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ilaaqsalyasar

A French state-owned TV channel broadcasted a documentary on France’s horrific colonial history with the testimonies of Algerian, Vietnamese, Senegalese, Congolese, Malagasy, Cameroonian (&more) former liberation combatants and descen

Jónas Haraldsson Balding 大老板

BaldingsWorld

The 3 most widely cited models forecasting the end of civilizations come from Imperial, Harvard, and Washington. We knew their modeling assumptions were wrong from the beginning. How do we

Robert Busch

robert_busch65

Ending the UK's belated lockdown without an exit strategy to control virus transmission by other means (eg test/contact-trace/isolate/maintain social distancing, have public wear masks) is the worst plan of all:

Zain Raza

smzrz

When we are comparing testing capability, we need to also look at the countries in our region, specifically those that have similar ground realities. Our testing is low, but it's

Andrew Neil

afneil

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THREAD: US intelligence agencies have told the White House that Chinese government itself does not know the extent of the coronavirus and has no better

Jim Edwards

Jim_Edwards

Hello! Here's my country-by-country look at the latest coronavirus stats.Taking them in the order of most affected, let's start with the US ... The US: A bad day for new

Global Health Strategies

GHS

At today's @WHO #COVID19 briefing, @DrTedros warns that the stay-at-home orders & restrictions used in high-income countries may not be practical for poor populations, including migrants & refugees."How do you

IstiqamahTv

Istiqamah_TV

“Is Eid Saturday or Sunday?” [Thread]In Majority of the Muslim countries they never saw the moon and therefore completing their fast tomorrow & celebrating Eid on Sunday.But it is possible

corinne

rosecorinnee

i know that i have 0 followers on twitter and no one really cares about my opinion but it genuinely confuses me when people use the argument against universal healthcare

John Edwin Mason

johnedwinmason

Funny how photos of disease -- even global pandemics -- in wealthy countries look so different from those made in poor countries. An old problem, newly intensified. Important conversation here

B. Allen-Ebrahimian

BethanyAllenEbr

Super weird false dichotomy here. Most Muslim-majority countries that are somewhere on the spectrum of democracy has experienced grassroots demonstrations against China's oppression of Uighurs, and have taken some measures

Bobbette From Brixton

WhoTheFIsDis

France is responsible for the assassination of 22 African presidents. 22. That country is the thorn in Africa’s side. Each time a president comes up to try and become independent,

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO

We are aware that lockdowns are again a topic of discussion as countries deal with surges of #COVID19.We understand that sometimes such measures - although not sustainable - are needed

Atif Mian

AtifRMian

It has long been said about many developing countries that they have a "low saving rate problem"But this is not a helpful diagnosis and in fact can give a very

Sean Brown

Sean_YCharts

1/6 Let's let the numbers give us all the proof we need to stay inside this month. The U.S. accounts for 4.25% of the world's population, but 26% of the

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/9Very interesting thread. Capital Economics says China’s GDP growth has been overstated by roughly 12% in the past five years – a very hefty number – while the San Francisco