Sun 26 April 2020: India’s lockdown has magnified two of the country’s most serious social ills. Plus, photographing the pandemic. On The Listening Post this week: India’s lockdown has magnified two of the country’s most serious social ills: inequality and Islamophobia. Plus, what is it like to photograph the coronavirus pandemic? India’s lockdown: Narratives of inequality and Islamophobia […]
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Sun 26 April 2020: The World Health Organization’s representative in Yemen said on Friday that teams are working to bolster the country’s battered health infrastructure ahead of an expected spread of the new coronavirus in the country. Altaf Musani said in a video statement that the country currently has 6,700 test kits available and hopes to have 30,000 soon. […]
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Sun 26 April 2020: A train likely belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been parked at his compound on the country’s east coast since last week, satellite imagery showed, amid speculation about his health that has been caused, in part, by a long period out of the public eye. The satellite photos […]
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Sun 26 April 2020: About 1,000 people turned out for the rally, which has become a weekly event in the German capital, Berlin. German police arrested dozens of protesters in Berlin on Saturday for flouting the coronavirus lockdown measures they were demonstrating against. About 1,000 people turned out for the rally, which has become a […]
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Sun 26 April 2020: Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world, with about 2.9 million confirmed cases in 185 countries as of Sunday afternoon, according to a running tally by U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University, Anadolu reports. The university’s data showed that the number of virus-linked deaths reached 203,332, while the number of people who recovered stands at 824,002. […]
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Sun 26 April 2020: (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appealed to citizens to strictly comply with a nationwide lockdown and maintain social distancing norms, as cases of coronavirus mounted steadily despite over a month-long curfew. In a radio address, Modi said the country was in the midst of a “war” and […]
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Sun 26 April 2020: (Reuters) – The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the global coronavirus pandemic began, now has no remaining cases in its hospitals, a health official told reporters on Sunday. “The latest news is that by April 26, the number of new coronavirus patients in Wuhan was at zero, thanks to the joint […]
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Sun 26 April 2020: After Princess Hend Al Qassimi of UAE called out an Indian national working in Dubai for posting racist tweets, a fake news story was revived on social media to vilify her. A newspaper clipping is being circulated on social media after old, Islamophobic tweets by BJP MP Tejasvi Surya targetting Arab women resurfaced […]
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Sat 25 April 2020: (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that there was currently “no evidence” that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second coronavirus infection. In a scientific brief, the United Nations agency warned governments against issuing “immunity passports” or “risk-free certificates” to […]
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Sat 25 April 2020: Britain’s COVID-19 death toll passed 20,000 on Saturday in what the interior minister called “a tragic and terrible milestone” as she urged people to stay at home. The government is facing growing criticism over its response to the new coronavirus pandemic as the death toll rises. Britain was slower to impose […]
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