==Top candidate for Merkel´s successor Friedrich Merz tests positive for coronavirus

Friedrich Merz==

One German for the list

a former Christian Democratic faction leader in the Bundestag, who is now seen as the most likely successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel, has revealed he has tested positive for coronavirus.

Mar 17, 2020 13:29

https://www.rt.com/news/483321-merz-coronavirus-merkel-successer/

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Covid-19 can finally slash Britain’s bloated overseas aid: The money should go to saving lives, not juggling lessons in Tanzania

The MPs who are about to start investigating the effectiveness of the UK’s £14 billion annual aid have the perfect reason to cut it; thanks to coronavirus, Britons are thinking of what’s best for them.

As MPs on the newly-created House of Commons select committee on International Development roll up their sleeves before getting stuck in the nitty-gritty tomorrow, they have one thing on their side that might make efforts to slash the UK’s aid budget more successful than in the past – the Covid-19 pandemic.

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/483258-coronavirus-outbreak-britain-foreign-aid-cut/