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Ian Bremmer: spin vs reality of COVID-19 response

Ian Bremmer: spin vs reality of COVID-19 response

Despite what your hear on cable news, it really isn't all a big mess. But the real politics will start to creep in as states have to make difficult choices about opening up economies, and a lot of that will rest on ability to test huge swaths of population. As for global response—China's busy doing its own thing, and Europe and the US are still reeling.

A damaged section of a highway in Nuwakot, central Nepal
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Devastation in Nepal and China after flash flood, Tanzania’s political infighting tests its political stability, French presidential candidates face off in first debate

A massive wall of mud and rock crashed into a river along Nepal’s Himalayan border with Tibet on Wednesday, triggering catastrophic flooding that swept away bridges, destroyed buildings, swamped roads, and killed over 300 people.