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> Coronavirus, vaccine testing, yoga in Nepal: Here’s what you need to know. ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP0SAaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjczNzQ3JmxheW91dD1tYXJxdWVlJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1NQkFFXzIwMjAwMzE4JmxpPU1CQUVXA255dEIKAChXPnFekmMCDFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA [The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP0S6aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS8_dGU9MSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CQUVfMjAyMDAzMTcmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjg1NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIyMzI3JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMjAwMzE3VwNueXRCCgAoVz5xXpJjAgxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [nytimes.com](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP0S6aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS8_dGU9MSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CQUVfMjAyMDAzMTcmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjg1NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIyMzI3JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMjAwMzE3VwNueXRCCgAoVz5xXpJjAgxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP0T-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMy8xNy9icmllZmluZy9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1pbmRpYS12YWNjaW5lLXRlc3RpbmctbmVwYWwteW9nYS5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ka18yMDIwMDMxNyZjYW1wYWlnbl9pZD03Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE2ODU2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjIzMjcmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAzMTdXA255dEIKAChXPnFekmMCDFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) Wednesday, March 18, 2020 | [View in browser](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP4QAAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDMvMTcvYnJpZWZpbmcvY29yb25hdmlydXMtaW5kaWEtdmFjY2luZS10ZXN0aW5nLW5lcGFsLXlvZ2EuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJBRV8yMDIwMDMxNyZjYW1wYWlnbl9pZD03Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE2ODU2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjIzMjcmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAzMTdXA255dEIKAChXPnFekmMCDFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) Supported by Good morning. We’re covering differing approaches to the coronavirus in Asia, a Chinese ban on American journalists from major news outlets, and why yoga is causing a stir in Nepal. By Melina Delkic and Jonathan Wolfe People outside a public park in Lucknow, India, on Sunday. Saumya Khandelwal for The New York Times India’s coronavirus mystery The country has around 125 confirmed cases, and it’s [a bit of a puzzle](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP0T9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMy8xNy93b3JsZC9hc2lhL2luZGlhLWNvcm9uYXZpcnVzLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CQUVfcF8yMDIwMDMxNyZzZWN0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3MmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjg1NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIyMzI3JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MnRpb249dG9wTmV3c1cDbnl0QgoAKFc-cV6SYwIMUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) how the world’s second-most-populous nation, with 1.3 billion people, has seemingly remained unscathed so far. There could be many more cases in India than have been detected, because of the difficulties of getting tested. But it’s also possible that the country has actually managed to so far escape the worst — either because of quick and strict efforts right from the start, or another mix of factors. The relative calm has fueled disbelief in some quarters that the virus is even a threat. Over the weekend in Lucknow, one of India’s bigger cities, young people packed into pubs. “I am not scared. I eat, party, sleep,” said Akshay Gupta, an accountant who was bar hopping on Saturday night. “The scare is overhyped.” Elsewhere in Asia, countries [have begun to impose strict measures](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP4QGAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDMvMTcvd29ybGQvYXNpYS9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1zb3V0aGVhc3QtYXNpYS5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkFFX3BfMjAyMDAzMTcmc2VjdGlvbj10b3BOZXdzJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTY4NTYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yMjMyNyZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJ0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3NXA255dEIKAChXPnFekmMCDFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), including lockdowns in the Philippines and Malaysia and the widespread closure of schools, businesses and entertainment venues in Thailand. Some nations face a worrisome rise in cases without health care systems that can deal with a major outbreak. Case studies: Early intervention, meticulous tracking, quarantines and social distancing [helped Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP4QSAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDMvMTcvd29ybGQvYXNpYS9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1zaW5nYXBvcmUtaG9uZy1rb25nLXRhaXdhbi5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkFFX3BfMjAyMDAzMTcmc2VjdGlvbj10b3BOZXdzJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTY4NTYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yMjMyNyZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJ0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3NXA255dEIKAChXPnFekmMCDFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) get their outbreaks under control. Here are [the latest updates](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP0T3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMy8xNy93b3JsZC9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1uZXdzLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CQUVfcF8yMDIwMDMxNyZzZWN0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3MmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjg1NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIyMzI3JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MnRpb249dG9wTmV3c1cDbnl0QgoAKFc-cV6SYwIMUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) and [maps of the outbreak](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP0T9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMC93b3JsZC9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1tYXBzLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CQUVfcF8yMDIwMDMxNyZzZWN0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3MmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjg1NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIyMzI3JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MnRpb249dG9wTmV3c1cDbnl0QgoAKFc-cV6SYwIMUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). In other developments: ■ New York City residents were told to prepare for a possible [“shelter in place” order](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP4Q7AWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDMvMTcvd29ybGQvY29yb25hdmlydXMtbmV3cy5odG1sP2FjdGlvbj1jbGljayZtb2R1bGU9U3BvdGxpZ2h0JnBndHlwZT1Ib21lcGFnZSNsaW5rLTYyMjI0ODUwJnRlPTEmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkFFX3BfMjAyMDAzMTcmc2VjdGlvbj10b3BOZXdzJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTY4NTYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yMjMyNyZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTIwMzE3JnNlY3Rpb249dG9wTmV3c1cDbnl0QgoAKFc-cV6SYwIMUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) in the next 48 hours. Separately, the Trump administration will seek to send [cash payments directly to Americans](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP0T3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMy8xNy93b3JsZC9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1uZXdzLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CQUVfcF8yMDIwMDMxNyZzZWN0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3MmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjg1NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIyMzI3JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MnRpb249dG9wTmV3c1cDbnl0QgoAKFc-cV6SYwIMUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) to cushion the economic blow of the pandemic. ■ [The first testing in humans of an experimental vaccine](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP0T7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMy8xNi9oZWFsdGgvY29yb25hdmlydXMtdmFjY2luZS5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkFFX3BfMjAyMDAzMTcmc2VjdGlvbj10b3BOZXdzJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTY4NTYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yMjMyNyZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJ0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3NXA255dEIKAChXPnFekmMCDFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) has begun, but even if it is proved safe and effective, it will not be available for at least a year. ■ The European Union has adopted a [30-day ban on non-essential travel](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP4QFAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDMvMTcvd29ybGQvZXVyb3BlL0VVLWNsb3Nlcy1ib3JkZXJzLXZpcnVzLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CQUVfcF8yMDIwMDMxNyZzZWN0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3MmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjg1NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIyMzI3JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MnRpb249dG9wTmV3c1cDbnl0QgoAKFc-cV6SYwIMUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) to European countries from the rest of the world, starting a stretch of isolation like nothing in modern history outside wartime. ■ After suffering their worst day in decades, [stocks bounced back](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMy8xNy9idXNpbmVzcy9zdG9jay1tYXJrZXQtdG9kYXkuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJBRV9wXzIwMjAwMzE3JnNlY3Rpb249dG9wTmV3cyZjYW1wYWlnbl9pZD03Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE2ODU2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjIzMjcmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUydGlvbj10b3BOZXdzVwNueXRCCgAoVz5xXpJjAgxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~): The S&P 500 rose about 6 percent as Washington policymakers talked up plans to try to cushion the economy. ■ The actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson [have been released from the hospital](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP4QSAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDMvMTcvd29ybGQvYXVzdHJhbGlhL3RvbS1oYW5rcy1jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1yaXRhLXdpbHNvbi5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkFFX3BfMjAyMDAzMTcmc2VjdGlvbj10b3BOZXdzJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTY4NTYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yMjMyNyZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJ0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3NXA255dEIKAChXPnFekmMCDFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) after contracting the virus. “The Daily”: [Our latest episode](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP0TZaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vdGhlZGFpbHk_dGU9MSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CQUVfcF8yMDIwMDMxNyZzZWN0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3MmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjg1NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIyMzI3JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MnRpb249dG9wTmV3c1cDbnl0QgoAKFc-cV6SYwIMUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) includes an interview with a doctor in Italy, one of the countries hit hardest by the pandemic. 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A musician plays for residents of his apartment block in Erbil, in northern Iraq, on Tuesday. Safin Hamed/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images What we can do next Melina caught up with Donald G. McNeil Jr., our infectious diseases reporter who has been covering epidemics for nearly two decades. He has been reporting on experts’ recommendations for what to do next. You’ve said this is a crisis but it’s not unstoppable. How do we stop it? We need to shut down all travel, as experts have said. And then we really aggressively tackle the clusters. People have got to stop shaking hands; people have got to stop going to bars and restaurants. New clusters are appearing every day. It’s basically urgent that America imitates what China did. China had a massive outbreak in Wuhan, spreading all over the country, and they’ve almost stopped it. We can shut off the roads, flights, buses and trains. I don’t think we’ll ever succeed at doing exactly what China did. It’s going to cause massive social disruption because Americans don’t like being told what to do. In places like China, Singapore and Taiwan, they’ve gone through SARS — they know how scary it is. Is that what some countries are missing? This sense of collective action and selflessness? That is absolutely what many Americans are missing — that it’s not about you right now. When I was a kid, my parents were in the World War II generation and there was more of a sense of, hey, we did something amazing; we ramped up this gigantic society effort. It was this sense of we’re all in this together. We’ve got to realize that we’re all in this together and save each other’s lives. That has not penetrated yet and it needs to penetrate because we all have to cooperate. The sad thing is: Most people — this has been true in every epidemic I’ve covered, whether it’s Zika in Puerto Rico or AIDS in South Africa — don’t believe in the disease until they see someone get sick and die from it, someone they know. And it’s too bad. It’s: Oh, that’s happening to those people over there; that’s happening in China; that’s not going to happen to us. I imagine that after decades of covering epidemics, you understood Covid-19’s severity early on. Tell me about when this became serious for you. I remember vividly — I went on vacation to Argentina, not thinking this was terribly serious: It sounds like an animal disease and it’s going to kill a limited number of people. By the time I came back, China admitted there was sustained human-to-human transmission. I started watching the case counts double and doing the math in my head, and I realized, oh my god. This is going pandemic. When was that? It was late January. I was on the subway, going from work to my girlfriend’s house, just sort of thinking about the numbers and realizing: Wait a minute, that doubling rate is so fast, there’s no way this isn’t going to become a pandemic. I started writing on a piece of notebook paper trying to see if I was crazy — and then went looking up the 1918 pandemic and realized that was the closest model to this. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian in Beijing on Monday. Andy Wong/Associated Press China bans American journalists from major outlets Beijing announced that it would [expel](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP4QRAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDMvMTcvYnVzaW5lc3MvbWVkaWEvY2hpbmEtZXhwZWxzLWFtZXJpY2FuLWpvdXJuYWxpc3RzLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CQUVfcF8yMDIwMDMxNyZzZWN0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3MmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjg1NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIyMzI3JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MnRpb249dG9wTmV3c1cDbnl0QgoAKFc-cV6SYwIMUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [American journalists](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP4QRAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDMvMTcvYnVzaW5lc3MvbWVkaWEvY2hpbmEtZXhwZWxzLWFtZXJpY2FuLWpvdXJuYWxpc3RzLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CQUVfcF8yMDIwMDMxNyZzZWN0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3MmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjg1NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIyMzI3JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MnRpb249dG9wTmV3c1cDbnl0QgoAKFc-cV6SYwIMUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) working for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, and also ban them from reporting in territories like Hong Kong and Macau. It also demanded that those outlets, as well as the Voice of America and Time magazine, provide the government with information about their operations. The full scope of the directive was not immediately clear. The latest move in the tit-for-tat campaign between Washington and Beijing comes at a moment when reporting on the coronavirus is a global, 24-hour operation for most news outlets. Last month China [expelled](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP4QJAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDIvMTkvYnVzaW5lc3MvbWVkaWEvY2hpbmEtd2FsbC1zdHJlZXQtam91cm5hbC5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkFFX3BfMjAyMDAzMTcmc2VjdGlvbj10b3BOZXdzJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTY4NTYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yMjMyNyZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJ0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3NXA255dEIKAChXPnFekmMCDFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) three Wall Street Journal reporters from the country. President Trump [responded](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP4QRAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDMvMDIvd29ybGQvYXNpYS9jaGluYS1qb3VybmFsaXN0cy1kaXBsb21hdHMtZXhwdWxzaW9uLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CQUVfcF8yMDIwMDMxNyZzZWN0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3MmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjg1NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIyMzI3JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MnRpb249dG9wTmV3c1cDbnl0QgoAKFc-cV6SYwIMUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) this month by limiting the number of Chinese citizens who could work in the U.S. for five state-controlled Chinese news organizations. Related: China has been [cracking down on online anger toward the government](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP4QLAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDMvMTYvYnVzaW5lc3MvY2hpbmEtY29yb25hdmlydXMtaW50ZXJuZXQtcG9saWNlLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X01CQUVfcF8yMDIwMDMxNyZzZWN0aW9uPXRvcE5ld3MmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjg1NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIyMzI3JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MnRpb249dG9wTmV3c1cDbnl0QgoAKFc-cV6SYwIMUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak. A new internet police force is knocking on doors of suspected critics, subjecting them to hours of interrogation and in some cases forcing them to sign loyalty pledges. If you have 4 minutes, this is worth it Why yoga is causing a stir in Nepal Nepali school children taking part in a yoga class in Kathmandu in January. Rebecca Conway for The New York Times Next month, the small Himalayan nation will become the first in the world to make yoga a required subject nationwide. For many around the world in similar programs, it’s a healing and stress-reducing addition to a curriculum. But in a region where the exercises are increasingly intertwined with rising Hindu nationalism, [some Muslims are worried](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP0T3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMy8xNi93b3JsZC9hc2lhL25lcGFsLXlvZ2EuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJBRV9wXzIwMjAwMzE3JnNlY3Rpb249bG9uZ1JlYWQmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjg1NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIyMzI3JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1Mmlvbj1sb25nUmVhZFcDbnl0QgoAKFc-cV6SYwIMUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). 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Germany: A laptop sold on eBay for $100 was discovered to [contain classified software for a surface-to-air rocket system](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP4QFAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDMvMTcvd29ybGQvZXVyb3BlL2dlcm1hbnktbWlzc2lsZS1sYXB0b3AuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJBRV9wXzIwMjAwMzE3JnNlY3Rpb249d2hhdEVsc2UmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjg1NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIyMzI3JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1Mmlvbj13aGF0RWxzZVcDbnl0QgoAKFc-cV6SYwIMUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) used by the country’s air force. Syria: Amid a cease-fire in the northern province of Idlib, some of the hundreds of thousands of displaced residents are trickling back. But [very few believe the quiet will last](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP4QCAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDMvMTYvd29ybGQvbWlkZGxlZWFzdC9zeXJpYS1jZWFzZWZpcmUuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJBRV9wXzIwMjAwMzE3JnNlY3Rpb249d2hhdEVsc2UmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjg1NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIyMzI3JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1Mmlvbj13aGF0RWxzZVcDbnl0QgoAKFc-cV6SYwIMUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). Andrew Spear for The New York Times Snapshot: A physicist is trying to disentangle [the structural dynamics of bird nests](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP4QRAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDMvMTcvc2NpZW5jZS93aHktYmlyZHMtYXJlLXRoZS13b3JsZHMtYmVzdC1lbmdpbmVlcnMuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmZW1jPWVkaXRfTUJBRV9wXzIwMjAwMzE3JnNlY3Rpb249d2hhdEVsc2UmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjg1NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIyMzI3JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1Mmlvbj13aGF0RWxzZVcDbnl0QgoAKFc-cV6SYwIMUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) using bamboo skewers, above. A nest is “a disordered stick bomb,” resilient in ways that humans have hardly begun to understand. What we’re reading: This [Harvard Business Review article](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgU8NXP4QNAWh0dHBzOi8vaGJyLm9yZy8yMDIwLzAzL3R3by1uZXctbW9tcy1yZXR1cm4tdG8td29yay1vbmUtaW4tc2VhdHRsZS1vbmUtaW4tc3RvY2tob2xtP3RlPTEmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9NQkFFX3BfMjAyMDAzMTcmc2VjdGlvbj13aGF0RWxzZSZjYW1wYWlnbl9pZD03Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE2ODU2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjIzMjcmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyaW9uPXdoYXRFbHNlVwNueXRCCgAoVz5xXpJjAgxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) about two new mothers who take very different paths going back to work in Sweden and the U.S. “Reading the two stories side by side shows just how dismally work-family policies in the U.S. measure up — if they’re there at all,” says Francesca Donner, the director of our Gender Initiative. 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But at the end of the day, nothing the Fed can do at this point is going to offset the full shock of coronavirus, because its tools are just not well suited to making up for lost work hours or helping employees who have missed out on paychecks. A window at the Australian Securities Exchange in Sydney on Tuesday. David Gray/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Can nations work together to help the global economy rebound? Central banks do not have the firefighting power that they had going into the 2008 financial crisis. Many central banks, like in Japan and in parts of Europe, already had very low or even negative interest rates. And so they just have less room to act to soften the economic blow. What matters right now is what happens to the companies getting clobbered in the moment. Is this a short-term blip that is painful but not devastating? Or will this kill companies, thereby having greater repercussions for financial markets, and be much more long-lived in its pain? 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