During Coronvrius: Cuba to the rescue, but don’t tell the American people
Medea Benjamin | mronline.org | 2020-04-28
Anti-Cuba zealots in the Trump administration have been enticing Cuban doctors working overseas to defect, paying journalists to write negative stories, slapping sanctions on Cubans in charge of the program, and strong-arming countries to expel Cuban doctors.
mronline.org/2020/04/28/during-coronvriu…

Haiti: Food Crisis Persists Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
Haiti’s UN representative, Elisabeth Byrs, said there is a famine and food crisis possibility in the Caribbean nation due to the economic COVID-19 impact. | RELATED: | COVID-19 Is Exacerbating Food Crisis in Haiti: UN | Byrs requested immediate food aid to the World Food Program and stressed the COVID-19 emergency harmed food production. The UN representative expressed her concern about possible famines after the virus outbreak aggravated the severe social situation in Haitian territory…
telesurenglish.net/news/haiti-food-crisi…

Public Health and Private Profits Under COVID-19 Pandemic
Prabir Purkayastha | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
During an interview with Jonas Salk, the creator of the polio vaccine, CBS newsman Edward R. Morrow asked who owned the patent for the vaccine. “Well, the people, I would say,” said Salk. “There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?” This is what drives science and scientists like Salk: that science must be for the public good and not the private profit of companies.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/122145/

Next in Coronavirus Tyranny: Forced Vaccinations and ‘Digital Certificates’
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
In my first week in the House of Representatives in 1976, I cast one of the two votes against legislation appropriating funds for a swine flu vaccination program. A swine flu outbreak was then dominating headlines, so most in DC …
globalresearch.ca/next-coronavirus-tyran…

Next in Coronavirus Tyranny: Forced Vaccinations and ‘Digital Certificates’
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
In my first week in the House of Representatives in 1976, I cast one of the two votes against legislation appropriating funds for a swine flu vaccination program. A swine flu outbreak was then dominating headlines, so most in DC …
globalresearch.ca/next-coronavirus-tyran…

Parents fear for their children’s safety as coronavirus hits juvenile jails
Margie Mason, Robin McDowell | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-28
Nicole Hingle wasn’t surprised when the call came. Frustrations had been building inside juvenile detention centers nationwide as the number of coronavirus cases continued to climb. Now, her 17-year-old son Jace was on the phone telling her around 40 kids had rioted at his facility in Louisiana–the same state where more than a dozen youths …
peoplesworld.org/article/parents-fear-fo…

Exporting COVID-19: ICE Air Conducted Deportation Flights to 11 LAC Countries, Flight Data Shows
Jake Johnston | cepr.net | 2020-04-28
There were 232 likely ICE Air deportation flights to Latin America and Caribbean countries between February 3, 2020 and April 24, 2020, CEPR analysis shows. In 2019, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported 267,258 individuals

US Deportations Are Exporting COVID-19 to Nations Unprepared for a Pandemic
Brett Heinz | cepr.net | 2020-04-28
On April 22nd, President Trump signed an Executive Order putting a 60-day halt on the issuance of new green cards to immigrants admissible for permanent residency in the United States. This measure, coming on the back of other government measures restricting legal immigration, ostensibly seeks to protect the US from imported cases of COVID-19. But …
cepr.net/us-deportations-are-exporting-c…

COVID-19 and Central America: a Learning Moment?
James Phillips | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
The countries of Central America are indeed central to the foreign and domestic policies of the United States in many ways, most obvious of which is immigration. But the current COVID19 pandemic has exposed significant differences in the responses of Central American countries and examples of gross disaster opportunism and the double standard applied to…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/covid19-and-…

Pandemic Delays: Postponing the Assange Extradition Hearing
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
“Mr Assange will be facing a David and Goliath battle with his hands tied behind his back.”

Pandemic Delays: Postponing the Assange Extradition Hearing
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-28
Mr Assange will be facing a David and Goliath battle with his hands tied behind his back.

Assange extradition hearing delayed following defence appeal
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
Assange’s legal team insisted that a hearing could not proceed under the current circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/assa…

Exclusive: OPCW insiders slam “compromised” new Syria chemical weapons probe
The Grayzone | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-28
Current and former staff members of the OPCW have denounced the organization’s IIT report alleging Syrian government sarin use at…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/28/opcw-insiders…

Exclusive: OPCW insiders slam ‘compromised’ new Syria chemical weapons probe
The Grayzone | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-28
Current and former staff members of the OPCW have denounced the organization’s IIT report alleging Syrian government sarin use at…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/28/opcw-insiders…

Video: Venezuela and the Struggle Against Empire: Ajamu Baraka
Ajamu Baraka | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Black Alliance for Peace National Organizer Ajamu Baraka discussed the role of U.S. activists in stopping the U.S. war machine during “An Inside View of Resistance to US Imperialism in Venezuela and How to Build International Solidarity,” a webinar co-hosted …
globalresearch.ca/video-contradictory-ro…

Video: Venezuela and the Struggle Against Empire: Ajamu Baraka
Ajamu Baraka | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Black Alliance for Peace National Organizer Ajamu Baraka discussed the role of U.S. activists in stopping the U.S. war machine during “An Inside View of Resistance to US Imperialism in Venezuela and How to Build International Solidarity,” a webinar co-hosted …
globalresearch.ca/video-contradictory-ro…

Ranked-Choice Voting: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Howie Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
Howie Hawkins is a retired Teamster in Syracuse, New York, and leading in the primaries for the Green Party nomination for president. Climate activist Bill McKibben took to the New Yorker recently to advise me and the Green Party to stand down our presidential campaign and instead work for ranked-choice voting (RCV) so we…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/ranked-choic…

Ranked-Choice Voting: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Howie Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
Climate activist Bill McKibben took to the New Yorker recently to advise me and the Green Party to stand down our presidential campaign and instead work for ranked-choice voting (RCV) so we don’t “spoil” the election for Joe Biden (“Instead of Challenging Joe Biden, Maybe the Green Party Could Help Change Our Democracy,” April 15).
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/ranked-choic…

French NGO Nominates Cuban Doctors For Nobel Peace Prize
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
French organization Cuba Linda advocated Tuesday to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the Cuban Henry Reeves medical brigades, deployed in more than 20 countries to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Cuban Doctors Head to South Africa to Help Fight COVID-19 | “The international community is witnessing the solidarity of health professionals who leave their own country to provide services and share experiences in other parts of the world, which in the case of the pandemic…
telesurenglish.net/news/French-NGO-Nomin…

World economy faces a $5 trillion hit, like losing UK AND France
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-28
The coronavirus pandemic is set to rob the global economy of more than $5 trillion of growth over the next two years, greater than the annual output of Japan or both the UK and France combined That’s the warning from Wall Street banks as the world plunges into its deepest peacetime recession since the 1930s, …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/world-economy-faces-a-5-trillion-hit-like-losing-uk-and-france/

Protests in Somalia after police killing during pandemic lockdown
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
The protests reflect a broader anger towards the brutal methods utilized by the security forces during the curfew…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/soma…

Colombia: Bus Crowds Mark Gradual Opening Since Quarantine
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
The cities of Cali, Barranquilla and Bucaramanga in Colombia reported rush hour crowds at bus stops following the gradual reopening of the country’s lockdown. | RELATED: | Hunger Protests Grow in Colombia Amid Coronavirus Lockdown | Although in the capital, Bogotá, and in Medellín, Monday went by normally, those other cities were saturated with public transport, with an increase in users of between 9 and 32 percent. | During the course of the day, congestion decreased, Secretary of…
telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-bus-cro…

‘You misspelled censorship!’ YouTube expands ‘fact checks’ to protect Americans from coronavirus ‘misinformation’
rt.com | 2020-04-29
YouTube will now “fact check” US search queries, expanding a feature tried in other countries last year in an effort to eradicate “misinformation” about Covid-19

Iran FM expresses deep concern over conditions of migrants in US detention center
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-28
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA)

India Dismisses Plasma Therapy as Treatment for COVID-19
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-28
New Delhi (Sputnik): China’s National Health Commission says that transfusing plasma from recovered patients, containing antibodies effective against the virus can be used to treat severe cases of COVID-19. The US Food and Drug Administration has also approved plasma therapy for COVID-19 patients.
sputniknews.com/india/202004281079121954…

In Her Own Words: Fiona Apple on New Album “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” & Acknowledging Indigenous Lands
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-28
In a broadcast exclusive, world-renowned singer-songwriter Fiona Apple joins Democracy Now! for the hour to discuss her critically acclaimed new album, “Fetch the Bolt Cutters,” which was released early amid the pandemic. “I’ve heard that it’s actually making people feel free and happy,” Apple says, “and it might be helping people feel alive or feel their anger or feel creative. And that’s the best thing that I could hope for.” Her record includes an acknowledgment that the album was “Made on unceded Tongva, Mescalero Apache, and Suma territories.” We also speak with Native American activist Eryn Wise, an organiz…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/28/fiona_app…

The Federalist Fight Against Fascism
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-04-28
The Federalist Fight Against Fascism…
thenation.com/article/politics/coronavir…

Covid-19: Oxford University Vaccine Proves Effective in Monkeys
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
The Jenner Institute at Oxford University in the United Kingdom successfully tested a vaccine against COVID-19 in Rhesus macaques, scientists revealed on Monday. | RELATED: | Cuba: In Test Phase Vaccine That Activates Innate Immune System | The results of the research will be released next week, a month after testing the drug on six Rhesus macaques. | The vaccine was given to the six monkeys at the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Montana. | The…
telesurenglish.net/news/covid19-oxford-u…

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 news briefing with Dr. Greg Poland
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-28
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 …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 research task force
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-28
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, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…

Gunshots ring out and cars are set ablaze in Haiti as police officers protest against government corruption (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Rioting cops stormed the Finance Ministry in the capital over complaints about their pay and working conditions, as Covid-19 rips through the impoverished Caribbean nation. | Videos from the scene show cars set ablaze and government buildings being stormed, as Haitian police took to the streets of Port au Prince on Monday. | Officers went out to protest their pay, working conditions, and government corruption against the bleak backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has put further strain on the country’s dire economic situation. | Rioting cops, calling themselves ‘Fantomes 509’ (Ghosts 509) exchanged gunf…
rt.com/news/487141-haiti-police-officers…

WATCH: Lebanese citizens vent their ire by TORCHING bank, army vehicle, as at least 1 protester shot dead
rt.com | 2020-04-28
A protester has been shot and killed in the Lebanese city of Tripoli, as the country’s financial and economic crisis worsens under the additional pressure of the coronavirus pandemic. | The Lebanese pound has collapsed amid soaring inflation and unemployment worsened by the shutdown of the economy, exacerbating the pre-existing financial crisis which has plagued the country since October. | #ÿߟÑÿ≠ŸÖÿ±ÿßÿ° – #ÿ®Ÿä&yuml…
rt.com/news/487106-bank-torched-lebanon-…

April 25, 2020: Nationwide Cancel Rents Protests
Repost | indybay.org | 2020-04-28
We face a second rent day, May 1, when at least one third of renters nationwide will not be able to pay the rent due to the pandemic lockdown. Yet no governor, Democrat or Republican, has demanded that the rent be cancelled since the renters who live from paycheck to paycheck face immediate eviction when the lockdown ends as they cannot pay any back rent.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/27/1883265…

Over 170 doctors protest against inhumane US sanctions amid COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-28
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA)

Lebanon: one person killed in protests over price hikes
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-28
A Lebanese protestor on Tuesday succumbed to his wounds he sustained in clashes between army forces and demonstrators in Tripoli city, said a health NGO.The Islamic Medical Association identified the protestor as Fawaz al-Samman. It also said 22 protestors and five soldiers were injured in the clashes that took place late Monday at Al-Nour Square during which live bullets, rubber bullets and molotov cocktails were used.Despite the spread of the novel coronavirus, Lebanese protesters took to the streets late Monday in a number of cities to protest deteriorated living conditions and spiraling food prices amid the c…
yenisafak.com/en/world/lebanon-one-perso…

The Corporate Food System is Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse
Walden Bello | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
The global food system has been very much front and center in the COVID-19 story. Everyone, of course, is aware that hunger is closely tracking the virus as its wreaks havoc in both the global North and global South. Indeed, one can say that, unlike in East Asia, Europe, and the U.S., in South Asia,…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/the-corporat…

Video: Turkish Army Clashing with Turkish Proxies in Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Early on April 27, the Israeli Air Force carried out a series of airstrikes on alleged Iranian targets in the countryside of Damascus. As always, pro-Israeli sources claimed that the missile attack hit and destroyed weapon depots and HQs of …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkish-army-cla…

Can Boris Johnson’s Government Survive the COVID-19 Crisis Their Mistakes Exacerbated?
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
In the summer of 2011, riots erupted all over London and television screens and newspapers were filled with pictures of blazing buildings and looted shops. People swiftly noted that among those not present in the capital was the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, who was with his family in a camper van in the Canadian…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/can-boris-jo…

Both Sides-ing Bleach Injection – Media in the era of an incompetent president
Alan MacLeod | fair.org | 2020-04-28
Vox ( 4/23/20) calls the idea that you can treat the coronavirus by injecting bleach “highly unlikely.” | You probably saw Donald Trump’s ridiculous, false and deadly claim last week: that ingesting chemical cleaners could cure humans of the coronavirus. At a White House press briefing on Thursday ( 4/23/20),…
fair.org/home/both-sides-ing-bleach-inje…

Will the Coronavirus Change the World?
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-04-28
It is us, the people, and our true authentic voices – the ‘organic intellectuals’, not the celebrity philosophers – who have the right and the moral legitimacy to rise up to reclaim our democracy…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/will-the-coronavir…

Corruption Scandals Could See Bolsonaro Removed from Power Quicker than One Could Expect
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
The Brazilian government was shaken by a new controversy on Friday after the General Director of the Federal Police, Maurício Valeixo, was sacked by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Following threats made on Thursday, the Minister of Justice and Public …
globalresearch.ca/corruption-scandals-co…

Netanyahu Is Back Yet Again
Philip Giraldi | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-28
Israel will become much bigger | Rahm Emanuel, up until recently the mayor of Chicago and before that a top advisor to the president in the Bill Clinton and Barack Obama White Houses and still earlier a volunteer in the Israeli Army, famously once commented that a good crisis should never be allowed to go to waste. He meant, of course, that a crisis can be exploited to provide cover for other shenanigans involving politicians. It was an observation that was particularly true when one was working for a sexual predator like Bill, who once attacked a “terrorist” pharmaceutical factory in Sudan to divert attention aw…
thealtworld.com/philip_giraldi/netanyahu…

Netanyahu Is Back Yet Again. Israel Will Become Much Bigger
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Rahm Emanuel, up until recently the mayor of Chicago and before that a top advisor to the president in the Bill Clinton and Barack Obama White Houses and still earlier a volunteer in the Israeli Army, famously once commented that …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-back-israel-…

Government Must Pay $12 Billion to Obamacare Insurers, Supreme Court Rules
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-28
Insurance companies are entitled to recoup $12 billion from the federal government in unpaid Obamacare claims, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in an 8-1 vote. | The companies were shielded under the “risk corridor” provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which promised compensation for companies that incurred losses in the marketplaces created by the law. | The original remuneration period lasted three years, but Congressional Republicans capped payments between 2015 and 2017, which the insure…
truthout.org/articles/government-must-pa…

“A Plague On Both Your Houses”
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
Trump’s discussion of injecting UV light and disinfectant into the body to treat COVID-19 during his daily briefing was, of course, a new low. The man, whom his secretary of state Rex Tillerson once famously described as “a moron,” is obviously a toxic mix of stupidity and arrogance. So this morning MSNBC, the unofficial DNC…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/a-plague-on-…

The U.S. Wants to “Purchase” Greenland from Denmark
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
The US’ plan to leverage economic aid to Greenland for strategic ends is exactly the same thing that it accuses China of doing in Africa, suggesting that its infowar against Beijing’s Belt & Road Initiative is driven more by jealousy …
globalresearch.ca/us-doing-same-thing-gr…

Bernie Sanders and the Future of the Movement
James L Cowan | indybay.org | 2020-04-28
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/25/1883264…

Is Trump Using the U.S. Military for Regime Change in Venezuela?
Barbara Boland | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
U.S. policy towards Venezuela has been a head-spinning series of contradictions lately, with no end in sight. From placing a bounty on the heads of President Nicolas Maduro and a dozen current and former Venezuelan officials, to upping sanctions and …
globalresearch.ca/trump-using-u-s-milita…

How Are You Gonna Pay For It? Stop Giving Money to Israel
David Swanson | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-28
Israel is not a poor country. It is certainly not the poorest in the world. So why is it the top recipient of US military “aid?”
mintpressnews.com/stop-giving-united-sta…

Secret ‘COVID-19 Manhattan Project’ Led by Billionaires Seeking to Influence Trump Admin
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Last month Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey called for the bold and urgent launch of what he called “a Manhattan Project-type approach” to fight the coronavirus pandemic given the enormity of the health and economic impact, increasingly even harming US defense …
globalresearch.ca/secret-covid-19-manhat…

Are the US and China on a Collision Course for Greater Confrontation?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
US policymakers from both right wings of the one-party state want China’s rise on the world stage as an economic, industrial, and technological power undermined. | A undeclared Cold War between both countries rages. There’s always risk of things turning hot …
globalresearch.ca/us-china-collision-cou…

Reports of North Korean Leader’s Death Greatly Exaggerated
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Once again, the good old reliable US major media proved unreliable again

The People’s Choice Between Two Unacceptable Lessers for US President in November
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
What passes for US-style “democracy” would make some despots blush. | It’s more fanciful than real, an illusion of what doesn’t exist. | The nation was created to be run by its rich, well-born, and able, John Adams explained. | John Jay, the …
globalresearch.ca/people-choice-between-…

Brazilian Court Orders Investigation Against Bolsonaro
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) on Monday ordered an investigation against President Jair Bolsonaro, due to accusations by former Justice Minister Sergio Moro. | RELATED: | Brazil Bolsonaro Hits the Streets To Defy COVID-19 Guidelines | Moro, who resigned from his post at the Ministry of Justice last Friday, accused Bolsonaro of interfering in police investigations. | In response to these accusations, the STF established on Monday that the Federal Police must interrogate t…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazil-court-ord…

Covid-19 Is the Perfect Catalyst for Trump’s War Against China
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
The phrase ‘Yellow Peril’

Putin Extends National Paid Leave to May 11
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday extended the national paid leave introduced to contain the spread of COVID-19 to May 11. | RELATED: | China Issues Warning to U.S. Military Ship in Disputed Waters | “We are now facing a new, perhaps the most intense stage in the fight against the epidemic. The risks of getting infected have reached a climax. The threat, the mortal danger of the virus persists, and this can affect everyone,” Putin said in a televised address to the nat…
telesurenglish.net/news/Putin-Extends-Na…

Miners with black lung face COVID-19 danger as US mines continue operations
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
Those with pneumoconiosis face almost certain death if COVID-19 continues to spread through the Appalachian mining region.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/mine…

Video: COVID-19: 70% of Patients Are on Ventilators. Is It the “Solution”?… Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell
Dr. John Whyte | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Welcome to “Coronavirus in Context.” | Today we’re going to talk about whether we’re managing coronavirus correctly; do we need to think about a change in our treatment regiments? | My guest is Dr Cameron Kyle-Sidell. He’s a physician trained in …
globalresearch.ca/video-do-covid-19-vent…

Hard Lessons: the COVID-19 Bailout and College Students
Lauren Novosat | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
A feeling of unease began to creep across the globe merely a few months ago, unease that quickly grew into widespread fear, panic, and chaos. As a species, we learned again that disease makes no distinction between race, gender, religion, sexuality, or class. Mankind has much to learn in that respect, for the COVID-19 pandemic…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/hard-lessons…

Covid-19 Is the Perfect Catalyst for Trump’s War Against China
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
The phrase ‘Yellow Peril’

Blind to Science, Bleach Doctor Trump Pushes Crazy China Conspiracy
Finian Cunningham | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-28
How can Doctor Bleach Trump get his head around this scientific evidence when he thinks you can cure the disease by mainlining with Clorox? | Trump’s foray into Covid-19 disease treatment

The COVID-19 Chronology From Hell
Dilip Hiro | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
Historically, in hyper-crises, local and global systems can change fundamentally. Before the coronavirus pandemic hit first China and then the rest of the globe, the question of whether the American imperial era might be faltering was already on the table, amid that country’s endless wars and with the world’s most capricious leader. When humanity emerges…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/the-covid-19…

Compassion, empathy, and charity in the time of COVID-19
Wim Laven | zcomm.org | 2020-04-28
I’ve been conned and I still want to believe people; I would rather live in a world where I believe people are generally good…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/compassion-empathy…

Video: COVID-19: 70% of Patients Are on Ventilators. Is It a “Solution”?… Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell
Dr. John Whyte | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Welcome to “Coronavirus in Context.” | Today we’re going to talk about whether we’re managing coronavirus correctly; do we need to think about a change in our treatment regiments? | My guest is Dr Cameron Kyle-Sidell. He’s a physician trained in …
globalresearch.ca/video-do-covid-19-vent…

New York state’s economy spirals into the abyss under the effects of COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
A new study projects that the economic impact to New York state of the pandemic will reach $243 billion and it will take three years until a “full recovery.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/nyec…

The Luxury to Fear COVID-19
Norbert Ross | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
El Salvador is showing very different faces. While some people herald its young president for his forceful actions as the savior of the country and even an example for Latin America, others denounce him for his disregard for Salvadorian law, the blatant violations of human rights committed under his regime, and his seeming aspirations as a populist, authoritarian leader. Rather than thinking of this as “the truth lies somewhere in between,” it is important to explore how the government has reacted to the COVID-19 crisis, and how these actions have affected the sectors of the society that are usually ignored [mdas…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/the-luxury-t…

Blind to Science, Bleach Doctor Trump Pushes Crazy China Conspiracy
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-04-28
Trump’s foray into Covid-19 disease treatment

New Anti-China Propaganda Uses Russiagate Playbook
Dave DeCamp | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
A rabid anti-China propaganda campaign has spread through the media since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The hysteria seems to be just as contagious as the virus, as Americans are bombarded with anti-China stories from the pages of The …
globalresearch.ca/new-anti-china-propaga…

France: Unions Call for May 1st Demonstration
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
French Union organizations convoked members to celebrate Workers Day, despite the current COVID-19 pandemic. The groups stated they would demonstrate through social media to comply with COVID-19 preventive measures. | RELATED: | ILO: Companies Must Increase Protection During Labor Reopening | The General Confederation of Labour (CGT), the United Federation of Trade Unions (FSU), the Union Syndicale Solidaires (USS), the National Union of Students of France (UNEF), the Union Nationa…
telesurenglish.net/news/-france-unions-c…

India: Vicious attack on Maruti Suzuki trainees highlights plight of migrant workers during COVID-19 lockdown
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
The goon attack on the Maruti Suzuki trainees was clearly aimed at fomenting division and confusion among India’s workers and toilers who are undergoing extraordinary hardship during the Modi government’s ill-planned nationwide lockdown.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/mstt…

The Pentagon’s Pandemic Posture Is All at Sea
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-04-28
According to the official U.S. manual Defense Support of Civil Authorities of 2019, “The mission of the Department of Defense in a pandemic is to preserve U.S. combat capabilities and readiness and to support U.S. government efforts to save lives, reduce human suffering, and slow the spread of infection.” But the Pentagon and its influential allies in the military-industrial complex have chosen to try to avoid the wider implications of the Covid-19 pandemic. The result has been focus on aggression at the expense of the nation’s well-being.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/04/28/pe…

Johnson returns to Downing Street to map out end of COVID-19 lockdown
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
Johnson’s speech outside Downing street reassured the capitalist class that his government would move toward a full return to work but warned of the difficulties of doing so.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/john…

Cuba-Vietnam Trade Agreement in Force Despite Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
The Vietnam Trade and Industry Ministry Sunday stated new commercial trade will take place with Cuba. The agreement will come into effect on April 1st. | RELATED: | Cuba Develops First COVID-19 Tracking App | The commercial contract will regulate the certification processes needed for the inspection of goods. These norms apply to both countries in the merchandise exchange. Vietnamese Exportation and Importation Department also provides preferential tax rates on freights. | The Vietnam-Cuba trade a…
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The COVID-19 “Economic Holocaust” … Bankrupting the Nation. “The Shut-In Economy”
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
For all the uncertainties the COVID-19 pandemic poses to the world, especially in the US, one thing seems evident. Our neoliberal capitalist civilization has proven itself to be unprepared for unexpected crises and catastrophes. For decades, the US has been …
globalresearch.ca/the-covid-19-economic-…

COVID-19 From the Front Lines
Leslie Gregory | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
Some of us in the frontlines of health care have been trying to convince CDC to declare racism as a threat to public health. We think our proofs are strong. Nearly five years ago, when we started the Racism is a Public Health Threat campaign in Portland, Oregon at Race Talks PDX, hosted by long-time community justice…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/covid-19-fro…

Venezuela Leads Region in COVID-19 Tests Per Million People
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
Venezuela has become the country with most screening tests for COVID-19 per million inhabitants in Latin America and the Caribbean, Minister of Communication and Information Jorge Rodriguez announced Tuesday. | RELATED: | Brazil and Colombia Are Epidemiological Threats to Venezuela | “Venezuela is the country in Latin America and the Caribbean that has carried out the most tests per million inhabitants. Today we are above 15,500 tests per million inhabitants,” Rodriguez said duri…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Leads-…

U.S. Production to Contract up to 30 Percent in the Next Quarter
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
The White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett announced that the U.S. economy will contract between 20 percent and 30 percent in the second quarter of this year as a result of measures taken to curb the COVID-19. | In an interview with the CNBC financial network held on Monday night, he said that the fall in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) between April and June will be the worst economic contraction experienced since the Great Depression of 1929. | According to the former director of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), the GDP figures for the first quarter, which will be published this Wednesday, will…
telesurenglish.net/news/U.S.-Production-…

COVID-19 and the Rise of the Police State
David Skripac | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
In December 1917, Europe was immersed in the First World War–one of the most vicious, insane wars the world had ever witnessed. After learning about the high casualty toll and the horrific nature of trench warfare, which included the use …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-rise-police-s…

VT Told Ya’ So: 68 Dead (so far) at Mass. Veterans Home
Gordon Duff | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-28
Daily Beast: COVID-19 has killed nearly a third of the veterans who lived at Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts–and dozens more are infected. The Boston Globe reports that as of Monday afternoon the toll stood at 67, more than any other long-term care facility in New York, New Jersey, or New England. Eighty-three have contracted the new coronavirus, and 43 of those residents are now hospitalized. Only 106 of the original 226 patients remain at Soldiers’ Home, which is now the target of four investigations into how the response to the initial cases was botched. | You have 76 US Veterans dying in Holyok…
thealtworld.com/gordon_duff/vt-told-ya-s…

The World After COVID-19 | Consequences of the Lockdown
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-28
In recent weeks we’ve all been working hard to ‘flatten the curve’ and stop the spread of Covid-19

Detroit nursing home residents and care workers infected and dying from COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
Two hundred residents along with three nursing home workers had died in the city’s 26 nursing homes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/mnhm…

US COVID-19 Cases Top 1 Mln, Infections Likely “Much Higher”
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
Over 1 million people in the United States have been infected with COVID-19, with the death toll exceeding 57,000 on Tuesday, showed the latest data. | The country’s number of COVID-19 cases topped 1 million Tuesday afternoon, reaching 1,002,498 as of 1: 55 p.m. (1755 GMT), with a total of 57,266 deaths, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. | New York remains the hardest-hit state, with 291,996 cases and 22,668 deaths, followed by New Jersey, where 111,188 cases and 6,442 deaths have been reported. Other states with over 40,000 cases include Massachuset…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-COVID-19-Case…

Corporations: “Thank you essential workers, your sacrifice is our PR gain.”
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-28
On any given sunny day, as we walk out the front door and check our physical distance from others, you may notice the curious and quick arrival of yard signs thanking “essential workers.” Are you surprised? As one day blurs into another during our self-isolation, the Covid-19 public narrative has shifted: essential workers are in …
peoplesworld.org/article/corporations-th…

Canada should Treat Climate Change With Same Urgency as COVID-19
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-28
While governments’ responses to the Covid-19 pandemic proves significant resources can be marshalled quickly in a crisis, there is little evidence official Canada sees global warming as a comparable emergency. Even though Justin Trudeau’s Liberals say they take climate change seriously, Canadian greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are actually increasing. According to the inventory report the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/canada-should…

Chaos and Fear in Latin America’s Prisons as COVID-19 Spreads
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
As the coronavirus pandemic is starting to spread across Latin America’s massively overcrowded prisons, putting the lives of tens of thousands at risk, riots have been reported in almost all the region’s countries as inmates say their fundamental rights to safety and protection are being violated. | RELATED: | Cuban News Agency Reporter Arrested in Chile for ‘No Reason’ | A riot was reported Monday in the Castro Castro prison in Peru’s capital, Lima, resulting in a fire and the d…
telesurenglish.net/news/Terror-in-Latin-…

COVID-19 crisis: Bolivia’s movement towards socialism says #PutLivesFirst
Federico Fuentes | mronline.org | 2020-04-28
Given the exponentially rising death toll from COVID-19 and the devastating social and economic effects of brutal lockdowns, what could a humane and progressive response to the global pandemic look like?>…
mronline.org/2020/04/28/covid-19-crisis-…

Iraq: Official Warns of US Plot to Transfer ISIS Terrorists from Syria to Iraq’s Al-Anbar
Drago Bosnic | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
A senior official in Iraq’s al-Anbar province warned of the increasing presence of the ISIS terrorists in the desert areas of the province which are controlled by the US forces. | “These areas are controlled by the US military men and | …
globalresearch.ca/iraq-official-warns-us…

We Need Healing From Our Oil-Addicted Society
Lucia Santina | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
Economic stimulus in response to our pandemic should stop funding fossil fuel companies with bailouts. Instead, we should prioritize welfare to rebuild our society with a sustainable approach to health so that crisis “relief” doesn’t continue to fail the public or exacerbate the existential crises of climate change. When I think of fossil fuels, I…
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We Need Healing From Our Oil-Addicted Society
Lucia Santina Ribisi | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
Click here to support Redwood Forest Defense Economic stimulus in response to our pandemic should stop funding fossil fuel companies with bailouts. Instead, we should prioritize welfare to rebuild our society with a sustainable approach to health so that crisis “relief” doesn’t continue to fail the public or exacerbate the existential crises of climate change.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/we-need-heal…

We Need Healing From Our Oil-Addicted Society
Lucia Santina Ribisi | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
Economic stimulus in response to our pandemic should stop funding fossil fuel companies with bailouts. Instead, we should prioritize welfare to rebuild our society with a sustainable approach to health so that crisis “relief” doesn’t continue to fail the public or exacerbate the existential crises of climate change. When I think of fossil fuels, I…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/we-need-heal…

El Salvador’s president brands gangs and opposition as “plagues”
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
The Salvadoran oligarchy’s response to the pandemic is characterized by indifference to the lives of the working class and a turn toward dictatorship.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/salv…

BRICS Bank to Allocate $15 Billion to Economic Recovery
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Tuesday announced that the New Development Bank (NDB) will allocate USD15 billion to economic recovery projects. | RELATED: | The Solution to the Libyan War Must Be Political, Russia Says | “We have decided to create a special credit instrument to finance economic recovery projects in the countries. It is expected t…
telesurenglish.net/news/BRICS-Bank-to-Al…

China Issues Warning to US Military Ship in Disputed Waters
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
China’s Southern Theater Command spokesman Colonel Li Huamin Tuesday denounced that the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG-52) entered the waters of the South China Sea. | RELATED: | The U.S. to Ban the Operation of China’s Telecom Companies | “A U.S. warship entered the territorial waters off the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea, without Chinese permission,” Li reported. | The Asian country deployed airplanes and ships to monitor the movements of the USS Barry and issued w…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Issues-War…

China Issues Warning to U.S. Military Ship in Disputed Waters
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
China’s Southern Theater Command spokesman Colonel Li Huamin Tuesday denounced that the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG-52) entered the waters of the South China Sea. | RELATED: | The U.S. to Ban the Operation of China’s Telecom Companies | “A U.S. warship entered the territorial waters off the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea, without Chinese permission,” Li reported. | The Asian country deployed airplanes and ships to monitor the movements of the USS Barry and issued w…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Issues-War…

The First Casualty of War Is Truth. The Role of Propaganda
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
When Edward Bernays (the nephew of Sigmund Freud) wrote his famous 1928 book, Propaganda, he titled the first chapter of the book “Organizing Chaos”. The quotes below are taken directly from that chapter. | What was strikingly obvious to me in …
globalresearch.ca/first-casualty-war-tru…

The Gates Foundation and the War on Cash: “Financial Inclusion” in an Age of Neoliberalism
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-28
Back in November 2016, the Indian government decided to remove all 500- and 1000-rupee notes from circulation overnight without prior notice. This effectively removed 86% of cash in a country that was almost 90% cash reliant. The notes became worthless and people were asked to hand them in to banks. They would only receive what …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/the-gates-fou…

The real reason why the gov’t is offering £60,000 to bereaved families of COVID19 medics
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-28
On March 20th TruePublica published the story about the UK government that ran a national pandemic flu exercise back in 2016. It was codenamed Exercise Cygnus. The report of its findings was not made publicly available as part of the general antipathy towards the NHS in general by the Conservative party. The then chief medical …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/the-real-reason-why-the-govt-is-offering-60000-to-bereaved-families-of-covid19-medics/

ILO: Companies Must Increase Protection During Labor Reopening
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
Companies that will reopen their doors to workers after several weeks of confinement must avoid a new wave of contagion, the International Labour Organization warned Tuesday. | RELATED: | 500M People Worldwide Struggle to Find Adequate Work: Study | According to the Organization, in order to achieve this, protection measures against the new coronavirus must be rigorously enforced. | Among these measures, the ILO highlighted ventilating the workplace, regularly cleaning surfac…
telesurenglish.net/news/ilo-companies-mu…

My billionaire bosses funnelled money offshore for years. Now they want a bailout
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-28
We’re sharing this personal story from an anonymous writer who has been made redundant in the past month. The consequences of a world where we tolerated the excesses of so-called ‘wealth creators’ are becoming starkly clear as their lack of responsibility or loyalty to employees and to the society that has enriched them is hitting …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/my-billionaire-bosses-funnelled-money-offshore-for-years-now-they-want-a-bailout/

HSBC pre-tax profits plunge 48 per cent in 12 weeks
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-28
HSBC on Tuesday said first-quarter pre-tax profits almost halved as the banking giant was battered by the global coronavirus pandemic while it embarked on a major restructuring. The lender reported pre-tax profits of $3.2 billion, down 48 per cent from the same period in 2019, citing credit losses from clients struck by the economic slowdown …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/hsbc-pre-tax-profits-plunge-48-per-cent-in-12-weeks/

9/11 Truth and Giulietto Chiesa, 1940-2020. His Legacy Will Live
Consensus911 | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
The 9/11 Consensus Panel mourns the loss of the great Italian journalist, Giulietto Chiesa, whose life was devoted to upholding the foundations of democracy, not just in his native Italy, but in Russia and worldwide. | The Consensus Panel was …
globalresearch.ca/911-truth-and-giuliett…

‘Calexit’ May Be a Long Way Off, but Balkanization Won’t Be
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-04-28
Darel E. PAUL | Every American Governor thinks his or her state is special, but only California Governor Gavin Newsom regularly refers to his as a ” nation-state.” | The coronavirus pandemic has provided a high-profile stage for Newsom to play out his ambitions. He was the first governor in the country to issue a statewide lockdown. Together with Oregon Governor Kate Brown, he became the first to issue an official “roadmap” for ending it. Joining Brown and Washington Governor Jay Inslee, Newsom also…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/04/28/ca…

UK economy might not return to original size until 2023
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-28
The UK economy may not return to its late 2019 size until 2023, according to a forecast by the EY ITEM Club. The Spring Forecast 2020 has significantly downgraded its near-term outlook for the UK economy. The forecast is based on the assumption that some lockdown restrictions will start to be eased in May, with …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/uk-economy-might-not-return-to-original-size-until-2023/

The Great Wall Street Heist of 2020
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
2020 will go down not only as the year of the coronavirus pandemic but also as the year of the greatest act of thievery and plunder yet perpetrated by the corporate and financial oligarchy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/pers…

As coronavirus still rages, debate over post-virus future heats up
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-28
WASHINGTON–Even as the coronavirus pandemic still rages through the U.S., the debate over the shape of society and the economy, post-virus, is heating up. On one side, with the weight of wealth, clout, and the ruling Republican White House, are corporate and right-wing interests that want to take the country back to the days of …
peoplesworld.org/article/as-coronavirus-…

Growing resistance in Germany to the opening up of schools
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
“From the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, I have only seen economic interests at work,” said one high school student.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/germ…

California ICE detainee speaks to the WSWS as coronavirus spreads
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
The WSWS spoke to Jorge, a father of two, about the deadly dangers facing detainees in the midst of the growing coronavirus pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/inte…

Saving Journalism Will Require Some New Thinking
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
There has been a new wave of despair among journalists in the last couple of weeks as several major news outlets, including the Los Angeles Times and McClatchy News Service, announced layoffs and/or pay cuts. The immediate cause is the coronavirus. Pandemics sharply reduce advertising opportunities, but the underlying model is clearly not viable for…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/saving-journ…

Workers Memorial Day: OSHA failing to protect people during pandemic
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-28
WASHINGTON– Donald Trump’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is deliberately failing to force firms nationwide to protect their workers

Who will be the winners in a post-pandemic economy?
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-28
Businesses that use cloud computing will not buckle under the pressure of the coronavirus pandemic. Further automation and artificial intelligence will enhance the resilience of supply chains. The shift from cash to digital payments is clearly accelerating. Chair of the sustainable finance committee at UBS highlighted that 31 countries have lifted contactless payment limits this …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/who-will-be-the-winners-in-a-post-pandemic-economy/

Why America Is Cracking Up
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-04-28
New book ‘American Secession’ suggests the US has hit rock bottom with no path up

Coronavirus antibody tests lack validity and sufficient accuracy to offer reliable guarantee of immunity
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
One of the most well-known attempts to justify sending workers back to offices and factories, based on a supposed antibody count, comes from the discredited Santa Clara study, as it has come to be known.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/anti…

US to Recognize Israeli Annexation of Occupied Palestinian Land
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
Expanding on remarks made last week by United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who said annexation was “an Israeli decision,” the U.S. State Department confirmed Monday that it was prepared to recognize Israel’s annexation of much of the illegally occupied West Bank. | RELATED: | HSBC Bank Blocks Donations to Palestinian Aid Group: Report | “As w…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-to-Recognize-…

Brazil’s Consumer Confidence Levels Hit 15-Year-Low
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
Consumer confidence levels in Brazil fell to their lowest in 15 years in April, according to the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV). | RELATED: | Brazilian Court Orders Investigation Against Bolsonaro | The FGV’s Consumer’s Confidence Index (ICC) fell to 58.2 points in April, marking the lowest level ever registered since the indicator was established in 2005. Previously, the lowest level was recorded as 64.9 points in December 2015. | The indicator measures confidence on a zero to 200 sca…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazils-Consumer…

Life Imprisonment for the Argentine Dictatorship’s Criminals
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
After a trial that lasted two years, a Mar del Plata court Monday sentenced 28 former military personnel to life in prison for crimes against humanity committed during Argentina’s last dictatorship (1976-1983). | RELATED: | Argentina Observes Memory Day, This Time From Social Networks | “The sentences were decided unanimously… This is the first trial in which the complete situation was analyzed, that is, the repression committed by the Navy, the Army, the Argentine Naval Prefe…
telesurenglish.net/news/Life-Imprisonmen…

Trump and Biden Trade China Hit Pieces: Distinctions without a Difference
Roger Harris | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
This season’s sequel to the Game of Thrones features reality TV star and 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 US electoral duopoly going at it. The narrower the distinctions between Democrats and Republicans, the more vociferous…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/trump-and-bi…

Brazilian justice minister resigns, charging Bolsonaro with interference in the Federal Police
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
Sérgio Moro, internationally known for leading the Car Wash corruption probe, resigned saying Bolsonaro wanted control over investigations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/braz…

Brazilian nurses go on strike in Manaus amid collapse of health care system
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
The strike was a cry of desperation; in addition to the lack of PPE, nurses have not been paid their salaries, in some cases for up to eight months.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/mana…

Bolsonaro faces potential impeachment charges as Brazil’s ruling elite cracks
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-28
peoplesworld.org/article/bolsonaro-faces…

Paranoia and Hybris Syndrome in Donald Trump
Germán Gorraiz López | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Among the “losers of globalization” in the US, in addition to African-Americans and Latinos, indebted university students and white adults over 45 years of age without university studies and with jobs with low added value appear for the first time, …
globalresearch.ca/paranoia-hubris-syndro…

HSBC to Block Donations to Palestinian Aid Charity Interpal
Peter Oborne | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
British bank HSBC has told customers in the UK that it will stop processing standing order payments to the Palestinian aid charity Interpal from next month. | The bank sent out letters earlier this month to account holders who make regular …
globalresearch.ca/hsbc-block-donations-p…

The Use and Abuse of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
Prof Michael Hudson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Summary | After being attacked by monetarists and others for many decades, MMT and the idea that running government budget deficit is stabilizing instead of destabilizing are suddenly gaining applause from the parts of the political spectrum that long opposed MMT: …
globalresearch.ca/us-abuse-mmt/5711089

The Use and Abuse of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
Prof Michael Hudson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Summary | After being attacked by monetarists and others for many decades, MMT and the idea that running government budget deficit is stabilizing instead of destabilizing are suddenly gaining applause from the parts of the political spectrum that long opposed MMT: …
globalresearch.ca/us-abuse-mmt/5711089

Biden the Lout
Alexander Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
A longer version of this article originally ran in CounterPunch on August 23, 2008 under the title “Change,” “Hope” … Why They Must be Talking About Joe Biden! We reprint the story today because it makes clear that the allegations of sexual misconduct against senate staffers has been swirling around Biden for many years, dating…
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Despite anticipating more deaths, Australian governments demand return to work
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
The New South Wales state premier said she expected an increase in virus cases as her government lifted restrictions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/push…

Gossiping Over Kim Jong-Un
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
Illness can often fall into the category of the obsessive, becoming a sport for mugs, sufferers and observers alike. The following often feature: the hypochondriac, the speculator of disease, the gossip about how far gone a person is who has contracted something or rather. When it comes to tyrants, such speculation becomes a thrill of…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/gossiping-ov…

Save Lives Now, Don’t Wait to Kill
Laura Finley | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
If we can save lives, shouldn’t we always? And if we can do that now rather than wait to kill someone later, why wouldn’t we do that? Yet that is precisely what might be happening across the country, as states that have retained the death penalty are likely holding on to drugs for lethal injections…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/save-lives-n…

Canada’s Trudeau spearheads reckless back-to-work drive in alliance with hard-right provincial governments
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
Although the pandemic continues to rage largely unchecked and none of the health measures needed to stop a “second wave” are in place, Canada’s governments are pushing for a quick “reopening” of the economy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/trbk…

Charter Schools Continue Seizing Enormous Sums of Public Funds During Pandemic
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-28
While private businesses like non-profit and for-profit charter schools have been seizing enormous sums of public money for decades,1 they continue to seize hundreds of millions of public dollars during the “COVID Pandemic”–a move that further undermines the nation’s public education system and economy. The latest example of this massive transfer of public funds to …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/charter-schoo…

Two New York City health care workers commit suicide within 48 hours
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
The two suicides bring the number of health care workers who have died because of the pandemic in New York state alone to at least 55.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/emts…

Germany: IG Metall and works council force Volkswagen workers back despite coronavirus danger
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
Production is starting up again at Volkswagen ‘ s main plant, the largest car factory in Europe with 63,000 employees , as the company plays roulette with the health and lives of its workforce.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/volk…

Trump and McConnell Aren’t Waging War on COVID. They’re Waging War on Us
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-28
Donald Trump and his top Republican allies in Congress are fighting a war, and the battle lines have begun to clarify themselves. Their war is not being waged against COVID-19, the pandemic that has killed tens of thousands in this nation alone. Their war is being waged against the nation itself, and specifically against areas of the nation that are heavy on population but light on Trump supporters. | In other words, the big-city blue states, whose governors have refused to fawn over Trump’s gibberi…
truthout.org/articles/trump-and-mcconnel…

Democrats Poised to Propose Medicare for Those Who’ve Lost Health Coverage
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-28
Democratic lawmakers are expected to announce a proposal this week for expanding Medicare to cover millions of people who lost their employer-sponsored health coverage due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to health care advocates on Capitol Hill. Meanwhile, public support for a Medicare for All universal health care system has surged during the COVID-19 outbreak. | An estimated 9.2 million workers likely lost health coverage sponsored by employers over the past month as workplaces shuttered d…
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Is a Post-Pandemic World the Beginning of the End for Oil?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-28
Energy analysts have long assumed that, given time, growing international concern over climate change would result in a vast restructuring of the global energy enterprise. The result: a greener, less climate-degrading system. In this future, fossil fuels would be overtaken by renewables, while oil, gas, and coal would be relegated to an increasingly marginal role in the global energy equation. In its World Energy Outlook 2019, for example, the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicted that, by 2040, renewable…
truthout.org/articles/is-a-post-pandemic…

Fiona Apple on Her New Album and Acknowledging Indigenous Lands
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-28
In a broadcast exclusive, world-renowned singer-songwriter Fiona Apple joins Democracy Now! for the hour to discuss her critically acclaimed new album, “Fetch the Bolt Cutters,” which was released early amid the pandemic. “I’ve heard that it’s actually making people feel free and happy,” Apple says, “and it might be helping people feel alive or feel their anger or feel creative. And that’s the best thing that I could hope for.” Her record includes an acknowledgment that the album was “Made on unceded Tongva,…
truthout.org/video/fiona-apple-on-her-ne…

To Understand COVID in Prisons, Listen to Incarcerated People
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-28
The last few years I have written many articles attempting to diagnose the deep malaise within the U.S. criminal legal system

Relief Is Funneled to the Wealthy. We Need a Financial Infrastructure Overhaul
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-28
The coronavirus

Australia’s most populous state to relax some restrictions on movement
rt.com | 2020-04-28
The most populous state in Australia said on Tuesday it will relax some restrictions on movement. New South Wales state, which is home to nearly half of Australia’s roughly 6,700 cases of Covid-19, said it would let up to two adults visit another person’s home from Friday, relaxing a stay-at-home policy and ban on non-essential movement. | Bondi Beach and two neighboring beaches in Sydney were reopened to local residents on Tuesday after being closed a month ago due to large crowds breaking social distancing rules. | Australia recorded just one new case of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, suggesting community tr…
rt.com/newsline/487117-australia-state-r…

No need to extend Covid-19 home quarantine: Austria to let people out from May 1 and allow gatherings soon
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Austrians will soon be able to walk with no restrictions and gather in groups of 10, as coronavirus measures will be gradually lifted starting next month. | The easing of the self-isolation measures was announced by Health Minister Rudolf Anschober, who said that the spread of the novel coronavirus remains quite slow and the forecast for the upcoming month looks “very good.” He also said that the nation has coped with the epidemic “very well,” all thanks to the population, which “made it possible.” | The minister then said that going out will be permitted again starting from May 1, although a “minimal distance…
rt.com/news/487092-austria-covid-quarant…

UK records highest weekly death toll from all causes SINCE RECORDS BEGAN amid Covid-19 surge
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Shocking fresh statistics show the devastating impact Covid-19 is having on the UK, revealing that it has recorded its highest weekly death toll since comparable records began in 1993. | New figures released by the Office for National Statistics on Tuesday show that a total of 22,351 people died in the UK on the week ending 17 April 2020. This is the most deaths that occurred in any week since statisticians began compiling the figure 27 years ago. Staggeringly the grim statistic is 11,854 more than the five year average. | The stunning report also revealed that the death toll from Covid-19 in England and Wales…
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US unemployment may be as high as 40 MILLION – national poll
rt.com | 2020-04-28
The soaring jobless rate in the US due to the Covid-19 outbreak may be far worse than the official data shows, as millions of Americans have been unable to file for unemployment insurance, a poll finds. | The number of those who filed for unemployment surpassed 26 million, after an additional 4.4 million claims were filed last week. As more and more people are seeking financial aid amid massive layoffs triggered by the deadly pandemic, some have complained of glitches in the government’s online system. | It turns out the frustration over the application process could have resulted in massive undercounting in t…
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‘We must learn to live with Covid-19’: French PM says lockdown easing over risk of economic collapse, ‘2nd wave’ still possible
rt.com | 2020-04-28
France’s Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has announced that the country will begin to ease its lockdown on May 11, adding that the country has never before faced such a situation

Putin prolongs nationwide paid leave and partial lockdown until May 11 as daily Covid-19 infections surge
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Russians will have to self-isolate until May 11, President Vladimir Putin has said, as the country braces itself for the peak of the Covid-19 epidemic, which has infected over 95,000 people nationwide. | The move, which Putin announced during a closely watched address, comes as the previous April 30 deadline was set to expire. That date was set on April 2, and involved a combination of partial lockdowns and paid holidays for all Russians working in non-essential roles. | The gradual removal of the coronavirus lockdown measures will begin from May 12, Putin said, giving the government a week to come up with rec…
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‘Barefaced lies’: Beijing accuses US politicians of ‘shifting blame’ for Covid-19 outbreak
rt.com | 2020-04-28
The US has failed to accept responsibility for the coronavirus pandemic, Beijing is claiming in the latest development in the ongoing war of words between the two countries. | Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang had to comment on the matter during a press briefing, after multiple US politicians directly accused China of mishandling the coronavirus outbreak. US President Donald Trump threatened to seek damages from China for not reporting the virus early enough and displaying a lack of transparency at the early stages of the outbreak.Geng dismissed these accusations as an attempt to “shift the bla…
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Barcelona police catch ‘SERIAL KILLER’ suspect after 3 homeless people found viciously beaten to death
rt.com | 2020-04-28
A suspected serial killer believed to have murdered at least three homeless men in Barcelona has been taken into custody, accused of stalking the city’s deserted streets amid Spain’s Covid-19 lockdown for defenseless victims. | The suspect

No more delays: Postponed Tokyo Olympics to be CANCELLED if coronavirus not under control by 2021, organizing committee head says
rt.com | 2020-04-28
If the global coronavirus crisis isn’t brought under control by next year, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

‘What’s the US hiding?’ Beijing slams Washington’s Covid-19 response & ‘desperate’ attempts to pin blame on China
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Beijing has called on Washington to address the concerns of its own citizens about the US response to the Covid-19 pandemic, while condemning American politicians for shifting blame for the crisis squarely onto China’s shoulders. | Asked to comment on a series of American media reports on the US government’s slow and often inept response to the health crisis on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang relayed some of the questions raised by the reporting, asking whether Washington may have swept information about the virus under the rug. | “Recently there have been many voices in the United States that q…
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‘Just trying to do my job’: Scotland’s Sturgeon rejects claims she’s trying to embarrass UK govt with Covid-19 face coverings call
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has hit back at claims she’s trying to “embarrass Westminster” following her announcement that Scots will now be advised to wear face coverings in enclosed spaces amid the Covid-19 crisis. | During the daily coronavirus media briefing on Tuesday, Sturgeon revealed that her government’s new guidance recommends that the Scottish public wear non-medical face coverings in spaces where social distancing is difficult to achieve, such as in shops and on public transport. | It echoes calls from London Mayor Sadiq Khan and, somewhat controversially, marks a direct shift from th…
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Italy’s Covid-19 daily death toll JUMPS as number of cases passes 200,000 milestone
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Italy suffered a jump in Covid-19 fatalities on Tuesday as the illness claimed 382 more lives. It comes as the total number of people infected since the outbreak began in the Mediterranean country topped the 200,000 mark. | Tuesday’s total was an increase of 49 on Monday’s figure and represented the highest number of deaths from the disease in four days. The number of new confirmed cases also increased on Tuesday, and the tally of 2,091 was enough to push Italy past the 200,000 milestone. | The coronavirus has wreaked havoc in Italy since it first emerged there on February 21. With 27,359 fatalities the countr…
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Driver who rammed police motorcyclists in Paris pledged allegiance to ISIS, prosecutor says
rt.com | 2020-04-28
A letter pledging allegiance to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) was discovered in the car of the man who rammed his vehicle into two police motorcyclists in the suburbs of Paris on Monday, seriously injuring both officers. | The note was discovered along with a knife, France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor (PNAT) said in a statement. Due to the finding, an investigation of “attempted murder of government officials in connection with the membership of a terrorist organization” has been launched, the office added. | In the letter, the driver pledged allegiance to IS and promised to sacrifice his life for the goal…
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Israeli police ‘shoot & neutralize’ assailant who stabbed Kfar Saba woman in suspected terror attack
rt.com | 2020-04-28
A woman has been stabbed in Israel’s central city of Kfar Saba, in what police are investigating as a potential terror attack. The woman, 62, was taken in a moderate-to-serious condition to a nearby hospital, the Times of Israel reported on Tuesday, citing medics. | The assailant was shot and “neutralized,” the Zaka emergency service said. It did not specify whether he is still alive. | Police officers are working at the scene of the attack. They have shut down nearby roads, according to the report.
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‘Did Biden’s lawyer write this?’ WaPo receives ‘Noble’ for ’embarrassing’ attempt to obfuscate sexual assault claim in headline
rt.com | 2020-04-28
The Washington Post was lambasted on social media after running a bizarrely tortured headline that took great pains to avoid direct mention of sexual assault allegations dogging Joe Biden, the presumptive 2020 Democratic nominee. | “Developments in allegations against Biden amplify efforts to question his behavior,” read…
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WATCH: Raging inferno CONSUMES warehouse in Bremen, Germany, sending vast plumes of black smoke skyward
rt.com | 2020-04-28
A ferocious inferno has ripped through a timber warehouse in the German port city of Bremen, forcing police to cordon the area off as firefighters battle the blaze. | Police report the warehouse in Louis-Krages-Strasse caught fire late Tuesday morning, with flames rising up to 15 meters (50ft) above the scorched structure, while the thick plumes of smoke extend upward some 200 meters (656ft) or more into the sky, causing ash to rain down across the city. | Eyewitness video from the scene shows the sheer ferocity and intensity of the blaze as it consumes the vast quantities of timber contained inside the wareho…
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A cautious reopening, but gatherings still off the cards: How Europe is lifting its lockdown
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Across Europe, leaders have made tentative steps toward easing their countries’ coronavirus lockdowns. However, a return to total normality has been all but written off for the year. | The Austrian government announced on Tuesday that the spread of the coronavirus has slowed to a point where restrictions can now be lifted. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober said that Austrians may freely leave their homes from May 1, with public gatherings to follow in the near future. Though social distancing rules will still apply, businesses like hairdressers will reopen, followed two weeks later by cafes and restaurants, and…
rt.com/news/487167-europe-coronavirus-lo…

Universe may actually have a ‘north’ and a ‘south’ as new tests tear holes in Einstein’s gravity theory
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Scientists studying a quasar 13 billion light years away believe they have discovered a ‘direction’ to the universe which, if proven true, would upend not only Einstein’s theory of gravity, but the standard model of cosmology. | The universe is governed by four fundamental forces which stitch it together: gravity, weak nuclear force, strong nuclear force and electromagnetism. | As it turns out, the fundamental physical constant to measure electromagnetism between charged particles is actually surprisingly inconsistent, despite being responsible for tying electrons to nuclei inside atoms and keeping pretty much…
rt.com/news/487091-universe-north-south-…

Serbia cautiously eases lockdown, plans to restart public transport
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Serbia will resume bus and rail services and allow commercial flights as part of its cautious easing of the nationwide lockdown as the rate of coronavirus infections slows, health authorities said on Tuesday. | Passenger air transport, suspended in March when Serbia introduced a state of emergency and closed its borders, will be possible from May 18, epidemiologist Branislav Tiodorovic told reporters. Commuter transport in major cities, including the capital Belgrade, will be restored in the first half of May, along with rail and bus services. Shopping malls, cafes and restaurants will also reopen on the condi…
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WATCH: Surfer rides ethereal GLOWING WAVES thanks to bioluminescent algae
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Bioluminescence is always awe-inspiring, but in the context of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, for many surfers in California its recent appearance was an ethereal call to ride the waves once more after weeks stuck inside. | Beaches in San Diego, as well as Huntington, Sunset, and South Bay in California, all reopened recently to allow residents to engage in limited surfing, swimming, and walking to gain some much needed fresh air and respite from the coronavirus lockdown. | Incredible footage has been shared online purporting to show surfers lighting up the waves by sloshing through the bioluminescent alga…
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Portugal to lift state of emergency from May 3, reopening of economy will be ‘slow process’
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Portugal’s lockdown will be lifted from May 3 but the reopening of the economy will be a slow and gradual process, the country’s president said on Tuesday. | “What matters in this new phase is that the Portuguese know that containment remains important so we must take small steps and constantly evaluate [the situation],” President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa told a news conference. He announced that Sunday will mark the end of a state of emergency first imposed last month, Reuters reported. | Most non-essential services were shut on March 18 to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
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Egypt’s president extends 3-year state of emergency by 3 months amid virus & security fears
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ordered a three-month renewal for the long-running state of emergency in the country on Tuesday, citing health and security concerns. Egypt has been under a state of emergency since April 2017, when twin church bombings claimed by an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) affiliate group killed dozens of people. | The new extension comes as the government battles to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the Arab world’s most populous country. | The Health Ministry has so far recorded 4,782 coronavirus cases among the population of 100 million. Of those, 337 have d…
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Amazon, Google, and Apple have moved past monopoly status to competing directly with governments… and winning
rt.com | 2020-04-28
US Senator Josh Hawley is demanding a criminal antitrust probe of Amazon as the e-commerce behemoth’s powers grow to rival the government’s own. Google and Apple, too, are now ordering governments around. | Amazon “abuses its position as an online platform and collects detailed data about merchandise so Amazon can create copycat products under an Amazon brand,” Hawley charged in a letter he sent to US Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday. The senator (R-MO) demanded a crim…
rt.com/news/487146-amazon-apple-google-g…

Canberra asks Beijing’s envoy to explain ‘economic coercion’ comments
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Australia has asked the Chinese ambassador to explain what it called a threat of “economic coercion” in response to Canberra’s push for an international inquiry into the source of the coronavirus. | Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said on Tuesday that Australia was a “crucial supplier” to China for essential imports like iron ore, and that Australia’s resources and energy helped power much of China’s manufacturing growth and construction, Reuters said. | Cheng Jingye, Beijing’s ambassador to Australia, told a local newspaper on Monday that Chinese consumers could boycott Australian beef, wine, tourism and univ…
rt.com/newsline/487096-australia-china-a…

China calls India’s criticism of coronavirus test kits ‘irresponsible’
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Beijing has criticized India’s decision to stop using Chinese coronavirus test kits due to quality issues as unfair and irresponsible. The Indian Council of Medical Research said on Monday it planned to return the kits for antibody tests procured from two Chinese firms because of poor accuracy. | The Chinese embassy said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned by India’s decision and Chinese authorities had validated the equipment. | “It is unfair and irresponsible for certain individuals to label Chinese products as ‘faulty’ and look at issues with preemptive prejudice,” embassy spokeswoman Ji Rong said in a state…
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Turkey sends medical supplies, protective equipment to US
rt.com | 2020-04-28
A military plane from Turkey carrying medical supplies and protective equipment headed for the United States on Tuesday to deliver aid to its NATO ally battling the coronavirus outbreak. | The US, which has the highest death toll and reported cases in the global pandemic, welcomed the “generous donation” of 500,000 surgical masks, 4,000 overalls, as well as disinfectant, goggles and face shields, Reuters said. | “As this delivery indicates, the US-Turkey relationship is strong and one of our most important alliances,” US Ambassador to Turkey David Satterfield said. | Ankara has already sent medical shipments t…
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‘Farce & new coup’: Libya’s presidential council condemns Haftar’s power grab move
rt.com | 2020-04-28
The Presidential Council of Libya’s Government of National Accord has described as a “farce and a new coup” the statement by eastern-based military leader Khalifa Haftar that his Libyan National Army (LNA) was accepting a “popular mandate” to rule over the country. | Haftar’s withdrawing from the 2015 Skhirat political agreement was not a surprise for the Tripoli-based government, the council said. It added that the commander’s move was an attempt to disguise the LNA’s “defeats and authoritarian plans of the field marshal,” TASS reported on Tuesday. | Militias loyal to Haftar have been trying to capture the ca…
rt.com/newsline/487103-farce-libya-presi…

Ukraine denies Armenian genocide, refers instead to ‘tragic events of April’
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Deputy foreign minister of Ukraine Vasyl Bodnar has urged government agencies to refrain from using the term ‘genocide’ when referring to the murder of Armenians a century ago, as it would go against Kiev’s political interests. | An estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1922. Bodnar outlined the reasons for refusing to recognise the events as genocide in a letter to government officials, which was subsequently leaked to Facebook by a member of the Verkovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament. | According to Bodnar, these events do not fit the UN definition of genocide, whic…
rt.com/news/487169-ukraine-armenian-geno…

Huawei’s launch of new map app signals Trump’s ban on China’s tech giant may backfire on Google
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Huawei’s addition of the HERE WeGo map app to its app gallery shows that Donald Trump’s crackdown on the Chinese tech giant may be not that effective and could in fact inflict greater harm on American companies. | When Donald Trump took aim at Huawei last year, his plan was to fire a ‘kill shot’ at the Chinese communications firm. | In May 2019, Trump issued an executive order that banned American companies from using communication and information technology from anyone considered a security risk. His government simultaneously placed Huawei

Russia in contact with Libya parties, says political means needed to resolve conflict
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Moscow has reiterated that it is only possible to resolve the Libyan issue through political and diplomatic means, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. | Russia “firmly believes that the only way to resolve the situation in Libya is through progress on the political and diplomatic track, as well as through political and diplomatic communication between the parties,” the Kremlin spokesman said. Russia continues to maintain contact with all parties in Libya, Peskov noted. | Libyan National Army Commander Khalifa Haftar said on Monday that his forces had “a popular mandate” to rule the co…
rt.com/newsline/487118-libya-conflict-po…

Arctic test drive: Russia’s DRIVERLESS KAMAZ TRUCKS brave frosty terrain in epic VIDEO
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Known for their robust designs, KAMAZ trucks took on many roles, from competing in the Dakar Rally to carrying troops and supplies. This time, they were put to the ultimate test in the far north, with no one in the driver’s seat. | …
rt.com/russia/487077-kamaz-driverless-tr…

Man vs machine: Russian scientists develop AI that can assess and train human cognitive abilities through simulated combat
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Russian researchers have created a computer game which can assess a human player’s decision-making speed and their powers of prediction, using trials by combat against an AI-powered opponent. | The team at the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education (MSUPE) sought to measure the human players’ numeracy skills, logical ability, reaction times and predictive intuition while making decisions under rapidly changing conditions. | The humans were confronted by multiple active AI-powered opponents governed by a complex mathematical algorithm. Their task was simple: eliminate all AI opponents on the limite…
rt.com/russia/487123-russian-scientists-…

‘I’m with her’: Biden fuels VP rumors as Hillary Clinton endorses him at women’s event
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will be the special guest of the current Democrat contender Joe Biden at the online women’s town hall, raising the spectre of a VP nomination and a 2016 rematch. | After Biden’s campaign announced a women’s town hall event on Tuesday afternoon, with a “special guest,” Clinton tweeted a picture from the Oval Office of herself in the company of Biden and then-President Barack Obama, calling it a “little hint” as who the guest might be and that “she’s excited.” | @JoeBiden’s 3pm ET town hall today: | (She’s excited.) pic.twitter.c…
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Libya’s Haftar ‘accepts people’s will’ to rule, declares UN-brokered unity government deal ‘thing of the past’
rt.com | 2020-04-28
Military leader Khalifa Haftar declared that his forces will take control of Libya, arguing the UN-brokered unity deal which created a rival government in Tripoli is dead and that the “people’s will” gave him a mandate to rule. | “The General Command of the Armed Forces accepts the will of the people despite the burden of that trust, multiplicity of obligations, and the magnitude of responsibilities before God, our people, and conscience and history,” Haftar said in a televised address on Monday, announcing that his Libyan National Army (LNA) will take control of the country. | Haftar’s forces already control…
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‘Unprecedented’ number of DNR orders for learning disabilities patients
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-28
By Rebecca Thomas

Vice President Pence to visit Mayo Clinic in Rochester on April 28
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-28
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 …
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Nebraska businesses to reopen even as COVID-19 infections at meatpacking plants rise at five times the national average
wsws.org | 2020-04-28
Cases of COVID-19 and resulting deaths have spiked in meatpacking plants as Governor Pete Ricketts has refused to issues a state-wide shelter-in-place order, ignoring the advice of the medical community.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/28/nebr…

Nicaragua: VP Rosario Murillo Grateful for UNICEF Donation
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
Nicaraguan Vice President, Rosario Murillo, recognized Monday UNICEF’s donation to the Central American nation during the COVID-19 outbreak. The UN body sent 1,659 health kits to schools and other scholastic institutions as they combat the COVID-19 crisis. | RELATED: | Why the West Hates Sandinista Nicaragua | According to Murillo, both UNICEF and the Nicaraguan Education Ministry will hold a virtual meeting to discuss distance education’s challenges during social isolation due to the COVID-19 si…
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UK holds minute’s silence for lost health workers
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-28
The UK on Tuesday observed a minute of silence for more than 90 health workers who lost their lives while combatting the coronavirus pandemic.Prime Minister Boris Johnson who returned to office after his recovery from COVID-19 on Monday joined the action in his office in Downing Street.Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed on Monday that 82 National Health Service (NHS) workers and 16 social care staff have died so far while in service.Hancock promised the families of all medics who have lost their lives a £60,000 ($75,000) life assurance payout.”I feel a deep personal sense of duty that we must care for…
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Payment service provider Checkout.com to join Facebook’s Libra Association
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-28
Global payment service provider Checkout.com said on Tuesday it would join Libra Association, the entity managing the Facebook-led effort to build global digital currency Libra.”The Libra project holds the promise of increasing financial inclusion for billions of unbanked people”, the company said in a statement.
yenisafak.com/en/technology/payment-serv…

The Public Wants Ranchers Out of Point Reyes National Seashore
Erik Molvar | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
The National Park Service recently released the public comments on how Point Reyes National Seashore should be managed and they show that the vast majority of the public wants beef and dairy operations booted off Park Service lands. Contrary to prevailing assumptions that local food culture overrides conservation concerns in the local area, some 91.4%…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/the-public-w…

Asian American Voices on Anti-Asian Violence During COVID-19 (Online)
The Commonwealth Club SF | indybay.org | 2020-04-28
Online via livestream…
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Black Oakland Demands in Light of COVID-19 and Rates of Black Death
APTP | indybay.org | 2020-04-28
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…

Black Workers Unite, Covid-19 & Black Workers Under Attack On Front Lines In City of SF
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-04-28
San Francisco Black Workers Unite covered a panel on the health and safety conditions of Black city workers in San Francisco. They discuss the systemic racism, health and safety violations and retaliations against whistleblowers…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/27/1883266…

The COVID-19 Pandemic: Apocalypse or Opportunity?
IFCSS | indybay.org | 2020-04-28
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…

Funding Bernie’s Agenda
David Giesen | indybay.org | 2020-04-28
via ZOOM: zoom.us/j/96070608657?pwd=eUdMNExyMkllVF……
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/27/1883266…

Empowering Women: The Climate Solution We Don’t Talk About (Climate One)
Climate One | indybay.org | 2020-04-28
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/24/1883261…

Demanding Women: Quarintine Conversations About Gun Violence w/ Sen. Elizabeth Warren
MDAEFG | indybay.org | 2020-04-28
Facebook livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/28/1883267…

State pays Corona aid to tax tricksters
SZ.de | indybay.org | 2020-04-28
Thousands of companies want help from the state during the Corona crisis. The state of their tax morale is not under scrutiny. In the US, billionaires gained an additional $308 billion between 1990 and 2020 while tax obligations decreased 79%.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/27/1883265…

KPFA LSB Secretary Wofley’s Effort To Cancel Local Station Board Meeting
Follow The Bylaws Committee | indybay.org | 2020-04-28
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.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/25/1883264…

Matt Hancock asked for apology by son of doctor who died after PPE warning
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-28
Matt Hancock has been asked for a public apology by the son of a doctor who died after warning the government about a lack of PPE.On Tuesday morning the health secretary took part in a live radio phone-in with Nick Ferrari on LBC, taking questions from members of the public.The first question came from Intisar Chowdhury, the son of Dr Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, who died earlier this month with Covid-19.Five days before he was admitted to hospital, Dr Chowdhury wrote a Facebook post asking Boris Johnson urgently to provide every NHS worker with personal protective equipment (PPE).Dr Chowdhury died on April 8 with Covi…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/20…

Care home deaths will be published daily as well as hospital toll from Wednesday
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-28
The number of deaths involving Covid-19 in care homes and other settings will be published daily as well as the hospital death toll, the health secretary said.Matt Hancock said that, in an effort to “bring as much transparency as possible” to the death figures, “from tomorrow we will be publishing not just the number of deaths in hospital each day, but the number of deaths in care homes and the community too”.”This will supplement the ONS [Office for National Statistics] and CQC [Care Quality Commission] weekly publication and all add to our understanding of how this virus is spreading day by day, and it will hel…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/20…

New Zealand eases lockdown as coronavirus tamed in Australasia
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-28
New Zealand has eased a strict lockdown amid hopeful signs coronavirus (Covid-19) has been all but vanquished in Australasia for the moment.But elsewhere, Brazil is emerging as a potential new hotspot for infections, and fresh doubts have been raised over whether Japan would be able to host the already postponed Olympic Games next year.Europe and some US states are also continuing to gradually ease limits on movement and commerce as they try to restart their economies.But in a reminder of the virus’s increasing toll, president Donald Trump said the numbers of deaths could reach 70,000 in the US, after putting the…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/04/2…

UN chief urges governments to use pandemic to ‘rebuild our world for the better’
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-28
UN chief António Guterres has said the coronavirus pandemic has exposed how fragile societies are but that if governments work together on common challenges, including the climate crisis, it can be an opportunity to “rebuild our world for the better”. | Speaking at a two-day international meeting on climate breakdown, the secretary-general said the only effective response to the worldwide health emergency is “brave, visionary and collaborative leadership”. | “The same leadership is needed to address the looming existential threat of climate disruption,” Guterres said, noting that the past decade was the hottest s…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/20…

Britons want coronavirus fully contained before economy reopens, survey says
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-28
Britons do not believe the economy and businesses should open if coronavirus is not fully contained, according to a new study.In an Ipsos Mori poll of more than 28,000 people in 14 countries, Britons were the least likely to believe restarting the economy was the right approach as ministers face continued questions over the UK’s plan for lifting its coronavirus lockdown.Britons had the strongest views against opening up the economy if the virus is not fully under control, with 70% of those surveyed saying they felt this way.The same 70% figure of disapproval was noted in Canada, while similar sentiments were reco…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/04/28/britons-…

Iran, Oman discuss latest regional developments, COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-28
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA)

VIDEO: Pandemic is far from over, highlights WHO
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-28
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA)

COVID-19 death toll hits 5,877 in Iran: official
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-28
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA)

COVID-19 claims 211,663 lives worldwide
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-28
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA)

Iranian society trusts its specialists during combat against COVID-19: Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-28
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA)

VIDEO: Livelihood assistance packages distributed in Rasht
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-28
RASHT, Apr. 28 (MNA)

Iran’s steel output vol. rises 14.1% despite coronavirus pandemic: WSA
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-28
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA)

Tajrish bazaar in Ramadan, coronavirus pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-28
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA)