France24.com<https://www.france24.com/en/> is an excellent source of news, impressive in its global scope of coverage and depth of commentary - at least during ‘regular’ times. I find it more comprehensive than the BBC. Available in several languages and free online. There is also a good app.
Best, Radoslav S. Dimitrov, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Political Science Western University Social Science Centre London, Ontario Canada N6A 5C2 Tel. +1(519) 661-2111 ext. 85023 On Mar 22, 2020, at 8:31 PM, DG Webster <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: BBC and al Jazeera are slightly better at tracking other news, but not by much. On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 5:08 PM Wendy Jackson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: To answer your second question, I think it depends on the government department in question. I work for a foreign ministry (NZ), and almost all hands are on deck for COVID-19 response. Most countries are having massive consular emergencies, trying to get nationals back home, responding to questions from in-country non-nationals, navigating all of the border complexities (think of people transiting countries, families with mixed residency status, etc.). I cannot speak for all governments, but here this effort is requiring resource from across the business. This has an impact on all work being done; we have people backfilling, and backfilling the backfilling, but some work is indefinitely postponed. Every govt department will be affected in its own way (sorting economic packages for business; dealing with tourists who are still here; sorting out school policy; ensuring food and other supply chains are stable; etc.). I work on a multilateral desk (UN relationship management), and BAU has slowed to a trickle. As Pam noted, UN meetings are being scaled down, postponed, or cancelled. Some processes related to those meetings (e.g., informals, regional consultations) are happening, although at a slower pace. Multilats are also shifting their focus to COVID-19 matters - how this manifests will vary by each agency. Apologies for writing in haste but hopefully a view from a government is helpful. Wendy On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 12:38 PM Peter M Haas <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Has anyone got any suggested feeds that cover all the other issues that we used to study? Has the media become corona obsessive, or have governments and other actors stopped business as usual? I regularly follow the FT, NYT, WP, FP, and nada. Peter M Haas Professor & Graduate Program Director 514 Thompson Hall Department of Political Science UMASS Amherst Amherst MA 01003 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/1d1b01d600a2%24f1b98ea0%24d52cabe0%24%40polsci.umass.edu<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/1d1b01d600a2%24f1b98ea0%24d52cabe0%24%40polsci.umass.edu?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAKu%3Do17%2BTdZS7ucQLSXiNHqgK6xYVwGCJdbE%3D8F9cjWaYKZHaQ%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAKu%3Do17%2BTdZS7ucQLSXiNHqgK6xYVwGCJdbE%3D8F9cjWaYKZHaQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- D.G. Webster Associate Professor Environmental Studies Program Dartmouth College 6182 Steele Hall Hanover, NH 03755 phone: 603-646-0213 http://sites.dartmouth.edu/websterlab -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAKPQqY6DAEWG1Qs9k%3DdKVAHFtzXCirU20x%2BnhTM1b0VyG948Zw%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAKPQqY6DAEWG1Qs9k%3DdKVAHFtzXCirU20x%2BnhTM1b0VyG948Zw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/ECF7A36A-FE57-4FC8-A8DB-41BB04D79F62%40uwo.ca.
