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Asia
Social distancing is a privilege of the middle class.
For two days, Jeetender Mahender, a 36-year-old Dalit sanitation worker, has not dared to leave his family’s shanty in the Valmiki slum of northern Mumbai, India, except to go to…
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Aggression
Pope backs UN chief’s call for global ceasefire to focus…
Pope Francis backed a call by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for an “immediate global ceasefire” so the world can focus on fighting the coronavirus pandemic. SBS News Speaking at…
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Activism
Delivery workers are now essential.
Along with home delivery of groceries, pharmaceuticals and alcohol, demand for food delivery is booming. Authors The Conversation Services such as Uber Eats and Deliveroo have become essential to cafes…
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Australasia
How am I supposed to go into coronavirus self-isolation when…
I don’t think I have coronavirus, yet, but I had nowhere else to go. Beatrice Christian, as told to Jesse Noakes ABC Life I’m homeless, so it was either that…
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Aggression
Family violence perpetrators using COVID-19 as ‘a form of abuse…
Liz Thomas, the chief executive of social services organisation Wayss that helps family violence victims in Melbourne’s south-east, told the ABC she had received six reports in the past week…
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Equality
UK government urgently wants rough sleepers to be sheltered during…
The UK Government has asked local authorities in England to house all rough sleepers by the weekend, the charity Crisis said. SBS News An email sent to homelessness managers and…
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Analysis
The world before this coronavirus and after cannot be the…
Then, as now, confidence in international cooperation and institutions plumbed new lows. Authors The Conversation While the onset of the second world war took many people by surprise, the outbreak…
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General
‘You Must Wash Properly.’
As governments and societies across the world struggle with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and scientists look to modelling to see how various approaches might impact the worldwide trajectory of the…
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Europe
UK coronavirus live: Boris Johnson tests positive for Covid-19
Coronavirus: latest global updates Boris Johnson tests positive for Covid-19 Coronavirus latest: at a glance Millions in UK to need food aid in days as virus exposes state of supply…
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Artist
In times of crisis, we turn to the arts.
Staying indoors and washing our hands may keep us alive, but the Australian government needs to protect the arts in order to help us live. Benjamin Law The Guardian Across…
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Australasia
BEACH BAN: Council takes swift action after selfish Melburnians flock…
ALL beaches in Port Phillip Council have been closed “until further notice” after hundreds of selfish Melburnians flocked to the beach on Friday afternoon. In extremely disappointing scenes, hundreds opted…
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Australasia
Greek Australian Samaritan hands out $100 to each person at…
The lawyer entrepreneur from Karies, Laconia, handed out a total of $10,000 because he felt “sick to his stomach” after seeing the queues of people, some of which had never…