2020-04-24: Social Media Postees

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How the Chinese Authorities and the World Health Organization Handled the Coronavirus
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
On April 14, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump addressed a news conference at the White House, where he said that his administration would "halt [all] funding" for the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO, founded in 1948, is the principal United Nations agency tasked with the improvement of the health of the world; it is also widely acknowledged as an agency that is best suited to deal with health emergencies.
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During Coronvrius: Cuba to the Rescue, But Don't Tell the American people
Medea Benjamin | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-24
Anti-Cuba zealots in the Trump administration have been enticing Cuban doctors working overseas to defect, paying journalists to write negative stories, slapping sanctions on Cubans in charge of the program, and strong-arming countries to expel Cuban doctors.
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A Light Against the Darkness
Sam Hitt | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
Bernie Sanders claimed to have won the war of ideas in his unsuccessful quest for the Democratic Presidential nomination by introducing new concepts like class struggle to our political vocabulary and making universal health care and debt-free higher education subject to mainstream debate. If this is victory, then we have a long road ahead. America…
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Climate Activists Have Not Lost Hope Amid Pandemic
Greta Thunberg | zcomm.org | 2020-04-24
We're Changing How We Organize…
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Trump's Immigration Order Was Drafted by Officials With Ties to Hate Groups, According to Report
Michael Edison Hayden and Eddie Bejarano | splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
Two officials with ties to anti-immigrant hate groups helped write President Trump's executive order blocking the issuance of new green cards, according to a report.
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Fraihat v. ICE Community Resources
splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
On April 20, 2020, a federal district court granted a nationwide preliminary injunction requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take a number of important steps to protect medically vulnerable people in its custody from COVID-19.
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Video- COVID-19: O Encerramento da Economia Nà£o É a Soluàßà£o
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
Milhàµes de pessoas perderam os seus empregos e as suas economias de toda a vida. Nos países em desenvolvimento, prevalece a pobreza e o desespero. | Embora o bloqueio seja apresentado à opinià£o pública como o único meio de resolver uma …
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As Thailand Fights Covid-19, Students Vow to Continue Chaos for "Democracy"
Joseph Thomas | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
Despite the unprecedented damage global panic over coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has caused to nations around the world, so-called "pro-democracy" protesters have vowed to immediately resume street mobs as soon as emergency measures are lifted in Thailand. | The move will …
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Either socialism will defeat the louse or the louse will defeat socialism
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-04-24
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that the Great Lockdown, which has no end date, could very well lead to a loss of $9 trillion to global Gross Domestic Product over the entirety of 2020 and 2021; this number is greater than the combined economies of Japan and Germany. This scenario, the Fund's managing director …
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The Courts Won't Free Migrant Children Because of COVID-19. We Must
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
Migrant child detention is in the national spotlight again. Because of COVID-19, a U.S. District Court is considering mass release of children from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody. Like many times before, coverage of this story has not included voices of community and family members who have resisted migrant child detention for years. My organization, Little Village Solidarity Network (LVSN), a Chicago…
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New Relief Bill Lacks Funds for Food Aid, Rent Relief, Election Protection
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
As the House passes a new $484 Billion coronavirus relief bill, Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the sole Democrat to vote no, saying it falls far short, failing to protect those at greatest health risk, including essential frontline workers, and could let millions go hungry. We get response from The American Prospect's David Dayen. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. | AMY GOODMAN: Members of Congress returned to Washington, D.C., Thursday…
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Group Promoting COVID-19 "Liberate" Protests Tied to Hydroxychloroquine Push
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge. | A prominent Koch network group that is helping to organize protests calling for states to reopen is tied to a campaign that promoted misleadingly optimistic information about a drug it c…
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'Can't erase history': Putin & Stalin TEMPLE MOSAIC is 'appropriate,' church says amid furor over Russian military cathedral decor
rt.com | 2020-04-25
President Vladimir Putin and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin will both make surprise, if minor, appearance inside the main cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces, being heavily decorated with historical scenes of the nation's glory. | Photos showing an incomplete mosaic with the likeness of Putin, other key government figures, as well as seemingly random people celebrating with national flags made quite a stir in Russia after being leaked to the media on Friday. The artwork was linked to the grandiose church being built in Patriot Park outside Moscow, which is to become the main temple of the Russian military. | ht…
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Over 1,000 protesters storm Wisconsin Capitol to demand end to lockdown as every 8th resident out of work (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-04-24
A massive group of demonstrators gathered in Wisconsin's state Capitol to protest Governor Tony Evers' stay-at-home order

Amazon will be fined ‚Ç¨100,000 for EVERY 'non-essential' delivery in France after court rejects appeal in worker safety dispute
rt.com | 2020-04-24
Amazon will face a fine each time it delivers non-essential goods in France until it improves the safety conditions of its workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The company earlier closed its warehouses in protest. | On Friday, an appeals court in Versailles, outside Paris, upheld last week's ruling, which restricted Amazon's French warehouses to only shipping IT products, health items, groceries and pet food until it ensures the safety of its workers. | Jeff Bezos' e-commerce giant was given 48 hours to comply with the ruling, and will be fined €100,000 ($108,020) for every delivery that doesn't meet the c…
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"Stay at Home Orders": California Organizer of Protest Movement against Lockdown Faces Arrest
City News Service | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
A woman who organized last weekend's protest in downtown San Diego opposing stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus is facing arrest and possible misdemeanor charges that could result in 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine, the woman and …
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Libertarian Activist Organizes "Re-Open" Santa Cruz March, Calls Pandemic a Hoax
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
Libertarian activist Sean Cutler is organizing a march to Santa Cruz City Hall on April 24 in support of re-opening the "local economy". An event listing posted to social media by Cutler promises "speeches" at City Hall, however it is unclear if the event is real or a stunt, as only one person is listed as attending. The event post for the march demands "an end to the tyrannical quarantine" and encourages participants to "bring flags, banners, posters, and the loving spirit of freedom". On March 16, Cutler posted on social media that the COVID-19 pandemic was, "overblown, childish, and insane". The pandemic is "s…
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Demonstrators Demand Santa Cruz Provide Hotel Vouchers for the Homeless
Alex Darocy | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
Community members in Santa Cruz organized a "physical distancing" protest today to demand the City and County of Santa Cruz provide hotel vouchers for the homeless during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The demonstration was organized following California Governor Gavin Newsom's statements made during a press conference on April 18 that cities and municipalities that are blocking the State's effort to provide hotels for the homeless will be "judged" by history.
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Assange's Lawyers to Ask Court to Postpone Extradition Hearing
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
LONDON (Sputnik) – The lawyers of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will ask the court next week to postpone the activist's extradition hearing, a statement by the campaign against Assange's extradition to the United States said Friday.
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Video: Escalation of Syria War: Turkey Shells Syrian Army in Aleppo. US Threatens to Sink Iranian Ships in Gulf
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
In the second half of the week the military situation in Syria's western Aleppo escalated. | On April 22, Turkish forces shelled positions of the Syrian Army in western Aleppo. Pro-Turkish sources claimed that this shelling was a response to Syrian …
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New $484B Relief Bill Lacks Funds for Food Aid, Rent Relief, US Postal Service, Election Protection
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-24
As the House passes a new $484 Billion coronavirus relief bill, Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the sole Democrat to vote no, saying it falls far short, failing to protect those at greatest health risk, including essential frontline workers, and could let millions go hungry. We get response from The American Prospect's David Dayen.
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Organizer: Domestic Workers Make All Work Possible, But the Coronavirus Relief Bill Discounts Them
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-24
To talk more about how the coronavirus relief bills have affected essential workers, we speak with an organizer in Queens, New York, the epicenter of the epicenter of the pandemic. "Things are being done, but it's not enough to serve the domestic workers who are essential workers and keep this city running," says Riya Ortiz, lead organizer and case manager for the nonprofit Damayan Migrant Workers Association in New York City.
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"We Don't Have the Capacity to Treat": Palestinian-Canadian Doctor Says Israel Must Lift Gaza Siege
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-24
As fears continue to grow about what a rampant outbreak of the coronavirus might do to the occupied Palestinian territory, already crippled by years of Israeli sanctions, we get an update from Dr. Tarek Loubani, Palestinian-Canadian doctor and emergency physician who volunteers in the Gaza Strip and returned from a trip there last month. "Testing is severely limited," he says. "There have been fewer tests in Gaza so far throughout the entire pandemic than there were in South Korea yesterday."
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"Nobody Wants to Do This": Georgia Reopens Nonessential Businesses Despite Public Health Warnings
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-24
We go to Georgia, which is reopening nonessential businesses today

Once Again, Trump Shreds US Immigration Law
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-04-24
Once Again, Trump Shreds US Immigration Law…
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SCOTUS Just Found a Way to Inflict More Terror on Immigrants
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-04-24
SCOTUS Just Found a Way to Inflict More Terror on Immigrants…
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Roaming Charges: Killing Yourself to Live
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
+ Neoliberalism: an ideology of austerity, which contends that economics is a science and epidemiology is soothsaying. + One of the eternal axioms of American politics: When you don't know anything claim that you're right about everything and wrong about nothing. + This strategy pays off, time and time again. Consider that 3.5 years into…
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Joe or No?
Jim Kavanagh | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
Here we go again. Now that Bernie Sanders has completed his predictable circuit of loss and capitulation, leftists–those who stand for socialist and anti-imperialist, or even serious social-democratic and antiwar, politics–again confront the quadrennial quandary: Must one vote for the thoroughly neo-liberal and imperialist Democratic presidential nominee? "The lesser evil is still evil."
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Biden Suggests Trump May Make Attempt to 'Kick Back' 2020 Presidential Election
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
Joe Biden remains the last presidential hopeful to challenge incumbent Donald Trump in the 3 November elections, after Senator Bernie Sanders wrapped up his bid for the Democratic Party's nomination earlier in April.
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As Saudi Forces Flee Northern Yemen, Evidence of an Unholy Alliance with Al-Qaeda is Left Behind
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-24
MintPress' Ahmed Abdulkareem traveled through Yemen's recently liberated al-Jawf Province to see firsthand the devastation left behind by Saudi-backed AQAP militants.
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As Food Banks Struggle to Cope with Demand, Desperate Farmers Dump Unsellable Produce
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-24
The coronavirus pandemic is shaking America's food supply and production system. And after only a few weeks, it appears much of it is failing the stress test.
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As Food Banks Struggle to Cope with Demand, Desperate Farmers Dump Unsellable Produce
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-24
The coronavirus pandemic is shaking America's food supply and production system. And after only a few weeks, it appears much of it is failing the stress test. | MPN– Even as food banks nationwide are inundated with hungry Americans, many of the country's farmers are dumping or destroying their harvests. Amidst a pandemic that has seen tens of millions of workers laid off, the nation's food banks have struggled to cope with the surge in demand for their vital services. | In San Antonio, over 10,000 people lined up overnight in their vehicles in the hope of receiving a box of basic foods. "Needs have skyrocket…
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Instead of Providing Masks or Allowing Unions, Whole Foods Unveils New "Hero" Uniform
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-24
As corporations like Amazon and Whole Foods spend fortunes on advertising campaigns thanking their workforce for "heroic" service, they refuse to provide even basic protective gear or sick pay and ruthlessly crush any internal dissent.
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Instead of Providing Masks or Allowing Unions, Whole Foods Unveils New "Hero" Uniform
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-24
As corporations like Amazon and Whole Foods spend fortunes on advertising campaigns thanking their workforce for "heroic" service, they refuse to provide even basic protective gear or sick pay and ruthlessly crush any internal dissent. | MPN– In the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, premium supermarket chain Whole Foods has redesigned its uniform, giving employees shirts that designate them as "heroes" and "hard core." The revamp is one of many actions large corporations across the world have taken to symbolically thank their workers amidst the global crisis. | Whole Foods Workers: "Can we h…
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May Day, Mayday!
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight, a fight that each time ended, either in…
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A Machiavellian Fiasco: How 'Centrist' Gantz Resurrected Netanyahu, Israel's Right
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
It was intended to be a Machiavellian move, but the decision by Benny Gantz, leader of Israel's Kahol Lavan (Blue and White) coalition, to join a Benjamin Netanyahu-led government is likely to destabilize the political fabric of Israeli society for years to come. In a surprising move, Gantz has entered into precarious political compromises, whereby…
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U.S. Again Trying to Control Greenland to Dominate Arctic
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
In the summer of 2020, the U.S. intends to open its consulate in Greenland, as well as allocate $12.1 million to strengthen its presence on this island. According to the U.S. ambassador to Denmark, Carla Sands, the North American …
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A hard-hit Italian city is trailblazing the way towards a better post-coronavirus world
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-04-24
Italy has been particularly badly hit by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Although the country has recently seen declines in new cases, it remains one of the top for infections and deaths worldwide. And the northern region of Lombardy has, by far, had the largest number of confir…
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Lee Camp: This Pandemic is Not Just a Crisis, It's a Gift
Lee Camp | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-24
Like cancer, capitalism grows until it murders the host body. During this pandemic shutdown, it's not getting the growth it needs and is becoming benign.
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Iran to Retaliate Against US Aggression if Launched
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
The US under both right wings of its war party is an unprecedented bully on the world stage. | It's ruling regimes represent an unparalleled threat to everyone everywhere. | The long aggressive arm of its military operates in parts of the …
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Economic Collapse Far More Serious Than COVID-19 Contagion
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
The ongoing economic collapse combined with a public health crisis is unprecedented in modern memory. | The human toll from both mounts daily worldwide

Two Mentally Challenged Candidates to Choose Between for US President?
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
The US is hurtling into uncharted waters as a polity, with the two likely candidates for president this November both clearly suffering from significant cognitive impairment and evidence of continuing mental decline. Back in 1980, the American voters elected a man, Ronald Reagan, who unbeknownst to them already had the beginnings of Alzheimer's dementia. By…
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California sets disaster relief, local officials urge protection for undocumented
Marilyn Bechtel | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-24
Among those feeling the sharpest impact from COVID-19 are undocumented immigrant workers facing partial or total unemployment because of the pandemic. Their plight is causing special concern among California elected officials at every level, from school board and city council members through Gov. Gavin Newsom. These workers, who make up some 10% of California's workforce …
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NYC Immigrant Communities & Mutual Aid
Juan Carlos Ruiz | zcomm.org | 2020-04-24
Organizing and helping through mutual aid despite extraordinarily difficult circumstances…
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New Stimulus Must Include Benefits for Immigrant Essential Workers
Angelica Salas | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
As soon as it passed, Congressional lawmakers realized the $2.2 trillion CARES stimulus package to help the country through the COVID-19 pandemic would not suffice. Yes, U.S.-born workers would eventually get $1,200 checks and significantly expanded unemployment insurance. But some essential workers have been left out in the cold. The Trump administration's refusal to put…
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Despite US Sanctions, Iran Launches Military Satellite for Defense
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
On April 22, the 41st anniversary of the establishment of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), they launched the 'Nour' satellite, aboard the 'Qased' three-staged satellite launcher, during an operation located in the desert at Dasht-e Kavir. | IRGC commander …
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Why Has the Price of Crude Oil Skydived?
Azhar Azam | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
On the back of the unprecedented supply glut, sapped demand and filled storage amid the coronavirus pandemic

Video: Invalid COVID-19 Deaths Revealed. The Death Figures are Erroneous. Illinois Governor and Public Health Official
Dr. Ngozi Ezike | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
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Britain's NHS Using 'Flawed' COVID-19 Test
James Cusick | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
NHS laboratories are using a flawed test for coronavirus, according to a leaked Public Health England document seen by openDemocracy. Experts warn that the test fails to detect up to 25% of positive COVID-19 results. | Although the current test is …
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The Florence Declaration: The Creation of a "NATO-Exit" International Front
Comitato No Nato | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
Introductory Note | The 25th of April is an important date in Italy's history. It commemorates the 75th anniversary of Liberation, which is also the Anniversary of the Resistance. | Last year we met in Florence on the 7th of April, coinciding …
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The Media-produced Fear Is What's Killing Our Country, Not the Coronavirus
Leslie Taha | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
The media's incredibly irresponsible, "shock and awe" reporting on the coronavirus has created a monumental stampede of fear and panic which is a million times more damaging than the virus itself. | Here are two facts that says it all: | Fact …
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Scientific Study Traces the Evolution and Migration of SARS-CoV-2. Where did the Virus Originate?
Allen Yu | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
Phylogenetic network analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes by Peter Forster, Lucy Forster, Colin Renfrew, and Michael Forster published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Sciences of America (PNAS) focuses on a study of the genomes …
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South Korea Is a Model for Combatting COVID-19, Safely Holds Elections
Kee B. Park | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
For the first time in two months, South Korea's new coronavirus cases have dropped to single digits. Seoul has not only demonstrated that it can contain the pandemic, but that it can safely hold elections, which last week led to …
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Video: Dr. Erickson COVID-19: Does This Make Sense? Are We Following Science?
Dr. Dan Erickson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
Dr. Dan Erickson of Accelerated Health Care talks about the impact of the coronavirus on Kern County. | * | Note to readers: please click the share buttons above or below. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog …
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COVID-19 Lockdown Conducive to Unprecedented Crisis in US Agriculture: US Farm Relief Program Hands Billions to Agribusiness While Millions Lack Food
Alex Findijs | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced plans on Friday, April 17, for a farm relief program. Funded largely through the CARES Act, the $19 billion package will be used to funnel funds to corporate farms while providing little …
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Immense Economic Damage of Pandemic: Worldwide Economic Collapse Reveals Failure of "Global Capitalism"
Dr. Leon Tressell | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
As each day passes by data pours in revealing the immense economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Most politicians and economic pundits will put the blame for up the economic hurricane, blasting tens of millions into unemployment, on coronavirus …
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Israel and Hezbollah, Confirmation of Deterrence Policy
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
The Israeli leadership has not tired of trying to change the Rules of Engagement (ROE) with Hezbollah since its defeat in the 2006 war, in the hope of eliminating the organisation that rose to state level in military capabilities (and …
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5 Million Cases Worldwide, 650,000 Deaths Annually: The Seasonal Flu Virus is a "Serious Concern", But the Wuhan Coronavirus Grabs the Headlines
Tom Clifford | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
First published on January 27, 2020. Figures quoted for the coranavirus pertain to late January | The common flu virus will infect millions across the globe. It can be easily spread and will especially strike the young and the elderly. But …
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Video: Dr. Erickson COVID-19 Briefing
Dr. Dan Erickson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
Dr. Dan Erickson of Accelerated Health Care talks about the impact of the coronavirus on Kern County. | * | Note to readers: please click the share buttons above or below. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog …
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Video: Fake COVID-19 Data, Erroneous Death Figures
Lesley Kushner | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
This incisive video by Lesley Kushner explains how the CDC COVID-19 figures are manipulated. | Presumptive vs. Confirmed Cases | According to the CDC the data presented for the United States include both "confirmed" and "presumptive" positive cases of COVID-19 reported …
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Now is the Perfect Time to Fight Climate Change
Sonali Kolhatkar | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
While the whole world is consumed with the disastrous coronavirus pandemic, little attention is being paid to that sector of our economy whose existence had heretofore represented humanity's greatest threat: the fossil fuel industry. But now may be the best time to pay heed. Oil and gas prices recently fell so low that they bizarrely…
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Trump, coronavirus, and climate change: using a pandemic to gut the EPA
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-24
Under the guise of protecting workers and the public from the coronavirus, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two weeks ago that it will not issue fines against companies that violate certain water, air, and hazardous-waste-reporting requirements.
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US House overwhelmingly passes $484 billion "relief" package, refilling corporate slush fund
wsws.org | 2020-04-24
Loopholes left in place by a bipartisan Congress ensure that the second round of "small business" bailouts, like the first, will disproportionately go to larger firms, leaving small businesses and their workers in the lurch.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/24/bail…

Tyson poultry workers in Tennessee speak out on terrible health and safety conditions
wsws.org | 2020-04-24
Workers describe a regime in the plant in Shelbyville, Tennessee where they are intimidated into silence over lax enforcement of health and safety even as COVID-19 is spreading widely.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/24/tyso…

New Zealand teachers and nurses oppose easing of lockdown
wsws.org | 2020-04-24
Even as new COVID-19 cases are reported each day, the Labour Party-led government is gambling with the lives and health of the population.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/24/newz…

Coronavirus 'map' identifies key virus entry points into the body
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-24
Scientists are creating a map of the human body to identify locations where the COVID-19 virus can enter human cells.
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Meatpacking plants at center of many North America COVID-19 outbreaks
wsws.org | 2020-04-24
Many communities where meatpacking plants are located are suffering much higher infection rates than the national average.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/24/meat…

Tens of thousands of Nepali workers stranded abroad by COVID-19 disaster
wsws.org | 2020-04-24
Nepal has a population of 28 million but so far only 8,763 people have been tested for the virus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/24/nepl…

The World's Most Unfair Health Care System
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
The elephant in the Covid-19 infected room is Medicare for All. Maybe it really, finally is time for it. With at least 26 million people suddenly unemployed and many of those losing their health coverage during a deadly plague

US propaganda campaign promotes lies blaming China for COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-04-24
Claims in ruling circles in America and Europe that the coronavirus causing COVID-19 came from a Chinese lab fly in the face of all scientific evidence.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/24/chin…

The Deadly Economic Disease Behind COVID-19
Jim Hightower | zcomm.org | 2020-04-24
While we're waiting in endless lines at food banks and unemployment offices, the elites sit in posh executive suites, still getting fat paychecks, total health care and platinum-level pampering…
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Trump is a f**king idiot
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-04-24
Donald Trump has been widely condemned after suggesting disinfectant could be injected into patients as a possible treatment for coronavirus (Covid-19). But condemned isn't good enough. We need to go further and reject the normalisation of Trump's ludicrous and dangerous rhetoric and say it loud and clear: Trump is a fucking idiot. | 'Mind-blowing…
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Covid-19: the pandemic of the Great Acceleration
Juan Humberto Urquiza García | mronline.org | 2020-04-24
Many people around the world are familiar with this ancient Chinese proverb. Today, this lovely metaphor has materialized and taken the form of a pandemic, wreaking havoc on a system where few felt safe and most had become accustomed to merely surviving.
mronline.org/2020/04/24/covid-19-the-pan…

Japan's medical system collapsing as COVID-19 cases surge
wsws.org | 2020-04-24
As many as 400,000 people could die in Japan without serious preventative measures as many lack access to tests and treatment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/24/japa…

US autoworkers oppose rush to reopen plants
wsws.org | 2020-04-24
The automakers and the United Auto Workers union are moving rapidly to reopen the auto industry even though it would accelerate the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/24/auto…

Trump was given 'realtime updates' over Covid-19 as the pandemic developed
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-24
More than a dozen health experts working for the WHO in Geneva relayed regular information to Mr Trump about COVID-19, U.S. and international officials have confirmed.
mronline.org/2020/04/24/trump-was-given-…

Smithfield and Our Troubled Future
Louis Proyect | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
In 2009, there were suspicions that a Smithfield plant in Perote, Mexico might have triggered the Swine Flu epidemic. It was small potatoes compared to COVID-19. Only 1000 people were infected, with 68 deaths. The Mexico City newspaper La Jornada quoted health officials who concluded that the original carrier was in the "clouds of flies" that thrived in Smithfield's manure lagoons.
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North Dakota General Electric wind turbine plant closes as 128 people test positive for COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-04-24
An outbreak at a wind turbine plant in Grand Forks has led to a sharp spike in infections in the sparsely populated state.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/24/ndak…

Fair-Shares Rationing Can Cure Today's Food Shortages
Stan Cox, Ezra Silk | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
For weeks, pandemic-induced overbuying has resulted in shortages of staple foods and sanitation products. With their shelves stripped, supermarkets are donating much less to food banks just as those services are being overwhelmed by a surge of newly jobless clients. Disinfectant wipes are selling for extortionate prices online

Coronavirus 'map' identifies key virus entry points into the body
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-24
Scientists are creating map of the human body to identify locations where the COVID-19 virus can enter human cells.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197114/coronavirus-i…

Corporate Media Deny Their Own Existence, Despite Driving Biden's Primary Victory
Joshua Cho | fair.org | 2020-04-24
If someone were to tell you that major and influential business sectors like the fossil fuel and health insurance industries simply don't exist, or imply that major corporations like ExxonMobil and Cigna don't try to manipulate public opinion and advance a political agenda in order to protect and maximize their profits, you might find it hard to contain your laughter. | But looking at corporate media's coverage of corporate media, one gets the sense that anyone who dares to suggest that media corporations like Comcast-owned MSNBC, AT&T-owned CNN or News Corp…
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I Believe Tara Reade for the Reasons You Don't
M.G. | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
George Orwell wrote in his novel, 1984: "If you want to keep a secret, you must hide it from yourself." There is a credible rape accusation against Joe Biden, a Democratic candidate for President of the United States. Again, with emphasis, there is a credible rape accusation against the man the Democratic Party's preferred choice…
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Humans Aren't the Virus
Fiore Longo | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
"There have been many plagues in the world as there have been wars, yet plagues and wars always find people equally unprepared."

Veterans face trouble as VA facilities struggle to cope with coronavirus
Michael Casey, Hope Yen | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-24
BOSTON (AP)

New York City transit workers must form rank-and-file committees to save their lives!
wsws.org | 2020-04-24
As officials move towards reopening the economy, four New York City transit workers a day are dying.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/24/tran…

Unions collude with companies to keep non-essential UK ASOS warehouse and retail businesses running during pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-24
The GMB trade union has isolated the struggle of ASOS workers against unsafe conditions and told them to put their faith in the company "to do the right thing."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/24/asos…

Mass Incarceration Could Add 100,000 Deaths to US Coronavirus Toll
Ed Pilkington | zcomm.org | 2020-04-24
Only 5% of more than 10m arrests in the US each year are for violent offences. Most people ending up in jail are there for low-level infractions, including failure to meet bail terms…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/1032456/

AWOL: Trump's Disappearing Leadership
Mel Gurtov | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
Donald Trump's political strategy during the coronavirus pandemic is simple: insist the federal government only plays a backup role when it comes to providing needed services and supplies, but take credit for directing the reopening of the economy. Governors should "call your own shots," he says (April 16), as though they were chomping on the…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/24/awol-trumps-…

"Back to work" campaign in the US will lead to surge in coronavirus deaths
wsws.org | 2020-04-24
The American ruling class is attempting to rapidly resume production and send workers back to work. If this policy is carried out, countless thousands more people will get gravely sick or die.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/24/pers…

Illinois, Michigan governors hit Trump response to coronavirus pandemic
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-24
WASHINGTON–Democratic Govs. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan have been targets of GOP President Donald Trump's incendiary tweets during the coronavirus pandemic. Wednesday, they got a chance to hit back. They did, Whitmer politely, Pritzker less so. The two governors head states whose big cities, Chicago and Detroit, have been hard-hit by …
peoplesworld.org/article/illinois-michig…

Fire Fighters: FEMA shorting cities on protective gear
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-24
WASHINGTON

US coronavirus deaths approach 50,000
wsws.org | 2020-04-24
The pandemic continues its onslaught at a steady but disconcerting pace.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/24/pand…

The Settler Colonialism Project
Frank Joyce | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
I had this fantasy that the New York Times would follow up its 1619 Project look at slavery with a comparable examination of Settler Colonialism. Instead, they made a pivot from slavery to what they are calling the…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/24/the-settler-…

Strike, Sick Out, Slow Down: the General Strike and You
Richard Moser | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
The strike, sick out, and slowdown are among the most effective weapons in the arsenal of class struggle. They disrupt production and interrupt the flow of profits. But the most effective weapons are also the most demanding. Strikes require discipline, sacrifice, and struggle. Strikes are short-term pain for long-term gain. It's not a coincidence that…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/24/strike-sick-…

Aren't We All in This Together? College Students Told Hell No
Greg Moses | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
In a stormy week of denunciation and discrimination, the Trump administration sent a blaring announcement to America's college students: you shall not be in this together. Everything now depends upon college students resolving to believe different. Wedges of denunciation and discrimination were hammered in this week, beginning Monday morning with a Huffington Post headline that…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/24/arent-we-all…

America's Great Greenwashing
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
Celebrating 50 years of Earth Day, Michael Moore, executive producer and director Jeff Gibbs re-released their daunting and alarming documentary about the heart and soul of America's Green Movement in a compelling film: Planet of the Humans (2019). According to Michael Moore:…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/24/americas-gre…

Strike, Sick Out, Slow Down: the General Strike and You
Robert Niemi | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
The strike, sick out, and slowdown are among the most effective weapons in the arsenal of class struggle. They disrupt production and interrupt the flow of profits. But the most effective weapons are also the most demanding. Strikes require discipline, sacrifice, and struggle. Strikes are short-term pain for long-term gain. It's not a coincidence that…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/24/strike-sick-…

Election Protection in 12-18 States Will Decide the Fate of the Earth
Bob Fitrakis, Harvey Wasserman | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
The 12-18 states that will decide the presidency this fall are already being primed for voter suppression and election theft by the Trump GOP. Our ability to overcome will decide the fate of the Earth. Donald Trump is in the White House because in 2016 the vote count was stolen in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/24/election-pro…

Ten Things You Can Do Now to Curb Wall Street's Wealth Transfer System
Pam Martens, Russ Martens | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
This article has been updated from one that originally ran in 2012. Please consider emailing it to friends and family members who have given up hope on their ability to create change in America. The late 1920s and the early 2000s had two things in common. There was an unprecedented level of wealth and income…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/24/ten-things-y…

Vladimir Lenin 150
Paul Le Blanc | mronline.org | 2020-04-24
To marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Lenin we're sharing the latest installment of Paul LeBlanc's series Revolutionaries Reviewed, on Vladimir Lenin

Undocumented Workers Need a Bailout, Too
Josue De Luna Navarro | zcomm.org | 2020-04-24
Beyond performing essential labor, we are humans

Is Carbon Capture and Storage a Climate Solution or a Pyramid Scheme?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
To a growing portion of the public, this is the existential question of our time: How do we significantly slash greenhouse gas emissions before it's too late? | Solar? Wind? Nuclear? Reforestation? How about carbon capture and storage (CCS), what is in essence the process of separating carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, or from gases produced in electricity generation and industrial processes, then injecting the captured CO2 into geological rock formations typically located several kilometers undergr…
truthout.org/articles/is-carbon-capture-…

Disinfectant Manufacturers Warn Consumers Not to Heed Trump's "Injection" Remark
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
President Donald Trump on Thursday made alarming comments about the possibility of using disinfectants in order to treat the coronavirus that were immediately dismissed by both medical professionals and the companies that create such products. | During a White House press briefing, William N. Bryan, head of the Department of Homeland Security's science and technology division, said that he had seen evidence that the disease doesn't live as long in tropical climates and humid temperatures.
truthout.org/articles/disinfectant-manuf…

Postal Union Slams Trump for Holding Funds Hostage to Force "Draconian Cuts"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
The 200,000-member American Postal Workers Union accused President Donald Trump of plotting to "sacrifice our public Postal Service at the altar of private profit" after the Washington Post reported late Thursday that the White House is considering using a $10 billion relief loan approved by Congress last month to impose long-sought changes on the popular agency. | "It's a power grab to destroy the p…
truthout.org/articles/postal-union-slams…

News Networks Must Provide Equal Time to Rebut Trump's Daily Campaign Events
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
The long U.S. tradition of providing equal time to the opposition party after a president's yearly State of the Union (SOTU) address must now apply to Trump's daily COVID-19 "briefings." | These chaotic, embarrassing, deeply disturbing displays of presidential dishonesty and incompetence define Trump's "state of the pandemic" addresses. | They demand a regular immediate rebuttal. | Some networks have considered suspending their coverage entirely. Others have simply switched away in the midst o…
truthout.org/articles/news-networks-must…

Georgia Reopens Nonessential Businesses Despite Public Health Warnings
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
We go to Georgia, which is reopening nonessential businesses today

"Grim Reaper" Mitch McConnell Is Using COVID-19 Crisis to Punish Blue States
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
Thursday's White House coronavirus rally will go down in history as the day the president directed the scientists to investigate whether ultraviolet light can somehow be put inside COVID-19 patients to kill the virus, or whether disinfectant can be injected into their lungs to clean them. He was very proud of himself, obviously believing that he'd discovered some kind of breakthrough after hearing a briefing about how ordinary people can kill the virus in their homes. | "The disinfectant, where…
truthout.org/articles/grim-reaper-mitch-…

HHS Spokesman Tweeted About Chinese People Sucking "Blood Out of Rabid Bats"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
Before he was officially named to…
truthout.org/articles/hhs-spokesman-twee…

Saudi-led coalition announces 1-month extension of ceasefire in Yemen
rt.com | 2020-04-24
The Saudi-led coalition said on Friday it was extending a unilateral ceasefire in Yemen by one month to support efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic. | "The coalition's command reaffirms that there is still an opportunity to focus all efforts in order to achieve a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire," coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki was quoted as saying by the the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA). | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last month called for ceasefires in conflicts across the world to allow countries to focus on the pandemic. | A two-week ceasefire announced by the coali…
rt.com/newsline/486786-saudi-extension-c…

'Death by meteorite': Turkish researchers claim to have proof of world's first space-rock fatality
rt.com | 2020-04-24
A group of researchers in Turkey are claiming to have come across the first credible records yet discovered of 'death by meteorite,' dating from August 22, 1888. | They cite multiple official documents recovered from the General Directorate of State Archives of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey, which detail a meteorite strike that hit and killed one man and paralyzed another, in what is now Sulaymaniyah in Iraq. | The Earth endures near-constant bombardment by assorted meteorites and space rocks, at a rate of millions per day, most of which burn up harmlessly in our atmosphere. | For context, and accor…
rt.com/news/486742-death-meteor-strike-e…

'Inconsistent with facts': China hits back at US accusation of 'lowering the standards' of nuclear non-proliferation
rt.com | 2020-04-24
China's foreign ministry has slammed the US for "politicizing" the way other nations work on civilian nuclear power projects. Washington had earlier claimed China is undermining global non-proliferation safeguards. | "In recent years, the United States has been using various pretexts to discredit and suppress the normal cooperation in nuclear energy between other countries," the ministry's spokesperson, Geng Shuang, told reporters at a daily briefing on Friday. | Some senior US officials even publicly stated that cooperation in nuclear energy should be used as a geopolitical tool. China strongly opposes this w…
rt.com/news/486789-china-nuclear-power-s…

Star somehow survives close encounter with BLACK HOLE, but faces a TRILLION YEARS on death row
rt.com | 2020-04-24
An extremely rare close call between a red giant star and a black hole has been captured by powerful NASA and ESA tech, revealing a key chapter in a cosmic saga that will likely continue for a trillion years. | The fatal celestial event is unfolding in the galaxy GSN 069

Air France-KLM to get 10-BILLION-euro Covid-19 aid in loans from France & Netherlands
rt.com | 2020-04-24
The Dutch government will provide up to f‚Ç¨4 billion in emergency coronavirus aid to the KLM flagship air carrier. Its parent company, Air France-KLM, will also receive ‚Ç¨7 billion from the French government. | The KLM aid package of as much as €4 billion ($4.32 billion) will likely come as a combination of state guarantees and bank loans, Dutch Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra said Friday. The flagship carrier of the Netherlands has been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis and the majority of its planes remain grounded. | The announcement came shortly after Paris pleaded…
rt.com/business/486843-airfrance-klm-aid…

Trump signs $484-billion coronavirus relief bill
rt.com | 2020-04-24
President Donald Trump on Friday signed the $484-billion coronavirus relief bill, which provides more funding for the small business loan program, as well as additional money for hospitals and Covid-19 testing. The bill was passed by the Senate earlier this week and approved by the House on Thursday. | Over $300 billion is included for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was originally established in the first Covid-19 relief bill, the CARES Act, passed last month, and was meant to help small businesses struggling due to lockdown orders across the country. The additional funding was needed due to the…
rt.com/newsline/486838-trump-signs-coron…

Up in smoke: Mike Tyson's CBD business partner targets naming rights for Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium
rt.com | 2020-04-24
For the first time ever, Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium's naming rights are up for grabs, and a British billionaire who helped launch Mike Tyson's CBD company is believed to be one of the strong contenders to land the deal. | The Catalan club revealed this week that they intend to seek a sponsor for their 99,000 capacity arena in the heart of Barcelona and donate the proceeds to the fight against coronavirus. | It will be the first time in the club's history that they have made such a money-spinning move, and comes three seasons before the club has plans to do so, but the extent of the COVID-19 outbreak in Spain…
rt.com/sport/486811-barcelona-nou-camp-m…

Don't plan foreign travel this year, advises top Russian politician amid Covid-19 spread
rt.com | 2020-04-24
If you're in Russia, and you're plotting a post-quarantine holiday, it might be better to reconsider. In fact, according to a top Russian politician, you shouldn't plan to travel abroad for the rest of the year. | In an interview with TV channel Russia-24, the chair of the Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko, made it clear that the closed borders are unlikely to open any time soon. | "This year, you shouldn't plan any foreign trips… But one year is not a tragedy," she said. | According to Matviyenko, travel restrictions will be in place both in Russia and other nations for the foreseeable future. On top…
rt.com/russia/486837-russia-post-quarant…

European markets sink on worries over EU stimulus, coronavirus drug delay
rt.com | 2020-04-24
Stock markets in Europe opened lower on Friday as traders focused on the continued lockdown across the continent and reports that a study into a potential Covid-19 treatment was halted following inconclusive results. | The pan-European STOXX 600 was down more than one percent during early trading, with all sectors and major bourses in negative territory. German DAX, France's CAC 40 and Britain's FTSE 100 were losing around one percent during afternoon trading on Friday. | Asian markets were also broadly lower, with South Korea's Kospi Index leading the region's losses, down 1.4 percent. | The global markets' s…
rt.com/business/486743-eu-markets-corona…

'No turning back': Duterte threatens martial law after soldiers ambushed and killed during Covid-19 aid delivery
rt.com | 2020-04-24
The Philippines' president, Rodrigo Duterte, accused communist rebels of disrupting the government's efforts to help its citizens amid the Covid-19 pandemic. He said he is seriously considering imposing martial law. | "I'm warning everybody, and putting the armed forces and the police on notice, that I might declare martial law. There will be no turning back," Duterte said on Friday, threatening to take swift action against the Communist New People's Army (NPA), which has been active in the country since the late 1960s. | …
rt.com/news/486746-duterte-martial-law-r…

Crawl away if you dare? Indian official to be disciplined after cases filed against BABY & 3yo among lockdown violators
rt.com | 2020-04-24
A city official in India has been admonished for cracking down on coronavirus lockdown offenders with perhaps a bit too much zeal, after a six-month-old baby and a toddler faced legal action for supposedly flouting the rules. | The punishment will be doled out to the town's Covid-19 magistrate after the two youths were hit with complaints, ANI reported, a discovery made after the District Magistrate for the town of Uttarkashi ordered an investigation into the bizarre incident. | Uttarakhand: Disciplinary&suspension action to be taken against COVID19 magistrate Uttarkashi over registration of a case under Juvel…
rt.com/news/486729-india-official-charge…

South Korea prepares to welcome back tourists, after 'winning the fight' against Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-04-24
South Korea' first infections were in February, reaching a peak of 909 new daily cases at the end of that month. It then saw a second uptick in infection and death rates in late March, raising concern over a new wave of contagion. | …
rt.com/news/486794-south-korea-covid-vic…

US SNUBS launch of WHO-led initiative aimed at making Covid-19 vaccine globally & generally available
rt.com | 2020-04-24
World leaders have taken part in the launch of a global initiative to ensure equal access to the future vaccine against the novel coronavirus. The event, hosted by the World Health Organization, was notably snubbed by the US. | The launch of the "ACT accelerator" was held on Friday at the UN health body's HQ in Geneva. The WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had a pretty impressive guest list for the ceremony, which included French President E…
rt.com/news/486802-us-snubs-who-initiati…

'Welcome to my womancave!' Golf starlet and Instagram model Lucy Robson shows off new home simulator (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-04-24
British female golf star and Instagram model Lucy Robson is making sure the COVID-19 pandemic isn't going to affect her form as she revealed her newly-installed golf simulator at her Florida home. | 'Welcome to my womancave!' Golf starlet Lucy Robson shows off new home simulator (VIDEO) | British female golf star Lucy Robson is making sure the COVID-19 pandemic isn't going to affect her form as she revealed her newly-installed golf simulator at her Florida home. | Robson took to her Instagram account to share her excitement with her 683,000 followers as she revealed her new simulator, which she hopes to use to…
rt.com/sport/486797-lucy-robson-golfer-h…

Doubled in 10 days: Coronavirus deaths in US pass 50,000 mark
rt.com | 2020-04-24
The number of Covid-19-related deaths in the United States passed the 50,000 threshold on Friday morning, following over 3,000 more deaths in a 24-hour period. | The grim mark means that the US death toll doubled in just 10 days, according to Reuters tally. It comes weeks ahead of plans in various states to begin rolling back lockdown orders. | The jump in deaths follows over 3,000 reported fatalities on Thursday, the third highest 24-hour toll in the country since the pandemic began. The total confirmed cases in the US is over 870,000. | Despite the staggering amount of cases and deaths, Vice President Mike P…
rt.com/usa/486831-coronavirus-deaths-us-…

WHO adds 9 candidates for Covid-19 vaccine developed in Russia to global trial list
rt.com | 2020-04-24
Russian scientists have developed nine possible Covid-19 vaccines to be used in a global trial backed by the World Health Organization (WHO). All nine are currently at a preclinical evaluation stage. | Vector, a Novosibirsk-based infectious diseases lab, produced six of the nine Russian submissions included on the WHO trial list. Its proposals are derived from platforms for treating Ebola, influenza and other viral infections. | The three other possible vaccines came from St. Petersburg and were developed by two research institutes and a major Russian biopharmaceutical company. They worked solo to make two of…
rt.com/russia/486739-russian-covid-vacci…

'Thanks, celebrities!' Australian comedian MOCKS the rich & famous for Covid-19 pep talks that 'REALLY' get people through (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-04-24
While regular people are on their doorsteps and balconies clapping for medical workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic, comedian Greta Lee Jackson has taken the time to remind us all who the real heroes of this crisis are: Celebrities. | In a video posted to Twitter on Friday, Jackson sarcastically mocked the rich and famous for posting non-stop (and supposedly inspirational) messages from their Hollywood mansions and sprawling estates. | "During this time of crisis, [celebrities] have provided the strength that we've all needed to get through," the Sydney comedian says. "So, it's time for us normal people to say t…
rt.com/news/486844-comedian-mocks-thanks…

CNN claims Trump can't postpone election because then we get PRESIDENT PELOSI, but quickly 'updates' report after getting schooled
rt.com | 2020-04-24
After Joe Biden claimed President Donald Trump could use the Covid-19 pandemic to postpone the 2020 election, CNN alleged Nancy Pelosi could become POTUS for months in such a scenario

China reports recovery of last severe Covid-19 patient in ground-zero city Wuhan
rt.com | 2020-04-24
The last patient in Wuhan with severe Covid-19 has been cured, a health official has declared. The now-global disease was first detected in the Chinese city. | The patient, who was the last person in Wuhan and the whole of Hubei Province to experience difficulty overcoming the virus, was released from hospital on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a spokesman for the Chinese National Health Commission. | By Friday morning, there were 47 confirmed Covid-19 patients in the province, including the sole remaining serious patient. No new confirmed or suspected cases have been reported in the province in so…
rt.com/news/486762-wuhan-last-serious-pa…

US coronavirus fatalities jump as over 3,000 die in 24 hours in 2nd deadliest Covid-19 day nationwide
rt.com | 2020-04-24
The US has reported over 3,100 fatalities related to the coronavirus pandemic within just 24 hours, as lethal cases leapt by more than 1,000 after a brief drop. The figures come as the nation slowly reopens. | Some 3,176 people died after having been infected with the coronavirus in the US in the space of a single day, Johns Hopkins University reported Thursday. The staggering number fell short of breaking the record for the most daily coronavirus deaths in the US

Trump says his 'injecting disinfectant' comments about Covid-19 were 'sarcastic question to reporters' (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-04-24
US President Donald Trump laughed off the idea that he had advised Americans to inject themselves with bleach to fight coronavirus, telling reporters at the White House the remarks were meant to be a sarcastic question to them. | The president was addressing the newest DHS study, about the effects of sunlight and common disinfectants on the virus on surfaces, at the daily press conference on Thursday, when he wondered if "something like that" could be done "inside" people. | NEW: Just now at the PPP bill signing, @weijia asked the President to clarif…
rt.com/usa/486840-trump-disinfectant-sar…

'Political repression': Woman detained by police in France for displaying 'Macronavirus' banner on garden wall
rt.com | 2020-04-24
A French woman was reprimanded by police for displaying a banner with the words "Macronavirus, when is the end?" outside of her home as social tensions grow amid a strict Covid-19 lockdown. | The woman complied with a police order to remove the banner on April 21, but officers returned a day later with a summons for a hearing on April 23. When she showed up, she was taken into custody for "contempt." She was released after four hours, local media reports said. | The banner that was critical of President Emmanuel Macron had been hung on the woman's garden wall in Toulouse

Cyprus flight ban extended to May 17
rt.com | 2020-04-24
Cyprus extended a ban on commercial air traffic until May 17 on Friday to curb the spread of coronavirus. | The ban was first introduced on March 21 and authorities have extended it by decree since then. It will now be extended from April 30 to May 17, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos tweeted, citing a decision by the cabinet. | The island has recorded 795 cases of Covid-19 and 13 deaths as a direct result of the virus, according to data from the Health Ministry released on Thursday. | The country has imposed restrictions on movement, including a night curfew and allowing people to leave their homes only on…
rt.com/newsline/486745-cyprus-flight-ban…

Even Biden's WIFE is rooting for Michelle Obama as VP (so who cares if the former First Lady doesn't want it?)
rt.com | 2020-04-24
Joe Biden's wife Jill is the latest Democrat to openly wish for Michelle Obama to be on the 2020 ticket as her husband's vice president

Putin signs law allowing foreigners to become Russian WITHOUT giving up existing citizenship
rt.com | 2020-04-24
Want to become Russian, but don't want to give up your current citizenship? Now, it's possible. Just weeks after being introduced to parliament, a new law simplifying the naturalization process has been signed by the president. | On Friday, President Vladimir Putin put pen to paper to revolutionize the country's citizenship law. From July onwards, foreigners living in Russia will be able to become citizens of the country without giving up their existing passport. | Although rumors of change have been floating around for months, the law was rapidly adopted in April, with the legislation being introduced, voted…
rt.com/russia/486782-russia-dual-citizen…

RT WON IN 16 CATEGORIES AT THE SHORTY AWARDS
rt.com | 2020-04-24
MOSCOW, APRIL 24

Belgium won't use coronavirus contact-tracing apps, minister says
rt.com | 2020-04-24
The Belgian government has decided not to use apps to trace the path of coronavirus infections, the telecommunications minister said, in a U-turn after initially pushing the idea. "There is no need for an app for contact tracing. It can be done manually and it has been around for years," Philippe De Backer told television channel VRT. | While Belgium was one of the first European nations to express an interest in mobile data and the development of smartphone apps to pinpoint those in the country of 11.5 million at risk of infection, De Backer said on Thursday this had been ruled out for now. | Contact-tracing…
rt.com/newsline/486829-belgium-contact-t…

French public to get reusable textile masks after govt shifts position on their efficacy
rt.com | 2020-04-24
The French public will be provided with millions of washable face masks from early May, the government said on Friday. The statement comes amid a row over its flip-flopping on the efficacy of masks in protecting against coronavirus infection. | Junior Finance Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher told Les Echos daily that domestic and international plants produced more than 10 million textile masks last week and that output should reach 25 million a week by the end of April. | Until the scheduled end of France's lockdown period on May 11, these masks will be sold to companies and municipalities. From May 4, they wil…
rt.com/newsline/486804-france-public-mas…

'Unconstitutional': Bosnian region's top court orders lockdown on seniors & children to be lifted
rt.com | 2020-04-24
The autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday loosened restrictions that kept seniors and children from leaving their homes, after the top court ruled those restrictions violated the constitution. The measure had been imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. | In a response to an appeal by a group of citizens, Bosnia's Constitutional Court concluded this week that their rights under the constitution, as well as the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, had been violated. | As of today, people over 65 will be allowed to leave their h…
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Russia cuts key interest rate amid coronavirus lockdown & plunging oil prices
rt.com | 2020-04-24
The Bank of Russia slashed its interest rate by 50 basis points on Friday, for the first time since October 2019, to 5.5 percent. The regulator said that further reductions may follow soon. | "Since the March Board of Directors meeting, the situation has changed dramatically. Significant restrictive measures have been introduced to combat the coronavirus pandemic, both in Russia and across the world, which negatively influences economic activity," the central bank said in a statement. | The Bank of Russia added…
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Poland to keep schools closed until May 24 as govt expects '2nd wave' of infections
rt.com | 2020-04-24
The Polish government said on Friday that schools and kindergartens would remain closed until May 24 because of the coronavirus, adding that a second wave of infections could lie ahead. | Poland was among the first countries in Europe last month to impose strict lockdown measures to contain the outbreak. It has started to ease restrictions on some activities to try to limit the damage to its economy, the biggest in Central Europe. Parks and forests reopened this week and more people are now allowed in shops at one time. | The government has said it may reopen hotels in May, and some media reports have suggeste…
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Beijing says world 'should condemn' cyberattacks on anti-pandemic institutions
rt.com | 2020-04-24
China said on Friday that cyberattacks against institutions fighting the coronavirus pandemic should be condemned around the world. | Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang made the remarks, commenting on a report by the US cybersecurity firm FireEye. | It had alleged that Vietnamese government-linked hackers had attempted to break into the personal and professional email accounts of staff at China's Ministry of Emergency Management and the government of Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus emerged last year. | Vietnam's Foreign Ministry on Thursday called the report "baseless." Geng did not comment directl…
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The oil market crash is far from over
rt.com | 2020-04-24
US crude benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) prices may have steadied somewhat after a wild couple of days, but the physical market for crude is still collapsing. | Energy stocks posted sharp gains on Thursday as WTI prices "surged" nearly 30 percent to…$17 per barrel. The nascent rebound in oil prices has eased the immediate crisis, but before Monday, WTI in the teens would have been considered catastrophic; now it seems downright reasonable. Amazing what negative $37 WTI will do to perceptions. | But the fact is that the global oil industry is still in dire straits. Refined products are grossly oversup…
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China to ask 'Questions to Heaven' with country's 1st mission to Mars later this year
rt.com | 2020-04-24
China's space agency has announced the title for the country's inaugural mission to Mars. Tianwen-1, which translates roughly to "Questions to Heaven," is expected to set off for Mars later in 2020. | The mission is to launch a Mars probe at some point later in 2020 while hoping for the trifecta of interplanetary exploration: orbiting, landing and roving all in a single mission. | The China National Space Administration (CNSA) used the country's annual Space Day, which began in 2016 as a means of celebrating the anniversary of the successful launch of China's first satellite, Dongfanghong-1 in 1970, as an oppo…
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'Fast recovery' possible as Hungary scraps curfew from early May, Orban says
rt.com | 2020-04-24
Hungary plans to replace its current lockdown, which has imposed a blanket curfew on the population, with a more fine-tuned version from early May, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. | Orban told state radio that he expected the economy to recover rapidly from the effects of the pandemic. "I am not among the most optimistic people, but neither am I a pessimist," he told state radio. "I expect a fast recovery." | The month-long nationwide lockdown has destroyed tens of thousands of jobs in the country, and Orban said re-establishing these was his top priority. From next month, restrictions will be grad…
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'Gold mines right now are literally GOLD MINES,' Peter Schiff tells RT's Boom Bust
rt.com | 2020-04-24
Jobless claims continued stockpiling in the US, having topped 26 million over the past five weeks. The government is working to improve stimulus measures as the pandemic continues to ravage the global economy. | Boom Bust is joined by the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, Peter Schiff, who says the US Federal Reserve is just doubling down on its failed monetary policy: "In order to prop up the market, the Fed hastened to destroy the purchasing power of the dollar." | According to Schiff, investors "should be buying gold stocks because gold and gold stocks would be the biggest beneficiaries of monetary policy." | Th…
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Lockdown advice from a GP: Stay active, keep in touch, don't ignore vaccinations
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-24
From the start of the coronavirus outbreak, much of the focus has been the acute impact of COVID-19 on critical care capacity in hospitals.
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A VP for the VP
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
In what we now look back upon as "normal" times, a presidential candidate's choice of a running-mate mattered in theory because the Vice President is only, as the saying goes, "a heartbeat away" from the presidency. In practice, however, hardly anyone gave that consideration much thought

Working Remotely? Here's A Few Tips On Keeping Secure And Stable Networks Amid The COVID-19 Lockdown
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
People in numerous countries have been forced to work remotely by their employers and governments due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, leaving companies and internet service providers (ISPs) scratching their heads on how to manage a surge of users connecting entire offices of non-essential workers.
sputniknews.com/science/2020042410790796…

London Mayor Streams Further 4Mln Pounds to COVID-19 Community Response Fund
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – London Mayor Sadiq Khan has allotted additional funding worth 4 million pounds ($5 million) to community groups tackling the coronavirus outbreak in the UK capital city, including ethnic and sexual minorities, his press service said on Friday.
sputniknews.com/uk/202004241079081253-lo…

The car industry and the climate crisis
Stephan Kroll and Christian Hofmann | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
The car companies should now be converted into providers of mobility needs based on socio-ecological sustainability. Reduction of working hours – short full time of an average of 30 hours/4 days per week for all – is part of the neceesary radical change to save human lives amid plutocratic neoliberalism.
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How to use Social Media to Drive Environmental Change: Climate Change
Ecology Center in Berkeley | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
Online via Livestream…
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Empowering Women: The Climate Solution We Don't Talk About (Climate One)
Climate One | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
Online…
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Asian American Voices on Anti-Asian Violence During COVID-19 (Online)
The Commonwealth Club SF | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
Online via livestream…
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The Fight For PPE On The Docks, The War On Workers & May Day 2020 With ILWU
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
WorkWeek interviews ILWU Local 10 president Trent Willis and ILWU president Keith Shanklin about the struggle protect longshore workers from being contaminated by Covid-19 and the war against working people. They also discuss May Day and the fight of the over 500 seafarers on the Grand Princess who are being kept as prisoners on the ship.
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United Nations Warns of Famine, Urges Debt Relief and Calls for New Debt Process to Confront the Coronavirus Pandemic
Kate Zeller | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
Over the last 48 hours, United Nations agencies warned the coronavirus could spread famine to hundreds of millions, called for new debt relief processes and the UN's chief urged expanding debt relief and aid to more countries.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/23/1883259…

Read My Lips
Lucine Kasbarian | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
The True Face of Turkey.
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Another Round of Partial Answers and Continued Questions
Jessica Scheiner and Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
Here's a letter I e-mailed several days ago with questions, Jessica Scheiner's answers, and my further questions. Scheiner is with the County of Santa Cruz, Human Services Department. E-mail: Jessica.Scheiner@santacruzcounty.us: Phone: 831-454-4088. Those who want to press for safe and sane homeless shelter-in-place now in a time of pandemic might call or e-mail her in hopes of speeding that action.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/23/1883258…

Europe obeys US instead of UNSCR 2231: Zarif
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

Basij forces preparing livelihood assistance packages in Tehran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

Malls on Kish Island resume activity
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
KISH, Apr. 24 (MNA)

COVID-19 infects over 2.7mn people worldwide with 191K deaths
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

How is COVID-19 affecting travel in Iran?
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

Special 'coronavirus' ward in Taleghani Hospital, Abadan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
ABADAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

Launching "Noor-1" satellite to accelerate merging multi-polar world
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

Iran's confirmed coronavirus cases hit almost 88k with 66k recovered
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

'Equality and Sincere Assistance Maneuver' in Tabriz
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TABRIZ, Apr. 24 (MNA)

Qatar 3rd humanitarian aid arrives in Iran to fight coronavirus
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

Rouhani urges Health Min. to research on re-opening religious sites during Ramadan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

Foreign Ministry denounces US stances on Iran's satellite launch
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

Ramadan moon sighting in Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

Rouhani calls for remaining vigilant against hostile moves in region
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

US authorities' claim on Iran's military satellite has no legal basis: Kadkhodaei
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

'Iran is stronger today in the Middle East, America is weaker'
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

UK reacts to Iran's military satellite launch into space
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

Mohammadian not worried about facing world-class rivals
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

'Tabas miracle'; an on-time reminder about US humiliating failure
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

Mousavi advises US officials to read book
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

Russian parl. voices support for Iran's Noor-1 satellite launch
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

IRGC's presence in space to improve country's deterrence
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

WHO considers Iran strong country in healthcare system: health min
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

Iran determined to achieve technology, knowledge: envoy
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-24
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA)

US Plans to Compete With Russia on Nuclear Energy Look 'Strange' Amid COVID-19 – Diplomat
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
VIENNA (Sputnik) – Washington's plans to win a market share in the nuclear technologies sphere from Russia look strange and show that the United States is yet not aware of the new reality of the coronavirus, Russia's permanent representative to international organisations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, said.
sputniknews.com/world/202004241079081385…

Pakistan's Army Accuses India's Governing BJP of Spreading Hindutva Terror
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
New Delhi (Sputnik): Earlier on 21 April, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan used the term "Hindutva supremacist" for the Narendra Modi government, which has been in power since 2014. Khan accused India of discriminating against Muslims while imposing its "Nazi"-like policies.
sputniknews.com/asia/202004241079080649-…

US Intelligence, Pentagon Explore Possibility of Coronavirus Being Used as Bioweapon – Report
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo previously supported the idea of probing China over allegations that the novel coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory studying viruses, despite Beijing and many in the scientific community debunking a theory.
sputniknews.com/us/202004241079079950-us…

UK: Iran's Ballistic Missile Programme is Destabilising for Middle East, Threatens Regional Security
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
On 22 April, the Iranian military said that its first military satellite Noor (Light) had been successfully placed into an orbit located 425 kilometres (624 miles) above the Earth's surface, using a Qassed (Envoy) carrier. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo doubted the launch's compliance with UN resolutions.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/2020042410790…

Pakistani Muslim Cleric Gets Roasted on Social Media for Linking Coronavirus with 'Immoral' Women
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
New Delhi (Sputnik): Muslim clerics in Pakistan have been grabbing headlines ever since the COVID-19 outbreak. Until Thursday, many clerics were abstaining from obeying the lockdown by calling people to prayer in mosques.
sputniknews.com/asia/202004241079080275-…

'The Simplest Solution is to Eat Safe' – Nobel Prize Winner on Lessons of COVID-19
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
Italy currently holds second place in the EU in terms of COVID-19 cases after Spain, with Johns Hopkins University data showing a total of 25,085 coronavirus-related deaths and 187,327 infections registered as of 23 April.
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