Pope Francis is cautioning against pessimism as many people emerge from coronavirus lockdowns to lament that nothing will ever be the same. During Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica to mark Pentecost Sunday, Francis noted a tendency to say “nothing will return as before.” That kind of thinking, Francis said, guarantees that “the one thing that certainly does not return is hope.” He took to task his own church for its fragmentation, saying it must pull together. “The world sees conservatives and progressives” but instead all are “children of God,” he said, telling the faithful to focus on what unites them. “In this pandemic, how wrong narcissism is,” Francis said, lamenting “the tendency to think only of our needs, to be indifferent to those of others, and to not admit our own frailties and mistakes.” “At this moment, in the great effort of beginning anew, how damaging is pessimism, the tendency to see everything in the worst light and to keep saying that nothing will return as before!” the pope said. “When someone thinks this way, the one thing that certainly does not return is hope.” A few dozen faithful, wearing masks and sitting one to a pew, attended the ceremony as part of safety measures to avoid spreading COVID-19. While the Vatican has re-opened the basilica to tourists, the rank-and-file faithful still aren’t allowed yet to attend Masses celebrated by the pope for fear of crowding. In a videotaped message for the Pentecost service led by the Anglican church leader, Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury, Francis spoke of how during the pandemic people are required to keep a safe distance from each other. “Yet we have also come to understand, perhaps better, what others are experiencing. We have been brought together by fear and uncertainty.” Francis encouraged prayers for those who must make “complex and pressing decisions,” which he said should be focused on investing in “health, employment and the elimination of inequalities and poverty.” “Now as never before, we need a vision rich in humanity. We cannot start up again by going back to our selfish pursuit of success without caring about those who are left behind,” the pope said.
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Month: May 2020
Asia Today: India Reports over 8,000 New Virus Cases
India reported more than 8,000 new cases of the coronavirus in a single day, another record high that topped the deadliest week in the country.Confirmed infections have risen to 182,143, with 5,164 fatalities, including 193 in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Sunday.Overall, more than 60% of the virus fatalities have been reported from only two states — Maharashtra, the financial hub, and Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The new cases are largely concentrated in six Indian states, including the capital New Delhi.Public health experts have criticized the Modi government’s handling of the outbreak. A joint statement by the Indian Public Health Association, Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine and Indian Association of Epidemiologists, which was sent to Modi’s office on May 25, said it was “unrealistic” to eliminate the virus at a time when “community transmission is already well-established.”India has denied of any community transmission even though new cases have continued to mount significantly.The health experts said that the infections were rising exponentially despite the “draconian lockdown,” which began March 25.The restrictions have slowly been relaxed, with the government announcing Saturday a phased “Unlock 1” plan from June onwards that allows more economic activities. The restrictions in so-called containment zones — areas that have been isolated due to the outbreaks — will remain through June 30.Modi, who addressed the nation through his monthly radio program on Sunday, said India was faring better than other countries.India has a fatality rate of 2.8%.There are concerns that the virus may be spreading through India’s villages as millions of jobless migrant workers return home from cities during the lockdown. Experts warn that the pandemic is yet to peak in India.In other developments in the Asia-Pacific region: German engineer tests positive in China: A German engineer who flew to China on a special charter flight Saturday has tested positive for the coronavirus. The Tianjin city government said in a social media post that the 34-year-old man from Blaustein, Germany, had a body temperature of 36.3 Celsius (97.3 Fahrenheit) and no COVID-19 symptoms. It did not give his name. He has been transferred to a hospital where he will be kept for medical observation. About 200 people arrived on the chartered Lufthansa A340 from Frankfurt. A second flight is scheduled to depart on Wednesday for Shanghai. China has banned most foreigners from entering the country to try to prevent the introduction of new infections, but agreed to allow the two German flights to bring back business people as it tries to revive economic growth after the coronavirus shutdowns.27 new cases in South Korea: South Korea on Sunday reported 27 new cases of the coronavirus, including 21 from the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area, where officials are scrambling to stem transmissions linked to clubgoers and warehouse workers. The figures announced by South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on brought national totals to 11,468 cases and 270 deaths. Twelve of the new cases were international arrivals. South Korea was reporting about 500 new cases each day in early March but seemed to stabilize the outbreak with aggressive tracking and tracing, which allowed authorities to ease social distancing guidelines. A rise in infections in the greater capital area has caused alarm as millions of children have begun returning to school. KCDC said more than 100 infections were linked to workers or visitors at a warehouse of local e-commerce giant Coupang, which has seen orders spike during the epidemic.China reports two new cases: China reported two new cases of COVID-19, bringing its total to 83,001. Both cases were imported ones in Shandong province south of Beijing, bringing the number of cases from abroad to 1,740. China has cut international flights drastically to try to keep new cases out, though it allowed a chartered Lufthansa A340 with employees of Volkswagen and other German companies operating in China to arrive Saturday from Frankfurt. It was the first of two such flights from Germany aimed at restarting the economy. No new domestic cases have been reported for a week, since an outbreak that infected 42 people was tamped down in Jilin province in the northeast. The country’s official death toll stands at 4,634.Restrictions easing in Australia: COVID-19 restrictions are easing in most of Australia, but authorities say they’ll be watching carefully to ensure the country’s success in containing the pandemic remains on track. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth said the lifting of restrictions is a balancing act between socioeconomic benefits and the public health risk. “We’re taking a deliberately safe and cautious approach,” Coatsworth said. “Most importantly we’re taking the time to gather the data over the coming weeks to determine whether it’s safe to move to the next round of lifting restrictions.” Coronavirus cases remain low in Australia by international standards, with 7,180 infections and 103 deaths. The more flexible restrictions, which differ across the states, will mean more movement in public places, including pubs, cafes, and restaurants. But authorities have renewed their call for safe hygiene and social distancing measures to remain.
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Turkey Opens Mosques for Friday Prayers with Strict Social Distancing Measures
Turkey joins other countries in relaxing its strict lockdown measure because of the coronavirus pandemic by letting people go to mosques across the country to perform Friday prayers. Although this lifting of restrictions did not allow people older than 65 to participate in the Friday prayers, many of them nonetheless were seen at mosques. VOA’s Turkish Service’s reporters from Ankara, Istanbul and Diyarbakir visited mosques and filed this report narrated by Bezhan Hamdard.
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World Reacts with Anger, Dismay to US Man’s Death
Protests were held in several cities around the world Saturday, in seeming solidarity with demonstrators in the U.S. over the death of an African American man while in police custody earlier this week.The U.S. embassies in several countries drew protesters, angered by the death of George Floyd on May 25. Floyd died after a white police office kneeled on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The incident was videotaped, and Floyd could be heard pleading several times, “I can’t breathe.”In Berlin Saturday, thousands of Germans gathered outside the U.S. Embassy, chanting “Black Lives Matter,” according to Forbes.A protest about racism in general drew thousands Saturday in Toronto, Forbes reported.On Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, referring to Floyd’s death, said in an article in The Washington Post, “Racism is real. It’s in the United States, but it’s also in Canada. … We know people are facing systemic discrimination, unconscious bias and anti-black racism every day.”In Mexico City on Saturday, drawings and flowers in support of Floyd were attached to a fence near the U.S. Embassy, according to social media posts.Justice for George Floyd. US Embassy, Mexico City. pic.twitter.com/SLraGkNYO9— Madeleine Wattenbarger (@madeleinewhat) May 30, 2020On Friday, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet also condemned the circumstances surrounding Floyd’s death, which she said was the latest “in a long line of killings of unarmed African Americans by U.S. police officers and members of the public.”“I am dismayed to have to add George Floyd’s name to that of Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner, Michael Brown and many other unarmed African Americans who have died over the years at the hands of the police — as well as people such as Ahmaud Arbery and Trayvon Martin who were killed by armed members of the public,” she said.Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, said he had seen the video of Floyd lying on the ground with a policeman’s knee on his neck.”Because of this discrimination, racism on the basis of race, such things are done,” he said during a webcast on compassion Friday. “We see in the news channels, the media, about discrimination on the basis of color or religion these days, and then there is killing due to that, and then there are some who even take it as a pride to be able to kill somebody.”The African Union Commission on Friday issued a strongly worded rare public statement on the domestic events in the United States.In the statement, the chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, “strongly condemns” police conduct in the Floyd case and extended his “deepest condolences to his family and loved ones.”VOA’s Cindy Saine contributed to this report.
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Lack of Protective Gear Leaves Mexican Nurses Battling Pandemic in Fear
As a nurse on the front lines of Mexico’s coronavirus battle, Gisela Hernandez has stayed away from her children for nearly two months, sleeping in a hotel and even her car to avoid infecting them because she feels inadequately protected at work.At night, she video calls Santiago, 5, and Renata, 9, who are both asthmatic, to hear about what they’ve done during the day and remind them how much she misses them.While Hernandez says she loves her work, and considers the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER) in Mexico City her second home, she is also afraid of contracting the novel coronavirus. COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, has killed 9,415 people in Mexico.“I don’t regret becoming a nurse, because I like to help my patients,” said Hernandez, 40, whose hospital is one of the city’s main treatment centers for COVID-19.But she said she is “scared of getting sick … scared of never seeing my kids again.”Health workers account for about a quarter of all of Mexico’s coronavirus infections, government data shows, one of the highest rates in the world. The risks are made worse by shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE).COVID-19 cases are surging in Latin America, which along with the United States is now an epicenter of the global pandemic. Frontline workers in Mexico City’s hospitals, including Hernandez, have taken to the streets to complain about the conditions. A national march is planned for Monday.INER, which has been at full capacity over the past week, said 49 of its workers have been infected at the hospital and another 54 have contracted the virus in the community, of which two have died.In a May 8 memo seen by Reuters, INER’s Biosafety Committee said a global PPE shortage would require workers to don reusable surgical uniforms and cloth hospital gowns, instead of disposable gear. The letter also told workers to use their N95 masks for full shifts.In response to requests for comment, the hospital shared with Reuters a statement it sent workers this week in which it said the measure regarding usage of masks was in line with World Health Organization advice. It also confirmed that workers were instructed to use non-disposable gowns and uniforms.“To date, no sterilized N95 masks have been reused.”However, a video seen by Reuters shows an official at INER telling staff to reuse sterilized N95 masks.“We exploded when we were told we were going to recycle the N95s,” said Alejandro Cabrera, an INER nurse with two decades of experience.Cabrera said workers are required to put their names on masks so the gear can be sent off for sterilization. “It’s terrible!” he said.Heavy TollMexico ranks eighth in the world in COVID-19 deaths, with Mexico City and a neighboring state accounting for some 40 percent of the country’s fatalities.The Mexican government says it needs another 6,600 doctors and 23,000 nurses to battle the crisis, a shortage exacerbated by the high infection rate among medical staff — 11,394 health workers had contracted the virus and 149 had died as of May 17.Medical professionals had accounted for 23 percent of all of the country’s infections as of that date. That compares to 3.7 percent in the United States, according to data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week.Despite the danger, Hernandez is doing her part to combat the disease.She points to a box of chocolates and a yellow note from the family of one of her patients thanking and encouraging her to keep “working to save lives.”“That’s one of the reasons I love my job so much, and despite the risks I still enjoy taking care of my patients,” she said.
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А я зелёный и укуренный пытаюсь рулить Украиной
А я зелёный и укуренный пытаюсь рулить Украиной
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ЗЕ-АФЕРА, або як нова влада за рік обікрала українців на 5 мільярдів доларів
ЗЕ-АФЕРА, або як нова влада за рік обікрала українців на 5 мільярдів доларів.
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Що таке податкові “скрутки” і як парфуми перетворюють на соняшник? Кого призначать винним і з кого здеруть гроші, щоб закрити дірку в бюджеті?
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Другий срік вечірнього зеленого презика
Другий срік вечірнього зеленого презика
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Саудиты снова требуют от обиженного карлика пукина сокращения добычи нефти и газа
Саудиты снова требуют от обиженного карлика пукина сокращения добычи нефти и газа.
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Нефтяное перемирие путляндии и Саудовской Аравии, заключенное в апреле после короткой, но разрушительной ценовой битвы, похоже, подвисло в воздухе
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Немецкая многоходовочка: Меркель поставила вопрос ребром обиженному карлику пукину
Немецкая многоходовочка: Меркель поставила вопрос ребром обиженному карлику пукину.
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Несмотря на то, что в Германии присутствует очень сильное лобби путляндии, очень похоже на то, что политический дискурс ставит страну в положение главного противника пукина в Европе. Германия превращается в основную силу поддерживающую продление и более того усиления санкций против обиженного карлика пукина
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Массовые пикеты против полицейского произвола обиженного карлика пукина
Массовые пикеты против полицейского произвола обиженного карлика пукина.
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Путляндия восстанавливается после карантина, потому, что начались вновь массовые задержания граждан за одиночные пикеты. Стройки можно, пикеты нельзя. На прогулку в москве теперь тоже по графику. А что касается Воронцова, из-за чего и начались пикеты, то против него завели еще два уголовных дела
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India to Open Some Shopping Malls, Hotels and Restaurants
Officials in India said some shopping malls, hotels, restaurants and religious places would be allowed to reopen after the COVID-19 lockdown, although worst-hit regions could remain in lockdown for another month. As cases of coronavirus reach new highs in recent days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the “battle will stretch on” and appealed to people to follow all lockdown rules to stop the spread of the pandemic.“Our country is besieged with problems amidst a vast population and limited resources,” Modi said in an open letter to the nation on Saturday marking one year of his government’s second term. At the same time he sounded an optimistic note, asserting that India was on the path to “victory” in its battle against the coronavirus and will set an example in “economic revival” following a two-month shutdown of most of the nation’s businesses.The decision to open more of its economy comes as the country recorded its highest jump in COVID-19 cases on Friday, adding nearly 8,000 new infections. The world’s second most populous country now has 174,000 cases and is among the 10 most affected countries in the world. Nearly 5,000 people have died and health experts have warned that the pandemic’s peak has not yet been reached. Government officials say that a lockdown imposed on March 25, when India only had 500 cases has helped prevent many infections and gave the country time to prepare to cope with the pandemic. But with the economy stalled for nearly two months and growth plummeting, most experts say India needs to return to business as usual and learn to “live” with the virus. Although authorities allowed some shops to reopen this month and resumed limited trains and domestic flights, much of the country still remains shuttered.That could change starting June 8 when some shopping malls, restaurants and other hospitality services will be allowed to open. Educational institutions however will remain shut for another month.So far, more than 70% of coronavirus cases in India are concentrated in five states — Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, New Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. But as hundreds of thousands of migrant workers, who were stuck in cities without jobs and money when India announced its lockdown, return to their villages, there are fears that the infection could spread into the countryside.
The pandemic has led to millions of job losses, particularly in the unorganized sector, which accounts for 80 percent of the workforce. In his letter to the nation, the prime minister acknowledged that “labourers, migrant workers, artisans and craftsmen in small scale industries, hawkers, cart pushers and such fellow countrymen have suffered immensely. However, we have to take care to ensure that inconveniences that we are facing do not turn into disasters.”
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Afghan TV Journalist, Driver Killed in Kabul Blast
Afghan officials said Saturday a bomb exploded and killed a journalist and a driver of a private television channel in the capital, Kabul. Six other people were injured.
The victims, employees of Khurshid TV, were traveling on a minibus when an improvised explosive device attached to the vehicle went off during the afternoon rush hour, officials said.
Feroz Bashari, the director of the Afghan government media and information center, denounced the violence.
“Attack on journalists is attack on freedom of speech and open media. This cannot be justified at all,” Bashari tweeted, adding the government was “seriously” investigating the incident.
The Afghan Journalist Safety Committee, a Kabul-based media monitoring group, also condemned the deadly bombing, demanding authorities bring the perpetrators to justice.
The Taliban denied its involvement in the bombing. There were no claims of responsibly.
A similar attack in August last year killed two employees of Khrushid TV and injured two others.
Taliban insurgents and Islamic State have repeatedly plotted deadly attacks on journalists in Afghanistan.
At least 15 journalists were killed in Afghanistan in 2018, making it the deadliest year for Afghan media workers, according to local and global media monitoring groups.
In 2016, a Taliban suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a bus transporting employees of the private Tolo TV channel in Kabul. The powerful blast killed seven journalists, who worked for the country’s largest media outlet.
The Taliban, while claiming credit for the attack, accused Tolo TV of running a propaganda campaign against the Islamist insurgency at the behest of U.S.-led foreign troops in Afghanistan.
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Як віп-українці рятують своє майно в окупованому Криму? Які схеми видумують так звані українські політики?
Як віп-українці рятують своє майно в окупованому Криму? Які схеми видумують так звані українські політики?
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Як віп-українці рятуватимуть своє майно у Криму? Які схеми придумають українські політики? Земельний указ пукіна 20 березня заборонив іноземцям мати землю в Криму. Що зі своїми ділянками робитимуть українські віпи. Які плани на свою квартиру у Криму у зеленого карлика і його дружини? Придурок медведчук задекларував три земельні ділянки на півострові. Що має крадун ахметов та його компанія SCM? Чи володіє наділом придурок шуфрич? Як продали свої гектари в Криму пукіносос новинський і компанія HarvEast? Чи дійсно колаборант денісова та її доньки мають землю і бізнес на півострові?
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Жалюгідний зелений карлик, як і його учитель коломойський, вірять, що їх бояться
Жалюгідний зелений карлик, як і його учитель коломойський, вірять, що їх бояться
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Из путляндии уже вывезли почти все запасы золота! Сумасшедшая терешкова обнулила ледовый дворец!
Из путляндии уже вывезли почти все запасы золота! Сумасшедшая терешкова обнулила ледовый дворец!
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Последние новости путляндии и мира, экономика, бизнес, культура, технологии, спорт
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