May 08 Government-run virus tracing app raises privacy concerns in India By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press An app in India has exacerbated concerns about digital security and surveillance after the government made it mandatory for all workers, military personnel and stranded Indians abroad who wish to be repatriated. Continue reading
May 08 Watch 4:47 What these World War II veterans remember most about VE-Day By Malcolm Brabant Seventy-five years ago this week, Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies in Europe in a red schoolhouse in Reims, France. World War II would last three more brutal months in the Pacific, but six years of horror and Holocaust was… Continue watching
May 08 Europe holds low-key Victory Day commemorations due to virus By Pan Pylas, Associated Press Europe marked the 75th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany to Allied forces in low-key fashion Friday because of coronavirus lockdown restrictions across the continent. Continue reading
May 08 Swiss plan to ask diners for contact information dropped over privacy concerns By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press The Swiss government has backed down from plans to require restaurants and bars to take the names and phone numbers of their patrons as a way to fight the coronavirus, after the plan fell foul of privacy concerns. Continue reading
May 08 Markets closed to control Mexico’s enthusiastic Mother’s Day By Carlos Rodriguez, Associated Press Few countries celebrate Mother's Day with as much gusto as Mexico, and that has authorities worried that the celebration could threaten lock-down measures and spread the new coronavirus. Continue reading
May 08 WATCH: WHO addresses link between wet markets and coronavirus By Associated Press The World Health Organization has said wet markets like those in Wuhan widely linked to the emergence of the new coronavirus were often overcrowded, and good hygiene and food safety standards were not being met. Continue reading
May 08 COVID-19 deaths in Italy exceed 30,000 By Associated Press The Health Ministry registered 243 deaths on Friday, bringing the total of those who died in the country to 30,201. Italy was the first country in Europe with a major outbreak of the coronavirus. Continue reading
May 08 Amid pandemic, the world’s working poor hustle to survive By Aya Batrawy, Emily Schmall, Associated Press From India to Argentina, untold millions who were already struggling to get by on the economic margins have had their lives made even harder by pandemic lockdowns, layoffs and the loss of a chance to earn from a hard day’s… Continue reading
May 07 Watch 4:19 News Wrap: Supreme Court overturns ‘Bridgegate’ convictions In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned two former New Jersey officials' convictions in the “Bridgegate” scandal, unanimously deciding the scheme did not amount to a federal crime. The officials had helped engineer a huge traffic jam… Continue watching
May 07 Watch 7:03 How COVID-19 is inflaming India’s social and religious tensions By Neha Poonia India’s government has begun to relax its lockdown, though COVID-19 continues to spread there. The country has incurred massive economic and humanitarian losses and is still vulnerable to a devastating blow from the virus. Meanwhile, the pandemic is fomenting violence… Continue watching