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2020-04-27: Social Media Postees

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Dissident British ex-diplomat Craig Murray indicted for blog posts in Kafkaesque case
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-27
Craig Murray, a former UK diplomat turned anti-war activist, has been charged with contempt of court for writing blog posts….
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Application for delay in Assange extradition hearing as COVID-19 sweeps through UK prisons
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
The vindictive suspension of the COVID-19 prisoner release programme demonstrates the criminal disregard of the British ruling class for the lives of prisoners.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/assa…

The Ongoing Travesty of the Attempted Extradition of Julian Assange
Glenn Greenwald | zcomm.org | 2020-04-27
The indictment pertains solely to those widely celebrated 2010 disclosures that revealed rampant war crimes, systemic corruption and official deceit by numerous governments around the world…
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Pompeo, Gantz and the End of the Two-State Solution
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
Michael Richard Pompeo is becoming almost as hypnotic as Donald Trump. What he lacks in lunacy, he makes up for in wilful ignorance or just good old plain hypocrisy. You might blame Trump for mental incapacity when he hands over the Middle East to his dumbo son-in-law; Pompeo, however, knows what he’s doing. So there…
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The Dengvaxia Disaster Was Twenty Years in the Making–What Will Happen with a Rushed COVID-19 Vaccine?
Children’s Health Defense | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
For several weeks, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Bill Gates have been beating the drum about a COVID-19 vaccine, seeking to keep the world’s coronavirus optics focused on a medical intervention that Gates acknowledges to be risky enough to require indemnification …
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Capitalism Can’t Be Repaired, Coronavirus Shows Its Huge Weaknesses
Richard D. Wolff | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
Consider this absurdity: The U.S. government’s policy in the face of the current capitalist crash is to “return the economy to the pre-coronavirus normal.” What? In that “normal” system, private capitalists maximized profits by not producing the tests, masks, ventilators, beds, etc., needed when coronavirus hit. Profit-driven capitalism proved extremely inefficient in its response to the virus…
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Capitalism Can’t Be Repaired, Coronavirus Shows Its Huge Weaknesses
Richard D. Wolff | zcomm.org | 2020-04-27
Might the interactions now among capitalism, coronavirus, and a new worker-coop-based socialism prove similar to those among feudalism, the Black Death and capitalism so long ago?>…
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A Swiss Doctor on Covid-19
Swiss Propaganda Research | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
A Swiss medical doctor provided the following information on the current situation in order to enable our readers to make a realistic risk assessment. (Below you will find regular, but not daily, updates on medical and political developments.) | ***…
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Cuba’s Covid-19 Medical Brigades Are Not Medical Diplomacy: They Are International Solidarity At Its Finest
Bill Hackwell | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-27
Cuban Medical Brigade going to Italy (Photo credit: Ismael Francisco Gonzalez) Today the latest medical brigade from Cuba’s Henry Reeves contingent arrived in South Africa to join the front lines with those saving lives in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. After a 14 day quarantine the 216 member group, made up of family physicians, …
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Video: The Criminal Indictments against Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
Colonel Ann Wright | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
Last year we met in Florence on the 7th of April, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the founding of NATO. The theme of our conference last year was NATO EXIT. | On April 25, 2020, Commemorating the Liberation of Italy. …
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The Era of Mass Strikes Begins on May 1, the First Day of General Strike Campaign
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
On Friday, May 1, an ongoing General Strike campaign begins. This campaign could become the most powerful movement in the United States and reset the national agenda. It comes when the failures of the US political system have been magnified …
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Anti-Lockdown Rallies Are Providing an Opening for the Proud Boys and Other Far-Right Extremists
Cassie Miller | splcenter.org | 2020-04-27
Protests against state-imposed stay-at-home orders have exploded across the country and attracted a wide array of right-wing supporters, including the Proud Boys.
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As Food Banks Struggle to Cope with Demand, Desperate Farmers Dump Unsellable Produce
Alan MacLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
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 …
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A Soft Power Ploy? Cuba Continues to Aid the Poorest and Least Influential Nations
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-27
As the coronavirus pandemic grows worse in many countries, Cuba has answered an urgent South African request for aid, sending 217 medical personnel to the country.
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America’s Super-Rich See Their Wealth Rise by $282 Billion in Three Weeks of Pandemic
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-27
America’s billionaires have accrued more wealth in the past three weeks alone than they made in total prior to 1980. | MPN– A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies found that, while tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, America’s ultra-wealthy elite have seen their net worth surge by $282 billion in…
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China Slams Hostile US Actions, America’s Failed System
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
In pursuit of its imperial aims, the US needs enemies. None exist so they’re invented. | Iran is US public enemy No. 1 in the Middle East, China considered Washington’s leading adversary globally

Incarceration Is Killing Us
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-27
Kelly Hayes talks with Alan Mills about COVID-19, prisons and making bold demands. | Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final form. | Kelly Hayes: Welcome to Movement Memos, a Truthout podcast about things you should know if you want to change the world. I’m your host Kelly Hayes. | Tensions are high in the U.S. as lockdowns continue in some states, while others have begun to ease restrictions. Gun-toting right-wing protesters have staged astroturf protests, demanding the economy be reo…
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Local-Level Fossil Fuel Fights Face Violent Retaliation From Industry
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-27
Fighting fossil fuel companies can be dangerous business. The people of County Mayo, Ireland, found that out when they rose up against Shell Oil in the early 2000s. The uprising lasted 15 years. Protesters were beaten and jailed. But they delayed the refinery’s opening by 10 years, cost Shell billions of dollars and caused the company a public relations nightmare, as a new book by Fred Wilcox, Shamrocks and Oil Slicks, recou…
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‘WHO sounded alarm early on, world should have listened carefully’
rt.com | 2020-04-27
The head of the World Health Organization warned on Monday that the new coronavirus crisis was far from over and said that he was “deeply concerned” about the impact of the disruption of normal health services. | “The pandemic is far from over,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, adding that the body was concerned about increasing trends in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and some Asian countries. “We have a long road ahead of us and a lot of work to do.” He added that shortages of vaccines against other diseases were being reported in 21 countries as a result of border restrictions li…
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Julian Assange’s extradition hearing postponed amid Covid-19 pandemic, earliest available date November
rt.com | 2020-04-27
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange’s US extradition hearing in London has been delayed, potentially till November, due to the coronavirus pandemic with his defense arguing it made the proceedings “medically dangerous.” | Assange’s extradition case has been delayed again after his defense lawyers said the coronavirus outbreak made his trial “impossible” and “medically dangerous.” | A hearing, held by video link at Westminster Magistrates Court, heard that the case could be postponed until as late as November 2, the earliest date where three consecutive weeks are available. | Judge Vanessa Baraitser vacated the…
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Judge’s Decision to Postpone Julian Assange’s Extradition Case is ‘Very Wise’, His Father Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
Julian Assange’s lawyers renewed their application to adjourn the second part of his extradition proceedings on the basis that it would be impossible to have a fair hearing without the lawyers and the defendant being physically present in court as due to their inability to consult with their client during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Muslim woman gives humanity hope, | breaks fast to donate blood to dying Hindu
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-27
A Muslim woman broke her fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan to donate blood to a Hindu patient, saving his life and giving humanity an important message of solidarity amid the unrest of a divided and battered Indian society.The condition of Vijay Kumar Rastogi, who was fighting for his life in a hospital in Uttar Pradesh, suddenly worsened and he was in urgent need of a 0-positive blood donor. However, finding that specific blood type was proving very difficult and the hospital had spared no effort as it combed through blood banks, according to NDTV, an India-based news channel.Alisha Khan, a Muslim wo…
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COVID-19: UN expert urges US to free detained migrants
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-27
The US must urgently use available alternatives for the detention of migrants held in overcrowded and unsanitary administrative centers in order to counter the risk of a novel coronavirus outbreak, a UN human rights expert said Monday.”It is very difficult to keep the necessary physical distance in overcrowded detention facilities,” said the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe Gonzalez Morales.”Significantly reducing the number of detained migrants by releasing them into alternative settings can easily solve this,” he said in a statement.Gonzalez Morales said that UN human rights expert…
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A people’s call for healthcare not warfare
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-04-27
Imperialism & war Independent and Peaceful Australia NetworkIssue 1263 Australia Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) COVID-19…
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The Likely Democratic Party Candidate for the Senate Opposing McConnell is a Militarist Who is Not Much of an Alternative
Rick Baum | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
Given the 2018 election results, one might expect a wave of more liberally-minded peace candidates. In one race for the senate, that is definitely not happening. I live in California. A couple of weeks ago, I received a fundraising letter from Amy McGrath who is running for the Kentucky seat in the U.S. Senate against…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/27/the-likely-d…

Science Saturday: Antibody testing, in pictures
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-27
Convalescent plasma therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 virus infection is based on the function of antibodies, tiny proteins created by the immune system, that combat invaders to the body in a variety of ways. Some are capable of neutralizing a virus, while others work by mobilizing a range of other immune cells that fight …
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Mayo Clinic Laboratories launches serology testing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-27
A new serology test from Mayo Clinic Laboratories is being used to identify the presence of immune response to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The serology test is intended only to detect antibodies to the virus. It does not diagnose recent or active infection. Mayo Clinic Laboratories also offers a molecular test to diagnose very recent …
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 research task force
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-27
As the SARS-CoV-2 virus spread worldwide, a race began to develop testing protocols and ramp up research. Mayo Clinic’s COVID-19 research task force is studying the virus, predicting hot spots, and working towards effective treatments and a vaccine. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Andrew Badley, chair of Mayo Clinic’s COVID-19 research task force, …
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 news briefing with Dr. Greg Poland
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-27
On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group, covers the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Poland discusses current outbreak numbers, why there may be a second wave of infections, and research on a vaccine. Click the player below: Mayo Clinic Q&A is …
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Selected Articles: What Will Happen with a Rushed COVID-19 Vaccine?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
We have made some progress in our campaign to meet our running costs and put an end to our monthly deficit, but we still need your help. As grateful as we are to those who have given so far, the …
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Trump Regime Pushing for Confrontation with Iran?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
Since Iranians ended a generation of CIA-installed fascist dictatorship in 1979, the US has been at war on the Islamic Republic by other means. | The Trump regime escalated it way beyond where its predecessors went, risking confrontation by accident or …
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The Farce and Diabolical Agenda of A “Universal Lockdown”
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
First comes the farce, an (almost) universal government lie around the globe about a deadly virus, WHO named COVID-19. The decision for a global lockdown

COVID-19, We Are Now Living the “Lock Step Scenario”
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
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. | On April 25, 2020, Commemorating the Liberation of Italy. We express our solidarity with …
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The Restoration of Self-Rule in South Yemen Is the Next Step Towards Independence
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
South Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council declared self-rule over the vast regions of the country that they claim as their own in response to the Saudi-backed Hadi government’s repeated violations of last year’s Riyadh Agreement that was aimed at de-escalating tensions …
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US Beefs Up Gunship Presence In Persian Gulf Ready To Back Trump’s Iran ‘Red Line’
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-04-27
American forces in the Persian Gulf have greatly bolstered their ability to respond to Iran at a moment President Trump has renewed trading threats and barbs with the Islamic Republic, ordering the US Navy “to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea.” This includes the Pentagon …
iranian.com/2020/04/26/us-beefs-up-gunsh…

US House Speaker Pelosi endorses Biden for president
rt.com | 2020-04-27
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Joe Biden for president. The endorsement of the Democratic Party presidential candidate follows that of US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Al Gore. | In a video statement released on Monday, Pelosi cited Biden’s experience in government, including his role in passing the Affordable Care Act. She said Biden is well-positioned to lead the country amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. “As we face coronavirus, Joe has been a voice of reason and resilience, with a clear path to lead u…
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Bernie Sanders and the Future of the Movement
James L Cowan | indybay.org | 2020-04-27
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Scientific American: As Trump Touts Dangerous Cures, Here’s What We Know About COVID-19 Drug Tests
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-27
President Trump dangerously suggested injecting disinfectants could help patients sick with the coronavirus, then said he was being “sarcastic.” But his remarks led to a spike in calls to helplines about taking disinfectants. We look at “What We Know About the Most Touted Drugs Tested for COVID-19” with Tanya Lewis, associate editor for health and medicine at Scientific American.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/27/tanya_lew…

“Unconscionable”: Planned Parenthood Pres. Condemns States Using Pandemic to Limit Abortion Access
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-27
As much of the U.S. remains on lockdown, abortion rights are under attack nationwide. We get an update on the fight for abortion access with Alexis McGill Johnson, acting president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. “Our bodies have literally been deemed essential,” she says, “and yet the control of our bodies and the right to control our own bodies has not.”
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/27/coronavir…

“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”: New Film Follows Teenager’s Perilous Journey to Access Abortion
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-27
As multiple states have moved to further restrict access to abortions during the pandemic, a powerful new dramatic film follows a 17-year-old girl as she travels from her small town in Pennsylvania to New York City to get an abortion without having to notify her parents. “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” director and writer Eliza Hittman joins us to discuss the making of the film, which is being distributed online while cinemas remain closed in most states due to the pandemic.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/27/eliza_hit…

Unsolicited Advice on Terrorism to UVa Basketball Player Austin Katstra
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
Dear Mr. Katstra, First of all, thanks for your terrific work on the greatest team ever which I think we are all safe in assuming would have repeated last year’s championship this year if the season hadn’t been shut down. Maybe I’m biased. The point is I’m a fan and an alumnus who found very…
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Unsolicited Advice on Terrorism to UVa Basketball Player Austin Katstra
David Swanson | zcomm.org | 2020-04-27
This is a time to recognize what’s needed and what services are actually a service…
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Syrians Remember the Armenian Genocide as Turkey Threatens Again
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
April 24, 2020, marks the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which was the first genocide of the 20th century. The starting date is held to be April 24, 1915, in a premeditated and systematic campaign to exterminate …
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Saudi Arabia: What Happens When the Oil Stops
David Hearst | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) can no longer plead youth or inexperience. | That time has passed. | What you see is what you get. The misrule, blunders and war associated with him as crown prince will only continue …
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Thank You For Reading GlobalResearch.ca
The Global Research Team | 2020-04-27
Over the last few days we have seen a marked increase in readership on the website, we thank you for choosing Global Research as a source of news and analysis. We promise to continue to bring you pertinent (often under-reported) …
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The Unbearable Lightness of China
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
As a living embodiment of how East and West shall meet, Mahbubani is immeasurably more capable to talk about Chinese-linked intricacies than shallow, self-described Western “experts” on Asia and China. | Especially now when demonization-heavy hybrid war 2.0 against China is …
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Operation COVID-19: Testing the Degree of “People’s Submission”. Activating our “Paranoia Switches”
Dr. Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
We are in a world that is globally flabbergasted today. | In other words, stunned, panicked. | Our brains are in a state of excessive, inordinate paranoia. | Our paranoia switches have been activated! | Martha Stout, an American psychologist, describes this in …
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The Big Lie. Senator Jensen: Hospitals receive $13,000 for a Covid-19 Diagnosis, $39,000 for Treatment with a Ventilator
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
The statistics surrounding the Covid-19 crisis have always been unreliable, yet msm and other sources use these numbers without qualifications. To qualify the numbers would be to dismantle the Lie. The Lie must be maintained because it is fundamental to …
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Covid-19 Could Have Been Prevented and the Growing Vulnerability of Obese Patients to the Virus
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
It has yet to become clear just how harmful the coronavirus (Covid-19) will prove to be, with case figures and deaths continuing to evolve. As was anticipated, this highly contagious disease is causing havoc once it enters hospitals, nursing homes …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-could-have-be…

What Does Post-COVID19 China Look Like? Mutual US-China Mistrust is the “New Normal”
Tom Clifford | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
Beijing is not back to normal but there is an air of normality. The Beijing Subway has 23 lines but only one runs on a north-south axis. This is Line 5, the busiest. In February and March its carriages were …
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Giulietto Chiesa (1940-2020): An Intellectual of Action
Dimitris Konstantakopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
It is with great sorrow that we learned yesterday, April 26th, that Giulietto Chiesa has passed away. One of the most remarkable European intellectuals

Exercise Cygnus: UK Government Exercise Justifies Covid-19 Lockdown
Robin Kayser | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
It’s April 2020, and since March, the UK has swiftly commissioned and built vast, temporary, intensive care hospitals, in readiness for a predicted epidemic number of severe COVID-19 cases. | They are called NHS Nightingale Hospitals, and to date there …
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Climate Change: The Fatal Road to 4 Degrees Celsius
Dr. Andrew Glikson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
Global CO‚ÇÇ rise and warming rates have reached a large factor to an order of magnitude higher than those of the past geological and mass extinction events, with major implications for the shift in climate zones and the nature and …
globalresearch.ca/fatal-road-4-degrees-c…

How the Fight Against Covid-19 Has Brought Us a Step Closer to an Orwellian Nightmare
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
For many years, we in the alternative media have been warning that when a new crises emerges, a future of social engineering and control would bring us closer to George Orwell’s predictions right to our doorstep. Since the start of …
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WHO to Receive $30 Million from China to Fight COVID-19
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
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. | The announcement of the donation was made Thursday by the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Hua …
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Three stories from BigBrotherWatch that should frighten us all
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-27
By Rob Woodward

The MailOnline photoshopped an Olympian to look like he broke coronavirus distancing rules
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-04-27
The MailOnline has generally set a fairly low benchmark for its accuracy and standards of reporting. But it plumbed new depths on Sunday 26 April. Because it quite literally photoshopped a picture of an Olympian to make it look like he had broken coronavirus (Covid-19) social distancing rules.Feel free not to click any of the MailOnline links. Unless you enjoy funding the right-wing corporate press.Former Olympic rower and gold medallist James Cracknell has been targeted by the MailOnline. In a sensationalised ‘scoop’ on 26 April which the right-w…
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The World Leadership Trophy
Dilip Hiro | zcomm.org | 2020-04-27
China under Xi has suppressed the latest coronavirus at the human cost of three lives per million population, the U.S. under Trump is still struggling to overpower it, having already sacrificed 145 of every million Americans…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-world-leadersh…

Civil liberty: Time for a Coronavirus Safeguards Bill
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-27
Open Rights Group is the UK based digital campaigning organisation working to protect the rights to privacy and free speech online. Jim Killock its Executive Director, has a few concerns about the Coronavirus Act 2020 that made dozens of changes to protective laws and obviously worries that some will be used to create the ‘new …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/civil-liberty-time-for-a-coronavirus-safeguards-bill/

China: COVID-19 Hospitalization Rate Drops to Zero in Wuhan
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-27
Hospitals in Wuhan, the capital city of China’s Hubei Province where the new coronavirus outbreak began, reduced the number of COVID-19 patients to zero on Sunday. | RELATED: | China: Wuhan Hospitals Overcome Collapse, Focus on Severe Cases | “It’s a historic day for China,” a doctor at the critical care unit in Wuhan Shang You, told reporters on Sunday. | The total reduction in infected cases came five days after cases in Wuhan fell into double digits. | The latest confirmed i…
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Gaza Reopens Its Commercial Stores During Ramadan
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-27
The Gaza Strip reopened its restaurants and coffee shops to the public during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, after no new cases of COVID-19 were reported for a week. | RELATED: | Gaza Running out of Coronavirus Tests: Health Minister | On the holy days of Ramadan, Muslims usually go out into the streets at night in a festive atmosphere. | The opening of shops will be accompanied by rigorous measures to prevent a wave of new infections with the disease, according to authorities from…
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Rishi Sunak’s ‘unprecedented’ coronavirus job retention scheme is still leaving people behind
Peadar O’Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-04-27
As coronavirus (Covid-19) affected UK businesses, the government introduced financial protection measures. Days later, on 20 March, chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the coronavirus job retention scheme ( CJRS). This should have given all employees the prote…
thecanary.co/feature/2020/04/27/rishi-su…

It is not just propaganda: What the U.S. anti-China campaign is looking for
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-27
The Trump Administration has spread the conspiracy theory that the new coronavirus came out of the Wuhan Institute of Virology. This accusation, which seeks to transfer responsibility for the pandemic to the Asian giant, has been rejected by the Chinese authorities for being without foundation.
mronline.org/2020/04/27/it-is-not-just-p…

Peru: Massive Exodus Continues Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-27
Peru’s exodus continued in main cities this week because of the COVID-19 crisis, the local media reported. Most of the people fleeing the crisis have been reportedly heading to Piura, Apurimac, Cusco, and San Martin. | RELATED: | Peru: 1,300 Police Officers Are Infected With Coronavirus | The economic aid bonds offered by the government of Martin Vizcarra are not enough. For example, the “I stay home” bonus offers 760 soles to economically disadvantaged families. This amount is equiv…
telesurenglish.net/news/peru-massive-exo…

Confirmed coronavirus cases in the US surpass one million
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
Whatever the claims of the various governors, there is no medical or scientific basis for lifting social distancing and isolation measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/covi…

Treacherous Accommodations: Australian Universities, Coronavirus and the NTEU
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-27
They have been struggling to keep their membership numbers healthy, but the latest antics of the executive that make up Australia’s National Tertiary Education Union suggest why. For a good period of time, Australian unions have been losing teeth, and not all of it can be put down to the measures of the federal government …
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George Eustice wants to ‘encourage’ people on furlough to pick fruit, but he really should know better
Peadar O’Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-04-27
On 26 April, secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs George Eustice addressed the daily coronavirus (Covid-19) press conference. Guardian political editor Heather Stewart asked whether food shortages and price increases in supermarkets “are part of the new…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/04/27/george-e…

Australian government introduces spying app as part of back-to-work push
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
There is no evidence that the application will do anything to trace or halt the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/aust…

As mass layoffs intensify, tens of millions in US stand to lose health insurance
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
An Economic Policy Institute blog reveals that some 9.2 million Americans lost their health insurance coverage over the previous four weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/insu…

UK drops bombs during coronavirus crisis, defying global ceasefire it claims to support
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2020-04-27
On 25 April, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) quietly announced that it had dropped bombs in Iraq on 10 April. Yet only one week before the bombings, foreign secretary Dominic Raab had announced UK support for a United Nations call for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. | “The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war”: | On 23 March, UN secretary-general António Guterres called for “an immedi…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/04/27/uk-d…

Deja vu: Another Bail-Out for Banks and Other Giant Corporations
Ron Forthofer | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-27
The name of the latest enormous transfer of wealth to the one percent, the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act, represents a public relations coup. Unsurprisingly, this great sounding title misrepresents the bill’s contents. Pattern of transferring wealth upward Unfortunately, this bill is essentially a repeat of the bailout of Wall Street during …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/deja-vu-anoth…

A Small-Town Pharmacy in Europe’s Westernmost Country Confronts Covid-19
Anita Lekic | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
Portugal, a country roughly equivalent in size to Pennsylvania with a population of 10,276,617, registered its first coronavirus case on March 2. The country imposed a state of emergency on March 2. By April 23, 785 people died and 21,982 have been infected with the virus.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/27/a-small-town…

Post-Corona World: Recrimination and Defederation
Wayne Madsen | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-27
Protecting the security and safety of the people is the most important duty of any government and Trump, Bolsonaro, and Johnson proved that they were utterly incapable of doing so and thus failed in their most solemn responsibilities. | There are growing signs that the coronavirus pandemic will radically alter the geo-political map of the world. The governors, prime ministers, premiers, chief ministers, and administrators of sub-national governments have been almost unanimous in decrying the lack of support from central governments during the current Covid-19 crisis. Not least among these have been the governo…
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Honduras: Quarantine and Curfew Extended Until May 3rd
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-27
The Honduran Health Ministry announced on Sunday new COVID-19 preventive measures as they extend the quarantine until May 3rd. | RELATED: | Cuban Doctors Arrive in Honduras to Fight COVID-19 | Honduran National Risk Management System (Sinager) representatives stated Red Alert and curfew upholding in the 18 departments. | Sinager enforced these measures in March after the COVID -19 outbreak in the Central American nation. This is the sixth time that the authorities have implemented the pr…
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Lebanon Fights Country’s Worst Financial Crisis Amid COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-27
Lebanon is struggling to contain the spread of the COVID-19 in the territory, as an unprecedented financial crisis threatens to leave the national currency practically valueless, local media reported on Sunday. | RELATED: | Over 330 People Wounded in Lebanon After Clashes in Beirut | The Middle Eastern country counted three new cases of COVID-19. This brings the total to 707, while the number of deaths remains at 24. | But the country’s economic crisis forced the authorities to re…
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US States Stock Malaria Drug Touted by Trump Despite Warnings
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-27
At least 22 states and Washington, D.C. obtained about 30 million doses of hydroxychloroquine, a medication used to cure malaria and promoted by United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump to treat COVID-19, The Associated Press (AP) reported Saturday. | RELATED: | Brazil: Chloroquine Studies Suspended After 11 People Die | While health authorities have been warning that more research is still needed, Oklahoma spent US$2 million to buy the drugs, and Utah and Ohio spent hundreds of…
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Colombia Delays Venezuelans From Returning to Their Country
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-27
The Colombian authorities have delayed nearly 12,000 Venezuelans from returning to their country, leaving them stranded on their side of the border. | RELATED: | Venezuela Announces International Lawsuit Against US | Venezuelans stranded at the Colombian border decided to return home due to the health crisis caused by the COVID-19. | According to teleSUR correspondent in Colombia Hernan Tobar, about 180 people are waiting since Thursday in Barrio Visión Colombia, west of Bogotá, for t…
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Cuba Develops First COVID-19 Tracking App
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-27
Yosvel Falero is one of the developers of the first Cuban COVID-19 tracking app aimed at supporting efforts to stem the spread of the virus nationwide. | RELATED: | Cuba Plans National Production of Drug Against COVID-19 | The 37-year-old honed his skills as a computer science professional through a Chinese government scholarship in the city of Wuhan in 2018. | “What I learnt in China has been fundamental to develop this app which will facilitate better and quicker detection…
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Evo Morales Concerned Over Añez’s Lack of Scientific Advisory
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-27
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales expressed Monday his concern about the de facto government’s lack of scientific consultancy during the COVID-19 outbreak in the Andean nation. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Añez Regime Makes It Difficult for Citizens to Return | “There is concern that because of the de facto government’s improvisation, six medical societies are withdrawing,” the former president said. | The Bolivian Society of Critical Care Medicine and Intensive Care, the Society of Inter…
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Cuba Plans National Production of Drug Against COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-27
The Cuban pharmaceutic Company MedSol Laboratories develops antiretroviral Kaletra; this drug has been effectively used to treat COVID-19 infected patients. | RELATED: | Former Jamaican Prime Minister Applauds Cuba’s Generosity | MedSol research and development group, Novatec, is because of Kaletra’s testing and production. According to Adalberto Izquierdo Castro, Novatec’s manager, the drug is in the development stage. So far, Cuban laboratories produced three pilot batches and ca…
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US nursing homes: A goldmine for real estate and private equity firms
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
The COVID-19 pandemic has jeopardized large sections of the nursing home industry, which have become controlled by corporate operators at the expense of residents’ quality of care.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/nur2…

From Hobbes to Global Lockdown: Why We Need To Heed China and COVID-19 Experiment
Julian Vigo | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
In Leviathan (1651) Hobbes takes us back to the time he calls the “state of nature.” Key to his argument is that this state of nature without a central authority to keep humans in order would result in fighting, wars and…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/27/from-hobbes-…

The Truth About China’s COVID-19 Response
Roger Stoll | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-27
While the U.S. took two-and-a-half years to identify HIV/AIDS after the discovery of the first symptomatic case in the country, China discovered, identified and contained COVID-19 within a few months. In the U.S., over half a million people have died of HIV/AIDS; worldwide that same number die every year. Even now, in the U.S., 13,000 die each year of the disease. | No wonder the world understands that China’s successful national mobilization to stop the COVID-19 virus was unprecedented, as recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO). Also well understood is that China’s rapid detection and transparency in…
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Trump and Biden Trade Hit Pieces: Distinctions without a Difference
Roger D. Harris | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-27
This season’s sequel to the “Game of Thrones” features reality TV star and the current occupant of the Oval Office versus the former Senator from MBNA and two-term VP. It’s time to binge-watch dueling hit pieces from the U.S electoral duopoly going at it. | The narrower the distinctions between Democrats and Republicans, the more vociferous they get in inflating those distinctions as if a distinction were really a difference. As liberation president of Tanzania Julius Nyerere famously observed,…
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How Israel Legitimizes the Abuse of Palestinian Political Prisoners
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-27
Each year Palestinian Prisoners Day comes and goes while the prisoners remain in their cells and their conditions worsen. The destructive effects that Israel’s imprisonment of thousands of Palestinians has on society cannot be overstated. Israel justifies its treatment of these prisoners with false claims that the Palestinian men, women, and children who languish in its jails are terrorists. These false claims must be rejected in their entirety. Palestinian prisoners are political prisoners, they are prisoners of conscience and must be viewed and treated as such by the international community. | Israeli claims th…
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ACLU study predicts an additional 100,000 COVID-19 deaths in US prisons
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
America’s 2.3 million inmates and 420,000 guards and staff are at high risk of infection, threatening tens of thousands of lives.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/prsn…

Record Inequality, COVID-19, and the Crisis of the Have-Nots
Anthony Dimaggio | zcomm.org | 2020-04-27
Public pressure is rapidly building for government to take a more active role in reducing the misery and suffering of those who have been hardest hit by the Covid-19 economic crisis…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/record-inequality-…

There’s Another Even Deadlier Pandemic Right Now: it’s called Stupidity
David Mellonie | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-27
While many countries grapple with the health, social and economic costs of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s another, much more serious disease infesting our world that goes largely un-noticed and usually un-treated. Tragic and traumatic as COVID-19 undoubtedly is for the individuals affected by it, when seeking answers about how, why, and how fast it happened, …
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Estimated £515 monthly loss to UK households due to COVID-19 the tip of the iceberg
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
Households will suffer an overall £43 billion loss–equating to a 17 percent reduction in monthly household disposable income.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/inco…

EU steps up push for return to work amid COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
The decision to lift confinement measures in the middle of a pandemic–23,680 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed yesterday across Europe–is politically criminal.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/euco…

Bolivia’s Movement Towards Socialism says #PutLivesFirst
Federico Fuentes | zcomm.org | 2020-04-27
Bolivia’s Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) has sought to outline in #PutLivesFirst, a detailed and comprehensive plan for tackling COVID-19 and its social and economic impacts…
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Covid-19, Georgia and a State of Fear
J.P. Linstroth | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
When we think of “human sacrifice”, perhaps the ancient civilizations of the Mayas and Aztecs come to mind, and maybe to a lesser extent the Incas. The ancient Mayas practiced human sacrifice as part of their internecine warfare between city-state kingdoms whereby captive Mayan kings and nobility were sacrificed to Mayan gods and as a…
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Detroit bus drivers and riders exposed to COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
One-quarter of the residents of the Motor City cannot afford a car and many are forced to ride public buses, which have become a conduit for the spread of deadly disease.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/detr…

Romanian harvest worker in Germany dies of COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
The death of the 57-year-old Nicolae Bahan has cast a grim light on the terrible conditions confronting harvest workers coming from Eastern Europe to toil in Germany ‘ s fields.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/roma…

Record Inequality, COVID-19, and the Crisis of the Have-Nots
Anthony DiMaggio | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
Americans have historically struggled to see inequality as a major societal problem. Inequality in the U.S. was at record levels, even before the emergence of the Covid-19 public health and economic crisis. And Americans have long been tolerant of high inequality in their own country. Less than half historically have said inequality reduction should be a top policy priority of government.
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COVID-19 trial begins at Imperial to understand and treat the disease
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-27
Thousands of samples from COVID-19 patients have been collected so far to help researchers learn more about the disease and how it progresses.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197175/covid-19-trial-begins-imperial-understand-treat

Have Nepal’s People Managed a Healthy Breakthrough in the Covid-19 Crisis?
B. Nimri Aziz | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
“We’re all going to die!” This feeble appeal came in a Facebook phonecall with B. Thapa from his village in the Nepal’s eastern hills. Our conversation was in early March when news headlines from Italy and the U.S. began to alarm Nepalis. With no information about the spread of the disease in his country, this…
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Greece: COVID-19 pandemic a further risk to refugee child education
news.un.org | 2020-04-27
UN agencies in Greece have expressed concern at the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the education of refugee children in the country, as a charity partner warns that funding for educational programmes is on the verge of running out.
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Columbia University graduate workers strike against university’s COVID-19 response
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
The strike is opposed by the UAW, which is currently negotiating a contract for graduate workers at Columbia.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/colu…

More evidence that politicians missed many more chances to protect us from COVID-19
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-27
By Paul Rogers: US intelligence warned of the new COVID-19 disease last November and the British government failed to follow its own advice. What is the point of analysing the origins of the COVID-19 crisis while we are still struggling to survive it? Isn’t it far better to concentrate on the present and how to …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/more-evidence-that-politicians-missed-many-more-chances-to-protect-us-from-covid-19/

As Bolsonaro pushes to reopen schools, Brazilian state governments escalate attacks on education
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
Brazil’s fascistic president justified his proposal by saying, “It’s a reality: on average, 70 percent will catch the virus… It is no use running away from this reality.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/bols…

Las Vegas mayor offers up 2.3 million residents as “control group” by reopening during the pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
Mayor Carolyn Goodman proposed “leaving it up” to the casino and hotel executives to determine what are necessary public safety measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/good…

US billionaires increase wealth by $280 billion since March, as millions unable to get unemployment benefits
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
The wealth of the ultra-rich has surged since the March stock market slump, as the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic further concentrates the wealth of society.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/rich…

The Black Plague
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor | mronline.org | 2020-04-27
The rapidity with which the pandemic has consumed black communities provides an unvarnished look into the dynamics of race and class that existed long before it emerged.
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The Deadliest Pandemic
Paul Edwards | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
Among the infinity of unknowns about Covid 19 there is one incontrovertible fact: It is not another Black Death or Spanish Influenza. Deadly as it is, it will not kill a third of Europe’s population or 100 million people worldwide. Contingent on that fact is an obscure future about which speculation is idle, but a…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/27/the-deadlies…

Fifty Years Ago, Millions of Students Struck To End A War in Vietnam
Steve Early | zcomm.org | 2020-04-27
Nixon’s unexpected escalation of an already unpopular war in Vietnam triggered a chain of events culminating in the largest student strike in U.S. history…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/fifty-years-ago-mi…

GM contract worker victimized over COVID warning speaks about his case
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
Travis Watkins, a contract worker and local United Auto Workers bargaining chairman was fired March 18 after he made a Facebook post alerting workers to possible infections at his plant in western Michigan.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/watk…

Netherlands’ criminal herd-immunity policy puts hospitals on brink of collapse
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
The Dutch government’s “intelligent lockdown” strategy adopted since March 16 places capitalist profits above workers’ lives, risking countless thousands of deaths.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/neth…

The Big Lie Triumphant
Chuck Churchill | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
+ 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 the Trump administration, where the President averages 30 lies big & small a day, and 4 months…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/27/the-big-lie-…

Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Stop Construction of Natural Gas Pipeline Through Inventoried Roadless Areas in SE Idaho
Mike Garrity | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
It’s no great secret that the remaining tracts of roadless public lands are threatened every day by logging, grazing, mining, oil and gas drilling and the road-building to support those extractive industries. The effects are likewise no mystery. The wildlife that requires the security of roadless habitat, such as grizzlies, lynx, sage grouse, and wolverines, are being…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/27/conservation…

Four Reasons to Ditch the Draft
Rivera Sun | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
There’s a bill before Congress to expand the military draft to women. It’s a terrible idea. Here are four reasons why: 1. It’s not about “equality.” Some say drafting women is only fair; after all, men 18-25 must register for the draft. Shouldn’t women? The answer is no. It’s not equally fair, it’s equally unfair. Gender…
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The Meltdown of the Careerist Greens
Michael Donnelly | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
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Covid by the Numbers
Laura Flanders | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
I was feeling better before I started this. How much better? Two, three, 500 times better? It’s hard to say. Numbers are blurring in my mind. Six is a number I’m clear about. Come Sunday, six is the number of weeks I will have spent in this place. Two, the number of people in my…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/27/covid-by-the…

We have begun to wrestle it to the floor: PM Johnson is ‘back in the driving seat,’ and he is in for a bumpy ride
rt.com | 2020-04-27
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has re-emerged following a weeks-long battle with Covid-19, but the “war” on the coronavirus is far from being won. Johnson faces numerous challenges, most notably when to reopen the economy. | Earlier on Monday morning, junior health minister Edward Argar vowed that Johnson “will be back in the driving seat” and “getting on with the job.” Johnson has declined to give any specific dates regarding the easing of lockdown restrictions or a return to work for the world’s fifth-largest economy. | Johnson expressed concern about “a new wave of death and disease as well as an econ…
rt.com/uk/486976-boris-johnson-returns-d…

Volkswagen resumes production at Europe’s largest car factory after Covid-19 shutdown
rt.com | 2020-04-27
The world’s largest carmaker, Volkswagen, resumed work on Monday at its biggest factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, amid eased coronavirus lockdown rules. VW says it wants to give workers time to adapt to new hygiene measures. | After a month-long shutdown, around 8,000 workers in Wolfsburg started building cars again on Monday. The factory is planning to build 1,400 cars this week, and 6,000 vehicles during the first two weeks after reopening. | Production capacity at the plant will be at around 10 to 15 percent to begin with, said Andreas Tostmann, VW brand’s board member responsible for production. It will reach…
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Germany: Daimler and VW boost production and demand billions in taxpayers’ money
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
Although around 2,500 people in Germany are being infected with the coronavirus every day, Daimler and Volkswagen both restarted car production this week.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/daim…

Amazon Algorithm Is Manipulating Suppliers Into Favoring It Over Other Retailers
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-27
During the second week of March, as the stock market and many U.S. businesses slumped, Peter Spenuzza’s company, Rise Bar, enjoyed an unexpected boost. Amazon, where the protein bars are sold, suggested Spenuzza keep 18,000 packages in its warehouses, up from the usual 4,000, based on soaring demand for almond honey and other flavors. | The brand’s weekly Amazon sales dipped by 25%. Dismayed, Spenuzza decided to regularly send the e-commerce giant the “lion’s share” of his inventory and s…
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USDA Under Fire for Allowing Millions of Pounds of Produce to Rot
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-27
With food insecurity on the rise across the U.S. as the coronavirus pandemic continues to drive unprecedented job losses and economic disruption, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is facing backlash from lawmakers, farmers, and advocacy groups for its failure to act with urgency as millions of pounds of produce rot in fields across the nation. | …
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As Trump Touts Dangerous “Cures,” Here’s What We Know About COVID-19 Treatments
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-27
President Trump dangerously suggested injecting disinfectants could help patients sick with the coronavirus, then said he was being “sarcastic.” But his remarks led to a spike in calls to helplines about taking disinfectants. We look at “What We Know About the Most Touted Drugs Tested for COVID-19” with Tanya Lewis, associate editor for health and medicine at Scientific American. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. | AMY GOODMAN: This is Democr…
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Trump Lavished Himself With Praise for COVID Response 600 Times as 55,000 Died
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-27
Most of the American public may not be happy with President Donald Trump’s actions when it comes to how he’s handled the coronavirus pandemic so far, but there’s at least one person who has given him consistent, glowing praise from the start of the crisis: Trump himself. | According to numbers compiled by The New York Times, Trump has given congratulatory remarks to himself around 600 times. He has credited others as taking positive action on the coronavirus pandemic about 360 times, and bla…
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Planned Parenthood Condemns States Using Pandemic to Limit Abortion Access
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-27
As much of the U.S. remains on lockdown, abortion rights are under attack nationwide. We get an update on the fight for abortion access with Alexis McGill Johnson, acting president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. “Our bodies have literally been deemed essential,” she says, “and yet the control of our bodies and the right to control our own bodies has not.” | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. | AMY GOODMAN: As the coronaviru…
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COVID-19 Must Radicalize Doctors: We Cannot Remain on the Political Periphery
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-27
Medical education is known for its stress, with high rates of mental illness and burnout often attributable to a toxic work environment

Chinese factory overwhelmed with Fauci bobblehead orders, uses cash to buy masks in China
rt.com | 2020-04-27
A Chinese factory is cranking out bobblehead figures of President Trump’s disease specialist Dr. Anthony Fauci. Selling the figures to American liberals, the factory hopes to raise money for medical supplies in China. | The Chinese port city of Xiamen was locked down in early February, as the Covid-19 coronavirus spread beyond its epicenter in Hubei Province. Now though, life in the city is returning to normal, and one factory is busy pumping out bobblehead figurines of Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and President Donald Trump’s coronavirus adviser.
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Fasten your seatbelt: Boeing CEO warns it could be ‘years’ before aviation industry recovers from Covid-19 financial turbulence
rt.com | 2020-04-27
Boeing CEO David Calhoun told an online meeting of the aviation giant’s shareholders it would be “a while before the dividend comes back,” describing the situation as “like nothing we have ever experienced.” | “It will be years before this returns to pre-pandemic levels. We are in an unpredictable and fast-changing environment, and it is difficult to estimate when the situation will stabilize,” Calhoun warned. | On top of that, he said, when…
rt.com/business/487059-boeing-calhoun-co…

Russia OVERTAKES China in number of coronavirus cases
rt.com | 2020-04-27
Almost three months after the first confirmed cases of coronavirus in Russia, the number of infections in the world’s largest country has overtaken China, the first nation to report an outbreak of Covid-19. | Official Russian numbers on Monday morning confirmed 6,198 brand new cases of Covid-19, bringing the country’s overall total to 87,147. | The number has now surpassed China’s official figures which are reported to be 82,830.As Russia’s daily new infections continue to be in the several thousands, China’s latest government figures state that the country saw just three new cases in the past day. | However,…
rt.com/russia/487016-russia-china-corona…

What pandemic? German minister blasted for wearing NO MASK to receive Covid-19 supplies AND flouting social distancing rules
rt.com | 2020-04-27
Germany’s defense minister seems to have missed the memo on ‘social distancing’ and compulsory mask-wearing, showing up to receive a shipment of pandemic supplies wearing nothing on her face but a smile, prompting ridicule online. | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer appeared at Leipzig/Halle Airport on Monday, flanked by aides and army personnel (in surprisingly close proximity) and surrounded by a huddle of tightly-packed reporters

Do Russian grain export limits threaten global food security? The answer is no
rt.com | 2020-04-27
With the coronavirus crisis already triggering concerns over food security, some saw the depletion of Russian export quotas for grain as a new and alarming signal. | What happened? | Earlier this month, the Russian government approved seven-million-ton caps on exports of certain crops. The restrictions, intended to secure the domestic food market, apply to such essential crops as wheat and maslin, rye, barley and corn. | The new quotas are effective from April 1 to June 30, and members of the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union are excluded from the restrictions. These allowances have been used up rapidly and w…
rt.com/business/487049-russia-grain-expo…

Thinking caps on: Chinese school kids return to classroom with the help of ‘social distancing hats’ (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-04-27
Elementary schoolers in the Chinese megacity of Hangzhou have returned to school, sporting an unusual addition to their regular uniform: a winged cardboard hat reminding them to maintain distance from each other. | The longest ever winter vacation for Hangzhou’s elementary students ended this week, as first to third grades returned to the classroom. One school in the city, Yangzheng Primary School, gave its students an early assignment: fashion their own homemade “one-meter hats,” to remind the youngsters to stay a meter apart at all times. | Photos of the headwear have circulated on Chinese social media platf…
rt.com/news/487042-china-coronavirus-sch…

Thailand to extend state of emergency until end of May, considers easing restrictions
rt.com | 2020-04-27
Thailand will extend a state of emergency over the coronavirus until the end of May, but will consider easing some restrictions on businesses and public activities due to the improvement in the number of cases, the government said. | The country on Monday reported nine new coronavirus cases and no new local virus transmission in Bangkok for the first time since the outbreak began in January. It has reported 2,931 cases in total and 52 fatalities, while 2,609 patients have recovered, Reuters said. | The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand also extended a ban on all incoming international passenger flights, int…
rt.com/newsline/487027-thailand-extend-e…

Australia rejects Beijing’s ‘economic coercion’ threat amid planned probe into pandemic origin
rt.com | 2020-04-27
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has cautioned China against attempts at “economic coercion” as Australia pushes for an investigation into the coronavirus pandemic. Beijing’s ambassador to Australia, Cheng Jingye, said in a newspaper interview on Monday the “Chinese public” could avoid Australian products and universities. | Payne said in a statement on Monday that Australia had made a “principled call” for an independent review of the Covid-19 outbreak which started in the Chinese city of Wuhan, Reuters reports. “We reject any suggestion that economic coercion is an appropriate response to a call for…
rt.com/newsline/486987-australia-china-e…

French MPs from ruling party say their govt withdrew vote on ‘StopCovid’ tracing app
rt.com | 2020-04-27
Lawmakers from France’s ruling party accused their own government on Monday of withdrawing a vote on a planned coronavirus tracing app, saying they had been robbed of a chance to raise privacy concerns. Last week, the government bowed to pressure and promised a vote on the ‘StopCovid’ smartphone software. It is designed to warn users if they come into contact with infected people. | Over the weekend, PM Edouard Philippe wrote to the lower house speaker that he wanted to broaden the debate scheduled for April 28-29 to cover the government’s entire strategy on ending coronavirus lockdowns. | A government source…
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‘Where’s the truth, who to believe?’: Russian curler Sidorova ponders ‘unanswered’ coronavirus questions
rt.com | 2020-04-27
Russian Olympic curler Anna Sidorova has urged people to listen to the coronavirus experts while pondering a series of “unanswered questions” about the pandemic. | Sidorva, who skippered her country at the Sochi 2014 Games and who has a host of World and European Championship medals to her name, took to Instagram to ask the big questions that appear to be bothering her as the world grapples with Covid-19. | “Where is the truth? Who to believe?!” Sidorova began the message, which was accompanied by a picture of herself gazing thoughtfully out of the window as a bath robe slips from her shoulder. | “On TV th…
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World should have ‘listened carefully’ to WHO coronavirus advice back in January, says director-general
rt.com | 2020-04-27
Countries that ignored the WHO’s advice at the end of January have been less successful in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic, its director warned, as both the organization and world leaders face criticism for mishandling the crisis. | “On January 30 we declared the highest level of global emergency on Covid-19 […] During that time, as you may remember, there were only 82 cases outside China. No cases in Latin America or Africa, only 10 cases in Europe. No cases in the rest of the world. So the world should have listened to the WHO then carefully,” World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghe…
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‘Even you can’t defend that!’ Piers Morgan slams conservative CNN pundit over Trump’s ‘dangerous’ Covid-19 disinfectant comments
rt.com | 2020-04-27
Piers Morgan unleashed on long-time friend Donald Trump over controversial comments about using “something like” disinfectant to beat Covid-19, sparring with a conservative CNN commentator over the “dangerous” remark. | While the Good Morning Britain host has often been a staunch defender of Trump, Morgan hasn’t been reluctant to slam the US president over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. | In a heated segment on Monday, Morgan told CNN contributor Ben Ferguson that the crisis has brought “all the worst traits of Donald Trump” to the fore and that his handling of the outbreak has been “terrible.” Morg…
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Israel may reopen some schools on Sunday, Gaza allows restaurants to reopen
rt.com | 2020-04-27
Israel will begin a staggered reopening of schools next week if the latest health data does not warn of a heightened coronavirus risk, PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Monday. The country closed schools and kindergartens in mid-March, worsening an economic lockdown as parents were forced to stay at home. With unemployment peaking at 27 percent and contagion rates waning, Israel is now easing its curbs. | Netanyahu’s office said children in the first three years of primary school would resume studies, in reduced class sizes of no more than 15 pupils. Kindergartens and nurseries will reopen, with children…
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Saudi-led coalition urges Yemen’s separatist group to rescind self-rule declaration
rt.com | 2020-04-27
The Saudi-led coalition currently engaged in Yemen urged on Monday for a leading separatist group that has declared self-rule in the south to rescind its move. The decision of the separatist Southern Transitional Council threatens to renew conflict between the STC and the Saudi-backed government

‘It’s a national catastrophe’: BoJo ridiculed upon return after claiming many are looking at UK’s ‘APPARENT SUCCESS’ on Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-04-27
British PM Boris Johnson drew widespread criticism on his official return to work following his illness, after suggesting the UK’s response to the Covid-19 crisis will be the envy of “many people” around the world. | During his public address to the nation outside 10 Downing Street on Monday, Johnson ostensibly attempted to quell people’s anxieties by reeling off a number of UK ‘achievements’ concerning coronavirus statistics, tempered by an insistence that lockdown measures

Do Russian grain export limits threaten global food security?
rt.com | 2020-04-27
With the coronavirus crisis already triggering concerns over food security, some saw the depletion of Russian export quotas for grain as a new and alarming signal. | What happened? | Earlier this month, the Russian government approved seven-million-ton caps on exports of certain crops. The restrictions, intended to secure the domestic food market, apply to such essential crops as wheat and maslin, rye, barley and corn. | The new quotas are effective from April 1 to June 30, and members of the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union are excluded from the restrictions. These allowances have been used up rapidly and w…
rt.com/business/487049-russia-grain-expo…

Shock new development as children fall ill with syndrome similar to severe Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-04-27
Children have largely been spared from the coronavirus. But now British GPs have warned of youngsters being hit by a mysterious virus-like syndrome that may be an offshoot of the virus, or a new infectious pathogen. | An “urgent alert” has been issued to British doctors as what seems to be a serious coronavirus-related syndrome that affects children emerges in the population. | On Monday, the Health Service Journal reported that they had…
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NYC tenant groups plan 1 million-strong RENT STRIKE as end of eviction moratorium looms with no amnesty in sight
rt.com | 2020-04-27
New York City tenant groups have joined a growing movement for a statewide rent strike as the continued coronavirus shutdown makes working

‘Counterproductive & unfair’: Russian FM defends WHO after US attacked organization, stopped financing
rt.com | 2020-04-27
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has defended the World Health Organization (WHO) against allegations that it is to blame for how the novel coronavirus pandemic unfolded. | Lavrov, during an online conference with students, called the attempts to place blame on the WHO “counterproductive and unfair,” adding that he believes that the organization acted “professionally” at all stages of the crisis. | Hailing the efforts of international organizations, including the UN, Lavrov cautioned governments against using moments of deep crisis such as this pandemic to further their own interests. The Russian FM sugg…
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2019 Russian ‘Woman of the Year’ LEFT DESERTED by fans & sponsors after justifying domestic violence
rt.com | 2020-04-27
As awareness of the devastating impact of domestic violence is ever-growing amid the Covid-19 lockdown, it’s pretty much common knowledge that victim-blaming is bad form. In Russia, it appears one celebrity didn’t get the memo. | Ukrainian-born and Russia-based singer and television presenter Regina Todorenko has come under attack after suggesting women should think about why their actions induced domestic violence. Todorenko, who was once a host of the incredibly popular travel show ‘Oryol i Reshka’, said women who complain that their husbands beat them must be “psychologically ill.” | “Come on! Do you have a…
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WATCH: Tallest volcano in Eurasia ERUPTS in Russia’s Far East, spewing ash 7,000m into the skies
rt.com | 2020-04-27
The eruption of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in Russia’s Kamchatka has created spectacular scenes, producing rivers of lava and massive smoke clouds

‘Another hoax’: Kremlin dismisses reports of poisoning plot against Czech officials who tore down Konev monument
rt.com | 2020-04-27
The Czech media has crafted a spy thriller, based on unnamed sources, that Russians were planning to poison officials behind the removal of a monument to Marshal Ivan Konev who freed Prague from the Nazis. Moscow says it’s a hoax. | The report by Respekt magazine this weekend had a short and catchy title

Schumer wants to wipe Trump’s name off stimulus checks, accuses president of ‘exploitation’
rt.com | 2020-04-27
In a classic piece of Washington partisanship, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will introduce legislation to remove President Trump’s signature from stimulus checks, accusing Trump of pushing his “political interests.” | A $1,200 payment from the federal government, part of the $2.2 trillion stimulus package signed into law by President Donald Trump last month, is supposed to reach approximately 150 million Americans. For the roughly 70 million whose paper checks are currently in the mail, the check will be signed by Trump, and will be accompanied by a letter from the president. | Attaching his name to th…
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UK Environment Secretary Eustice blasted after suggesting furloughed workers get 2nd job picking fruit
rt.com | 2020-04-27
Environment Secretary George Eustice has come under sharp criticism after suggesting that workers furloughed due to the Covid-19 pandemic could get a second job in agriculture picking fruit and vegetables. | Speaking at a daily briefing on Sunday, Eustice gave some insight into how the coming shortage in the workforce can be managed. At the moment, he said, Britain’s agriculture is doing fine, yet “we do anticipate” the sector to experience troubles in June at the height of the harvesting season. | “We estimate that probably only about a third of the migrant labor that would normally come to the UK is here, an…
rt.com/uk/486942-eustice-farm-picking-ve…

New Zealand begins to ease lockdown, allows fishing & surfing
rt.com | 2020-04-27
New Zealanders will be able to go fishing, surfing, hunting and hiking this week for the first time in more than a month as the country begins to ease its way out of a strict lockdown. Around 400,000 people will return to work after the country shifts its alert level down a notch at midnight on Monday. | Shops and restaurants will remain closed as several social restrictions remain in place. | New Zealand’s five million residents were subjected to one of the strictest lockdowns in the world in response to the pandemic, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern closing offices, schools, bars and restaurants, including…
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Rules for you, but not for us: DeBlasio appoints wife ‘equity’ czar & strolls in park while New York City remains on lockdown
rt.com | 2020-04-27
Ethics or strict lockdown rules did not prevent New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio from traveling from Manhattan to Brooklyn to soak up some sunshine with his wife, or from appointing her ‘equity and racial inclusion’ overseer. | “New Yorkers are doing a great job with social distancing but we know warmer weather will bring real challenges,” the tone-deaf De Blasio tweeted on Monday, announcing that the city council is working “to create more open streets for New Yorkers to enjoy safely.” | Even as Hizzoner was twee…
rt.com/usa/487068-deblasio-hypocrisy-new…

‘I just wish him well’: Trump says he has ‘good idea’ of Kim Jong-un’s condition
rt.com | 2020-04-27
US President Donald Trump further fueled speculation about the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, telling reporters at the White House he had a “very good idea” of his condition but couldn’t talk about it at this time. | “I can’t tell you exactly. Yes I do have a very good idea but I can’t talk about it now,” Trump said Monday when asked about Kim’s health. | “I just wish him well,” the US president added. | I hope he’s fine. I do know how he’s doing, relatively speaking. | Rumors of Kim’s death have been circulating in the West for over a week, since a number of mainstream US media outlets cited uncon…
rt.com/news/487071-trump-knows-kim-healt…

Not dead anymore? As Pyongyang cites Kim’s message, media downplays death rumors after Seoul adviser says he’s ‘alive & well’
rt.com | 2020-04-27
International media headlines have undergone some changes following reports from South Korea that Kim Jong-un isn’t dead or even in grave condition. This coincided with the North’s state media citing his message to workers. | Major news outlets rushed to quote Moon Chung-in, a national security adviser to South Korea’s president, who said on Sunday that the North Korean leader has been staying in the coastal town of Wonsan, downplaying the death rumors. Seoul’s position is “firm” that Kim Jong-un, believed to be 36 years of age, “is alive and well,” the senior official stated. | Around the same time the remark…
rt.com/news/486959-kim-alive-media-repor…

‘Possible terrorism’: Car RAMS French motorcycle police, seriously injuring two officers
rt.com | 2020-04-27
Two police officers in a Paris suburb have been seriously injured after they were rammed by a car, apparently on purpose. The driver has been arrested and authorities are investigating the possibility it was a terrorist attack. | A BMW drove into two mounted officers and proceeded to crush one of their vehicles against another police car in Colombes, just northwest of Paris, on Monday afternoon. | Photos of the scene quickly surfaced on social media. | Deux motards de la #police dans un état grave après après été percutés volontairem…
rt.com/news/487060-france-motorbike-poli…

New Nightingale Hospital on Bristol Campus to be Officially Opened in Virtual Ceremony
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
Since the announcement in March, the United Kingdom has mobilised the resource of its National Health Service to construct a series of temporary medical centers that serve to take coronavirus patients as the pandemic spreads throughout the UK.
sputniknews.com/uk/202004271079109492-ne…

Netflix to Stream Remastered Versions of Kiarostami’s Films
Iran Front Page | iranian.com | 2020-04-27
The world’s leading provider of online entertainment service Netflix is going to offer the remastered versions of a number of movies directed by late Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. Netflix has signed a deal with mk2 Films, a French company that has acquired all rights to dozens of movies from Iranian filmmaker Kiarostami. Every year, mk2 …
iranian.com/2020/04/26/netflix-to-stream…

US: Joe Biden’s run gets nod from House Speaker Pelosi
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-27
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday became the latest high-profile Democrat to officially endorse former Vice President Joe Biden’s White House bid.”Today, I’m proud to endorse Joe Biden for President of the United States because he will be an extraordinary president,” she said in a pre-recorded video message attached to her tweet. “He knows how to get the job done.”Praising Biden’s work in various policy areas, Pelosi touted his character in an implicit dig at the current president, saying: “Joe Biden brings values and integrity to work every day because he never forgets his roots.”
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-joe-bidens-run…

Human Grabber: Indian Police Develop Unique Device to Hold Lockdown Violators – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
New Delhi (Sputnik): India is observing its second lockdown, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a collective measure to combat the contagious virus, COVID-19. To implement it in true letter and spirit, the government has asked authorities to be strict with lockdown violators.
sputniknews.com/world/202004271079107922…

Vice President Pence to visit Mayo Clinic in Rochester on April 28
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-27
Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Rochester, Minnesota, on Tuesday, April 28. He will tour Mayo Clinic facilities that support COVID-19 research and treatment, and speak with staff. Later that evening, Vice President Pence will return to Washington, D.C. Additional details about the vice president’s trip are forthcoming. Members of the media can contact …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/vi…

Read My Lips
Lucine Kasbarian | indybay.org | 2020-04-27
The True Face of Turkey.
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KPFA LSB Secretary Wofley’s Effort To Cancel Local Station Board Meeting
Follow The Bylaws Committee | indybay.org | 2020-04-27
KPFA Local Station Board Secretary Carol Wolfley in alliance with the losers on the Local Station Board in the Pacifica corporate bylaw changes is now cancelling KPFA Local Station Board meetings. The supporters of the coup at WBAI and the corporate bylaws that were voted down by two to one are now flagrantly violating the bylaws by refusing to have meetings for many months. This allows the management of KPFA to operate without any oversight or transparency with the elected station board.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Apocalypse or Opportunity?
IFCSS | indybay.org | 2020-04-27
Zoom Meeting | ID: 810 1058 4289 | PW: 007751 | Call-in numbers available: us02web.zoom.us/zoomconference | Please note that the invitation SAYS 10: 30, however, the meeting will be opened up at 10: 15 for anyone to join and discuss technical matters, catch up with each other, say Hi, etc.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/24/1883262…

Asian American Voices on Anti-Asian Violence During COVID-19 (Online)
The Commonwealth Club SF | indybay.org | 2020-04-27
Online via livestream…
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Black Oakland Demands in Light of COVID-19 and Rates of Black Death
APTP | indybay.org | 2020-04-27
Across the country, Black People are being infected and dying at disportionate rates from COVID-19. In order to respond effectively to the needs of the Black community our elected officials, health experts, advocates and organizers must take a look at the ways in which the descendants of slaves, Black, African and African-Americans are most impacted by this virus through a racial and class lens.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/24/1883262…

Empowering Women: The Climate Solution We Don’t Talk About (Climate One)
Climate One | indybay.org | 2020-04-27
Online…
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How to use Social Media to Drive Environmental Change: Climate Change
Ecology Center in Berkeley | indybay.org | 2020-04-27
Online via Livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/24/1883260…

Coronavirus-related syndrome among children may be emerging, alert suggests
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-27
A coronavirus-related syndrome among children may be emerging in the UK, a health alert sent to doctors suggests. | The UK Paediatric Intensive Care Society tweeted an alert from NHS England which says that, in the “last three weeks, there has been an apparent rise in the number of children of all ages presenting with a multi-system inflammatory state requiring intensive care across London and also in other regions of the UK”. | It said the effects had been seen in children both with and without coronavirus (Covid-19) but there was evidence that some patients had had coronavirus previously. | Prof Russell Viner,…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/04/27/coronavi…

Boris Johnson is back and brimming with warlike language
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-27
The UK is at the point of “maximum risk” in its battle with coronavirus, Boris Johnson said as he acknowledged frustrations over the continuing lockdown but insisted he would not risk a second peak in the disease by relaxing restrictions too quickly.As the prime minister returned to take charge of the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis following his recovery from Covid-19, he said there are signs that the UK is “passing through the peak” of the outbreak and “coming now to the end of the first phase of this conflict”.Comparing the disease to a mugger, he said: “This is the moment when we have begun, t…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/04/27/boris-jo…

South Korea maintains Kim Jong Un health rumours are untrue
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-27
A top South Korean official has said his country remains confident that there have been no “unusual developments” in North Korea, suggesting that rumours about the health of leader Kim Jong Un are untrue.Unification minister Kim Yeon-chul told a closed-door forum in Seoul on Sunday that South Korea has “enough intelligence to confidently say that there are no unusual developments” in North Korea which back up speculation about Kim Jong Un’s health.The minister said he would not reveal what specific intelligence led to that conclusion, but stressed that it had undergone a complex analysis process.Visitors look on…
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Tireless staff of Kamkar Hospital in Qom
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
QOM, Apr. 27 (MNA)

COVID-19 infects over 3 million people worldwide
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

AEOI imports several COVID-19 rapid diagnostic devices into country
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

VIDEO: Syrian air defense repels Israeli regime’s airstrike
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

Harvesting ‘strawberry’ in Golestan province
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
GORGAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

70,933 recovered in Iran from Covid-19: spokesman
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

Iran’s export volume of sponge iron surges 77%
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

‘Cradle of Silence’ to go to Indian filmfest
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

Iranian dailies’ headlines on April 27
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

FM Zarif congratulates ‘Dutch National Day’
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

Lake Urmia’s water level increases by 650mn cubic meters
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
URMIA, Apr. 27 (MNA)

‘Natural’ for US to oppose stronger Iran: Judiciary Chief
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

US anti-Iranian sanctions in violation of human rights: Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

US proved being the real terrorist by assassination of General Soleimani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

Iran’s steel ingot exports up 26% last year
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

‘Akam’ to vie at Moscow Int. Short Filmfest
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

FM Zarif, Emirati counterpart hold phone talks
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

Baghdad, Washington to schedule US forces withdrawal in June talks: spox
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

Satellite launch proved sanctions to be ineffective: IRGC spox
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

US Reportedly Slams Turkey’s Plans for Natural Resource Exploration Off Cyprus’ Coast
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
US Ambassador to Cyprus Judith Garber insisted that the development of natural resources in the eastern Mediterranean “should promote cooperation” and help foster energy security and economic prosperity in the region.
sputniknews.com/world/202004271079110068…

India’s Top Court Issues Notice for Refund on Plane Tickets Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Lockdown
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
New Delhi (Sputnik): India has been in a lockdown for over a month now, which has led to the suspension of flight operations. The restriction has jolted the nation’s aviation sector. Refund-related problems are also being faced by passengers who booked tickets before the lockdown was announced.
sputniknews.com/india/202004271079109250…

‘COVID-19 Proof’ Wall Erected by India’s Tamil Nadu Irks Netizens Over Halting Transit of Essentials
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
New Delhi (Sputnik): While the number of coronavirus-positive cases are nearing the 2,000 mark in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, neighbouring Andhra Pradesh state has 1,097 COVID-19 cases. In a bid to curb the spread of the virus, Tamil Nadu has raised a wall separating it and its neighbour.
sputniknews.com/world/202004271079106305…

Could UK Coronavirus Outbreak be Used to Disguise Murder Because System Unchanged Since Shipman?
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
The government’s Coronavirus Act says inquests are not normally required in cases of suspected COVID-19 deaths. But the system of issuing death certificates and notifying coroners has not changed since it was exploited by serial killer Dr Harold Shipman and there are fears a handful of murders could be hidden among thousands of coronavirus deaths.
sputniknews.com/uk/202004271079108077-co…

US ‘Heading’ for Great Depression 2.0 Amid Coronavirus-Induced Economic and Job Collapse
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
According to the United States Department of Labor, the US now has 26.5 million people who have filed for initial unemployment claims since mid-March after losing their jobs amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, putting an end to over 100 months of record job growth.
sputniknews.com/us/202004271079110096-us…

Coronavirus in US & UK; US Election; George Galloway’s Book Club
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
Join George Galloway on the new home for the Mother of All Talk Shows – this week we talk all about coronavirus, US election and review of a book “Ragged Trousered Philanthropists”
sputniknews.com/radio-moats/202004271079…

The Payback: UCPS to Tackle Unfair Music Streaming Model, Boost Pay for Local Niche Artists-Director
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
Questions over the ‘money pool’ system of revenue payments to record labels are forcing a new conversation on ethical payment systems for artists, namely as millions of users and artists flock to music streaming apps amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and national lockdowns worldwide.
sputniknews.com/interviews/2020042710791…

‘We Scatter Like Cockroaches’: US Troops Describe Pentagon’s Anti-Coronavirus Measures
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
About 4,000 of the nation’s 1.4 million active duty troops have come down with COVID-19, with testing of personnel, plus the entire National Guard and reserve forces expected to take months to complete.
sputniknews.com/military/202004271079109…

Zarif Tells Pompeo to Stop Dreaming About Return to JCPOA After Failing to Bring Iran to Its Knees
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
The Trump administration unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Iran nuclear deal in 2018, forcing the deal’s remaining signatories to scramble to try to save it. On Sunday, US media reported that Secretary of State Pompeo was preparing to argue that Washington was actually still a party to the agreement.
sputniknews.com/world/202004271079110506…

One Killed, Another Injured as India, Pakistan Engage in Massive Firefight at Border
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
New Delhi (Sputnik): India and Pakistan have long been loggerheads over the disputed territory of Kashmir with numerous instances of firefights and shelling, but the situation escalated in 2019 after dozens of Indian soldiers were killed in a vehicle-borne suicide bombing attack in Pulwama district.
sputniknews.com/world/202004271079109923…

At Least 8 Injured in Blast That Took Place at Counter-Terror Operation Site in Kashmir – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
At least 8 people, including 4 children, were injured in a blast which took place near the encounter site at Qazigund in Kulgam in Kashmir, according to reports.
sputniknews.com/asia/202004271079109265-…

Four Indian Sectors That May Benefit From Ongoing China-US Tensions
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
New Delhi (Sputnik): US President Donald Trump is “not very happy with China” over its handling of COVID-19 which might result in Washington decoupling itself from the Asian giant in terms of trade, thus paving the way for India to fill the gap.
sputniknews.com/asia/202004271079105600-…

They Refuse to Bow Down! Video of COVID-19 Indian Patients Dancing in Isolation Ward Lifts Spirits
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s lockdown, from 24 March to 3 May, is almost coming to an end prompting Indians to wonder if it could be further extended.
sputniknews.com/india/202004271079105902…

Covid-19: India’s Banking Regulator Provides $6.7 Bln Lifeline to Mutual Funds Amid Default Fears
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
New Delhi (Sputnik): The Covid-19 pandemic has taken its toll on the Indian economy as well as the equity and currency markets: from a high of over 41,000 levels in the end of February, the Bombay Stock Exchange’s benchmark index, Sensex has dived to around 32,000.
sputniknews.com/india/202004271079105964…

Top Turkish, Italian diplomats discuss coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-27
Turkish foreign minister and his Italian counterpart on Monday discussed measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, according to diplomatic sources.In a phone call, Mevlut Cavusoglu and Luigi Di Maio also exchanged views on regional developments.A total of 26,644 people died of COVID-19 in Italy, the worst-hit country in Europe. Over 197,600 Italians have been infected by the virus, while almost 65,000 have recovered.The coronavirus death toll in Turkey reached 2,805 and cases surged to 110,130. A total of 29,140 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals.After originating in China last Decem…
yenisafak.com/en/news/top-turkish-italia…