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Brazil communications secretary, who met Trump, has coronavirus: government Bolsonaro

Brazil communications secretary, who met Trump, has coronavirus: government

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s communications secretary, Fabio Wajngarten, has been diagnosed with coronavirus following a second confirmatory test, the presidency’s communications office said on Thursday. Wajngarten accompanied Bolsonaro on a recent trip to the U.S. and posted a photograph on Instagram standing next to Donald Trump. In…
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March 12, 2020
Winning the argument? Tories and Labour

Winning the argument?

The reaction of many on the left to the big spending rises in yesterday’s Budget is that they show that Labour has “won the argument” for higher public spending. This is partly true. On current plans (pdf), total public spending will rise to 40.8% of GDP by 2024-25*. That’s a…
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March 12, 2020
Masha Gessen on the ‘Cold War framing’ of Bernie’s foreign policy Cold War

Masha Gessen on the ‘Cold War framing’ of Bernie’s foreign policy

Photo: Gage SkidmoreAt various points in his presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders has faced questions and scrutiny about his past associations with controversial leftist regimes and groups overseas.  Last year, he almost cut short an interview with the New York Times podcast The Daily when Michael Barbaro, the host, mentioned Sanders’s…
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March 12, 2020
Brazil’s president reportedly tested for coronavirus just days after sitting side-by-side with Trump at Mar-a-Lago Bolsonaro

Brazil’s president reportedly tested for coronavirus just days after sitting side-by-side with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been tested for the novel coronavirus, Brazilian media reported on Thursday.Less than a week ago, Bolsonaro sat next to President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.Fabio Wajngarten, Bolsonaro's press secretary, has tested positive for the coronavirus. He was photographed standing next to Trump…
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March 12, 2020
Pelosi pushing for swift passage of coronavirus bill despite Republican concerns Nancy Pelosi

Pelosi pushing for swift passage of coronavirus bill despite Republican concerns

Ledyard King USA TODAYPublished 11:51 AM EDT Mar 13, 2020WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she won't delay legislation aimed at helping Americans get through the coronavirus despite Republican concerns about certain aspects of the bill that's scheduled to come to the House floor Thursday.Pelosi said she's working with the…
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March 12, 2020
This beautiful library in ‘Minecraft’ lets people access the work of censored journalists from anywhere Jamal Khashoggi

This beautiful library in ‘Minecraft’ lets people access the work of censored journalists from anywhere

In countries where censorship is standard practice—such as China, where articles and social media posts about COVID-19 and the government’s slow initial response to the crisis have been quickly deleted by government censors, and where government critics can end up in jail—Facebook, Twitter, and many news sites are blocked. But…
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March 12, 2020
Big Dutch galleries close until end of March due to coronavirus Rijksmuseum

Big Dutch galleries close until end of March due to coronavirus

FILE PHOTO: Van Gogh Museum presents the condition of the restoration of Van Gogh's painting "Sunflowers" in Amsterdam, Netherlands January 24, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de WouwAMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch national gallery, the Rijksmuseum, and the nearby Van Gogh museum, two of the Netherlands’ premier tourist attractions in Amsterdam, will…
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March 12, 2020