Headlines for May 18, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#53KSP)
- U.S. Coronavirus Deaths on Track to Surpass 100,000 by June with Most States Partially Reopened
- House Dems Probe Firing of State Dept. Watchdog, Pass $3 Trillion Stimulus Bill
- Trump Names Ex-Pharma Exec and Army General to Lead Coronavirus Vaccine Effort
- CDC Hits Back After WH Trade Adviser Criticism: CDC Director Is "Appointed by President Trump"
- Obama Slams Trump Admin Response to Crisis: "A Lot of Them Aren't Even Pretending to Be in Charge."
- Belgian Medical Workers Stage Protests Against Gov't Response to Pandemic
- Italy Opens Up Businesses, Starts Holding Public Masses as Part of "Calculated Risk"
- India Extends Lockdown as Coronavirus Grips Mumbai
- Japan's Economy in Recession; NHK Video Shows How Quickly COVID-19 Spreads in Social Settings
- Brazil's Coronavirus Cases Soar as Toll on Indigenous Communities Raises Alarm
- Chile Prepares for Mass COVID Deaths; Reports of Secret Burials in Nicaragua Suggest Possible Gov't Cover-Up
- Kenya Closes Borders over Fears of Medical Equipment and Personnel Shortages
- Afghan Leaders Sign Power-Sharing Deal, Ending Months-Long Political Stalemate
- Pandemic Puts Children at Increased Risk of Disease, Preventable Death, and Violence
- Israel's Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu Form Unity Government
- Egyptian Newspaper Editor Arrested in Latest Attack on Independent Media
- Carbon Dioxide Levels at Record High Despite Emissions Drop from COVID-19
- Fugitive Rwandan Leader, Accused of Financing Genocide, Arrested in France
- Frances Goldin, Famed New York Housing Activist, Dies at 96