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Coronavirus
Saturday
25 April 2020
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Boris Johnson to return to work on Monday; Kim Jong-un’s train possibly spotted at North Korean resort; global infections near 2.9m. Follow the latest updates -
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Longstanding health and socio-economic disparities have made minorities more vulnerable to Covid-19
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As rumours persist that ruler is in poor health, satellite images emerge showing train parked at Wonsan’s ‘leadership station’ -
Southern Transitional Council breaks with wartorn state’s internationally recognised government
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Not a day has been spent in jail nor a penny paid in compensation for the brutal murder of a 14-year-old boy in Mississippi that helped spark the civil rights movement -
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Plenty of countries with male leaders have also done well. But few with female leaders have done badly -
There are now more than 890,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the United States -
Investigations at California universities highlight challenges of research under pressure to provide quick answers -
The pressing need to find a solution to the pandemic means risks and shortcuts may have to be taken
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Leading US biologist Thomas Lovejoy says to stop future outbreaks we need more respect for natural world
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As WHO warns no evidence exists to suggest people can’t catch Covid-19 twice, India, Belgium and Greece among latest countries to ease lockdowns -
The coronavirus was probably brought to Brazil by rich returning holidaymakers but it is threatening to explode in marginal communities -
The Guardian’s Beijing bureau chief reflects on four months of risk and emotion at the heart of the Covid-19 epidemic
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The Meditations, by a Roman emperor who died in a plague named after him, has much to say about how to face fear, pain, anxiety and loss -
Couples are having virtual toasts with friends and family during the pandemic after the state announced it was legalising video wedding ceremonies -
As sales of literary heavyweights soar, Booker winner Penelope Lively says that getting lost in a good book is now more relevant than it has ever been
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Today Africans in Guangzhou are demonised – but the roots of this prejudice go back centuries, says the journalist and author Hsiao-Hung Pai -
Governors, officials and Democrats should start proposing concrete plans to deal with the crisis. It’s time to build a ‘parallel polis’
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The NFL draft entered its third and final day with Cincinnati selecting an Appalachian State linebacker on Saturday afternoon -
The post-Tom Brady era is off to a shaky start at the New England Patriots after a controversy surrounding their new kicker
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Singer complains of ‘tasteless’ release amid coronavirus crisis by former label Big Machine, owned by frequent adversary Scooter Braun -
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Music Santrofi: Alewa review – a welcome return for Ghanaian highlife
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The shale industry made the US a major producer once again. But Covid-19 looks likely to ruin many prospectors -
During Thursday’s coronavirus briefing the president floated the idea of ‘an injection inside’ – and medical doctors were quick to denounce it -
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Neighbourhood of Les Parcs de Saint Tropez reportedly screened as local hospital staff do without -
Video meeting seen as global endorsement of WHO and sign of Trump’s isolation on world stage -
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Physical distancing, self-isolation and lockdown – the most striking photographs on coronavirus from around the world -
Victoria Rose Richards’s embroidered landscapes are little bundles of colour and texture -
The pick of the world’s best flora and fauna photos, including lockdown sea loin and IVF toad
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