WFP food distribution in Kaya, Burkina Faso, 30 March 2020. Photo: WFP / Mahamady Ouedraogo

UN Issues $6.7 Billion Appeal to Tackle Covid Pandemic

May 8, 2020May 11, 2020 RMN News Covid, Pandemic, UN

The United Nations humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock, has called for swift and determined action to avoid the most destabilizing effects

Relatives mourn at the site of a mass burial at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil. The cemetery is carrying out burials in common graves due to the large number of deaths from COVID-19 disease, according to a cemetery official. Photo: Edmar Barros / AP

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Dictator Jair Bolsonaro Accused of Covid-19 Genocide in Brazil

May 6, 2020May 7, 2020 RMN News Brazil, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dictator, Donald Trump, Genocide, Jair Bolsonaro, Narendra Modi

In order to hide their own failures, these dictators – Bolsonaro, Modi, and Trump – are accusing others of spreading

Rahul Gandhi with Abhijit Banerjee. Photo: Congress

Asia Pacific People Politics World

Random Talk: Why Nobody Listens to Clueless Rahul Gandhi

May 5, 2020May 7, 2020 RMN News BJP, Congress, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi

Naive Rahul Gandhi must understand that if he wants to implement some advice of the experts, he must win elections

Photo: Jamia Coordination Committee (file photo)

Asia Pacific Crime Politics World

India Using COVID-19 Pandemic to Violate Human Rights: Amnesty

May 4, 2020May 6, 2020 RMN News Amnesty, CAA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Delhi Riots, Sedition

The Government of India’s ongoing crackdown on dissent and free speech is leading to the arrest of journalists, activists, lawyers,

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Asia Pacific World

New Police Case Filed Against Hate Anchor Arnab Goswami. Arrest Demanded

May 4, 2020May 6, 2020 RMN News Arnab Goswami, Hate, Muslims, Narendra Modi, Police

Close on the heels of a 12-hour-long interrogation by the Mumbai Police, a new FIR (police complaint) has been filed

A health worker sanitizes her hands before putting on a mask. Photo: WHO (Representational Image)

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Remdesivir May Accelerate Recovery from COVID-19

May 1, 2020May 4, 2020 RMN News Coronavirus, COVID-19, Remdesivir

Hospitalized patients with advanced COVID-19 (coronavirus) and lung involvement who received remdesivir recovered faster than similar patients who received placebo,