Further we bring you some insight from a former fed insider and later truckers have descended upon the capital of the u. S. As they bear the weight of the covert 19 pandemic well take you there with a packed show today so lets go and dive right in. Hundreds of lawmakers from around the world on wednesday called on the International Monetary fund and world bank to cancel massive amounts of debt to the worlds poorest countries due to the coronavirus pandemic now in a letter put together by former u. S. President ial candidate senator Bernie Sanders more than 300. 00 legislators also urged the organization to increase funding to avoid a greater economic downturn now widespread lock downs and stay at home orders have devastated the Global Economy in recent months with poor nations feeling the brunt of having to deal with both a Public Health and Economic Crises at the same time now in a press release announcing the initiative senator sanders said canceling the debt is the very least that t
Ukraine whole villages were consumed by the flames a lack of water made putting out of the fires challenging clouds of smoke and dust traveled hundreds of kilometers engulfing the capital kiev in small. The area surrounding the town of chernobyl has also been affected although wildfires are nothing new in this part of the country they were particularly sivia this year many families have been hard hit they lost everything they had within an instant. A pile of bricks where once there was a home. Left wooden houses just minutes the flames yvonnes was one of them. It was the thursday before easter. All of a sudden we saw smoke rising in the sky over there with all the men drove over to the neighboring village to help. But once we got there there was nothing left to put out who voted for wouldnt when we tried to get whom our route was blocked by flames with a bullet from the flames jump to tree top 10 meters above our heads. Somehow i managed to get my wife out. Everything around us was on
Teaches a class on the progressive era. She talks about how politicians and reform groups in the early 20th century attempted to improve social and Economic Conditions. Our goal today is to think about what progressivism was and to think about what i think its core dialectic was, the tension between democracy and efficiency. These were both ideals that people from a Broad Spectrum of political backgrounds in the progressive era believed were important, and they believed they were not incompatible, but you can see some ways in which they were fundamentally at some tension. Again, throughout class today, be thinking about democracy versus efficiency. So the central question for historians of the early 20th century is, what is progressivism . A famous article that came out in 1982 was entitled, in search of progressivism, which i think aptly summed up the way historians were rummaging around, knowing that the progressive era existed but quibbling about what counted as progressivism, who c
Lisbon kara brings 90 year old adriano bald guys to the visitors room youll be able to see through the window when his daughter and grandson enter the visitors box and then have to speak over the loud speaker. Let me take this mask off so you recognize me his daughter says. Its an emotional encounter but a brief 115 minutes of intimacy through the protective glass pane the voices are slightly distorted by the loud speaker but its better than nothing. When we get the up to now it was very painful even though he was constantly keeping up with the news it was very painful now this method even though its not what we want is a consolation a way to see each other in a safe way because. Its. The visitor boxes being constructed adjacent to the nursing home its a small room with mental ation and can be disinfected after each visit. There are 2 and a half 1000 Nursing Homes in portugal and corona virus infections have occurred in 16. 00 of those thats why no visits have been allowed for 2 months
Beethoven its for. Beethoven. And beethoven is for. Beethoven is for. Beethoven 2020 to 50000 or verse 3 here on t w. No signal arms are off bounds this is the only way for these belgian woman to visit. The coronavirus is isolating the elderly. To see my sister even a few minutes like thats just its such a great idea i feel. First of all and i couldnt greats woman. So many others werent allowed to say goodbye in person leaving relatives to die alone. In countries like germany every 2nd person infected with the virus lives or works in a Cancer Center the local towns are raising but not always for the elderly is that fear. I got the message i really hadnt expected on the weekend after 50 days in intensive care flirting with death my friends father had recovered from the corona virus and was being released is lucky oh people are at highest risk and in the hospitals no care homes are the safest of places right now a report takes you to portugal. In this nursing home near lisbon a carer bri