/AP Barack Obama has paid tribute to the civil rights leader Joseph Lowery, calling the charismatic preacher “a giant who changed the face […] More
