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The Associated Press
Pandemic-Induced Lockdown Batters Economies of France, Italy, Spain
31 Jul 2020
The Spanish economy shrank by 18.5% in the April-June period from the previous quarter, the French economy nearly 14% and Italy 12.4%.
Newsclick Report
COVID-19: Kerala Gears up to Nip in the Bud the Threat of Community Transmission
08 Jul 2020
The increase in the number of positive cases through contact is becoming a serious concern for the state administration and health officials.
Subodh Varma
Big 5 of COVID: Guess What is Common to These Top Affected Countries?
11 Jun 2020
Yes, they have larger than life leaders, but the pandemic has exposed their flaws, at great cost.
Richard D. Wolff
Why the Neoliberal Agenda Is a Failure at Fighting Coronavirus
31 May 2020
Millions are sick and many thousands dead because of governments’ delayed and inadequate compensations for private capitalism’s failures to prepare for or cope with the virus.
Marshall Auerback
How Germany’s Courts Might Destroy the Euro
19 May 2020
In the absence of an agreed set of rules for all the countries in the eurozone, the single-currency union cannot be sustained, and, as the EU’s biggest creditor, Germany stands to lose the most from…
Ajaz Ashraf
Exposed: Ram Madhav’s False Narrative About Italy, Chinese and Muslims
07 May 2020
Media must consider; even opinions need to be grounded in fact.
The Associated Press
COVID-19: Italy Eases Long lockdown, Other Countries Take Patchwork Steps
04 May 2020
On Monday, an alliance of world leaders held a virtual summit hoping to drum up around 4 billion euros for vaccine research, some 2 billion euros for treatments and 1.5 billion euros for testing.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Europe Eases Covid-19 Lockdown But Caveats Remain
18 Apr 2020
The lockdown was considered to be an imperative to ‘flatten the curve’ of the virus infection so that health infrastructure didn’t get overrun.
Achala Moulik
Easter Message from a Wounded Land
17 Apr 2020
Italy has been described as a paradise for exiles. And so it was, until now.
Subin Dennis
COVID-19 Crisis Brings to Light the Need for a Much Stronger Public Sector
12 Apr 2020
The situation is such that the public sector, long maligned by neoliberal economists and weakened by governments beholden to neoliberalism, is playing a major role in the fight against coronavirus.