Tom Roberts, Shearing the Rams, 1890, National Gallery of Victoria
Macro & Markets
- Petrostates Hammered by Oil Price Plunge and Pandemic’s Spread – Bloomberg
- Coronavirus and the economy: World ‘clearly’ in recession, IMF says – DW
- The world’s on the brink of running out of places to put oil – Financial Post
- Global oil refiners shut down as coronavirus destroys demand – Reuters
- People Are Rushing to Buy 100-Ounce Bars of Gold
- Strongman Medicine: Can Democracy Survive the Coronavirus Crisis? – Slate
- The Coronavirus Is Demonstrating the Value of Globalization – The Atlantic
- Coronavirus: why China’s ‘mask diplomacy’ is raising concern in the West – SCMP…because they were buying up all medical supplies just weeks ago…
- Countries are using apps and data networks to keep tabs on the pandemic – Economist
- Citizens fear unscrupulous leaders will take advantage of lockdowns – BNE Intellinews
Asia
- Singapore Advises Public to Stay Indoors and Buy Food Online – Bloomberg
- How India Plans to Lock Down 1.3 Billion People in a Democracy – Bloomberg
- From light touch to total lockdown: How Asia is fighting coronavirus – Nikkei Asian review
- The Callousness of India’s COVID-19 Response – The Atlantic
- India ‘super spreader’ quarantines 40,000 people – BBC
- How Vietnam is winning its ‘war’ on coronavirus – DW
- How Japan keeps COVID-19 under control – DW
- Police under fire for using violence to enforce coronavirus lockdown – DW
- In Iran, false belief a poison fights virus kills hundreds – AP
Americas
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- Trump signs $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill as the US tries to prevent economic devastation – CNBC
- Trump signs $2.2tn coronavirus stimulus package into law – Guardian
- US coronavirus cases top 100,000, doubling in three days – CNBC
- Trump orders ‘time-wasting’ General Motors to make ventilators – BBC
- Hospital ship arrives in LA as California braces for crisis on par with New York – Guardian
- Red April: What happens on the first of the month when residents, restaurants, and retail stores don’t pay rent? – Slate
- The Rich Fled New York. Don’t Be Like Them. – The Atlantic
- Coronavirus overwhelms America’s hospitals – China Daily
- Health care workers across Mexico protest shortages of supplies, staff – Mexico News
- Argentina will need ‘substantial debt relief,’ says IMF chief – Buenos Aires Times
- A U.S. recession? Probably. Depression? Only if the virus is untamed – Reuters
- ‘Choppy waters’ await Navy as virus strikes aircraft carrier – AP
- California has surge of virus cases that threatens hospitals – AP
Europe
- Fitch cuts UK credit rating to AA- – Guardian
- Coronavirus Diaries: I’m a Priest in Northern Italy. Our World Is Unimaginable Right Now. – Slate
- The Meaning of Boris Johnson’s Illness – The Atlantic
- UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus, will self-isolate in 10 Downing St – ABC
- EU fires warning shot at China in coronavirus battle of the narratives – SCMP
- Coronavirus in Germany: Adidas, H&M to stop paying rent over outbreak closures – DW
- Mandatory ‘stay at home’ order in effect – RTE
- Coronavirus: People told to stay at home in virtually all circumstances – Irish Times
- How well prepared is Ukraine to face down the coronavirus pandemic? – BNE Intellinews
- ECB tells euro zone banks to skip payouts as virus hits economy – Reuters
Terra Incognita
- Has Australia’s coronavirus response been too slow off the mark? – Ninefax…in a word, yes. With an honourable mention to those universities paying foreign nationals to bypass Australian quarantine laws…
- Australian public service asked to get ready for coronavirus redeployment – Guardian
- Scott Morrison’s coronavirus ‘hibernation plan’ needs work to stop economic collapse – ABC
- After the coronavirus, Australia and the world can never be the same again – Guardian
- Qantas denies sick leave to its grounded workers amid coronavirus pandemic – ABC…one way to ensure employees treat the company with contempt from here on in…
- Coronavirus forces schools into ‘transition phase’ as many shut early and prepare for very different term two – ABC
- How coronavirus could reshape the way Australians work forever – ABC
- Will the economic crisis caused by coronavirus reshape our idea of a depression? – ABC
- A fractured nation faces its greatest foe – Ninefax
- Man charged with stealing hundreds of rolls of toilet paper from Sydney supermarkets – Ninefax
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…and furthermore…
- Bob Dylan’s First Original Song in Years Is a 17-Minute Epic About JFK’s Assassination – Slate
- No more hamburgers? How ‘clean meat’ could transform our diets – CNBC
- Coronavirus: world braces for condom shortage after Malaysia lockdown shuts top producer – SCMP
- Why Disease and Xenophobia Go Hand in Hand – Bloomberg
- For Introverts, Quarantine Can Be a Liberation – Bloomberg
- If all our actions are shaped by luck, are we still agents? – Aeon
…and coronavirus (Covid19, Wuhan Flu)…
- Don’t Criminalize COVID-19 – Slate
- How the Pandemic Will End – The Atlantic
- Unemployment during Coronavirus: The psychology of job loss – BBC
- Can you kill coronavirus with UV light? – BBC
- In the coronavirus pandemic, cruise ships present a perfect storm of problems for governments – ABC
- Coronavirus: Why are the death rates different? – DW
- US lab unveils portable 5-minute Covid-19 test – RTE
- How to stay healthy at home during the coronavirus lockdown – DW
- Rush to remote working offers fertile ground for cyber criminals – RTE
- Men more likely to catch novel coronavirus? – China Daily