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Worldcrunch » Archives for April 2020

April 2020

At the border between Belgium and the Netherlands on March 23
Ideasmigration

COVID-19, A Dangerous Pretext For Permanently Closing Borders

by Michaela Kozminova April 30, 2020May 22, 2025
Inside Milan metro
Societyitaly

The World’s Cities Get Ready To Take Public Transport Again

by Anne-Sophie Goninet April 30, 2020May 23, 2025
The debate over electronic privacy has been escalating in the West
Geopoliticstechnology

Will You Give Up Your Privacy To Go Outside?

by Jeff Israely April 30, 2020May 22, 2025
Delivery man in Cairo
In The Newseconomic crisis

Exposed And Expendable: Tough Times For Egypt’s Delivery Drivers

by Worldcrunch April 30, 2020May 22, 2025
At the Lag B'Omer festival on Mount Meron, Israel, just before a stampede killed at least 44
In The Newsnews

The Latest: Israel Stampede, Brazil COVID Deaths, Instagrammable Bird

by Anne Sophie Goninet and Emma Flacard April 30, 2020May 22, 2025
Prague restaurant shut down by COVID-19 quarantine
In The Newsfrance

Economic Stimulus DIY: New Business Ideas To Dodge COVID-19 Crisis

by Kat Bohmbach April 29, 2020May 20, 2025
A mural depicting Russian Putin critic Alexei Navalny is being painted over less than 90 minutes after it was discovered on Wednesday in Saint Petersburg.
In The Newsfrance

The Latest: Biden’s Vision, Navalny Appearance, 5,000-Year-Old Tombs

by Emma Flacard and Anne-Sophie Goninet April 29, 2020May 24, 2025
Masked in Mexico City
Geopoliticsmexico

Why The Mexican Economy Won’t Make It On Its Own

by Alidad Vassigh April 29, 2020May 20, 2025
Moscow's mostly abandoned subway on April 26
In The Newsrussia

No Work, No Way Home: Russia’s Migrant Workers Trapped By COVID-19

by Alastair Gill April 29, 2020May 22, 2025
Young and old in Japan
In The Newsjapan

How To Keep Okinawa’s Centenarians Safe From COVID-19

by Lisa LANE April 28, 2020May 20, 2025
Barcelona couple quarantined
In The Newsfrance

Quarantine Couples: The Good And Bad News For Gender Equality

by Worldcrunch April 28, 2020May 22, 2025
Indonesia’s volcano Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra erupted several times on Tuesday, shooting ashes up to 1,000 meters above its peak.
In The Newsfrance

The Latest: Journalists Killed In Burkina Faso, U.S. Spending Plans, Citizen Kan’t

by Bertrand Hauger, Emma Flacard and Anne-Sophie Goninet April 28, 2020May 22, 2025
Roquefort may be delicious, but it doesn't cure coronavirus
In The Newshealth

From French Cheese To Cow Urine, A Roundup Of Fake COVID-19 Remedies

by Anne-Sophie Goninet April 28, 2020May 22, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron visiting a supermarket in western France on April 22
In The Newspolitics

For World Leaders, The Hard Choices Of COVID-19 Have Only Begun

by Worldcrunch April 27, 2020May 22, 2025
A community doctor in Havana, Cuba
In The Newscovid

Bracing For COVID-19, Argentina Calls On Cuban Doctors

by Alidad Vassigh April 27, 2020May 22, 2025
Watching the first “supermoon” (the name given to a full moon that occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth) of 2021 in Sieversdorf, Germany
Geopoliticsfrance

The Latest: Myanmar Border Clash, Israel Accused Of ‘Apartheid,’ Bad Beavers

by Emma Flacard and Anne-Sophie Goninet April 27, 2020May 20, 2025
Free Hong Kong protest in Animal Crossing
In The Newsfrance

Lockdowns Push Protest Movements Online Around The World

by Anne-Sophie Goninet April 27, 2020May 23, 2025
Inter Milan supporters are celebrating outside the Duomo di Milano after the Italian soccer team won the Serie A title for the first time in 11 years, ending Juventus’ nine-year reign in Italy.
In The Newsfrance

The Latest: India Gets Worse, Vaccinated Tourists, Oscar Winners

by Anne Sophie Goninet, Bertrand Hauger and Emma Flacard April 26, 2020May 20, 2025
Beijing-bound aboard the Trans-Siberian train
In The Newschina

China 1976, And My Hunt For The Coronavirus Origin Story

by Worldcrunch April 26, 2020May 22, 2025
On patrol in Milan, April 23
In The Newsmexico

How Criminals Exploit A Coronavirus World

by Michaela Kozminova April 25, 2020May 22, 2025
Armed and ready?
In The Newsunited states

COVID-19 And The Casualties Of War Rhetoric

by Worldcrunch April 24, 2020May 22, 2025
A man walks through a cloud of disinfectant smoke at the Grand Dakar market in Senegal.
Geopoliticscovid

Africa’s Healers, Quacks And Charlatans Cash In On Coronavirus

by Kat Bohmbach April 24, 2020May 22, 2025
Taiwan, the model for efficient mass distribution of face masks
In The Newstaiwan

Taiwan’s Amazing Mask System: Apps, IDs And Convenience Stores

by Lisa LANE April 24, 2020May 22, 2025
Just hold still...
In The Newsfrance

Coronavirus Nightmares, Metaphorical And Otherwise

by Worldcrunch April 23, 2020May 22, 2025
A shop assistant in Hong Kong, China, moves freshly supplied rice in a supermarket.
In The Newsfrance

Pasta In Italy. Rice In China. Guns In U.S.: A Hoarding World Tour

by Kat Bohmbach April 23, 2020May 20, 2025
Empty Berlin on April 20
In The Newsgermany

The End Of The World As We Know It? Nope

by Bethany Wright April 23, 2020May 24, 2025
N'Djamena funeral for Chad President Idriss Deby
Geopoliticsnews

The Latest: Jerusalem Clashes, Russia Pulls Back Troops, Brexit Ponies

by Emma Flacard and Anne Sophie Goninet April 23, 2020May 24, 2025
No space to sit in Brussels, Belgium
In The Newsfrance

A New Marshall Plan? Why Europe Isn’t Ready To Save Itself

by Carl Karlsson April 22, 2020May 23, 2025
In China, schools remain closed in most parts of the country.
Societyfrance

In Eight Countries, Hard Choices In Bringing Students Back To School

by Michaela Kozminova April 22, 2020May 24, 2025
A worker refills medical oxygen cylinders at a charging station in New Delhi, India, where a surge in new cases has prompted an oxygen shortage.
Geopoliticsfrance

The Latest: India’s Oxygen Shortage, Putin’s Threat, Italian Slacker

by Bertrand Hauger, Emma Flacard and Anne Sophie Goninet April 22, 2020May 20, 2025
The mostly abandoned La Defense business district near Paris
Economyeconomy

Why France Is Moving Too Slowly To End The Lockdown

by Worldcrunch April 22, 2020May 22, 2025
Social distancing brings more orderly lines to Naples, Italy
In The Newsfrance

Where National Identity Meets Quarantine Rules

by Worldcrunch April 21, 2020May 22, 2025
People wearing face masks wait in line to enter a grocery store in Barcelona, Spain.
In The Newsargentina

An Urban Pandemic: How COVID-19 Can Help Redesign Our Cities

by Alidad Vassigh April 21, 2020May 22, 2025
South Korean college students shave their heads in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul to protest against Japan’s decision to release waste water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea
Geopoliticsfrance

The Latest: Chauvin Guilty Verdict, India COVID ‘Storm,’ Joints For Jabs

by Bertrand Hauger, Emma Flacard and Anne Sophie Goninet April 21, 2020May 22, 2025
Light matters, inside and out.
Societygermany

Stuck At Home? Let There Be Good Lighting

by Bethany Wright April 21, 2020May 22, 2025
Salk in his laboratory
Geopoliticsfrance

Jonas Salk And The Quest For The COVID-19 Vaccine

by Worldcrunch April 20, 2020May 22, 2025
When there were 11: Capuchin Brothers from the Crest convent
Societyfrance

Quiet Killer: When Coronavirus Got Inside A Capuchin Convent

by Rozena Crossman April 20, 2020May 22, 2025
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter hovers over Mars for the first time
Geopoliticscovid

The Latest: Chad President Killed On Frontline, Doubts Over India COVID Toll, Hiking Cat

by Bertrand Hauger, Emma Flacard and Anne-Sophie Goninet April 20, 2020May 20, 2025
A textile factory in Campinas, Brazil
Economybrazil

The Economic Ripple Effect Of Chinese Supply Chains

by Alidad Vassigh April 20, 2020May 22, 2025
Inter Milan supporters are celebrating outside the Duomo di Milano after the Italian soccer team won the Serie A title for the first time in 11 years, ending Juventus’ nine-year reign in Italy.
Geopoliticssoccer

The Latest: Navalny To Hospital, Train Crash in Egypt, Mars Helicopter

by Anne Sophie Goninet, Bertrand Hauger and Emma Flacard April 19, 2020May 22, 2025
Soldiers with masks fighting in Tripoli, Libya
In The Newscovid

One More Enemy: Coronavirus In War Zones Around The World

by Worldcrunch April 19, 2020May 23, 2025
In, Bogota, Colombia
In The Newscolombia

COVID-19 And The Cruel Side Effects Of Trying To ‘Ban Death’

by Alidad Vassigh April 18, 2020May 22, 2025
Xi Jinping in Beijing on April 3
In The Newsunited states

China’s Bogus Death Counts And The Benefits Of Realpolitik

by Bertrand Hauger and Worldcrunch April 17, 2020May 23, 2025
Outside in Stockholm
In The Newssweden

Sweden And Herd Immunity: Simple Math Or Plain Madness?

by Carl Karlsson April 17, 2020May 20, 2025
A man walked down the street wearing a mask in Buenos Aires.
In The Newsargentina

Globalization: As Fragile And Irreplaceable As Ever

by Alidad Vassigh April 17, 2020May 22, 2025
Working from home
In The Newsfrance

COVID-19 Is Supercharging The Digital Transformation

by Michaela Kozminova April 17, 2020May 20, 2025
In China, schools remain closed in most parts of the country.
In The Newsunited states

Coronavirus — Global Brief: After Climate Change, War On Science Speeds Up

by Worldcrunch April 16, 2020May 23, 2025
Screen capture of Chan's Jan. 24 performance
In The Newschina

Jackie Chan Helps Lead China’s COVID-19 Propaganda War

by Laura Lin April 16, 2020May 21, 2025
The skies above Beijing turn a dark yellow as China’s capital city is hit by a third major sandstorm in five weeks.
In The Newsphotos

The Latest: Shooting in Indianapolis, China’s Boom, World Press Photo of the Year

by Anne Sophie Goninet and Emma Flacard April 16, 2020May 20, 2025
Feeding monkeys during the lockdown in Kathmandu.
In The Newsfrance

Zoonoses And Us: The Fatal Risks Of Our Food Production System

by Alidad Vassigh April 16, 2020May 22, 2025
The lockdown has created one of the highest recorded demand for jigsaw puzzles
In The Newsfrance

Coronavirus — Global Brief: Quarantine Blues And The Power Of A Jigsaw Puzzle

by Kat Bohmbach April 15, 2020May 22, 2025
Expedition 63 crewmembers Ivanishin and Vagner prepare to go the ISS
Futureunited states

A Quick Glance In Space As Pandemic Consumes Planet Earth Below

by Worldcrunch April 15, 2020May 22, 2025
Students in Hong Kong take part in a ceremony to celebrate the first “National Security Education Day,” organized by the government to promote the controversial law imposed by China last year.
In The Newsfrance

The Latest: Olympics At Risk, Sanctions On Russia, Magic Mushrooms

by Emma Flacard and Anne-Sophie Goninet April 15, 2020May 22, 2025
People wearing masks walk in the street in Taipei, Taiwan.
In The Newsbeijing

Taiwan To France, Witness To The Global Contagion Of Chinese Lies

by Laura Lin April 15, 2020May 22, 2025
In Gaza, an imam's virtually broadcast call to prayer
Geopoliticsreligion

Coronavirus — Global Brief: A Modern Plague Tests Modern Religions

by Worldcrunch April 14, 2020May 22, 2025
On the beach of La Concha, in San Sebastian, Spain
Geopoliticstravel

Next On COVID-19 Calendar: Our Summer Vacations At Risk

by Worldcrunch April 14, 2020May 22, 2025
Inter Milan supporters are celebrating outside the Duomo di Milano after the Italian soccer team won the Serie A title for the first time in 11 years, ending Juventus’ nine-year reign in Italy.
Geopoliticsfrance

The Latest: Sep. 11 Troop Withdrawal, Vaccine Doubts, Even Bigger Christ In Brazil

by Anne Sophie Goninet and Emma Flacard April 14, 2020May 22, 2025
Assembling robots in central China's Hunan Province.
Geopoliticsfrance

Robots, A Not-So-Secret Weapon Against COVID-19

by Anne Sophie Goninet April 14, 2020May 22, 2025
Police in Madrid hand out face masks in the metro on Monday
In The Newsfrance

Coronavirus — Global Brief: When Will We Open Up? And How?

by Carl Karlsson April 13, 2020May 23, 2025
Trump press conference, April 9
U.S. Election 2020 - Views From Abroadunited states

COVID-19 v. TRUMP-20: A Viral Battle For Our Attention

by Worldcrunch April 13, 2020May 21, 2025
While many Britons opted for a haircut or a pint after the UK partially eased lockdown restrictions, these folk chose to visit the Alton Towers theme park in England.
In The Newsfrance

The Latest: Aggressive China, Fukushima Wastewater, Spanish Beach Lessons

by Emma Flacard and Anne-Sophie Goninet April 13, 2020May 24, 2025
Two mounted police patrol Rome, Italy.
In The Newshealth

Italy: The Strange Ambivalence Of Looking To The Future

by Worldcrunch April 13, 2020May 22, 2025
In Semarang, Indonesia, residents wash mosque prayer mats (and have some fun) in a river to purify them, a tradition in preparation for the Ramadan fasting month that will start tomorrow.
In The Newsisrael

The Latest: Iran Vows Revenge, New Ecuador President, Remembering Gagarin

by Emma Flacard and Anne Sophie Goninet April 12, 2020May 22, 2025
Buenos Aires police detain a suspect on March 22 after the national quarantine began.
In The Newscovid-19

Coronavirus Profiteers: With The Virus Come The Vultures

by Alidad Vassigh April 12, 2020May 22, 2025
The 1968 flu spread by air travel. Here U.S. servicemen in Saigon
In The Newshealthcare

Coronavirus — Global Brief: Why We Never Talked About The Hong Kong Flu

by Worldcrunch April 10, 2020May 22, 2025
Prof. Raoult, France's COVID-19 superstar
In The Newsfrance

Who Is Didier Raoult, France’s Hydroxychloroquine Guru?

by Bertrand Hauger April 10, 2020May 23, 2025
A farmer works at a greenhouse of a mushroom agricultural base in north China's Hebei Province.
In The Newsindia

Feeding A Shutdown World: How COVID-19 Squeezes Supply Chains

by Michaela Kozminova April 10, 2020May 21, 2025
A Catholic Church in Jiao Xi, Taiwan
In The Newsitaly

Masks For Milan: Italian Priest In Taiwan Reaps What He Sowed

by Lisa LANE April 10, 2020May 21, 2025
One Billion Rising activists march in Manilla, Phillippines.
Geopoliticsfrance

Coronavirus: What Unites And Divides Us

by Worldcrunch April 9, 2020May 22, 2025
Soldiers with masks fighting in Tripoli, Libya
In The Newshealthcare

Coronavirus — Global Brief: Bitter Irony For Bernie And Universal Healthcare

by Worldcrunch April 9, 2020May 24, 2025
Farmers in France heat up their vineyards to protect them from the frost
In The Newsfrance

The Latest: Prince Philip Dies, Kim Jong-Un’s Famine Warning, Lost Pharaoh City

by Anne Sophie Goninet, Emma Flacard and Worldcrunch April 9, 2020May 24, 2025
Trump responding to reporters on April 7
Geopoliticsunited states

Trump’s Coronavirus Crisis Management: Find The Scapegoats

by Worldcrunch April 9, 2020May 22, 2025
Vaccines usually take years to discover
In The Newsfrance

Who Will Find It First? The Global Race For A Vaccine

by Kat Bohmbach April 9, 2020May 20, 2025
'Isolation can be catastrophic for drug users.'
In The Newshealth

Why COVID-19 Is Hitting Drug Addicts So Hard

by Bethany Wright April 9, 2020May 24, 2025
Members of the Iranian Red Crescent's Volunteers Organization in the Hameh Sin mountain village in Eastern Tehran, Iran, sanitizing and screening villagers who may be infected by coronavirus.
In The Newseconomy

Iran: Risks Of A Premature End To Quarantine

by Rozena Crossman April 8, 2020May 23, 2025
Passengers line up to enter the Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan on Wednesday.
In The Newsfrance

Coronavirus — Global Brief: What Happens In Wuhan Matters In Wichita

by Kat Bohmbach April 8, 2020May 23, 2025
George Floyd’s brother Rodney in Minneapolis on April 7
In The Newsfrance

The Latest: Myanmar Embassy Trouble, N. Ireland Violence, Superman Record

by Anne Sophie Goninet, Bertrand Hauger, Emma Flacard and Worldcrunch April 8, 2020May 22, 2025
Ukrainian citizens from Russia walk at the central railway station in Kiev after the evacuation.
In The Newsputin

As Virus Takes Hold, Russia (And Russians) Caught In Limbo

by Alastair Gill April 8, 2020May 22, 2025
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson chairs a morning COVID-19 update meeting remotely during his self-isolation.
In The Newsfrance

Coronavirus — Global Brief: Why We Care About Boris Johnson

by Worldcrunch April 7, 2020May 23, 2025
Two young ride a bike wearing protective face masks.
In The Newsrussia

Coronavirus: Young People Are Not Immune

by Michaela Kozminova April 7, 2020May 22, 2025
A market in Havana, Cuba
In The Newschile

Latin America And The Economic Consequences Of COVID-19

by Alidad Vassigh April 7, 2020May 22, 2025
London police enforcing the quarantine Sunday at Greenwich Park
In The Newsfrance

Coronavirus — Global Brief: Quarantines And The Climate Change Long Game

by Worldcrunch April 6, 2020May 23, 2025
Working the screens
Ideassocial media

Social Isolation And Social Media, A Toxic Combination

by Bethany Wright April 6, 2020May 22, 2025
Lining up to buy rice and flour in Sylhet, Bangladesh as the country starts a 7-day lockdown.
In The Newsputin

The Latest: 3 Million COVID Deaths, Nuclear Deal Revived, Soviet LOTR

by Worldcrunch April 6, 2020May 22, 2025
Bolsonaro is virtually the only world leader still downplaying COVID-19
In The Newscolombia

Bolsonaro, The Political Cost Of Downplaying Coronavirus

by Alidad Vassigh April 6, 2020May 22, 2025
Malmö, Sweden/March 30, 2020
In The Newssweden

A Swedish Exception? Why Sweden Is Ignoring Calls For Quarantine

by Carl Karlsson April 4, 2020May 20, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Modi addresses the nation
In The Newsunited states

Coronavirus Brief: Information, Bane, and Antidote

by Worldcrunch April 3, 2020May 22, 2025
Coronavirus-free territory in Lombardy, Italy
In The Newsitaly

Researchers Look To Northern Italian Town Untouched By Coronavirus

by Worldcrunch April 3, 2020May 22, 2025
A woman disinfects surfaces with cleaning products in Mexico City
Rue Amelotmexico

Sartre, Phil Collins And My Quarantined Neighbors In Mexico City

by Worldcrunch April 3, 2020May 20, 2025
A staff member distributes flowers at a cemetery in Jinan, in eastern China.
Societychina

New COVID-19 Risk: Annual Chinese “Tomb-Sweeping” Holiday

by Laura Lin April 3, 2020May 22, 2025
A local doctor perfoming a temperature check up for the locals in Kenya
Geopoliticshealth

Coronavirus — Global Brief: Your Health Depends On Helping Poor Countries

by Worldcrunch April 2, 2020May 22, 2025
A train crash killed at least 48 people and left 66 injured in eastern Taiwan.
In The Newsfrance

The Latest: Taiwan Train Crash, Gay Marriage Anniversary, Salty Mountains

by Worldcrunch April 2, 2020May 23, 2025
The abandoned orchestra pit in the opera house of the Theater Magdeburg.
In The Newsmusic

Staying Composed: Classical Music In The Time of COVID-19

by Bethany Wright April 2, 2020May 24, 2025
Conte addresses the Italian Parliament last month
In The Newshealth

Coronavirus — Global Brief: The Benefits Of Sharing The Bad News

by Worldcrunch April 1, 2020May 24, 2025
Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan visits Wuhan this week.
In The Newschina

In Wuhan, Ashes ‘Mixed Together’ Impossible To Identify

by Laura Lin April 1, 2020May 22, 2025
Installation by Dennis Josef Meseg in Berlin, meant to protest lockdown measures.
Geopoliticsbrazil

The Latest: Myanmar ”Bloodbath” Warning, Jimmy Lai Guilty, Pricey Airline Food

by Worldcrunch April 1, 2020May 22, 2025
Didier Raoult, a controversial coronavirus 'hero'
Geopoliticshealth

Didier Raoult: A French Doctor, Hydroxychloroquine And Conspiracy Theories

by Anne Sophie Goninet April 1, 2020May 22, 2025
Empty streets during the Coronavirus lockdown in Cali, Colombia
Geopoliticshealthcare

Coronavirus: Why The Crisis In Colombia Could Be Colossal

by Alidad Vassigh April 1, 2020May 22, 2025
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