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Covid-19 crisis could leave $8.8 trillion hole in global economy, Asian Development Bank warns

Covid-19 crisis could leave .8 trillion hole in global economy, Asian Development Bank warns The coronavirus pandemic could chop nearly 10 percent off global gross domestic product (GDP), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) predicts, more than doubling its previous forecast. The global economy could suffer between $5.8 trillion and $8.8 trillion in losses, the equivalent of between 6.4 percent and 9.7 percent of global GDP, the report published on Friday said. This is much worse than the Manila-based bank predicted in April, when it said that the Covid-19 global cost could range between $2 trillion and $4.1 trillion. Also on rt.com Norway dipping into its massive piggy bank to battle Covid-19 crisis The blow ...

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Cafes & restaurants reopen in parts of Australia after 2-month shutdown

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Cafes & restaurants reopen in parts of Australia after 2-month shutdown Cafes, restaurants and bars in Australia’s most populous state were reopening on Friday after a two-month shutdown under coronavirus lockdown measures. The easing of quarantine measures in New South Wales (NSW) state comes just a day after the national statistics office reported unprecedented record high job losses and PM Scott Morrison warned that worse was still to come. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian cautioned people to remain vigilant and maintain social distancing. Restaurants, public pools and other businesses are reopening under the proviso they limit customers to 10 at any one time. In the Northern Territory, where coronavirus case numbers have been low and there have been no deaths, pubs are o...

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Feeling the zeitgeist: German restaurant uses plastic mannequins to make it feel FULL & LIVELY during Covid-19 pandemic

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Feeling the zeitgeist: German restaurant uses plastic mannequins to make it feel FULL & LIVELY during Covid-19 pandemic Social distancing can make once-vibrant places seem eerily empty these days, but one German restaurant is always full of diners. It’s using shop-window mannequins to improve the atmosphere and keep real visitors company. Borrowed from a local vendor, six mannequins now permanently occupy dining tables at the family-run hotel and restaurant Haase in Laatzen, Germany. The dummies have been given old-fashioned German names like Hubertus or Hannelore, but one of them, a female character, is called Conny Corona – an appropriate nod to the zeitgeist of the time. © Ruptly ...

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‘Irresponsible, ignorant & reckless’: WATCH drone risk COLLISION with Blue Angels stunt squad to capture Detroit flyover footage

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‘Irresponsible, ignorant & reckless’: WATCH drone risk COLLISION with Blue Angels stunt squad to capture Detroit flyover footage Controversial drone footage has emerged showing a UAV just meters away from a formation of US Navy Blue Angels as they performed a flyover in Detroit, risking the lives of all involved and likely breaking the law in the process. Set to a soundtrack pulled directly from ‘Top Gun,’ the brief video clip shows six Blue Angel F/A-18 Hornets as they perform a series of dizzying maneuvers over the Motor City. But with the small drone flying perilously close to the stunt planes, risking a collision, the aerial exercises could have easily ended in disaster. //www.youtube.com/embed/sJbG...

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US sailors return to coronavirus-hit aircraft carrier only to test positive AGAIN, despite months of containment efforts

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US sailors return to coronavirus-hit aircraft carrier only to test positive AGAIN, despite months of containment efforts Five American sailors have tested positive for Covid-19 for a second time after resuming duty on board an aircraft carrier that saw a major outbreak in March, even after a full evacuation of its crew and months of deep cleaning. Though the Navy imposed several layers of screenings before allowing sailors to re-board the ill-fated USS 'Theodore Roosevelt' – where more than 1,000 personnel contracted the virus in March – the five seamen nonetheless tested positive again after returning to the ship, the military confirmed on Thursday. “Five ['Theodore Roosevelt'] sailors who previously tested Covid positive and met rigorous recovery ...

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China shreds US for decrying Beijing’s ‘predatory interests’ in Arctic… while seeking to buy Greenland

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China shreds US for decrying Beijing’s ‘predatory interests’ in Arctic… while seeking to buy Greenland China’s envoy to Denmark has penned a harsh rebuttal to his American counterpart, who accused Beijing of seeking to impose “authoritarian values” on Greenland – in stark contrast to an honest US offer to outright buy the island. The envoy, Feng Tie, hit out at Washington’s Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands in an op-ed this week after she alleged that both China and Russia have malicious designs on Greenland and the Arctic region as a whole. Sands stated that only increased US influence could ensure a “secure and stable Arctic.” “It is important to remember that any cooperation is voluntary. China can in no way impose cooperation on Greenland or Den...

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‘Interests of elites v human rights’? UN warns against hasty lockdown lifting as global death toll tops 300,000

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‘Interests of elites v human rights’? UN warns against hasty lockdown lifting as global death toll tops 300,000 The global death toll in the Covid-19 pandemic has crossed 300,000, hitting another dark milestone as the United Nations voiced concerns that lockdown measures are being lifted too quickly, warning of a “second wave” of the virus. Surpassing a total of 300,000 fatalities and nearing 4.5 million cases globally on Thursday, according to data gathered by Johns Hopkins University, the worldwide viral outbreak continues to expand across some 188 nations, infecting tens of thousands every day. The latest figures came on the heels of a new warning from the UN’s Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, who said countries that repeal conta...

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Jailing people who use Covid-19 as bioweapon would be ‘discrimination.’ So better lock up everyone instead?

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Jailing people who use Covid-19 as bioweapon would be ‘discrimination.’ So better lock up everyone instead? Accidentally spreading Covid-19 is wanting grandma dead, say opponents of ending lockdowns. Yet activists now worry that proposed laws to punish those who threaten to spread it deliberately would discriminate against minorities. A Florida man spat and coughed on a police officer responding to a domestic violence call, and faces up to five years in prison on a federal charge of biological weapons hoax (he was negative for Covid-19). Another man in Texas, who falsely claimed on Facebook that he paid someone to spread the virus at local grocery stores, was charged with the same thing. A Michigan man who wiped his face with a store employee’s shir...

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Western media concerned coronavirus 'hasn't killed more Russians'

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Western media concerned coronavirus 'hasn't killed more Russians' US and allied media outlets seem frustrated that the pandemic isn’t killing more Russians, so they’re claiming the death toll is higher, despite a lack of evidence – while insisting Moscow is the one spreading disinformation. When the number of confirmed coronavirus cases started accelerating in Russia last month, Western media pounced, presuming the increase would be followed by the kind of spike in casualties seen in the US and many European countries. That hasn’t happened, and the same outlets that were licking their lips waiting for the Russian body count to explode now seem to feel cheated. A new bottom hit.This @business headline is sacrificing basic ethics for the ...

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Tax the old to support the young: Oxford economist wants elderly to pay ‘corona tax’

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Tax the old to support the young: Oxford economist wants elderly to pay ‘corona tax’ The elderly have already been hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic, but one Oxford economist thinks that they should shell out to ease the economic burden on the young. He’s since been accused of “scapegoating” the vulnerable. “Young people benefit the least from the lockdown measures, because they are less susceptible to the virus,” economist and professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve told Belgian news channel VRT on Thursday. “The older generation should realize that young people are sacrificing themselves, both economically and in terms of mental health.” To even the score, the 41-year-old Oxford professor – who heads the prestigious university’s ‘Wellbeing Research C...

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