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Media Outlets

Bristling at calls for coronavirus inquiry, China cuts Australian beef imports

China had warned last month it could stop purchasing Australian agricultural products if Canberra moved ahead with a proposal seeking a probe of the pandemic’s origins.

As Brazil’s challenges multiply, Bolsonaro’s fans call for a military takeover

The former army captain has elevated his generals. Analysts and officers call a return to military dictatorship unlikely.

Brutal attack on mothers and newborns prompts Afghanistan to resume offensive operations against Taliban

The Afghan Interior Ministry said all those killed were women and children. The maternity ward is run by Doctors Without Borders.

Eurovision tribute by Fizz members and BBC correspondent

May 12 would have been the Eurovision semi-finals but the competition was cancelled due to coronavirus.

Malnutrition leading cause of death and ill health worldwide – report

Coronavirus highlights weakness of food and health systems, as Global Nutrition Report finds one in nine of world’s population is hungryAn overhaul of the world’s food and health systems is needed to tackle malnutrition, a “threat multiplier” that is...

Trump: Fed retiree fund should ban Chinese investments

The Trump administration has directed the U.S. federal employee retirement fund to scrap its plan to place more than $4 billion into Chinese investments

How to get all the endings in Netflix's 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend'

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend is alive, damn it! The interactive Netflix special that debuted Tuesday brings back the original cast of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt for a choose-your-own adventure episode with musical interludes, hi...

Lockdown: ‘Noisy neighbours are ruining my life’

Several UK councils report a rise in noise complaints since the start of the lockdown.

Techommendation of the week: Games in Houseparty

While socializing in quarantine, we're all the MacGyvers of finding stuff to do. Trying to play a game with friends remotely becomes a challenge in itself to position cameras, laptops, and smartphones in such a way that everyone can hear and see th...

Politics and Porgera: why Papua New Guinea cancelled the lease on one of its biggest mines

The announcement not to renew the goldmine lease is fraught but part of an attempt to ‘take back PNG’Late in April, in the middle of a global pandemic and slow-boiling domestic economic crisis, the government of Papua New Guinea made the surprising a...

Coronavirus: Seacole hospital 'a tribute' to BAME NHS staff

A new community hospital recognises Jamaican-born nurse Mary Seacole - and BAME staff who have died.

'You know what the crime is': Trump stumped on 'Obamagate' details – video

Days after tweeting about 'Obamagate' and accusing his predecessor, Barack Obama, of committing crimes, US president Donald Trump was asked to specify what those exactly were. He replied: 'Obamagate, it's been going on for a long time, it's being goi...

Coronavirus: 'I run lockdown marathons in the dead of night'

Runners tell of the dramatic ways their training has changed during the coronavirus lockdown.

Coronavirus doctor's diary: 'They say I have blood on my hands'

Abusive messages were sent to an Asian doctor because of a myth that non-white patients are left to die.

Twitter says Trump is no exception to new coronavirus misinformation rules

Twitter is advancing one step further in the fight against coronavirus misinformation. Executives announced in a company blog Monday that Twitter would start affixing labels and warnings to tweets containing information about COVID-19 that goes aga...