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Added on the 10/11/2020 16:13:58 - Copyright : France 24 EN
At long last, a new coronavirus stimulus package is finally set to be passed by the US Congress. The last one expired at the end of July. Business Insider reports the long-awaited package will reportedly contain $600 stimulus checks and an extra $300 in weekly unemployment benefits. While the House has passed multiple bills that would have offered more to Americans, the GOP-controlled Senate has balked until now. However, the deal hasn't been well-received in the Twitterverse, and has produced references to class warfare and revolution. 'Let them eat cake' trended on Twitter in response to the apparently inadequate $600 stimulus check. It's a famous utterance attributed to Marie Antoinette, representing the out-of-touch monied, ruling class overthrown in the French Revolution.
Nashua, Oct 2 (EFE / EPA) .- The physical education teacher at the Nashua school, John Barry, began to build desks for his students after seeing, during online classes, that many of them had to study in the kitchen or on the bedroom floor. With the help of science teacher Dan Scarpeti, he came up with an inexpensive desk design and together they started making them. The two of them were soon joined by more teachers: Chris Gill, Cathy Belangerm, Bill Dubois, Rick Simoneau, Jeff Pellitier and John Lysik. Now that they have raised several thousand dollars, they plan to make desks for needy students. (Camera: CJ GUNTHER)SHOT LIST: TEACHERS MAKING DESKS FOR STUDENTS. SOUNDBITES: JOHN BARRY, TEACHER WHO STARTED THIS INITIATIVE (IN ENGLISH)
Los Angeles (USA), May 20 (EFE / EPA) .- McDonald's workers from cities like Los Angeles (California) held protest caravans on board cars, from the east to Monterrey Park, to claim for the lack of protection of workers. (CAMERA: Eugene García)
On the 34th day of France's lockdown against the coronavirus, time in the Pantheon district of Paris seems to stand still. On a warm, spring day only the sound of a few walkers, joggers and the occasional vehicle break the silence. IMAGES
Paris, Apr 17 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Christophe Petit-Tesson) French Civil Protection volunteers wearing protective gear respond to an emergency call linked to a suspected COVID-19 case in Paris' Rosny sous Bois. The Seine-Saint-Denis district has one of the highest infection and mortality rates, since France went under a strict lockdown in an attempt to stop the widespread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes the Covid-19 disease. FOOTAGE OF THE NIGHT OF APRIL 16, WHEN CIVIL PROTECTION VOLUNTEERS RESPONDED TO THE CALL.
Mexico, Apr 13 (EFE) .- The health personnel of the Regional Hospital 1º de Octubre, of a public nature, protested on Monday against the lack of protective equipment against COVID-19 and denounced a death and various infections among the staff of the center.(CAMERA: Miguel Angel Andrade)