Category: Corona

For more than four months, Argentina has been suffering from the lockdown, with half of the population threatened with poverty. Now the social system is being discussed anew.

Half of the population is threatened by poverty, like this demonstrator in Buenos Aires Photo: Agustin Marcarian/reuters

In Argentina, the dramatic increase in poverty has accelerated the discussion about the introduction of a basic income. According to estimates, half of the 45 million inhabitants will live below the poverty line after the Corona pandemic.

Despite crash blisters, a mature Emanuel Buchmann wants to challenge the best pro cyclists in the Tour de France. He is in good shape.

No chatterbox, but all the faster on the bike: Emauel Buchmann, mountain rider Photo: dpa/Bernd Thissen

A pandemic like this can also have its advantages. The mouth-nose protection that Tour de France riders have to pull over their puffing face openings immediately after crossing the finish line seems to have been made for Emanuel Buchmann. In his six years as a pro, the son of a carpenter from Ravensburg has never spoken for as long as he does now under the protection of the mask.

After nearly seven weeks of homeschooling, our 11-year-old author finally got to go back to school – and see her best friend again.

This is also how lessons according to the distance rules can look – rather makeshift (symbolic image) Photo: picture allianceChristian Charisiusdpa

School was closed for almost seven weeks. It was almost like summer vacation – only with homework. That’s why I thought a lot more about school. I also missed my friends more than during the vacations, because I was at home all the time. And often I found homeschooling really annoying, too.

The Revolutionary May Day demonstration is replaced by a cat and mouse game with the police because of Corona. Controlled by Twitter.

Leaving no one behind: A demonstrator stands up for refugees on Oranienstrabe

At 6:19 p.m., the starting signal comes via Twitter. The Revolutionary May Day Alliance writes: "Let’s go, everyone on the streets." And that is exactly what happens. At the beginning, hundreds of people stream between the cars on Oranienstrasse, the center of Berlin-Kreuzberg 36, unpacking posters and shouting slogans. Only a short moment later, at the end of the street near the Gorlitzer Bahnhof subway station, the police take the first two placard holders into custody. The mood is heated. The Revolutionary May Day in Berlin-Kreuzberg begins and it feels like all the years before.