People are blaming their government. Tensions high in hong konong as thousands if i a police band banefy a police band to to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Civil rights leaders and politicians have held a memorial for george floyd. The black man whose death in Police Custody sparked an outpouring of anger across the u. S. And the world. Mourners at the ceremony in minneapolis stood for eight minutes and 46 seconds, the length of time a white Police Officer knelt on floyds neck ignoring his cries that he could not breathe. His death has brought Police Violence against lack civilians back into the spotlight. Reverendhts activist al sharpton gave a eulogy for floyd, saying its time to stand up in his name. Story has beens the story of black folks because ago, thee 401 years reason we could never be who we wanted and dream to be is you kept your knee on our neck. What happened to floyd happens every day in this country, in education, and health services, and in eve
Contact by 80 to curb the spread of the virus. Theyve also asked nonessential businesses to close. A team of experts in japan is warning people not to become complacent about staying safe. The worstcase scenario could see more than 400,000 people die worldwide if no measures are taken to contain infections. Translator if the epidemic is allowed to spread without any measures being taken the number of seriously ill patients will exceed the number of artificial respirators at hand. He added that at the peak, which is still to come, 850,000 people could be in serious condition. 22 other people at the home already tested positive this week. As the government tightens travel restrictions andnd stepsp quarantine measures, the number of visitors to japan drastically dropped last month. The Japan National Tourism Organization estimate thats about 194,000 visitors arrived in the country in march, down 93 from the same month last year. Foreign travellers from china and south korea each dropped m
Basic duty and must be held accountable. He says a review is now under way to assess the w. H. O. s role in promoting what he called chinas disinformation that might have led to the wider spread of the coronavirus. Now to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The International Monetary fund has drastically cut its growth forecast for the Global Economy. It warns that the world is likely to experience the worst recession since the great depression. The imf f predicts t the Global Economy will s shrink by 3 in 2020. Thats down sharply y from the 3. 3 expxpansion fororecasted i janunuary. The declinine would bebe far wo than 2009 in the aftermath of the financial crisis when the economy contracted by a fraction of a percent. The imf predicts the u. S. Economy will shrink by almost 6 . Japan is expected toto see a contraction of more than 5 . Chinas growth rate is likely to stay positive but just barely at a little over 1 . The figures for europe are equally dire. Italy is ex
Zero but market uncertainty still growing as Financial Institutions horde the u. S. Dollar. The latest move is seen as an attempt to prevent something on the scale of the 2008 Global Financial crisis. Meanwhile, finance ministers and central bankers from the group of 20 countries discussed the pandemic during an emergency Conference Call on monday. Translator g20 members have an extremely Important Role to play. Were determined the take all possible measures without hesitation to overcome this situation. He told reporters the development of coronavirus medicines will be the key to overcomie ining the crisis. He said nations should implement sufficient economic and fiscal measures. He stressed the g20 members should support countries with poor medical services. He says this can be done if the members cooperate with organizations such as the International Monetary fund and the world bank. The finance minister says leaders of the g20 plan to hold a Conference Call as early as this week. T
Here today on behalf of radio one to celebrate the life and legacy of reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. , and i want to welcome each and every one of you to the ninth annual wreathlaying day of prayer memorial. It is an honor to be here. This is one of the most beautiful and serene memorials we have here in washington. It is exciting to know that many of you supported building this memorial, and it has become the fifth most visited memorial at our nations capital. Yes. Round of applause. One of those be who this memorial was built for, a strong person of color, hsbc graduate. He is a man whose life was taken at the age of 51. We now have this breathtaking memorial in remembrance of his life and in betterment of humankind. Today, we want to talk about when the when the memorial in 2011, a new foundation, the memorial. Oundation was created , hope,ants of democracy and love. Lets all prepare to start the ceremony and prepared to enjoy ourselves. We are very blessed right now. We are ma