Brazil’s president tests positive for coronavirus
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro speaks with journalists while wearing a protective face mask amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Brasília, Brazil, May 22, 2020.
After months of flouting the threat of the pandemic, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on live television that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is planning his first international diplomatic mission to Washington to celebrate the new US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement. But his visit is generating tough questions back home. Plus, to celebrate his 85th birthday, the Dalai Lama has released an 11-track album called “Inner World” featuring mantras and teachings all set to a relaxing bed of music.
Music heard on air
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