5 things to know about March 15: Immigration, Covid-19, 2020 election, Myanmar, London

We are not yet out of danger. Although new daily cases of Covid-19 in the U.S. have declined since January, case numbers last week were still averaging more than 50,000 a day. This puts the nation in a vulnerable position to experience another increase, says Dr. Anthony Fauci – which is exactly what is happening in Europe. The good news is that people in the United States are being vaccinated relatively quickly. The bad news is that highly contagious variants are still a threat. Until then, the United States should not ease restrictions until the number of Covid-19 cases has dropped to at least less than 10,000 a day, Fauci said.

Authorities found a December recording of the call from then President Trump to a Georgia investigator in a trash folder on his device. On the call, Trump encouraged the investigator to seek to discover “dishonesty” in absent vote signatures in the state’s most populous county. The audio offers yet another example of Trump’s efforts to promote false allegations of widespread electoral fraud and to influence Georgia’s election officials while certifying the results. Meanwhile, Republicans in several undecided states are promoting false allegations of fraud to promote measures that would make it more difficult to vote. Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams called a similar effort in his state “a Jim Crow redux in a suit and tie”.

Myanmar security forces killed dozens of protesters yesterday. It was one of the deadliest days since the military took power in a coup, bringing the death toll after the coup to at least 126 people. The military junta also enforced martial law in six areas after several Chinese-funded factories were set on fire during the protests. It is not clear who is behind the fires. Anti-coup protesters are suspicious of China, with demonstrations targeting the Chinese embassy in Myanmar’s largest city and protesters accusing Beijing of supporting the coup and the junta. China has not openly condemned the military takeover, but has supported a UN Security Council statement condemning violence against peaceful protesters.

UK women’s rights activists are outraged at how the London Metropolitan Police interrupted a peaceful vigil on Saturday by Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old woman who was murdered while walking home in the city this month. The fact that the man accused of murdering her was a member of the same police force only served to add fuel to the fire. The randomness of Everard’s disappearance led to a national reckoning on women’s rights in the UK. Thousands of women shared their own experiences of bullying or harassment while walking alone at night.

The cover image of the French satirical magazine, which invokes the death of George Floyd, leaves people indignant.

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That’s roughly how many acres were burned by a fire that devastated a New Jersey city yesterday.

President biden whether New York Governor Andrew Cuomo should step down. Cuomo faces several charges of sexual harassment, and most of the New York Congressional delegation asked him to resign.

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