Lauren Frayer
Stories
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World
Workers At Garment Factories In Bangladesh Face Harsh Conditions During The Pandemic
Bangladesh has extended its coronavirus lockdown — except for the garment factories. But with global brands canceling orders, workers face pay cuts, hunger and little to no social distancing.
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World
Cleanup Underway After Cyclone Amphan Strikes India And Bangladesh
Cyclone Amphan has been downgraded to a depression and cleanup is underway as authorities assess the damage in coastal India and Bangladesh.
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World
Coronavirus Pandemic Complicates Evacuations For Cyclone Amphan
Cyclone Amphan — the strongest such storm in two decades — makes landfall Wednesday. The last one killed nearly 10,000 people. Millions of people are trying to socially distance amid evacuations.
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Latin America
More Migrants From India Try To Get Into U.S. From Mexico
Before the pandemic, 100 times more Indians were being detained annually on the U.S.-Mexico border, compared to 10 years ago. Officials say the economic migrants believe smugglers promising asylum.
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World
Hindu Nationalists Blame Muslims For India's COVID-19 Crisis
After a Muslim missionary meeting in Delhi led to a COVID-19 outbreak in India, Hindu nationalists are blaming all Muslims for the virus. #coronajihad is trending and there are reports of mob attacks.
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Business
India Call Centers Scramble To Adapt To Working From Home
India call centers provide tech support to credit card companies, airlines and even police and fire departments in the United States. They too have had to adapt under coronavirus lockdown.
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World
India Reverses Export Ban On Hydroxycloroquine, Other Drugs Following Trump Pressure
After President Trump complained, India reversed its export ban on the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which the U.S. president touts as a coronavirus treatment.
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Health
Coronavirus Is Changing The Rituals Of Death For Many Religions
The virus is upending burial traditions across cultures, from the washing of the body of a loved one in Iraq to the gathering of mourners in Israel.
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Health
Coronavirus Lockdown Sends Migrant Workers On A Long And Risky Trip Home
Amid a 21-day lockdown to help control the spread of the coronavirus, millions of workers in India's cities have no income, no food — and so are heading back to their villages.
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World
India Coronavirus Numbers Remain Low, But Dearth Of Hospital Facilities Causes Worry
India has fewer hospital beds and ventilators per capita than almost any other country. Rural hospitals lack basic sanitation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is promising $2 billion for health care.