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Where Will Coronavirus Take the United States? Trends in US Politics
Like people in most places, Americans cherish the hope that, in times of danger, their leaders will put their differences aside and protect them. Right now…
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Trump and Putin revisit the “Spirit of the Elbe”
Unusual for a Saturday evening, the White House and the Kremlin upgraded their websites simultaneously to feature a joint statement by the two presidents on “Commemorating…
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Healthcare workers are still coming under attack during the coronavirus pandemic
Sophie Roborgh and Larissa Fast From balconies, windows and door fronts around the world, citizens are applauding healthcare workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 response…
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Children May Be the Silent Victims of Coronavirus
With schools closed and health systems overwhelmed, the pandemic may impose high costs on vulnerable kids. Adam Minter Many parents felt a profound sense of relief…
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Promises of national independence and politics of public deception
Bangladesh was born out of an extraordinary war of liberation, fought primarily by ordinary people, against the professionally trained occupation forces of neo-colonialist Pakistan 49 years…
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How Shinzo Abe has fumbled Japan’s coronavirus response
As countries around the world debate when and how to ease pandemic restrictions, coronavirus infections continue their steady rise in Japan. On April 16, Prime Minister…
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Containing COVID-19 in Bangladesh
Asad Islam, Gaurav Datt and Sisira Jayasuriya COVID-19 is now in Bangladesh. It is one of the world’s most densely populated countries with poor healthcare infrastructure,…
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Covid-19 and the power of public health
We all crave the moment when the spotlight swivels towards our line of work, when the professional expertise we’ve been amassing over years in obscurity becomes…
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Bangladesh garment workers’ struggle drags on
A huge stimulus package has been put in the hands of factory owners, not the workers who need it amid the pandemic Sabria Chowdhury Balland “When…
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South Asia needs a humanitarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic : Ranil Wickremesinghe
The former Sri Lankan Prime Minister says India has to play a leading role in formulating a SAARC-led regional response to the crisis. The SAARC Secretariat…
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The generation Covid-19 will scar
Just after noon on Wednesday, Scott Morrison sent out on social media an ominous message for anyone concerned about inequality of opportunity, income and wealth in…
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Pandemic Protests and Politics
Americans love a good revolt. Yet, if Trump runs a populist campaign premised on jump-starting the economy in defiance of scientists, he will be fighting uphill.…