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Nations weigh up when to ease lockdowns

Pressures mounted Sunday on governments to ease the economic pain of coronavirus lockdowns after protests from those fearing for their livelihoods, and authorities responded with a wide range of possible dates and solutions and a few emphatic "not yets." Shutdowns that began in China in...

Indian labourers stuck in pandemic camps long to go home

Tens of thousands of stranded labourers have been herded into camps and shelters across India like the Yamuna sports complex in Delhi where their suffering has been forgotten amid the world's biggest coronavirus lockdown. Once used for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the air is now rank with...

Fearful but impatient, Italy edges toward end of lockdown

Italians debated Sunday their first cautious steps out of a coronavirus lockdown that has left an estimated half of the working population seeking government support. The Mediterranean country has been filled with rumours and speculation about when people will finally be allowed to walk the...