The new Covid-19 case surge in Europe, explained

    VIENNA — “I have never seen an emergency room so crowded with very, very sick patients,” recalls Annalisa Malara, a doctor at Codogno Hospital in Lombardy, Italy. “We were literally overwhelmed by the number.” That was late February, when Malara diagnosed Italy’s first case of locally transmitted Covid-19. An emotionally wrenching marathon of hospital shifts…

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      'You Can Easily Kill Someone': Cooper Slams COVID-19 Parties

      NORTH CAROLINA — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper blasted the notion of COVID-19 parties Monday, calling the idea of holding mass gatherings with the purpose of getting infected with the coronavirus “completely irresponsible and absolutely unacceptable.” Cooper’s comments come as he says deliberations remain ongoing regarding the timeline for Phase 2 easing of restrictions in…

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        Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on hunger strike after ‘Iranians ordered her to spy on UK’, husband says

        Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe decided to start a hunger strike today after Iranian interrogators tried to pressure her into becoming a spy for Iran, her husband has revealed. Richard Ratcliffe said his wife had been asked by Revolutionary Guard officers who visited her in prison on December 29 to pass on information about Department for International Development…

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          Ortiz Jones ends House bid against Hurd in Texas

          Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones on Tuesday ended her bid to oust Rep. Will HurdWilliam Ballard HurdHouse Republicans hopeful about bipartisan path forward on police reform legislation House GOP delays police reform bill The Hill’s Morning Report – Trump’s public standing sags after Floyd protests MORE (R-Texas), acknowledging that she had come up short in the nail-biting…

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            Austria’s far-right to enter government after coalition deal

            Austrian conservatives led by Sebastian Kurz reached a coalition deal with the anti-immigration Freedom Party on Friday, paving the way for Austria to become the only western European country with a far-right party in government. The agreement, two months after a parliamentary election dominated by Europe’s migration crisis, ends more than a decade in opposition for the…

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