Not all protests are equal. Fox News’ Tucker Carlson has excoriated the medical establishment for giving its blessing to Black Lives Matter protesters, having condemned the anti-lockdown protests just weeks earlier. The coronavirus pandemic left in its wake an unprecedented crackdown on civil liberties and freedom of movement in the […]
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Living the Little House On The Prairie life has been a dream of mine since childhood, and lockdown in the Californian desert has given me the chance to do it for real. Except it’s not quite how I imagined. On the one hand, there are the rabbits, the hummingbirds, the […]
Coronavirus: Sweden’s Tegnell admits too many died BBC News Sweden’s controversial decision not to impose a strict lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic led to too many deaths, the man behind the policy, Anders Tegnell, has acknowledged. Sweden has seen a far higher mortality rate than its nearest neighbours […]
India 13:00 GMT 02.06.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): India has recorded 198,705 positive COVID-19 cases, of which 3,926 are in Bihar. The northern Indian state has witnessed a massive influx of migrant workers returning to their homes from urban areas. In a random sampling, 26% of migrants returning to […]
The UK government has once again found itself facing widespread derision over its coronavirus lockdown rules after new measures introduced forbid couples who live separately from gathering in what has been dubbed a “bonking ban.” Fresh amendments introduced on Monday banned two or more people from separate homes gathering indoors. […]
14 per cent of Small and Medium-Sized businesses won’t have enough cash ‘to last four weeks of lockdown’, according to the latest business survey conducted by two country-wide accountancy networks with tens of thousands of members. 99 per cent of all UK employment is within Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107806/27/1078062771_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_631e693a192ab2e100be06b1aade5705.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202005311079479027-labours-rosie-duffield-right-to-resign-for-breaching-lockdown-restrictions/ Duffield, MP for Canterbury, resigned as whip and apologised after newspaper revelations she’d met her partner while lockdown restrictions were in place despite not living together, at a time people from separate households were still barred from meeting. Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds has […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107947/16/1079471618_0:0:3002:1689_1200x675_80_0_0_a993288396b9da03a9730d2786782732.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202005311079471683-venezuela-to-ease-covid-19-lockdown-from-monday/ BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Venezuela is set to lift coronavirus-related restrictions in the country starting from Monday on and allow some businesses to reopen, President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday. “New sectors of the economy will reopen at this stage — banks, dentistry, […]
More than four million Russian businesses saw their revenues falling by a third due to the coronavirus outbreak and measures to contain it, according to a report submitted to President Vladimir Putin. This is nearly 67 percent of the total of over six million small and medium-sized enterprises, large companies […]
Ecuador Protests New Neoliberal Measures Amid Lockdown May 27, 2020 Ecuador Protests New Neoliberal Measures Amid Lockdown2020-05-272020-05-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/ecuador-protests-against-neoliberal-measures-during-pandemic-e1590597886186.jpg200px200px Above photo: Ecuador protests against neoliberal measures during pandemic from Twitter. Protesters state that Lenin Moreno’s government has made decisions that only benefit big companies and private banks. Unions, students, teachers, workers, and social organizations took […]
Swiss prostitutes determined to return to work after the Covid-19 lockdown have drawn up a reopening plan to maximize social distancing with recommended sex positions, while calling for strict time limits and endless cleaning. Sex workers’ association ProKoRe released an exhaustive list of hygienic guidelines earlier this month, hoping to […]
Europe 13:52 GMT 26.05.2020Get short URL The comments came as Britain’s Priti Patel announced obligatory 14-day quarantines for arriving citizens and tourists for fear of the resurgence of the contagious novel virus, sparking a backlash from European neighbours. Global airlines have urged governments not to resort to politics when it […]
Berlin hopes to resume inter-European tourist travel by the middle of next month, local media have reported. Chancellor Angela Merkel has been urged by the country’s state politicians to relax the Covid-19-triggered lockdown. Germany plans to lift travel restrictions with 26 EU member states, as well as with the UK, […]
The under-secretary of state for Scotland has become the first UK government minister to resign from cabinet after PM Boris Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings allegedly broke lockdown rules at the height of Covid-19 crisis. In his resignation letter, published on social media on Monday morning, junior minister Douglas Ross […]
Life 17:50 GMT 25.05.2020(updated 17:51 GMT 25.05.2020) Get short URL Millions of Brits admired the way Her Majesty looked during her two recent speeches to the nation – her address on the coronavirus pandemic and her VE Day congratulation. The monarch was also praised for lifting the spirit of the […]
Viral 12:30 GMT 25.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107941/20/1079412011_0:12:1247:713_1200x675_80_0_0_db805a8874f620d516e38d60450a6d16.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202005251079412173-indian-actor-turned-politician-shamed-on-twitter-for-violating-lockdown-norms-to-play-cricket/ New Delhi (Sputnik): India has been under a national lockdown since 25 March as a containment measure to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The federal government relaxed the norms on 19 May. But Uttar Pradesh and Haryana […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107940/91/1079409173_0:0:1921:1080_1200x675_80_0_0_89edf9e7c511381e5d9f199e450f0d52.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202005251079409151-geography-issues-woman-who-breaks-lockdown-travelling-to-welsh-beach-thinks-wales-is-in-england/ Despite the UK government advising to ease the pandemic restrictions, Wales is still urging people to stay at home. England, however, has started lifting the quarantine measures which might cause confusion for those who don’t know the difference. A woman from England, who […]
Liege Camila Pistore Veras, Rafael Duckur, and Joana Luiza Mendes (left to right) load boxes of produce into a truck at a farm outside of Sao Paulo, Brazil. This produce, and more, will be distributed in favelas, poor urban neighborhoods where residents live in crowded homes and lack basic sanitation. […]
Cash might be tight for many industries amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but not when it comes to the ever-evolving esports industry. Take Statespace, a platform that trains gamers which has raised $15 million in Series A funding. Launched in 2017 together with Aim Lab, a product that replicates the standard […]
Lockdowns are for the peons. Advertisement – story continues below Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has his workers and businesses are locked down for the foreseeable future.But the billionaire governor will not let the government imposed lockdown interfere with his own plans. Last week Pritzker also told CNN the citizens of […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): India is currently undergoing its ‘fourth phase’ of a nationwide lockdown imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several states have offered multiple exemptions to citizens as a means of reviving the economy. Days after Delhi’s state chief announced […]
After more than a year outside the octagon, UFC’s Paige VanZant has hinted she is finally set for a return by teasing fans with a comeback post on Instagram. VanZant’s last outing was a submission victory over Rachel Ostovich in their flyweight bout at UFC Fight Night 143 in Brooklyn, […]
The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has said the unemployment rate in the country was 24 percent for the week ending May 17, remaining unchanged from the previous week’s figure. According to its report, however, the labor participation rate rose to 38.8 percent as industries started opening up gradually […]