Monthly Archives: May, 2020

BERLIN — Some have been cut off from active social lives. Others miss the checkout line conversations that were their only social outlet. They call to talk about the weather, or to ask how long the lockdown will continue, or sometimes just to cry.Silbernetz, a Berlin-based hotline that offers to listen to and support seniors,…

North Korean state-run media is reporting that Kim Jong Un made an appearance at a May Day celebration, which would be his first public appearance in about three weeks.

California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, promised “meaningful” adjustments to stay-at-home orders in the coming days as thousands of protesters gathered across the state in defiance of the lockdown. Demonstrations took place from the capital of Sacramento to San Francisco and San Diego, while large crowds turned out in Orange county’s Huntington Beach, a recent flashpoint after…

We're fact-checking the week's most popular dubious claims and bringing together the work of BBC journalists investigating coronavirus disinformation. The White House is not selling commemorative coronavirus coinsA website called the White House Gift Shop has caused anger by selling coins "commemorating" the Covid-19 outbreak for $100 (£80) each. US Senator Bernie Sanders was one…

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Friday called on the Secretary of the Senate to essentially resolve confusion over where personnel complaints from the 1990s would be held, after demanding hours earlier that any complaint from the former staffer who accused him of sexual assault be located and released.The scramble came after Biden publicly denied Tara Reade's allegations…