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Coronavirus: Obama criticises Trump administration’s virus response
May 21, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Former US President Barack Obama has criticised his successor Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. In an online address to graduating college students, he said the pandemic had shown that many officials “aren’t even pretending to be in charge”. It is the second time in recent days that Mr Obama has hit out at […]
Read More...Myanmar military ‘may be repeating crimes against humanity’
May 20, 2020 · By UCA News reporter, Mandalay for ucanews.com
Myanmar’s military may again be carrying out crimes against humanity in Rakhine and Chin states in the conflict-ravaged country, a United Nations rights expert has warned. Yanghee Lee, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, accused the military of ignoring a call for a ceasefire and instead carrying out an armed offensive “inflicting immense […]
Read More...Chinese oppression ‘worse than US reported’
May 19, 2020 · By UCA News Reporter for www.ucanews.com
Chinese Christians have welcomed a damning US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) report but said religious oppression in China is more severe than what is reported. Christian leaders say the space for religious freedom has severely shrunk in the past two decades, with the communist regime implementing a series of policies aiming to eradicate […]
Read More...Column: Filipino nurses battled discrimination to work in American hospitals. Now they fight for PPE
May 19, 2020 · By Los Angeles Times for www.latimes.com
Column: Filipino nurses battled discrimination to work in American hospitals. Now they fight for PPE If you live in Southern California, there’s a good chance that you have at some point received medical care from a Filipino American professional. Filipino nurses — along with doctors, anesthesiologists and every other kind of medical worker — are […]
Read More...First human test of a vaccine: So far, so good
May 19, 2020 · By Patrick J. Lyons for www.nytimes.com
We got an encouraging report on Monday about the first coronavirus vaccine to be tested in people, and not just in the lab. The manufacturer said the vaccine appeared to be safe and able to stimulate an immune response in a Phase 1 trial. That doesn’t prove it works. It was a small trial — just eight […]
Read More...Coronavirus vaccine: First evidence jab can train immune system
May 19, 2020 · By James Gallagher for www.bbc.com
The first hints that a vaccine can train people’s immune system to fight coronavirus have been reported by a company in the US. Moderna said neutralising antibodies were found in the first eight people who took part in their safety trials. It also said the immune response was similar to people infected with the actual virus. […]
Read More...Covid-19 an excuse to muzzle Southeast Asia reporters
May 18, 2020 ·
Journalists around Southeast Asia are facing extra limits on their already circumscribed freedoms to report the news accurately during the current Covid-19 pandemic, media professionals say. Governments and local authorities across the region frequently resort to laws ostensibly aimed at stopping the spread of misinformation to clamp down on journalists and media outlets, according to […]
Read More...US provides additional Covid-19 aid to Philippines
May 18, 2020 ·
The US embassy in the Philippines has confirmed that Washington will give an additional 298 million pesos (US$5.9 million) in aid to Manila to fund the country’s fight against Covid-19. The humanitarian assistance follows a telephone call between the leaders of the two countries last month. President Rodrigo Duterte and US President Donald Trump spoke […]
Read More...How the malaria vaccine could change world health
May 18, 2020 · By BBC Future for www.bbc.com
How the malaria vaccine could change world health. Nearly half the world’s population is at risk of the mosquito-borne disease. But a new vaccine may stop it in its tracks, saving millions of lives and boosting the economies of the developing world. “In each house were three or four patients who complained of chilling, severe […]
Read More...The strong economy didn’t make Trump, but coronavirus collapse could break him
May 18, 2020 · By John Harwood for edition.cnn.com
The strong economy didn’t make Trump, but coronavirus collapse could break him (CNN)The last time an incumbent president lost reelection — George H.W. Bush, in 1992 — an “it’s the economy, stupid” campaign theme took him down. Unemployment then was hovering around 7.5%. In the calamitous spring of 2020, that sounds like a long-lost boomtime. The […]
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