HEADLINERS

“We have thoroughly prevented the inroad of the malignant virus and maintained a stable antiepidemic situation despite the worldwide health crisis, which is a shining success achieved”

— Kim Jong Un (The North Korean leader told a meeting of the politburo of the ruling Workers Party that the North had stopped the novel coronavirus from making inroads in the country, as per state news agency KCNA)

“In the past, people thought it was better to wash dirty laundry in the family, and not say anything. You must be strong to manage the consequences of revealing the problem and just as strong in avoiding that it repeats itself”

— Carmelo Barbagallo (The Vatican’s new financial regulator says he is confident the days when the Holy See would wash dirty laundry in private are over and the Pope’s recent spending rules are a sea change in transparency)