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Britain Enlists an Army of Volunteers to Help Fight the Coronavirus
Mark Landler//36 views/2 comments
The government has recruited more than 400,000 people to care for senior citizens who have been told to stay at home for 12 weeks. LONDON — Two days after Prime...
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Economic Crisis Prompts a Showdown, and a Shutdown, in Suriname
Harmen Boerboom, Anatoly Kurmanaev//40 views/1 comments
The coronavirus pandemic is but one factor in a confrontation between the South American nation’s business sector and its authoritarian government. PARAMARIBO, ...
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Citing Virus, Putin Suspends Vote on Keeping Him in Power
Andrew Higgins//34 views/1 comments
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia postponed a referendum on a constitutional change to term limits and ordered a weeklong national holiday to help halt the ...
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Far-Right Faction of German Populist Party Vows to Dissolve
Christopher F. Schuetze//40 views/1 comments
The Wing, a group inside the Alternative for Germany party, promised to close down after a warning from the country’s intelligence service, but the change may b...
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Trapped at Sea by Covid-19 Lockdowns, Crew Members Plead for Help
Matt Apuzzo, Selam Gebrekidan//37 views
The seafarers who deliver gas, food and medicine are being forced to keep working. They cannot leave the ship: ‘We want to go home.’ When Capt. Nilesh Gandhi’s ...
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Brazil and Mexico Are Latin America's Coronavirus Holdouts
Ernesto Londoño, Manuela Andreoni, Letícia Casado, Azam Ahmed, Brent McDonald, Miguel Tovar//42 views
The leaders of the region’s two largest nations — Mexico and Brazil — have largely dismissed the dangers and have resisted calls for a lockdown. transcript Mila...
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Turkey Indicts 20 Saudis in Jamal Khashoggi’s Killing
Carlotta Gall//32 views
The dissident Saudi writer was killed in his country’s Istanbul consulate in 2018. But the Turkish case is unlikely to come to trial. ISTANBUL — Turkish officia...
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Prince Charles Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Mark Landler//26 views
He has been displaying mild symptoms, the palace said in a statement. A spokesman said the queen “remains in good health.” LONDON — Prince Charles, the eldest s...
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India, Day 1: World’s Largest Coronavirus Lockdown Begins
Karan Deep Singh, Vindu Goel, Hari Kumar, Jeffrey Gettleman//47 views/1 comments
India’s 1.3 billion people have been told to stay at home. For some, it will mean starving. And an already fragile economy may collapse. NEW DELHI — India’s eco...
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Israeli Parliament Speaker Quits, but Political Deadlock No Closer to an End
David M. Halbfinger//27 views
The resignation of Yuli Edelstein, an ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s, will allow opposition lawmakers to take control of the legislative process. J...
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What to Call 2021 Olympics? Just One of Many Challenges for Japan
Motoko Rich, Ben Dooley//29 views
The decision to delay the world’s largest sporting event will pose an unprecedented series of economic, political and logistical hurdles. TOKYO — The unpreceden...
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Kabul Sikh Temple Attack: Gunman Kills 25
Mujib Mashal, Fahim Abed//29 views
The war rages even as coronavirus spreads, with the latest attack killing at least 25 at a Sikh temple in Kabul. KABUL, Afghanistan — Militants stormed a crowde...
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Shutting Themselves Inside to Avoid Being a Burden to Others
Damien Cave//37 views/1 comments
inside the outbreak When Australia had just a few coronavirus cases, Lee and Colin Lee decided to self-quarantine to keep resources available for younger people...
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Death of Store Clerk in Italy Highlights Contagion’s New Front Line
Emma Bubola//31 views/1 comments
The pandemic has turned people who fill often overlooked, low-paid jobs into unlikely heroes. They are also getting sick or dying. VERONA, Italy — As the fatali...
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Suspect Held in South Korean Crackdown on Sexually Explicit Videos
Choe Sang-Hun//37 views/1 comments
Cho Joo-bin was accused of blackmailing dozens of young women, including at least 16 minors, into making sexually explicit video clips of themselves. SEOUL, Sou...