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Officials are cautious but study shows lockdown in Chinese city has halted spread of virus Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Wuhan railway station on Saturday, where the first trains arrived after two months of lockdown. Photograph: Héctor Retamal/AFP via Getty Images The first official train to disembark passengers in Wuhan […] More
Play Video 1:06 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clashed with Republicans as the US Senate voted on a $2.2tn coronavirus relief bill on Friday. She said it was a ‘shameful’ corporate bailout that would further widen the income inequality gap. ‘What did the Senate majority fight for?’ the New York congresswoman asled. ‘One of the largest corporate bailouts […] More
The missing six weeks: how Trump failed the biggest test of his life Donald Trump arrives to speak the daily coronavirus briefing at the White House last Saturday. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The president was aware of the danger from the coronavirus – but a lack of leadership has created an emergency of […] More
Package is largest stimulus in US history, designed to rush aid to workers and businesses as pandemic devastates economy Coronavirus – live US updates Live global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump participates in a signing ceremony for the coronavirus stimulus package in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on […] More
The far right thrives on fear. It’s no surprise, then, that it would use the latest pandemic, which has generated widespread panic, to bolster its own agenda. All of the hallmarks of the far right are in play during the coronavirus crisis. It has pushed to close borders. It has demonized foreigners and particularly border-crossers. […] More
Trump’s narcissism has taken a new twist. And now he has American blood on his hands Jonathan Freedland The US president has been exposed by the coronavirus crisis. The only small comfort for the rest of the world is that he’s not their leader Donald Trump during a coronavirus briefing at the White House. Photograph: […] More
Many Western governments are willing to climb any mountain and pay any price to save lives. In the process, many of them are also politicizing their response to the coronavirus pandemic while acting too late and too meekly, setting the stage for what is yet to come. The West can learn a lot from the […] More
The 82-year-old film director speaks out on the president’s handling of the crisis and says Boris Johnson should bring back rationing ‘Half the world’s leaders are idiots’ … Ridley Scott. Photograph: David Dettmann/Rex/Shutterstock Ridley Scott, the director of Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator and The Martian, has taken aim at Donald Trump and Boris Johnson over […] More
