World
From 'Xi's doing a great job' to 'The WHO really blew it’: Trump's coronavirus response in tweets
The US President has been able to use Twitter to shape what the public talks about in the realm of politics. He's gone into overdrive on the coronavirus pandemic.
- by Chris Zappone and Mark Stehle
Opinion & Perspectives
North America
Trump, at war with states over lockdowns, calls on people to rise up
US President Donald Trump has urged his supporters in three states to "liberate" themselves from stay-at-home orders aimed at containing COVID-19.
'Everything has shifted': How a pandemic is reshaping the US election
As a rule, if the economy is going well then US presidents get re-elected. If it's going badly, they lose. But will that hold in a global health emergency?
- by Matthew Knott
Editorial
Coronavirus pandemic
Now is the worst time to cut World Health Organisation funding
- The Age's View
From 'Xi's doing a great job' to 'The WHO really blew it’: Trump's coronavirus response in tweets
- by Chris Zappone and Mark Stehle
Europe
Europe is emerging from the pandemic with beds and ventilators to spare
- by William Booth, Chico Harlan, James McAuley, Loveday Morris and Michael Birnbauman
Exclusive
Coronavirus pandemic
‘Eerily quiet’: Qantas pilot flies Australians home in near-empty skies
- by Latika Bourke
Asia
Virus epicentre Wuhan raises number of dead by 50 per cent
An official said the new figures were "due to the insufficiency in admission and treatment capability" at the early stages of the outbreak.
Gangnam smile: North Korean defector wins South Korea's swankiest seat
Thae Yong-ho was Pyongyang's deputy ambassador to the UK where he had managed secret funds for leader Kim Jong-un until he fled to the South in 2016.
- by Hyonhee Shin
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- by Lisandra Paraguassu
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- by Ben McKay and Thomas Coughlan
Antarctic researchers are now isolating within isolation
- by Aislinn Laing and Cassandra Garrison