Global virus deaths pass 150,000 as Trump endorses lockdown protests April 17, 2020 at 10:44PM

Governments around the world are now grappling with when and how to ease lockdowns that have crippled the global economy, even as the COVID-19 death toll climbs further in hard-hit countries. Demonstrators in three US states assembled in public this week to call for an end to the restrictions, with the largest protest in Michigan attracting 3,000 people -- some of whom were armed.