Category: News


Coronavirus: Trump sticks by discredited hydroxychloroquine


US President Donald Trump has again defended the use of hydroxychloroquine to ward off coronavirus, contradicting his own public health officials.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53575964

Covid studies aim to save BAME lives ‘within months’


UK scientists are to receive millions of pounds of government funding for a raft of studies to learn why ethnic minorities are at greater risk from Covid-19.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53565655

Maine shark attack: US woman killed by great white


A woman has been killed by a great white in the first fatal shark attack on record in the US state of Maine.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53572785

Republicans introduce $1tn pandemic recovery plan


US Senate Republicans have proposed spending an additional $1tn (£776bn) to address the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53558608

Trump to send ‘surge’ of hundreds of federal agents to cities


President Donald Trump is to send “a surge” of federal security forces to US cities in a crackdown on crime.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53507660

Coronavirus: Airlines call for joint US-European testing scheme


Major airlines have asked for a joint coronavirus testing programme, so that travel may resume between the US and Europe.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53495768

Trump concedes pandemic to ‘get worse before it gets better’


President Donald Trump has warned the US pandemic may “get worse before it gets better”, as he revived his virus briefings with a more scripted tone.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53494766

Trump concedes pandemic to ‘get worse before it gets better’


President Donald Trump has warned the US pandemic may “get worse before it gets better”, as he revived his virus briefings with a more scripted tone.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53494766

Protests after Detroit teen detained over missed homework


A Michigan judge’s decision to send a 15-year-old girl to juvenile detention for violating her probation by not completing her online schoolwork during the coronavirus lockdown has prompted protests and calls for her release.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53442474