| Boris Johnson Kept on Working, But Then the Virus Took Over
The U.K prime minister was on his own. He had been self-isolating for a week since testing positive for coronavirus. His domestic staff left trays of food outside his apartment door. But there are growing concerns that a trail of errors exposed Johnson to critical risk when the country needed him most. Kitty Donaldson, Tim Ross and Robert Hutton report.
The Unexpected Holdout to a Global Oil Production Deal
The world's largest oil producers were closing in on a deal to rescue crude markets from a coronavirus-induced collapse after U.S. President Donald Trump stepped in to broker a truce. Then, as Javier Blas, Grant Smith and Amy Stillman explain, Mexico threw a spanner in the whole process.
The Politics of 2020 Are Looking Less Ominous for Tech
There has been anxiety for months in Silicon Valley that the eventual Democratic presidential candidate would be someone who wanted to break up large technology companies. As Eric Newcomer explains, Bernie Sanders's decision this week to end his campaign makes that scenario much less likely.
The EU's Latest Existential Crisis Might Be Its Biggest One Yet
When the European Union's 27 leaders last managed to gather in person on Feb. 21, they didn't even talk about coronavirus. Since then, Ian Wishart reports, the pandemic has torn into any last notion of unity and confronted the bloc with its next existential crisis.  European Union finance ministers agreed on a $590 billion package of measures to combat the economic fallout of the pandemic, papering over differences that have thrown into question the EU's future integrity.
Orban's Pandemic Power Grab Reveals the EU's Wider Frailties
Viktor Orban was Hungary's firebrand champion of democracy when the Iron Curtain fell in 1989. As an authoritarian prime minister three decades later, he just called into question whether his country is a democracy at all. Zoltan Simon, Ian Wishart and Arne Delfs explain.
One Community, 6,000 Miles Apart, Overwhelmed by the Coronavirus
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities have become virus flashpoints in both New York and in Israel, after many residents, at the behest of revered rabbis, flouted social distancing orders that clashed with their religious lifestyles. As Yaacov Benmeleh writes, some rabbis have now changed course.
In World's Worst Economy, Unrest Was Exploding Even Before Virus
Latin America's economy was already going backward when the coronavirus hit, Eric Martin and Patrick Gillespie write. Now it's at risk of losing a whole decade — and pushing fragile democracies closer to their breaking points.
Trump's 'Friend' Jack Ma Helps Repair China's Image After Virus
Jack Ma's influence has only grown since he stepped down as chairman of Alibaba Group Holding. China's richest person is now playing a prominent role in philanthropic efforts that are helping President Xi Jinping improve the country's image overseas after Covid-19 spread around the world, as Blake Schmidt and Venus Feng report.
Wuhan Emerges From Lockdown With a Mission: Our Goal Is Survival
As the first epicenter of the now global pandemic, Wuhan provides a window into the uncertain, post-virus future. While factories are allowed to re-start, most people still too scared to go out for anything but essentials, as Sharon Chen, Claire Che and Sarah Chen explain.  A couple wearing face masks ride over Wuhan Bridge on April 5. As the city comes back to life, so do its controversial wet markets. Read more here about the mounting international pressure to shut them down. Photographer: Hector Retamal/AFP
Foreign Workers in Limbo as Crisis Tests Gulf Immigration Rules
The shock of collapsing oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic is forcing the Arab Gulf monarchies to rethink their policies toward the majority of the region's private-sector workers: expatriates, as Simone Foxman and Abeer Abu Omar report.
Virus Spurs Global Free-for-All Over $597 Billion Medical Trade
There's little sign of the Covid-19 crisis bringing nations closer together. From India to Europe and the U.S., governments are rushing to get hold of masks, ventilators, gloves and medicines in a free-for-all that's stoking tensions, as Alan Crawford explains.
Villagers Turn Away Relatives as Virus Scare Grips Rural India
Front line health workers in India's vast hinterland are gripped with fear as they anticipate a surge of Covid-19 cases amid some of the world's worst medical infrastructure. As Upmanyu Trivedi and Ari Altstedter report, they're expecting the worst as hundreds of thousands of migrant workers reach their homes amid the country's weeks-long lockdown.
Virus Helps Bury Controversy in South Korea's Pandemic Election
South Korea is the first major country to hold a general election in the throes of a coronavirus crisis. That may turn out to be a boost for its president, Moon Jae-in. Kanga Kong writes that Moon is basking in a glow of global praise for containing the country's outbreak.
And finally ... New York state officials say they need 30,000 ventilators for the most critical patients in coming weeks. But as K Oanh Ha writes, getting even a few of the lifesaving machines has proved a huge challenge as hospitals around the world jockey for the scarce supply. So tech companies are working with doctors and researchers to quickly design an adapter that converts breathing machines normally used to treat sleep apnea into emergency ventilators, while 3D tech startups are working to create other life-saving equipment.  Covid-19 patients at the Montefiore Medical Center Wakefield Campus on Monday in the Bronx borough of New York City. Photographer: John Moore/Getty Images |
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