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Craig Brown: 'It's difficult to spoof boring people'
The Guardian - 28 Mar 2020 21:00
The longstanding Private Eye satirist on getting under Alan Sugar's skin, why Iain Duncan Smith can't be parodied, and his new book about the Beatles Craig Brown, 62, is an award-winning satirist, columnist and critic wh...
'A tidal wave of questions - and tears': Sarah-Jane Mee on being pregnant during pandemic
Sky News - 28 Mar 2020 03:18
"See you in a couple of weeks!"
The township where people just won't follow the lockdown rules
Sky News - 28 Mar 2020 17:18
This is what I learnt after spending the day in Alexandra, an impoverished and badly overcrowded township in Johannesburg.
Coronavirus Live Updates: $2 Trillion Aid Bill Becomes Law as U.S. Cases Reach 100,000
The New York Times - 28 Mar 2020 08:01
President Trump said the government would buy thousands of ventilators, but it seemed doubtful they could be produced in time to help overwhelmed hospitals.
Trump Chooses Disaster as His Re-Election Strategy
The New York Times - 28 Mar 2020 03:00
It's a massive bet that political polarization is a more powerful force than the virus's body count.
Here's a breakdown of the $2T coronavirus bailout
New York Post - 28 Mar 2020 06:08
What you need to know about the $2.2 trillion coronavirus rescue package President Trump signed into law on Friday.
Coronavirus deaths in Italy pass 10,000 with 889 new fatalities
The Guardian - 28 Mar 2020 22:24
But experts suggest that the peak of the epidemic in the country may be approaching Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Italy has passed 10,000 while...
Over 80 million people at risk for severe storms, possible tornado outbreak, in the Midwest
USA Today - 28 Mar 2020 18:29
In all, over 80 million people may be at risk for severe thunderstorms at some point Saturday, the Storm Prediction Center said.
US girl, four, missing for two days found safe in woods with dog at her side
The Guardian - 28 Mar 2020 16:55
Vadie Sides from Alabama in good condition after ordeal Hundreds of volunteers searched remote woodland Searchers in eastern Alabama have found a four-year-old girl who was missing for two days in a wooded area. The girl...
Brazil's Bolsonaro questions coronavirus deaths, says 'sorry, some will die'
Reuters - 28 Mar 2020 05:59
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday cast doubt on Sao Paulo's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak and accused the state governor of manipulating the numbers for political ends, without giving evidence for hi...
Trump invokes production law to compel GM to supply ventilators
The Guardian - 28 Mar 2020 04:51
President shifted position on Defense Production Act after criticism for playing down equipment shortage amid pandemic Coronavirus - live US updates Live global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump has b...
Inside Trump's risky push to reopen the country amid the coronavirus crisis
Boston - 28 Mar 2020 18:25
"No American is going to say, 'Accelerate the economy at the cost of human life.'"
'Not just a big city issue': Coronavirus cases soar in rural America popular with tourists
USA Today - 28 Mar 2020 18:15Coronavirus patients taken off ventilators after getting experimental HIV drug
New York Post - 28 Mar 2020 18:10
Two coronavirus patients in New York City are off ventilators and out of intensive care after they received an experimental drug to treat HIV and breast cancer. As the skyrocketing number of cases stretches city hospital...
Trump boosts virus aid, warns governors to be 'appreciative'
Boston - 28 Mar 2020 17:57
"If they don't treat you right, I don't call," Trump said.
Coronavirus is spreading so quickly that our brains can't keep up. Experts explain why.
USA Today - 28 Mar 2020 17:54
Exponential growth has a technical meaning that will help you understand why the coronavirus is spreading so quickly and how its course may be altered
Pandemic forces whiskey bar to sell valuable bottle collection
CBSNews - 28 Mar 2020 17:37
The Jack Rose Dining Saloon in Washington, D.C. has long been home to one of the world's largest collections of whiskey bottles, dating from prohibition and even decades before. But in these difficult days, what's been a...
US navy ship to treat non-coronavirus patients as LA hospitals struggle
Sky News - 28 Mar 2020 17:23
Non-coronavirus patients will start being transferred onto a US Navy hospital ship moored off the coast of Los Angeles to help the city's overburdened hospitals.
Vietnam reports rise of 11 coronavirus cases to 174: health ministry
Reuters - 28 Mar 2020 17:21
Vietnam's health ministry reported an additional 11 coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing the total number in the Southeast Asian country to 174.
Swiss coronavirus deaths reach 235, confirmed cases top 13,000
Reuters - 28 Mar 2020 17:21
Switzerland's death toll from the new coronavirus has increased to 235 people from 197 on Friday, the health ministry said on Saturday, with the number of cases also increasing to 13,213 from 12,161.
Malaysia expects coronavirus case tally to surge in mid-April
Reuters - 28 Mar 2020 17:21
Malaysia expects the number of coronavirus cases to surge in mid-April, a health ministry official said on Saturday, as the country ramps up testing amid a nationwide shutdown.
New York City Considering Fines for Public Gatherings: Live Updates
The New York Times - 28 Mar 2020 17:10
Officials said late Friday that the number of coronavirus cases in New York City had climbed above 26,000. The city's death toll was 450.