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World leaders met on Saturday to discuss preparation efforts to contain and alleviate the coronavirus pandemic in the next few months. Leaders from Germany, France, South Korea, and Argentina were scheduled to participate in the side event to the annual G20 gathering. According to Business Insider, the US has more than 11.9 million cases and 255,000 deaths from the highly contagious novel coronavirus. And despite making up the largest share of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world, noticeably absent was President Donald Trump. He went golfing, instead.
Quezon City, Apr 16 (EFE/EPA).- Protesters in Philippines Friday called for concrete programs to gradually and safely resume school classes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.More than a year of online classes due to lockdown restrictions have led to reduced quality of education, increased expenditures on families and rising student dropout rates, said members of student youth group. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF A STUDENT YOUTH GROUP HOLD A RALLY CALLING FOR IMPROVED GOVERNMENT MEASURES IN EDUCATION, OUTSIDE THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED) IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
Seoul, Jan 12 (EFE/EPA).- Group of demonstrators were outside South Korean ruling Democratic Party headquarters in the capital, Seoul, Tuesday morning calling for businesses to reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Members of an association of billiard room owners and fitness trainers rallied against tightened social distancing rules and to call for the government to take realistic steps in allowing the reopening of indoor sports facilities. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF AN ASSOCIATION OF BILLIARD ROOM OWNERS WEAR CLOTHING ASSOCIATED WITH MOURNING AND FITNESS TRAINERS TAKE PART IN A PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNMENT'S CORONAVIRUS POLICY OUTSIDE THE RULING DEMOCRATIC PARTY HEADQUARTERS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
On Friday, Sen. Lindsey Graham urged Congress to seriously consider giving Americans $2,000 checks. The idea has been rejected by Senate Republicans multiple times. On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected increasing stimulus checks. He said the increase would be "socialism for the rich." Business Insider reports that Graham disagreed with McConnell's characterization. "Going from $600 to $2,000 doesn't make you a socialist."