Experts are making wildly different predictions about the future of the coronavirus. “We are at the blind-men-feeling-the-elephant stage of this outbreak.” View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/coronavirus-spread-flu-pandemic from BuzzFeed News Dan Vergano
“Don’t panic.” View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/as-chinese-internet-users-try-to-track-the-coronavirus from BuzzFeed News Ryan Broderick
Online stores popped up during Australia’s bushfire crisis, and ran hundreds of Facebook ads promoting koala-themed gifts. But their claims of charitable giving are difficult to prove. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/cameronwilson/online-stores-bushfires-koala-merch-receipts from BuzzFeed News Cameron Wilson
After years in Australia’s island detention camps, dozens of men are now in a very different kind of prison: a hotel in central Brisbane. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahryan/brisbane-australia-motel-refugees-locked-up from BuzzFeed News Hannah Ryan
When Alexander Malkevich wanted to free two Russians being held in Libya, he turned to an unlikely place — the American media. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/a-russian-propagandist-ran-an-ad-in-the-washington-post-and from BuzzFeed News Dean Sterling Jones
Dr. Li Wenliang tried to warn medical colleagues of a mysterious virus taking hold in Wuhan, but was silenced by local police. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/chinese-doctor-dies-coronavirus-li-wenliang from BuzzFeed News David Mack
Final approval for six arms deals worth roughly $30 million has been held up for more than a year, and Ukraine has no idea why, four officials told BuzzFeed News. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/ukraine-us-arms-sales from BuzzFeed News Christopher Miller
Press freedoms are under assault around the world. These are the most urgent cases in February, including journalists receiving threats, subjected to unfair trials, and their murders left unsolved. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeednews/journalists-facing-threats-one-free-press-february-2020 from BuzzFeed News BuzzFeed News
A map obtained via public record request shows that the controversial facial recognition startup has expanded, or plans to expand, to 22 countries. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolinehaskins1/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-authoritarian-regimes-22 from BuzzFeed News Caroline Haskins
BuzzFeed News has seen a letter passed to Mike Pompeo from an evangelical US pastor and dozens of Ukrainian Christian groups demanding the then-ambassador Marie Yovanovitch be fired for supporting LGBTQ rights. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/marie-yovanovitch-ukraine-mike-pompeo-dale-armstrong from BuzzFeed News Christopher Miller