Celebrating Vietnam's victory over U.S. aggressors
Workers World Party | workers.org | 2020-04-24
North Vietnamese troops ride through Saigon on a tank in April 1975.= Forty-five years ago on April 30, 1975, the United States was dealt a decisive, humiliating defeat in its imperialist intervention in the civil war in Vietnam. Millions of Vietnamese and tens of thousands of U.S. and allied forces . . . | Continue reading Celebrating Vietnam's victory over U.S. aggressors at Workers.org…
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On the picket line
Sue Davis | workers.org | 2020-04-24
New strategy in sexual harassment suit against McDonald's Jamelia Fairley and Ashley Reddick, who worked for several years at McDonald's in Sanford, Fla., filed a class-action lawsuit against the company alleging a widespread pattern of sexual harassment of 5,000 women workers at the company's 100 stores throughout the state. In . . . | Continue reading On the picket line at Workers.org…
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Puerto Rico, Protest, Prison: Johanna Fernández and Jose Saldaña Talk About The Young Lords
Susie Day | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
Johanna Fernández, child of immigrants from the Dominican Republic and professor at New York's Baruch College, has just published The Young Lords: A Radical History, a book about the 1960s Puerto Rican activist group. The Young Lords began as a Chicago street gang; then, inspired by the Black Panther Party, morphed into a militant rights…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/puerto-rico-…

More than half of Venezuela's refugees in Colombia at risk of starvation: UN
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-04-23
The coronavirus pandemic has put an estimated 900,000 Venezuelan migrants in Colombia at imminent risk of starvation, according to the United Nations' World Food Program (WFP). This is more than…
colombiareports.com/more-than-half-of-ve…

Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Funds State Dept/USAID Operations that Once Helped Trigger Polio Outbreak in Syria
Max Blumenthal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
While the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill was authored in the spirit of beating back a pandemic, buried deep within its text is a stipend for the US State Department operations dedicated to carrying out foreign interventions that have contributed …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-stimulus-b…

Will America's Corruption End on a Ventilator or in a Mushroom Cloud?
Nicolas J S Davies, Medea Benjamin | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
Little by little, Americans are understanding just how badly our government has let us down by its belated and disastrous response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and how thousands more people are dying as a result. But there are two other crises we face that our government is totally unprepared for and incapable of dealing with:…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/will-america…

How the Chinese authorities and the WHO handled the Coronavirus
Vijay Prashad | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-23
On April 14, US 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, fou…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/23/how-the-c…

Merchants of death: Multibillion-dollar bailout for arms industry amid rising COVID-19 toll
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
Workers in arms plants, classified as "essential infrastructure," have protested and struck against the coronavirus threat that confronts the entire working class amidst the drive for a return to work.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/pers…

Agricultural Workers Have Struggled for Decades. They Need COVID-19 Relief Now
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-23
My grandfather, who was a dairy farmer all his life, cried when he dumped his milk. It's downright painful to watch your hard work literally go down the drain. | That was in the late 1960s, when my family and many others dumped their milk out of protest

Talking Points for the "End the Shutdown" Protesters
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
Just some helpful, encouraging ideas for the heroes who rally in defense of the dying system, enjoying the rebellious rush of imbibing one another's mucosal droplets in shouted sessions in classic settings. Some thoughts to discuss with friends and supporters, especially with the devout religious people leading the movement: *Pontius Pilate washed his hands after…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/talking-poin…

After Bernie: It's Time to Start Talking About a Democratic Socialist Party
Mimi Harris, Philip Locker and Evan Seitchik | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
We all felt a deep sadness as Bernie Sanders announced the end of his campaign, along with gratitude for all his work fighting for socialist policies. The COVID-19 pandemic brutally underlines just how necessary Bernie's policies are. It's painful to even contemplate the presidential race being between the Wall Street Democrat Joe Biden and the…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/after-bernie…

Our Revolution or Our Capitulation?
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
Seeing Bernie Sanders sitting on camera side by side with Joe Biden, demanding nothing, made me want to… Bernie Sanders gave up without hardly a whimper! No wonder that many of his supporters are fuming and stating that they will not vote for Biden in November. See…
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Foreign Correspondent: Washington's COVID-19 Blame Game
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2020-04-23
Trump team officials are seeking to distract attention from their own pitiful performance.
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Monitoring the Public After Coronavirus
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
It is too early to say when or even whether the siege initiated by the coronavirus will end, but many Americans and Europeans are speculating over what kind of countries will emerge on the other side. National Security Agency (NSA) …
globalresearch.ca/monitoring-public-afte…

Forgotten War Crimes: NATO's 1999 Attack on Serbia's State TV Headquarters "Wiped from the Record"
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
This article was originally published in 2018 following its 19th anniversary. Slight modification is made below for its 21st anniversary. | Twenty-one years ago, on 23 April 1999, a NATO missile attack on Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) headquarters killed …
globalresearch.ca/forgotten-war-crimes-n…

India's Selective Embrace of Economic Nationalism Has Anti-Chinese Motivations
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
India's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) took a page from Trump's playbook by selectively embracing economic nationalism after it revised its foreign investment policy to mandate that companies from neighboring states receive government approval prior to …
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India's Selective Embrace of Economic Nationalism Has Anti-Chinese Motivations
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
India's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) took a page from Trump's playbook by selectively embracing economic nationalism after it revised its foreign investment policy to mandate that companies from neighboring states receive government approval prior to …
globalresearch.ca/india-selective-embrac…

Libertarian Activist Organizes "Re-Open" Santa Cruz March, Calls Pandemic a Hoax
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2020-04-23
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 | 2020-04-23
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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Immigration Freeze: COVID-19 Provides 'Window of Opportunity' for Key Trump Policy – Prof
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
On Wednesday evening US President Trump announced that he had signed an executive order putting a hold on the entry of immigrants to the country for at least 60 days.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202004231079067…

Nobody Will Survive if Pandemic Spreads in Iraq's IDP Camps – Official
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
Iraq's internally displaced persons might have survived Daesh*, but they have zero chances of completely fighting off the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to spread throughout the war-torn country, warns an official who has been working with IDPs since 2016. Certain obstacles make matters worse, but IDPs are determined to keep the virus at bay.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/2020042310790…

Ex-Concentration Camp Prisoners Ask Investigation Committee to Deal With Actions of Finnish Invaders
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
Former prisoners of Finnish concentration camps in Karelia have asked Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigation Committee, to look into the actions of the occupation authorities during the Great Patriotic War.
sputniknews.com/russia/20200423107906729…

Iran Summons Swiss Ambassador Representing US to Lodge Protest Against Trump's Threats
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
The US president said he had "instructed" the country's Navy to shoot and sink Iranian gunboats if they start harassing American war vessels in the Persian Gulf. Head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Hossein Salami later cautioned Washington against such step warning that Tehran will shoot back.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/2020042310790…

German court opens first Syria torture trial
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-23
Two suspected members of President Bashar al-Assad's security services had charges of torture and sexual assault read out against them on Thursday in a German court, in what lawyers say is the first trial for war crimes by Syrian government agents.Anwar R., a former intelligence officer who applied for asylum in Germany six years ago after leaving Syria, is charged with 58 murders in a Damascus prison where prosecutors say at least 4,000 opposition activists were tortured in 2011 and 2012.Grey haired, with a bald patch and wearing a moustache, glasses and a dark sweater, he sat calmly behind a glass cubicle erect…
yenisafak.com/en/world/german-court-open…

Amazon Workers Hold Nationwide Strikes As COVID-19 Sweeps Warehouses
Chris Smalls | zcomm.org | 2020-04-23
Fired Amazon employee Chris Smalls says workers will protest until they feel protected, while Amazon-owned Whole Foods is ranking stores where employees are most likely to unionize…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/amazon-workers-hol…

Video: Government Forces Clash with Kurdish Militias Amid Israeli Strikes on Central Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
On April 21, clashes broke out in the city of Qamishly between the Kurdish Asayish, a security force of the Syrian Democratic Forces, and the pro-government National Defense Forces. | Local sources claim that NDF units tried to capture several Asayish …
globalresearch.ca/video-government-force…

"The Virus Is Still Out There": Infectious Disease Expert Warns Against Reopening States Too Soon
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-23
Despite strong objections of public health officials, governors in Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina still plan to reopen parks, beaches and nonessential businesses. Even Trump reversed his support. Increased testing is critical for the whole country. But where are the tests? We look at the path ahead with Dr. Syra Madad, infectious disease specialist and special pathogens expert, who was recently featured in the Netflix docuseries "Pandemic."
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/23/dr_syra_m…

Global Health Doctor: Hire 1000s of Contact Tracers to Stop COVID-19, Save Lives and the Economy
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-23
As parts of the United States and Europe consider reopening, most of the world's population remains susceptible to the coronavirus. We look at new efforts to stop the deadly spread of COVID-19 with contact tracing

A Machiavellian Fiasco: How a So-Called 'Centrist' Resurrected Israel's Far Right
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-23
So-called centrist Benny Gantz has seemingly done everything in his power to assure Israel's left and center are crippled for years to come and that Netanyahu will continue his decades-long reign unopposed.
mintpressnews.com/how-centrist-benny-gan…

Trump's New Immigration 'Ban' Is an Evil Attempt at Distraction
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-04-23
Trump's New Immigration 'Ban' Is an Evil Attempt at Distraction…
thenation.com/article/politics/trumps-ne…

Trump failed on Coronavirus, now wants to "shoot down" tiny Iranian Skiffs
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-04-23
I doubt that Trump's tweet will last longer than his memory of calling the coronavirus a hoax has. He's just seeing if he can get a rise from his base by … acting like a scoundrel.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trump-failed-on-co…

Should Americans Demand A Socialist Shock Doctrine?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-23
The for-profit healthcare system has failed to protect most people during the coronavirus pandemic, and it's increasing demand for policies like Medicare for All.
therealnews.com/stories/should-americans…

150 years after the birth of V.I. Lenin: Long Live Leninism!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-23
On April 22, 1870 the great Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was born in a small city of Simbirsk near the Volga River. Lenin stood at the forefront of Russia's revolutionary movement, at the helm of the world's first socialist country, and simultaneously brought into being the modern international communist movement. Lenin's thinking and the movement he helped create shook the world, and with our collective efforts, will shape the future. | Lenin's practical and theoretical contributions are legion. He was a profoundly practical person, who made major contributions to Marxist theory. In fact, Lenin to…
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Iran Harassing the US? Trump Threatens War?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
The Iranian and US geopolitical agendas are world's apart. | Iran hasn't attacked another country in centuries, threatens none now. Claims otherwise turn truth on its head. | The US, in contrast, is at war on humanity at home and abroad

Iran's Military Satellite Launch, Pentagon Response, Trump Regime Threats
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
On Wednesday, Iran's IRGC launched a military satellite into orbit 265 miles in space above planet earth. | IRGC commander General Hossein Salami said the "successful launch of the satellite promoted new dimensions of the defense power of the Islamic Republic …
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Venezuela: Guaido to Use Funds Frozen in US to Pay Loyalists $5000 Monthly Salaries
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-04-23
Pro-Guaido lawmakers and diplomats will take nearly a third of an $80 million "Liberation Fund."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14853

Trump Administration Orders Chevron to Shutter Venezuela Operations
Lucas Koerner | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
The United States Treasury Department gave California-based oil giant Chevron until December 1 to wind down its operations in Venezuela. | The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a temporary license Tuesday authorizing Chevron transactions and activities "necessary for …
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Incarceration is Now a Potential Death Sentence
Jesse Jackson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
This week, the New York Times featured the story of how the coronavirus savaged the Federal Correctional Complex in Oakdale, Louisiana. On March 28, Patrick Jones, 49, serving a 27-year sentence for possession of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute, became the first federal inmate to die of the virus. Barely three weeks later,…
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Media fail to identify xenophobia as Biden says Trump 'rolled over for Chinese'
Julie Hollar | mronline.org | 2020-04-23
Rather than respond by focusing blame for the crisis squarely where it belongs–on Trump's incompetent, reckless and self-centered management–and working to beat back the dangerously rising anti-Asian sentiment in this country, Biden and some of his supporting super PACs are choosing to adopt rather than challenge the anti-China premise of the attacks.
mronline.org/2020/04/23/media-fail-to-id…

Italian Scientists Find COVID-19 in Eye Fluids
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-23
The Italian National Institute of Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" managed to isolate active SARS-CoV-2 in ocular secretions. | RELATED: | Few Americans Support Easing COVID-19 Measures: Survey | The information is published in an article titled "SARS-CoV-2 Isolation from Ocular Secretions of a Patient With COVID-19 in Italy With Prolonged Viral RNA Detection", in Annals of Internal Medicine. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease, but conjunctivitis is one of the less frequent sym…
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Iran Will Destroy US Warships If They Pose a Security Threat
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-23
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps will attack U.S. warships if they pose a threat to Iranian ships in the Persian Gulf region, the commander of the military group, Brigadier General Hussein Salami, said on Thursday. | RELATED: | Iran to Test Asymptomatic People to Contain COVID-19 | According to the commander, the military units are instructed to attack the United States Navy if necessary. | "We will target them. It is our strategy to defend national interests at sea," Salami said, accordi…
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Mexico: Amnesty Law to Free People Convicted of Minor Crimes
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-23
The Mexican government issued an Amnesty Law on Wednesday to speed up the release of prisoners who have been accused of crimes in the midst of health contingencies. | RELATED: | Mexico Prohibits Cremation of People Killed by COVID-19 | Only two days after its approval by the Senate, the law will enter into force this Thursday, after its publication in the Official Gazette. | The law was presented to the Senate by Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and aims to free at least 6,000 people con…
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WHO to Receive $30 Million From China to Fight COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-23
The World Health Organization (WHO) will receive a $30 million grant from the government of China to use these resources for the containment of COVID-19. | RELATED: | China Denies the Coronavirus Came from One of Its Labs | The announcement of the donation was made Thursday by the Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Hua Chunying. | On her Twitter account, Hua Chunying recalled that the government donated $20 million in cash to the WHO on 11 March. | China's donation comes one week…
telesurenglish.net/news/who-to-receive-3…

U.S. Blockade Prevents Swiss Aid to Cuba
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-23
Swiss solidarity groups on April 22 denounced the blockade of aid to Cuba. The medical supplies and other resources were intended for Cuban COVID-19 patients, as the Caribbean island is in need of this aid. | RELATED: | Cuba: In Test Phase Vaccine That Activates Innate Immune System | "The U.S. blockade has imposed an enormous burden on the country's health system, while also endangering the lives of many Cubans," affirmed MediCuba Switzerland and Switzerland-Cuba representati…
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Rich are Getting Richer, Despite Pandemic
Omar Ocampo | progressive.org | 2020-04-23
As billionaires' wealth continues to balloon, it's time for them to pay their fair share.
progressive.org/op-eds/rich-getting-rich…

Merchants of Death: Multibillion-dollar Bailout for Arms Industry Amid Rising COVID-19 Toll
Bill Van Auken | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
"I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea," US President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday in a startling threat that could trigger a catastrophic war …
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Merchants of Death: Multibillion-dollar Bailout for Arms Industry Amid Rising COVID-19 Toll
Bill Van Auken | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
"I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea," US President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday in a startling threat that could trigger a catastrophic war …
globalresearch.ca/multibillion-dollar-ba…

The Seven-Step Path from Pandemic to Totalitarianism
Rosemary Frei | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
As if it was planned in advance, billions of people around the globe are being forced step by rapid step into a radically different way of life, one that involves far less personal, physical and financial freedoms. | Here is the …
globalresearch.ca/seven-step-path-pandem…

Africa Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
There are 55 member-states within the African Union (AU) where 1.2 billion people reside. | Governments throughout the continent have taken initiatives to reduce the threat of COVID-19 cases which have been confirmed in a majority of countries. | The Republic of …
globalresearch.ca/africa-responds-covid-…

Africa Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
There are 55 member-states within the African Union (AU) where 1.2 billion people reside. | Governments throughout the continent have taken initiatives to reduce the threat of COVID-19 cases which have been confirmed in a majority of countries. | The Republic of …
globalresearch.ca/africa-responds-covid-…

A month after promising emergency funds for Colombia's hospitals, Duque yet to transfer a peso
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-04-23
A month after promising to cancel $1.5 billion debts owed to public hospitals, Colombia's President Ivan Duque has yet to transfer a single peso, the Inspector General's Office said Wednesday….
colombiareports.com/a-month-after-promis…

The bipartisan "small business" swindle: Billions for the banks and corporations, pennies for workers and shopkeepers
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
Scores of multi-million- and billion-dollar corporations are receiving free handouts from the government under the "small business" relief fund grotesquely misnamed the "Paycheck Protection Program."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/bail…

A Progressive Victory over the Coronavirus
John Feffer | zcomm.org | 2020-04-23
South Korea, having beaten back the coronavirus, is now poised to show the world how to move forward to save lives, democracy, and the planet…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-progressive-vict…

Stop the Pandemic Profiteers
Jim Hightower | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
Wartime profiteering has been as common in our country as war itself. Indeed, during the American Revolution assorted corrupt merchants and traders lined their pockets by controlling the supply and jacking up the prices on various goods they sold to the Continental Army and to the general public. Often though, feisty colonials struck back at…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/stop-the-pan…

Germany's right-wing Bild newspaper agitates against China
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
The accusation serves to divert attention away from the ruling elite's failure to deal with the pandemic, while at the same time whipping up public opinion for war with China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/bild…

Israel Is Involving Itself In Libya's Civil War. Why?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-23
Khalifa Haftar's onslaught on the Libya's capital was openly supported by the UAE, but evidence has emerged that his forces received weapons and training from Israel.
therealnews.com/stories/israel-mossad-li…

Global Research: Independent News in a Polarized World
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
At Global Research, our mandate is to increase awareness on the broadest possible level while maintaining full independence in our reports and analyses. In an increasingly polarized world, independent news and analysis is a vital tool for examining issues from …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-indepe…

Future research and innovation leaders backed through flagship fellowships
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-23
Three Imperial researchers have been awarded Future Leader Fellowships from UK Research and Innovation to tackle pressing global challenges.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197036/future-resear…

World Food Programme warns: COVID-19 pandemic will cause "famines of biblical proportions"
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
Hundreds of millions of people face starvation and millions could die as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/hung…

Infectious Disease Expert Warns Against Reopening States Too Soon
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-23
Despite strong objections of public health officials, governors in Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina still plan to reopen parks, beaches and nonessential businesses. Even Trump reversed his support. Increased testing is critical for the whole country. But where are the tests? We look at the path ahead with Dr. Syra Madad, infectious disease specialist and special pathogens expert, who was recently featured in the Netflix docuseries "Pandemic." | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may…
truthout.org/video/infectious-disease-ex…

US provocatively dispatches warships to South China Sea
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
As it amplifies its inflammatory rhetoric blaming China for the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration is also raising military tensions in the South China Sea.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/scse…

Online Schooling Is Highlighting the Inequality in Our Classrooms
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-23
Noelle Salaun, an urban high school senior, is frustrated. Although she has already been accepted into a prestigious college for fall 2020, the transition from in-school classes to at-home learning has left her perplexed and angry. | "I'm drowning in stress and anxiety," Salaun told Truthout. "I feel as though I'm not learning. Before the virus, a normal school day was 8: 30 am to 2: 30 pm. Now, with online learning, every day of the week starts and ends differently. It's a mess." | Furthermore, Salaun sa…
truthout.org/articles/online-schooling-i…

Federal Doctor Was Fired for Resisting Trump's Promotion of Untested Treatments
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-23
A high-ranking federal scientist and one of the leading vaccine experts in the U.S. said in a withering statement on Wednesday that he was fired from his post as director of the Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority because he questioned and resisted President Donald Trump's promotion of untested Covid-19 treatments, particularly hydroxyc…
truthout.org/articles/federal-doctor-was…

We Must Hire More Contact Tracers to Stop COVID, Global Health Doctor Says
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-23
As parts of the United States and Europe consider reopening, most of the world's population remains susceptible to the coronavirus. We look at new efforts to stop the deadly spread of COVID-19 with contact tracing

Germany announces fresh measures to safeguard workers amid lockdown
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-23
The relief package announced by the coalition government headed by chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday mainly provides respite to small businesses and low-income workers who are forced to stay home due to the COVID-19 lockdown…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/23/germany-a…

A crisis like no other: social reproduction and the regeneration of capitalist life during the COVID-19 pandemic
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-23
As the COVID-19 health crisis deepens, it looks increasingly clear that the short-term collapse in global output is likely to exceed that of any recession in the last 150 years–that is, in the entire history of capitalism. The ILO estimates that the crisis will lead to the destruction of 195 million jobs. Hence, after discussing …
mronline.org/2020/04/23/a-crisis-like-no…

When Oil Markets Go Viral
Adam Hanieh | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
The ecological dimensions of COVID-19 have become increasingly prominent in much recent discussion, with several important contributions exploring the pandemic in relation to capitalist agribusiness, widespread loss of biodiversity, and the destruction of natural ecosystems. There is, however, a further …
globalresearch.ca/when-oil-markets-go-vi…

Israel heightens surveillance citing COVID-19
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-23
Israel has strengthened its surveillance infrastructure under the pretext of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. The government's moves have been criticized by various sections but it has continued nonetheless.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/23/israel-he…

From COP-21 To COVID-19: The Collapse Of "Predictive Models" and the Return to Actual Thinking
Matthew J. L. Ehret | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-23
American Surgeon General Jerome Powell's recent announcement that America would begin using real data and real trends instead of the World Health Organization-Bill Gates driven 'predictive models' came as a breath of fresh air for many who were beginning to lose hope that reason had been banished from world policy. When compared with reality, the WHO/Gates-funded narrative …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/from-cop-21-t…

New research projects funded by donor-led COVID-19 response fund
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-23
Imperial has announced the winners of the first round of funding for projects tackling the coronavirus pandemic.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197033/new-research-…

Pandemic Israeli Style
Dovid Primack | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
Real news never happens on TV. For the cameras to roll and the anchors to anch, something sensational has to happen, and to produce the sensation, something must be sacrificed, either a clear view of reality or a human life, preferably both. And that's what Covid-19 is all about in newsrooms around the world. It…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/pandemic-isr…

What Can Normalcy Bring?
Victor Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
With COVID-19 figures slowly receding, Germany is limping back to some kind of normalcy. Auto and bike shops, book dealers, barbers and most shops less than 800 m2 can now re-open (with customers 5 ft apart). Bigger shops and department stores are squabbling: "Why not us?" So are churches, mosques and synagogues, possibly worried that…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/what-can-nor…

Rescue of refugees in the Mediterranean Sea halted
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
The COVID-19 pandemic has become a wretched excuse to halt aid to refugees and abolish the fundamental right to asylum in the European Union.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/medi…

Hostility to workers' questions at online Australian union event
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
In the ACTU "webinar," no workers could speak, let alone oppose the unions' role in assisting employers slash pay and conditions in the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/actu…

Twenty-nine London transport workers dead from COVID-19, as anger rises over unsafe working conditions
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
More than six weeks after the World Health Organisation declared a global pandemic, London bus drivers say they are being treated as an "expendable commodity."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/lond…

National Guard deployed to Pennsylvania nursing home stricken by COVID-19 outbreak
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
Deaths in nursing homes make up the majority of coronavirus fatalities in the state.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/penn…

Who's Responsible for America's Coronavirus Fiasco?
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
Donald Trump said that he would make America number one again. And now the United States leads the world in coronavirus infections and COVID-19 deaths. It is a dubious achievement. How could this have happened? The United States is supposed to have one of the best medical systems in the world. The Center for Disease…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/whos-respons…

Renewed Ebola outbreak threatens the Congo as COVID-19 spreads
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
Already afflicted by a growing COVID-19 pandemic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen three new Ebola cases including two deaths in recent weeks.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/cong…

Apple And Google Are Going To Track You (Even More) To Monitor COVID-19 Spread
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-23
Big tech volunteers to create platforms that facilitate digital contact tracing, but how will they protect private health data?
therealnews.com/stories/apple-google-tra…

Detroit, COVID-19 and the Worsening Capitalist Crisis
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
Detroit still remains at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic as infection rates continue at unacceptable levels amid the rapidly declining economic situation. | Although the rate of people entering hospitals suffering from the virus and the number of deaths are …
globalresearch.ca/detroit-covid-19-worse…

Kweisi Mfume Calls Himself A 'Progressive Moderate.' What Does That Mean?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-23
Kweisi Mfume wants to return to Congress representing Maryland's 7th District. He discusses the 2020 elections, the Democratic Party, how governments should respond to COVID-19, and the fifth anniversary of Freddie Gray's death.
therealnews.com/stories/kweisi-mfume-pro…

News publishers and COVID-19 coverage
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-23
By TruePublica: As COVID-19 immerses Britain in crisis after crisis, the public go in search of facts not salacious celebrity stories and fake news peddled by right-wing rags. The Sun and Daily Mail lose ground as The Guardian and Financial Times reach new records. Reading Press Gazette today provides a tiny ray of light in …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/news-p…

What the President Continues to Say (About the Plague)
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
"People were shocked I acted so quickly. And everybody thought I was wrong because I did act so quickly as you know with respect to closing the borders." [It was almost 6 weeks after the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in the US that the Trump administration moved to step-up coronavirus testing]…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/what-the-pre…

Coronavirus… What If?
Kimberly Brady | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
What if…? What if the number of Coronavirus cases is not accurate and is actually exaggerated by many times? What if the estimates are based on a flawed computer model? What if the developer of the model has so admitted? …
globalresearch.ca/letter-to-the-editor-w…

As US governors rush to reopen businesses, "Excess death" counts begin to reveal true toll of pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
A series of reports have shown that the real death toll from the coronavirus in many parts of the United States and Europe is likely at least twice what has been officially reported.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/covi…

Coronavirus: "Severe Economic Storms". Possible Scenarios
Marc Vandepitte | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
It is clear that we are heading for severe economic storms. Several scenarios are possible, one more optimistic than the other, but the whole system can also go bust. In any case, hard choices will have to be made. | According …
globalresearch.ca/corona-tax-rebellion-c…

Inequality and the Coronavirus: How to Destroy American Society From the Top Down
Liz Theoharis | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
My mom contracted polio when she was 14. She survived and learned to walk again, but my life was deeply affected by that virus. Today, as our larger society attempts to self-distance and self-isolate, my family has texted about the polio quarantine my mom was put under: how my grandma fearfully checked my aunt's temperature…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/inequality-a…

‚ÄãCoronavirus is not an enemy rather a courier
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-23
A Perspective from Chinese Dao thinking…
mronline.org/2020/04/23/%e2%80%8bcoronav…

Debts and Deficits With Coronavirus
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
For all the suffering caused by the pandemic, one important positive effect is that it may lead to clearer thinking about government debt and deficits. To Congress's credit, it has focused on dealing with the problem of sustaining the country through a period in which much of the economy is shut down, rather than worrying…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/debts-and-de…

De-mystifying the Coronavirus Statistics. Read Carefully: The Risks Are Exceedingly Low!
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
Please pay attention to the following statistical facts that contradict what is being propagandized on every media outlet, including television, radio and national, regional and local print media: | As just one example, it must be noted that only 0.1% of …
globalresearch.ca/de-mystifying-statisti…

Britain's coronavirus testing fiasco is a product of herd immunity strategy
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
The government claims to have established a daily testing capacity of 40,000 but only half that number is being carried out.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/brit…

Colombia's banks bashed from all sides over 'vampire' response to coronavirus crisis
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-04-23
President Ivan Duque and the opposition fiercely criticized Colombia's banks over their alleged lack of cooperation to help the country through the coronavirus pandemic. Both the central bank and the…
colombiareports.com/colombias-banks-bash…

Australia Post announces major restructure threatening thousands of jobs
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
The government and management are utilising the coronavirus pandemic to implement longstanding plans for mass sackings and privatisation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/post…

The Day Petroleum Was Less Than Worthless
William rivers Pitt | zcomm.org | 2020-04-23
April 20, 2020, may not be remembered as the day when marijuana briefly became a more valuable commodity than petroleum…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-day-petroleum-…

Imperial geoscientists complete UK's first MSc virtual field trip
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-23
As part of the College's move to remote learning, thirty-five MSc Petroleum Geoscience students embarked on a simulated overseas trip to the Pyrenees.
imperial.ac.uk/news/196961/imperial-geos…

Settling Scores: Malcolm Turnbull's Smaller Picture
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
Memoirs can be unreliable artefacts. They feature fiercely subjective views, reflections tempered, or hardened, by the passage of time. They tend to be of lives edited, errors justified, triumphs amplified. Malcolm Turnbull, yet another Australian prime minister butchered by the ranks of his own party, has not set out to be an exception to this…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/settling-sco…

"Sorry We Missed You": Ken Loach Exposes the Holes in the Gig Economy
Chuck Collins | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
Director Ken Loach has done it again. "Sorry We Missed You" is a family drama infused with a searing look at life in the "gig economy" with a frayed social safety net. Like his previous film, "I, Daniel Blake," this movie is about working class people maintaining their dignity and humanity in the face of…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/sorry-we-mis…

The Perils of Politicizing the Pandemic
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
President Trump has so thoroughly polarized the nation that almost every conceivable action is now seen through the false lens of red and blue. If the sky is blue, does that mean it's Democratic? If the sunset is red, does that mean it's Republican? Inane questions

Have You Hugged Your Copper Today?
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
Have You Hugged Your Copper Today? Smithsonian mag the other day gleed and glissed over copper, the age old assassin, djinn killer of germs, free radicals that beat Corona's membranes out, like some obscure french revolution, hooded guillotine, copperheads, a fresh roll of coins, Viva! A penny saved is a saving penny! E pluribus unum,…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/have-you-hug…

The US believes it has a "messianic mission" against communism, says Venezuelan vice-minister
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-23
Venezuela has been targeted by a series of threats by the United States government over the last several years. Since President Barack Obama decreed the country in 2015 as an "unusual threat to US security," a number of coercive measures have been implemented that constitute an economic blockade. | The Trump administration maintained its aggressive stance and, in May 2018, the Bolivarian government declared Washington Business Officer Todd Robinson as a "persona non grata" in Venezuelan territory. | The announcement came shortly after the White House failed to recognize the electoral process that re-elected Nicol…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/23/the-us-be…

India and Pakistan Increase Mutual Violence Amidst Pandemic
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
In the midst of the global pandemic, India and Pakistan are increasing mutual violence, without due attention being paid to the situation by the international media. Several violations of the ceasefire between the two countries have been taking place in …
globalresearch.ca/india-pakistan-increas…

Video: The WHO is Funded by Big Pharma and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Joseph Mercola | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
While philanthropy is considered noble, some philanthropists appear to be doing far more harm than good with their donated millions. Bill Gates, who cofounded Microsoft in 1975, is perhaps one of the most dangerous philanthropists in modern history, having …
globalresearch.ca/video-bill-gates-most-…

The Fire Fauci Brigade
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
The intemperate volcano that is the US President has done much to burn its way through prominent appointments. As the title of former GOP strategist Rick Wilson's book goes, Everything Trump Touches Dies. There seem few more important individuals …
globalresearch.ca/fire-fauci-brigade/570…

Video: The WHO is Funded by Big Pharma and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Joseph Mercola | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
While philanthropy is considered noble, some philanthropists appear to be doing far more harm than good with their donated millions. Bill Gates, who cofounded Microsoft in 1975, is perhaps one of the most dangerous philanthropists in modern history, having …
globalresearch.ca/video-bill-gates-most-…

Psychological Remarks on "Authority Obedience". Say No!
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
What is happening in front of all our eyes at the moment is a huge scary dizziness. "Corona" is a geopolitical operation by the "global elite" and their "depopulation agenda" is real. Isolation imprisonment makes people sick and kills …
globalresearch.ca/psychological-remarks-…

Psychological Remarks on "Authority Obedience". Say No!
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
What is happening in front of all our eyes at the moment is a huge scary dizziness. "Corona" is a geopolitical operation by the "global elite" and their "depopulation agenda" is real. Isolation imprisonment makes people sick and kills …
globalresearch.ca/psychological-remarks-…

European Union summit argues over corona bonds
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
A bitter struggle is raging between the EU member states over how the trillions should be distributed and who will pay for it.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/gipf…

Mass deaths in New York nursing homes
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
Combined with a lack of testing three months into the pandemic, state policies have created conditions for an uncontrollable spread of the virus and horrific mass deaths among the elderly, and significant fatalities among the staff.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/nurs…

Pandemics, Climate Crisis and the Turbulent Future
Ted Glick | zcomm.org | 2020-04-23
We must learn from the history of past efforts at systemic change which have floundered because they were male-dominated, monochromatic instead of consciously multi-racial, led too often by white men who too often got wrapped up in ego and power…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/pandemics-climate-…

Cooperation Humboldt and the Solidarity Economy
Margaret Kimberley | zcomm.org | 2020-04-23
Founded in 2017, Cooperation Humboldt was already incubating worker cooperatives, administering food sovereignty programs, advocating for public banking and participatory budgeting, and exploring housing cooperatives, an arts hub, and eco-villages–all before the pandemic arrived in the U.S.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/cooperation-humbol…

Despite restrictions eviction notices still being delivered in New Orleans amid pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
There have been multiple instances in New Orleans and around the country of landlords sending eviction notices as a bullying tactic to force out or squeeze rent payments from of poor and unemployed workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/evic…

Detroiters lack privilege to distance socially
Yusef Bunchy Shakur | zcomm.org | 2020-04-23
Source: Deadline Detroit The "hood" is the center of many conversations about why folks are not staying at home, as the virus continues to spread and claim lives across. But it is in the "hood" that people have been forced, socially and economically, to survive (not live) in their own world. Social distancing is not Read…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/detroiters-lack-pr…

I Want My Death to Make You Angry
Emily Pierskalla | zcomm.org | 2020-04-23
Don't say "heaven has gained an angel." Tell them negligence and greed has murdered a person for choosing a career dedicated to compassion and service…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/i-want-my-death-to…

Think tank fears Colombia's worst economic crash in history
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-04-23
Think tank Fedesarollo on Wednesday projected that Colombia's economy would contract between 2.7% and 7.9%, the worst slump in recorded history, this year. The think tank was even more pessimistic…
colombiareports.com/think-tanks-fears-co…

Indian refineries slash Middle East oil imports as storage fills up
rt.com | 2020-04-23
Due to plummeting fuel demand and overflowing storage capacity, at least three oil refiners in India have asked for lower crude oil imports for May from the Middle East, including from the world's top exporter Saudi Arabia. | Two oil refiners will be cutting their crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia by between 66 percent and 80 percent for May, as India

Germany's largest airline Lufthansa seeks state aid to stay afloat
rt.com | 2020-04-23
Lufthansa is eyeing state aid to secure its solvency amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the airline has confirmed in a statement. | The information comes two weeks after CEO Carsten Spohr said the airline was losing €1 million (about $1.08 million) an hour and is facing the "biggest challenge" of its 65-year history. | In March alone, revenues plummeted by over $1.4 billion, it said, adding that cost reductions could only "partially offset" the damage during the quarter. | Lufthansa said it was not currently possible to foresee when the group's airlines would be able to resume flight operations beyond the curren…
rt.com/business/486692-lufthansa-state-c…

Brent crude recovers as military spat between US and Iran overshadows investors' fears over storage exhaustion
rt.com | 2020-04-23
The price of a barrel of Brent crude oil has climbed by more than nine percent to $22.25 (ICE) on Thursday amid renewed military tensions between the US and Iran. | Brent crude prices had fallen by more than 50 percent over the last week, reaching its lowest level since June 1999. The dramatic drop came as concerns mounted that crude storage tanks are running out of space. | On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump had warned that the US Navy would attack Iranian gunboats if they "harass our ships at sea," reigniting fears of a conflict in the Persian Gulf. | West Texas Intermediate (WTI) had similarly plunged…
rt.com/business/486614-brent-oil-price-r…

US unemployment headed for 27 MILLION as pandemic erases all new jobs created since 2008 financial crisis
rt.com | 2020-04-23
With the US Labor Department set to reveal the number of weekly jobless claims on Thursday, economists expect another 4.5 million Americans to have applied for unemployment benefits for the week ending April 18. | A slight decrease on the previous week's 5.2 million claims, it will bring the total number to around 27 million in a month. The number is greater than all the 23.3 million jobs created in the US since the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Economists broadly expect the figure to steadily decline going forward. | …
rt.com/business/486619-us-unemployment-c…

Astronomers snap fresh IMAGES of enormous 'face mask wearing' asteroid that's heading our way
rt.com | 2020-04-23
A mountain-sized asteroid that's currently zooming in Earth's direction has been photographed in unprecedented quality by astronomers who quipped that it appears to be wearing a face mask. | The gigantic space rock

Regions don't decide, retailers open all at once: France to unveil nationwide plan to lift Covid-19 lockdown next week
rt.com | 2020-04-23
Lifting the coronavirus lockdown in France will not be done region by region, and state representatives will be key in deciding the reopening on the ground, latest statements from Paris reveal ahead of next week's final exit plan. | As the lockdown-weary French are looking forward to the May 11 date, the government is still making up its mind on how to make that first major step on the way "back to normal." | On Thursday, President Emmanuel Macron met with local officials and mayors via a video link to discuss the government's strategy to lift the lockdown. He revealed that it will "not be done in a regionaliz…
rt.com/news/486662-france-coronavirus-lo…

Moon's geology revealed in greater detail than ever before in first all-inclusive map (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-04-23
For the first time in history, the entire lunar surface has been mapped and the geology classified, paving the way for safer future Moon landings and reminding us to look upwards once more. | Scientists from the USGS Astrogeology Science Center, in collaboration with NASA and the Lunar and Planetary Institute, have produced the 'Unified Geologic Map of the Moon,' at 1: 5,000,000 scale, marking the culmination of decades of work. | | © NASA/GSFC/USGS | "People have always been fascinated by the Moon and when we might return," said current USGS director and former NASA astronaut Jim Reilly. "So, it's wonde…
rt.com/news/486628-usgs-detailed-lunar-m…

US weekly unemployment hits 4.4 million, bringing coronavirus lockdown total to more than 26 million
rt.com | 2020-04-23
The US Labor Department said on Thursday that unemployment has continued to rise at a historically unprecedented pace. Another 4.4 million applications filed last week has brought the total in the past five weeks to 26.4 million. | The new claims figure, for the week ending April 18, shows a decline of 810,000 applications from the previous week's 5.2 million. However, the total number for the five-week period is greater than all the 23.3 million jobs created in the US since the 2008-2009 financial crisis. | While economists expect the figure to steadily decline going forward, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo sa…
rt.com/business/486659-us-weekly-unemplo…

'We're on the thinnest of ice': Angela Merkel warns Germans against complacency as country begins to ease lockdown
rt.com | 2020-04-23
Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that Germany is "still far from out of the woods" despite slowing infection rates, and everyone needs to be vigilant in order to make sure the 'fragile' recovery remains on track. | Merkel said that Germans still need to show "discipline and resilience" in their battle against Covid-19, even if there are fewer cases now. She told the Bundestag that the country was "in this for the long haul," reminding people that they couldn't afford to be complacent. | It is precisely because the figures give rise to hope that I feel obliged to say that this interim result is fragile. We a…
rt.com/news/486649-merkel-covid-19-lockd…

'I strongly disagree': Trump says Georgia lifting Covid-19 lockdown 'too fast,' but governor REFUSES to back down
rt.com | 2020-04-23
US President Donald Trump said Georgia is scaling back its coronavirus lockdown measures too quickly, voicing disapproval for the state's aggressive timetable for reopening, but Governor Brian Kemp held firm to his plan. | "I told the governor of Georgia that I disagree strongly with his decision to reopen certain facilities… which are in violation of the federal phase one guidelines," Trump told reporters at a White House briefing on Wednesday, adding that the state should "wait a little longer." | Although the president took issue with the Republican governor's decision, which has drawn major backlash from…
rt.com/usa/486609-trump-disagree-georgia…

Fauci 'CONVINCED' US should brace for return of coronavirus in fall, says scale depends on 'response'
rt.com | 2020-04-23
A top member of the White House Covid-19 task force, Dr Anthony Fauci, said there is practically no chance the virus would leave the nation for good, predicting a resurgence in the fall which may overlap with the flu season. | "We will have coronavirus in the fall. I am convinced of that, because of the degree of transmissibility that it has, the global nature," Fauci said at Wednesday's White House briefing, adding that while the next outbreak will be "complicated by influenza season," the country will be "much, much better prepared to do the kind of containment compared to what happened to us this winter."
rt.com/usa/486611-fauci-coronavirus-retu…

UK starts testing potential Covid-19 vaccine on humans
rt.com | 2020-04-23
Over 500 brave volunteers began the process of receiving the first doses of the UK's efforts to create a Covid-19 vaccine as clinical trials got under on Thursday. | The vaccine has been developed by teams at the University of Oxford's Jenner Institute and Oxford Vaccine Group, and work began on it as recently as January. This short time-frame has led some to raise questions about the extraordinary speed at which the potential pandemic panacea has been developed. | A total of 510 healthy volunteers between the ages of 18 and 55 will take part in the clinical trials as the UK joins only the US and China in begi…
rt.com/uk/486623-uk-vaccine-clinical-tri…

Finnish PM Marin to work from home as precaution against possible exposure to coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-04-23
Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin will work from home from Thursday as a precaution against possible exposure to Covid-19, according to her office. | Marin had been told a close contact of someone who had been working at her official residence last week had tested positive on Wednesday. | "The possibility of exposure is extremely low," her office said, adding Marin was not showing any symptoms and feeling well. | The individual, who was also asymptomatic, did not meet the prime minister, her family members or her advisory staff when working at the residence, Reuters reported, citing the statement.
rt.com/newsline/486622-finland-pm-marin-…

Downing Street hints Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in the UK could last until 2021
rt.com | 2020-04-23
A spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to rule out the possibility that stringent social distancing measures aimed at controlling the spread of Covid-19 could remain in place until next year. | Asked about the prospect of some lockdown measures lasting into 2021 during a press briefing on Thursday, the prime minister's spokesman would only say that the government would do "everything we can" to keep the infection rate down. | Downing Street also refused to roll back on remarks made by England's chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, during the daily Covid-19 briefing on Wednesday, in…
rt.com/uk/486670-coronavirus-lockdown-re…

'Can't offer help with one hand & smother with the other': Russia slams West & its allies after anti-sanction draft fails at UNGA
rt.com | 2020-04-23
Moscow has blasted the decision by a group of countries, including the US, to block a draft resolution calling for an end to unilateral sanctions on developing countries gripped by the coronavirus pandemic. | The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) rejected two draft resolutions on Wednesday, aimed at supporting the battle against the Covid-19. Both of the Russia-sponsored and the Riadh-championed drafts received at least one "nay" after they were circulated among the body's members on Wednesday. A single objection is enough for a draft to be defeated in line with the special voting protocol in effect at th…
rt.com/news/486610-sanctions-resoltion-u…

Rotterdam to host Eurovision in 2021 after canceling this year's show
rt.com | 2020-04-23
The Dutch port city of Rotterdam agreed on Thursday to host the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, after this year's edition was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rotterdam's city council voted in favor of covering €6.7 million in costs resulting from the cancellation of the 2020 event, ANP news agency reported. | Organizers had announced in March that this year's competition, one of the world's largest televised events, could not proceed in Rotterdam in May due to Covid-19. The Ahoy events venue, where the contest had been due to be held, has since been temporarily re-purposed to house coronavirus pat…
rt.com/newsline/486693-rotterdam-host-eu…

Keiser Report digs into the sudden rise of IMF with half the world now knocking on its door
rt.com | 2020-04-23
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that half of the crisis-hit world has asked for emergency funding amid the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the fund, it is able to lend $1 trillion to its member countries. | RT's Keiser Report reminds us that 100 percent of the world can't get a bailout because "half of it has to pay for it, half of it has to be the sucker at the poker table." | Max Keiser talks about the IMF becoming part of the so-called European Troika during the economic downturns in Greece and Ireland in 2008. Prior to that, the IMF was reportedly bankrupt, going out of business because there wa…
rt.com/business/486684-keiser-report-dig…

Scotland's Sturgeon lays out plan to ease Covid-19 lockdown before London, but says 'return to normal' not yet on the cards
rt.com | 2020-04-23
A "better balance" must be found between fighting Covid-19 and protecting the economy, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said, laying out plans to slowly ease lockdown measures as London remains reluctant to do the same. | Sturgeon said it was time for a "grown up" conversation about how to restore "some semblance of normality" to life, suggesting that some businesses may be allowed to reopen, provided social distancing guidelines remain in place. She said she was also assessing the possibility of reopening schools with redesigned classrooms to keep students safely spaced apart. | The SNP leader made cle…
rt.com/uk/486676-scotland-easing-lockdow…

China to donate additional $30mn to WHO for fight against Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-04-23
Beijing will donate an additional $30 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) to support the global fight against Covid-19, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Thursday. Hua tweeted the donation was aimed in particular at strengthening developing countries' health systems and added that China had already donated $20 million to the WHO in March. | The pledge comes about a week after US President Donald Trump suspended funding to the WHO and accused the Geneva-based organization of promoting Chinese "disinformation" about the virus, which emerged in the central city of Wuhan last yea…
rt.com/newsline/486617-china-donate-who-…

Meddling will 'not succeed': Beijing rebukes Pompeo's charge of 'exploiting' Covid-19 crisis to boost influence in South China Sea
rt.com | 2020-04-23
China's foreign ministry has dismissed the US' accusation that it's using the pandemic to divert attention from Hong Kong and "bully" its neighbors in the South China Sea. Beijing sees this as interference in its internal affairs. | "No matter when and where, China will firmly defend its sovereignty and security interests," China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Geng Shuang told reporters on Thursday. | The affairs of Taiwan and Hong Kong are purely the domestic affairs of China, and no foreign forces are allowed to interfere. | Geng was responding to a comment by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,…
rt.com/news/486633-china-covid19-taiwan-…

Trades, sure things and busts: Everything you need to know about Thursday's NFL Draft
rt.com | 2020-04-23
This year's NFL Draft will be like none that have come before it, as COVID-19 restrictions move the annual rookie event into an online-only affair. But what can you expect to see once the moves start being made on Thursday night? | …
rt.com/sport/486652-nfl-draft-2020-every…

Vietnam says accusations it hacked China center for Wuhan virus info 'baseless'
rt.com | 2020-04-23
A report which said Vietnamese government-linked hackers had attempted to break into Chinese state organizations at the center of Beijing's effort to contain the coronavirus outbreak is "baseless," the Foreign Ministry in Hanoi said on Thursday. | US cybersecurity firm FireEye said the previous day that the hackers had tried to compromise the personal and professional email accounts of staff at China's Ministry of Emergency Management and the government of Wuhan, the Chinese city at the center of the pandemic. | "The accusation is baseless," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ngo Toan Thang told reporters. "Vietnam fo…
rt.com/newsline/486626-vietnam-hackers-c…

21 Russian regions to adopt QR-code system to RESTRICT MOVEMENT during quarantine
rt.com | 2020-04-23
As Moscow goes, so goes the nation

Hungary's lockdown rules to be in effect until May 3, as govt plans 'restart of economy'
rt.com | 2020-04-23
The Hungarian government will decide next week on the future of lockdown measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, as Budapest prepares for a restart of the economy, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Thursday. | Current lockdown rules will be in effect until May 3, and a new set of rules will be implemented thereafter to incrementally allow the economy to get back to normal, Gergely Gulyas said. | The new set of restrictions after May 3 will ensure that those who are the most endangered by the virus are protected when economic activity is recommenced, Gulyas said. The restart of the…
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Greece extends coronavirus lockdown to May 4
rt.com | 2020-04-23
Greece on Thursday extended its general coronavirus lockdown by a week to May 4. Any relaxation will be staggered over May and June. Authorities imposed a blanket shutdown of public life from mid-March to stem coronavirus contagion. | On March 10, the country shut schools and all places where large numbers of people might congregate, followed by restrictions on movement from March 23. Restrictions, which allow people to move around only with an official permit, will be extended to May 4 from April 27, government spokesman Stelios Petsas said. | Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will map out the transition in…
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Working dead? Seoul says 'no unusual signs' from North Korea & Kim carrying on duties despite reports of 'grave illness'
rt.com | 2020-04-23
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un apparently keeps up a busy schedule, penning letters to foreign leaders

Canada: Fired for criticizing lack of PPE, Edmonton bus driver speaks out
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
Kelly Green, an Edmonton Transit Service bus driver, has been fired for demanding personal protective equipment to safeguard transit workers and passengers from COVID-19.
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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 | 2020-04-23
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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UC Berkeley wants tenants to relocate during coronavirus pandemic
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-04-23
Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic…
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Ramsey Orta has fallen sick after Correctional Officers threaten to give him Covid-19
WeCopwatch | indybay.org | 2020-04-23
Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed the 2014, NYPD chokehold death of Eric Garner, is facing life-threatening persecution at Midstate Correctional Facility where in recent days Covid-19 has broken out.
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Blame the Covid-19 failure on your governments, not on China
Davide Mastracci | indybay.org | 2020-04-23
The anti-Chinese narrative is based on false statements and serves to distract people from the failure of neoliberalism. Build hospitals and make health care universal! Cut military spending in half! Testing, not imprisonment, abuse and neglect!
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Shakespeare on Trump
Entering 6th Week of Quarantine | indybay.org | 2020-04-23
As we enter the 6th week of quarantine due to Nazi Trump's inexcusable delay in preparing for a pandemic which was known to be a threat in November 2019 , the benchmark of literature in the English language, Shakespeare's writings, teach us that Trump is not an aberration.
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Earth Day: How to Get Ships Off Fossil Fuels (webinar)
Pacific Environment & Climate Works Found. | indybay.org | 2020-04-23
Online via Zoom…
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The car industry and the climate crisis
Stephan Kroll and Christian Hofmann | indybay.org | 2020-04-23
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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COVID-19 enforcer of decade old tendencies: Rusnák
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

EU lambasts US opposition of Iran's loan request from IMF in battling COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

Iran's coronavirus death toll hits 5,481 on Thu
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

Hamedan handmade carpet bazaar void of customers
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
HAMEDAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

Confronting coronavirus pandemic requires global, collective move: Araghchi
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

Launching "Noor-1" satellite, a golden page in Iran's space technology: Vaezi
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

US forces provoking Iranian sailors in PG: Zarif
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

IRGC to further disappoint, frustrate enemies: Ayatollah Jannati
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

Iran is serious about defending national security: Salami
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

Iran's launch of 'Noor-1' military satellite 'valuable, blessed': Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

Headlines of Iranian dailies on April 23
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

US Trump reacts to Iran's military satellite launch into space
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

Iran's defense industry to take giant stride in surging production: Hatami
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

'Hug Me' goes to Italy's Patologico film festival
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

Engineers From India's Kashmir Build Low-Cost Ventilator Amid Scarcity of Life-Saving Units – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
New Delhi (Sputnik): The total number of coronavirus cases has risen to more than 21,000, with more than 800 deaths, in India. While the country's Health Ministry is working round-the-clock to boost healthcare, the nation has been buying equipment like testing kits, personal protective gear, and ventilators from abroad due to shortages.
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Britain is Failing to Release Enough Prisoners Despite COIVD-19 Threat, Warns Penal Reform Charity
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
The Prison Governors' Association has warned that unnecessary deaths across the prison estate in England and Wales is inevitable if something isn't done to address the overcrowding among detention facilities, which is as high as 175% of capacity.
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US Republican Lawmaker Tells Iran to 'Get Its Act Together' or Prepare to 'Meet Soleimani'
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
Responding to recent claims by the US Navy that its ships in the Persian Gulf had been harassed by small Iranian gunboats, President Donald Trump said he ordered American warships to open fire on and sink any IRGC vessels that engage in such behaviour.
sputniknews.com/world/202004231079067106…

India Freezes Inflation-linked Salary to 11 million Gov't Employees to Fight Unprecedented Crisis
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
New Delhi (Sputnik): In order to increase its expenditure on health and welfare of the poor in the crisis emerging due to COVID-19 lockdown, Indian government is taking measures by cutting short its expenditure in other areas.
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India's First Lady Stitches Face Masks for Needy
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
New Delhi (Sputnik): A relative of an employee working at the estate of India's president was tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, 18 April and around 100 families around their neighbourhood were advised to remain in self-isolation.
sputniknews.com/india/202004231079066290…

Differences Around WHO's Coronavirus Response Undermine G7 Format – Moscow
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The G7 format is undermined dramatically by differences on the World Health Organization's (WHO) COVID-19 response, with some leaders first pledging full support to the WHO and then making opposite statements, the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's foreign policy planning department said on Thursday.
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Ex-UN Expert: 'Were China Held Liable for COVID-19, Would US Not Be Accountable for H1N1 Outbreak?'
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
Missouri and Mississippi's cases seeking damages against China over its handling of COVID-19 are non-starters both in terms of fact and the law, says ex-UN official Alfred de Zayas, explaining why the Washington-driven blame game –Åould eventually backfire upon the US.
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Unpaid for 2 Months, Employees of Bollywood-Style Theatre 'Kingdom Of Dreams' Uncertain of Future
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
New Delhi (Sputnik): The coronavirus pandemic has marooned businesses and industries all over the world, leading to an upheaval in the world economy. The fear of job losses, salary cuts, and delayed payments is looming large over employees in all sectors as unprecedented lockdowns have impacted the demand for goods and services.
sputniknews.com/world/202004231079063533…

India's Small, Medium Businesses May Benefit From $30 Mln Programme Initiated by China's Alibaba
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
New Delhi (Sputnik): Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) make up the backbone of the Indian economy. The coronavirus pandemic, however, seems to have strangulated these Indian MSMEs, leaving them gaping for trade opportunities and financial aid.
sputniknews.com/india/202004231079065807…

Ex-USSR President Gorbachev Reveals Why He Thinks Perestroika Failed to Achieve Its Goals
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
MOSCOW, April 23 (Sputnik) – Perestroika was disrupted as a result of the State Committee on the State of Emergency's actions and those who made use of the situation emerging after the 1991 August coup to tear the country apart, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said on Thursday.
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'Return to Normal Not on Cards in Near Future': Sturgeon Sheds Light on End of Lockdown in Scotland
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
British media earlier reported that the Scottish first minister was set to announce a set of measures to ease the lockdown in Scotland independently from the UK government.
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WTI Price Up More Than 20%, Trading at $16.6 Per Barrel
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
The pandemic and the strict quarantine measures introduced by numerous countries led to a crash of oil prices earlier this month, with WTI futures for May dropping below zero for the first time ever.
sputniknews.com/business/202004231079067…

From Refugee Crisis to Military Incursion: Analysts on Fallout of Kim Jong-un's Possible Demise
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said that he wishes Kim Jong-un well, in a remark that came after reports of the North Korean leader being "in grave danger" after undergoing surgery.
sputniknews.com/world/202004231079067079…

Iran Launches US Fury
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
No wonder the US reacted with fury this week when Iran launched a satellite 465 kilometers into space. In baseball terms, the Iranians just hit the US ball out of the park.
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Glad to be helping: refugee Syrian film-maker turns London hospital cleaner
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-23
On a coronavirus ward in an east London hospital, award-winning film-maker Hassan Akkad, a refugee from Syria, is working as a cleaner, joining the fight against the pandemic in his adopted home."I'm so glad to be helping," Akkad said in an interview on Zoom.The 32-year old refugee has lived in London for four years. His footage of the journey he made surviving a sinking dinghy from Turkey into Europe and on to the UK, was part of a documentary series which in 2017 won BAFTA and International Emmy awards.With the outbreak of the disease, he saw a way to thank the community that had welcomed him and become "like h…
yenisafak.com/en/world/glad-to-be-helpin…

Head of EU delegation to Turkey marks Children's Day
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-23
The head of the EU delegation to Turkey marked the National Sovereignty and Children's Day Thursday, wishing for a world that ensures the rights and well-being of children.Ambassador Christian Berger and his wife recorded a video message for Anadolu Agency to observe the 100th anniversary of the Turkish parliament on behalf of the delegation.They also shared two "very special" childhood photos of themselves that were taken in Vienna and Athens.Highlighting the importance of the centennial celebrations, Berger said: "A day that was dedicated by the founder of the Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatàºrk, to all child…
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'Turkey will have a voice in the new world's order'
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-23
Turkey will make its voice heard in the new world order after the novel coronavirus outbreak, the country's parliament speaker said on Thursday.Turkish Parliament held a special sitting on the centenary of the first session of the Grand National Assembly National, which coincides with the country's National Sovereignty and Children's Day.In an opening speech, Mustafa Sentop told the lawmakers following the pandemic, countries would discuss how to "evolve" the world, adding that Turkey would protect its rights in the making of the "new world order."Stressing that the global COVID-19 outbreak exposed that the curre…
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Turkey donates emergency food for 3,000 Bangladeshis
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-23
Turkey on Thursday donated emergency food aid for 3,000 poor households in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan amid the novel coronavirus pandemic."We stand by our brothers and sisters in Bangladesh, who are the most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic consequences," said Mustafa Osman Turan, Turkish Ambassador in Bangladesh, in an address to the recipient families at a ceremony.The South Asian nation of more than 165 million has so far reported 127 deaths from COVID-19 so far, with 4,186 confirmed cases and 108 recoveries.The Turkish Cooperation and Co…
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Turkey's | cutting-edge drones rock military power dynamics in Libya
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-23
Turkey's cutting-edge drones have shifted the strategic balance of military power since the beginning of 2020 in Libya, weakening the eastern-based forces of warlord Khalifa Haftar, French newspaper Le Monde reported.Speaking to the newspaper's correspondent Frédéric Bobin, experts pointed out that Turkish-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and advanced technology have had a crucial impact on the military power dynamics in the region."The reason is that Turkish drones and anti-aircraft defense systems installed by Ankara in Tripoli have had an impact on preventing Emirati flights from reaching Tripoli or Misrata…
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Spain: COVID-19 continues decline amid 440 more deaths
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-23
Spain reported 440 new deaths on Thursday related to the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 22,157, according to the Ministry of Health.The number of official daily deaths is slightly up from the previous two days, but far below the peak of 950 in early April.Spanish health officials also registered more than 4,600 new contagions on Thursday. The total number of confirmed cases is now 214,535. Nearly 90,000 people have recovered.Despite the numbers, the worst of the crisis appears to have passed in Spain. A general decrease in pressure in both hospitals and funeral servic…
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Iran's coronavirus death toll reaches 5,481
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-23
With 90 new deaths reported in Iran, the death toll from the coronavirus surged to 5,481, state media said on Thursday.A total of 1,030 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total infections to 87,026, Iran's state broadcaster reported, citing a statement Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour.Jahanpour said 64,843 people have recovered so far and were discharged from hospitals, while 3,105 patients are in critical condition.After originating in China last December, COVID-19 has spread to at least 185 countries and regions. Europe and the U.S. are currently the worst-hi…
yenisafak.com/en/world/irans-coronavirus…

Banksy's 'Girl with a Pierced Eardrum' gains a coronavirus face mask
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-23
Banksy's "Girl with a Pierced Eardrum" has been updated for the coronavirus era with the addition of a blue surgical face mask.The mural, a take on Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" but with a security alarm replacing the pearl, was painted on a harbourside building in the street artist's home city of Bristol in west England in 2014.It is not known whether Banksy, whose identity is a closely guarded secret, or somebody else attached the fabric face mask to the painted girl.The newly adorned mural did not appear on Banksy's Instagram page where he usually posts images of his work.The COVI…
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Traffic light for bathroom break is new normal in coronavirus Italy
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-23
And he feels lucky to have a job. Only 200 of the 800 workers at the ISA company, which makes refrigerated display cases for bars, restaurants and supermarkets, have so far been able to return to the factory in Italy's Umbria region.The gradual return has been made possible through a combination of solutions ranging from simple to innovative to high tech.Strips taped on the floor create walking lanes and delineate work areas.A yellow and green traffic light system was installed to keep the bathrooms safe. Workers flick a switch as they enter or leave the bathroom and the colour of the light tells those who want t…
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Italian cruise ship in Japan has 48 coronavirus cases
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-23
Nearly 50 out of over 600 crew members on an Italian cruise ship docked for repairs in Japan's Nagasaki have tested positive for the coronavirus, raising concern about the strain on the city's hospitals if conditions worsen for those infected.So far, 127 people have been tested, and the infection rate is 38 percent.The latest tests showed on Thursday that 14 people aboard, all either cooks or those serving food, were infected with the virus, an official in Nagasaki prefecture said. One patient who had been taken to hospital previously was now in serious condition and on a ventilator, he told a live-streamed news…
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Indonesia to ban all domestic air, sea travel to early June
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-23
Indonesia will temporarily ban domestic air and sea travel starting Friday, barring a few exceptions, to prevent further spread of coronavirus, Transport Ministry officials said on ThursdayThe ban on air travel will be in place until June 1, Novie Riyanto Rahardjo, Transport Ministry's director general of aviation said. The ban on travel by sea will be in place until June 8, sea trasportation director general Agus Purnomo said.Cargo transportation is exempted from the ban, the officials said.The government is banning Indonesia's traditional annual exodus for Muslim holidays.
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US crude oil inventories show strong rise
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-23
The U.S.' crude oil inventories showed a strong increase last week, according to data released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Wednesday.Commercial crude oil inventories rose by 15 million barrels, or 3%, to 518.6 million barrels for the week ending April 17, the EIA data showed.The market expectation was an increase of 15.1 million barrels. Inventories rose by 19.2 million barrels during the previous week.Strategic petroleum reserves, which are not included in the commercial crude stocks, remained unchanged at 635 million barrels last week, the data revealed.Gasoline inventories also showed an…
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Oil prices up 10% with rising Asia demand
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-23
Oil prices were up around 10% on Thursday as some Asian countries start purchasing crude oil, which created a slight increase in global oil demand.The price of the international benchmark Brent crude was trading at $22.22 per barrel at 0611 GMT for a 9.6% increase after closing Wednesday at $20.27 a barrel.American benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was trading at $15.37 a barrel at the same time for an 11.5% increase after ending Wednesday at $13.78 per barrel.Some refineries in China, India, Japan and South Korea have begun purchasing crude oil to take advantage of low prices, which in turn has revived oil…
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UN chief warns that coronavirus pandemic is becoming a 'human rights crisis'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-23
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has said the coronavirus pandemic is "a human crisis that is fast becoming a human rights crisis".The UN chief issued a video message warning there is discrimination in the delivery of public services to tackle coronavirus (Covid-19) and there are "structural inequalities that impede access to them".He said the pandemic has also seen "disproportionate effects on certain communities, the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups, and the risks of heavy-handed security responses undermining the health response".He warned that with "rising ethno-nationalism, populi…
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Travel firm says offering vouchers instead of refunds is 'bad idea for everyone'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-23
The boss of an online travel agency has condemned travel firms and airlines for offering vouchers instead of cash refunds for cancelled holidays. | Simon Cooper, founder and chief executive of On The Beach, said the issuing of vouchers is "a travesty" as consumers face being ripped off when they re-book once the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is over. | A number of travel companies and airlines are offering vouchers which can be exchanged for an alternative booking at a later date. | In an interview with the PA news agency, Cooper described this as "a bad idea for everyone concerned". | Tour operators issuing vo…
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Firms furlough 2.8m workers in coronavirus crisis
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-23
Firms have applied for 2.8 million workers to be furloughed since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, the Business Secretary Alok Sharma said. | He told the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee that the government had received 387,000 applications covering these employees by 4pm on 22 April. | He also said that, as of 19 April, almost half a million businesses had received grants of £10,000 or £25,000 distributed by local authorities, totalling just over £6bn. | New figures from UK Finance revealed £2.8bn has been handed to smaller businesses in the past week throug…
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Indonesia: Regional health systems and COVID-19
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-04-23
Asia & the Pacific Healthcare Rebecca MeckelburgIssue 1262 Indonesia COVID-19 Central JavaApril 23, 2020News reports on Indonesia…
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Bigger Than Bernie
Robert L. Borosage | thenation.com | 2020-04-23
Bigger Than Bernie…
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Beating Covid-19 Will Take Coordination, Experimentation, and Leadership
Gregg Gonsalves | thenation.com | 2020-04-23
Beating Covid-19 Will Take Coordination, Experimentation, and Leadership…
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The Heartbreaking Choices Faced by Child Care Providers on the Front Lines
Bryce Covert | thenation.com | 2020-04-23
The Heartbreaking Choices Faced by Child Care Providers on the Front Lines…
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The Challenge of Treating 2 Epidemics at Once
Sophie Pinkham | thenation.com | 2020-04-23
The Challenge of Treating 2 Epidemics at Once…
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Coronavirus at the Bottom of the Supply Chain
James North | thenation.com | 2020-04-23
Coronavirus at the Bottom of the Supply Chain…
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Want to Slow the Climate Crisis? Don't Use Single-Use Plastics
Annie Leonard | thenation.com | 2020-04-23
Want to Slow the Climate Crisis? Don't Use Single-Use Plastics.
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COVID-19: Will social distancing be the new normal? A Mayo Clinic expert discusses what the future might look like
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-23
As some states look toward relaxing restrictions and social distancing measures, such as stay-at-home orders, new projections suggest social distancing may need to continue through 2022. Researchers predict that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, will return every winter, and that prolonged or intermittent social distancing strategies could limit the strain on health care systems. …
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