Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- May 13, 2020

These are some of the countries to watch

Tim Leslie, Colin Gourlay, Josh Byrd and Ben Spraggon, ABC News Online: These charts track how coronavirus is spreading around the world

Coronavirus cases are still soaring around the world. These charts will help you understand what is going on.

Statistics are central to the coronavirus story. Every day, we hear new numbers of cases and deaths, but what do they actually mean?

Firstly, it’s vitally important to understand what data we have and its limitations.

The main thing we know for certain is that the numbers we’re seeing are incomplete. That doesn’t mean the information they provide isn’t useful, but you need to keep this at the front of your mind when you’re looking at the number of coronavirus cases.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- May 13, 2020

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak -- AP

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus -- Reuters

Coronavirus pandemic: Is Brazil the new epicenter? -- Jan D. Walter, DW

Coronavirus crisis sees China losing 'soft-power leverage' -- Jun Yan. DW

Virus 'eminently capable' of spreading through speech: study -- France 24

Coronavirus and Antarctica: 'Isolated within isolation' -- Sam Proffitt, BBC News

Coronavirus vaccine: When will we have one? -- James Gallagher, BBC

Sweden’s Strategy Will Soon Be World’s -- Karlson, Stern & Klein, Foreign Affairs

How Will China Shape Global Governance? -- China File

Who’s decoupling from whom? As US reevaluates its relationship with China, Asian giant's export data show increasing regional integration -- David P. Goldman, Asia Times

Attacks deal Trump's long-shot Afghan peace push a fresh blow -- Idrees Ali, Jonathan Landay, and Rupam Jain, Reuters

Guinea-Bissau’s Political Crisis Could Make It a Narco-State Again -- Alex Vines, WPR

To Annex or Not to Annex: What Will Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Do Next? -- Aaron David Miller, Time

Is NATO Preparing for a New Mission in Africa? -- Joseph Hammond, The Dispatch

The EU Is Entering a Constitutional Crisis -- Andreas Kluth, Bloomberg

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Australia beleivable?

It is hot there' epidemic started during it summer. Australia is not very dense except for east coast.

Of the 1/2 dozen countries it and Brasil are in the southern hemisphere.

Anonymous said...

Commentary

"Heartbreaking: Michigan Gov. Whitmer Strips 77-Year-Old Barber of His License Without Due Process"

Dante has to reconfigure Hell and add some circles.