{"id":17153,"date":"2020-04-14T11:56:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T02:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/apr\/14\/coronavirus-live-news-cases-worldwide-near-2-million-trump-repeats-who-funding-threat-latest-updates"},"modified":"2020-04-14T16:39:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T07:39:10","slug":"coronavirus-live-news-cases-worldwide-near-2-million-as-trump-repeats-who-funding-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=17153","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus live news: cases worldwide near 2 million as Trump repeats WHO funding threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UK daily deaths likely to rise this week; France to ease lockdown starting 11 May; Russia told to prepare for \u2018extraordinary\u2019 crisis. Follow the latest updates<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/13\/spain-relaxes-lockdown-as-daily-coronavirus-death-toll-falls-to-517\">Spain relaxes lockdown as daily coronavirus death toll falls to 517<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/apr\/13\/trump-coronavirus-meltdown-media-authority\">Trump turned a briefing into a presidential tantrum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/apr\/14\/australia-coronavirus-live-unemployment-rate-frydenberg-covid19-testing-jobkeeper-universities-nsw-victoria-queensland-police-latest-updates\">Australia coronavirus \u2013 live<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/14\/coronavirus-latest-14-april-at-a-glance\">Coronavirus latest: at a glance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-04-14T07:39:10.680Z\">8.39am <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>The French government\u2019s budget deficit is set to hit a post-war record of 9% of economic output this year, the budget minister has said in the second revision in less than a week.<\/p>\n<p>Budget minister Gerald Darmanin said that financial shortfall would exceed the 7.6% prediction announced last week after President Emmanuel Macron extended a nationwide lockdown until 11 May.<\/p>\n<p>We are going from a deficit -7.6% (of GDP) to a deficit of -9%. Our country has never seen such a deficit since World War Two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-04-14T07:00:40.787Z\">8.00am <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel\u2019s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) will likely delay the election of a new leader until December due to the coronavirus, current leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has said.<\/p>\n<p>The new leader will be in pole position to run as chancellor in the next federal election as Merkel has said she will not seek a fifth term at the head of Europe\u2019s biggest economy.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/apr\/14\/coronavirus-live-news-cases-worldwide-near-2-million-trump-repeats-who-funding-threat-latest-updates\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK daily deaths likely to rise this week; France to ease lockdown starting 11 May; Russia told to prepare for \u2018extraordinary\u2019 crisis. 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