World - Part 25

China rolls out the Health Silk Road
When President Xi Jinping was on a phone call in mid-March with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conti, before the arrival of a China Eastern flight from Shanghai to Milan full of medical help, the key takeaway was the Chinese pledge to develop a Health Si ...[Read more]
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Almost a Third of Young People Have Lost Their Jobs So Far
As measures to slow the pandemic decimate jobs and threaten to plunge the economy into a deep recession, young adults such as Romero are disproportionately affected. An Axios-Harris survey conducted through March 30 showed that 31 percent of respondents a ...[Read more]
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Official Counts Understate the U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll
Inconsistent protocols, limited resources and a patchwork of decision making have led to an undercounting of people with the coronavirus who have died, health experts say. ...[Read more]
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Pentagon Confirms It’s Seeking 100,000 Body Bags in Virus Crisis
The Pentagon confirmed that it’s seeking to provide as many as 100,000 military-style body bags for potential civilian use as the U.S. warns that deaths could soar in the coming weeks from the coronavirus pandemic. The Federal Emergency Management Agenc ...[Read more]
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He was trying to help us! Listen to sailors yell profanities at Trump’s acting Navy secretary while he trashes fired captain
Angry sailors can be heard yelling profanities at Trump acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly while he trashed their former captain who got fired for sending out a dire warning about the threat COVID-19 posed to the USS Theodore Roosevelt. In a reco ...[Read more]
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Joe Biden: It Would Be an Insult to My Dead Son for Everyone to Have Healthcare
The former vice president released an ad invoking family tragedy and attacking rivals who have plans to ensure everyone has access to healthcare. ...[Read more]
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This is what China did to beat coronavirus. Experts say America couldn’t handle it
Beijing took radical and invasive coronavirus actions that many people outside China might find culturally, logistically and emotionally unpalatable. ...[Read more]
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US  wasted months before preparing for coronavirus pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — After the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might ignite a global pandemic, the Trump administration squandered nearly two... ...[Read more]
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Venezuela’s Coronavirus Response Might Surprise You
Within a few hours of being launched, over 800 Venezuelans in the U.S. registered for an emergency flight from Miami to Caracas through a website run by the Venezuelan government. ...[Read more]
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UK company behind La Stampa article claiming Russian aid to Italy useless — diplomat
The diplomat stressed that separate dealers are trying to use Italy’s tragedy for their own benefit ...[Read more]
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US bought France-bound face masks for CASH from China – French official to RT
The US bought out a planeload of Chinese-made face masks right on the tarmac just as the haul of the much needed protective gear was about to set off for France, the head of a French region told RT. ...[Read more]
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