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- ROLI SRIVASTAVA
Mumbai, India
Thomson Reuters Foundation
No food, no work and no clue when relief will come.
That's life now for millions of informal workers in India, starved of a way to feed themselves or get the help pledged by government to survive a three-week coronavirus lockdown.
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- SONALI PAUL
Melbourne, Australia
Reuters
Ex-Vatican treasurer George Pell will learn on 7th April whether he can walk free from jail, when Australia's highest court hands down its judgement on his appeal against historical child sex offences.
The decision will likely bring to an end the long-running prosecution of the
Florida officials: Arrested pastor not exonerated by new order listing religious services as ‘essential’
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- JACK JENKINS
When Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued a 30 day stay-at-home order on Wednesday requiring the state’s residents to remain indoors to avoid spreading or contracting the novel coronavirus, he noted that the regulations do not apply to “essential activities” such as religious services.
But while the order
China and Australia target Pacific with coronavirus aid; Australia starts putting limits on "draconian measures"
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- KIRSTY NEEDHAM
Sydney, Australia
Reuters
Beijing has ramped up its diplomatic push into the Pacific, pledging coronavirus aid and medical advice, although its efforts are being impeded as islands close borders to stop the spread of the disease from hotspots including China.
Chinese embassies have held cheque presentation ceremonies in
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- AMBER MILNE
London, UK
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Data is urgently required to highlight the different impact of coronavirus on women and men, with early signs that women face higher levels of violence and more care work, researchers said on Wednesday.
Although death rates appear to be slightly higher among men,
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- MEGAN BOTEL
Alabama’s public schools are closed for the academic year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
When students return, they may be able to do yoga at school for the first time in decades.
Only a year after being “laughed off the floor", a bill to lift a yoga
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- YONAT SHIMRON
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- ANASTASIA MOLONEY
Bogota, Colombia
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The first two cases of the coronavirus were confirmed among Colombia's Indigenous people on Tuesday, local authorities said, fanning fears that the highly contagious disease could decimate vulnerable tribal communities.
The cases were found in two people from the Yukpa group who live
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- STEPHANIE NEBEHAY, KATE KELLAND and DAPHNE PSALEDAKIS
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Reuters
Geneva, Switzerland
The head of the World Health Organization voiced deep concern on Wednesday about the rapid escalation and global spread of COVID-19 cases from the new coronavirus, which has now reached 205 countries and territories.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that his agency,
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- NELLIE PEYTON
Dakar, Senegal
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Sierra Leone on Monday overturned a ban on pregnant girls attending school in a victory for human rights activists who had fought against it for five years.
The West African country introduced the ban in 2015 after a rise in rape, abuse
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- EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER
A US federal judge has ordered a new environmental review for the Dakota Access Pipeline in what the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is celebrating as a “significant legal win".
In his ruling last week, Judge James E Boasberg agreed with the Standing Rock Sioux that
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- NAIMUL KARIM
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Thomson Reuters Foundation
For trafficking survivors-turned-entrepreneurs in Bangladesh - from caterers to hairdressers - the coronavirus pandemic has threatened their fresh start and left many struggling to get by.
Starting a business or securing a job can offer a lifeline for ex-slaves as they try
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- EMMA BATHA
London, UK
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Millions of people worldwide will be unable to get healthcare if they fall ill with coronavirus because they have no nationality, potentially exacerbating the spread of the disease, human rights campaigners said on Tuesday.
They urged every country to ensure all stateless people
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- KATE KELLAND
As the new coronavirus spreads, words such as COVID-19, pandemic and social distancing have become part of daily vocabulary. But what exactly do they mean?
Here are some key terms explained:
Coronavirus and COVID-19
• There are several human coronaviruses - just as there are many other
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- THIN LEI WIN
Rome, Italy
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Four of the world's largest consumer brands are contributing to planet-heating emissions by using throwaway plastic to package everything from soft drinks and snacks to shampoo, said a report published on Tuesday.
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestle and Unilever are responsible for half a million
