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."
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-schools-continue-seizing-enormous-sums-of-public-funds-during-pandemic/
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/nicaragua-vp-rosario-murillo-grateful-for-unicef-donation-20200428-0013.html
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-simulator-cognitive-abilities/
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-giulietto-chiesa-1940-2020/5711047
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/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-covid-19-research-task-force/
Hi-tech scans get under the skin of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-28
Researchers have used a battery of modern imaging techniques to get under the skin of Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, but tests have not answered the key question about the famous painting's enigmatic subject."Who was the girl?" asked Martine Gosselink, director of the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, in an online presentation of new research findings."Spoiler alert: No, sadly we didn't find out who this young lady was and if she ever really existed. But we did get a little closer to her."What the 2018 research project did uncover were details including how the Golden Age Dutch master painted the gi…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/04/28/hi-tech-scans-get-under-the-skin-of-vermeers-girl-with-a-pearl-earring/
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-syndrome-donald-trump/5711104
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-tyranny-forced-vaccinations-digital-certificates/5711125
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-role-u-s-left-struggle-against-empire/5711074
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 …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/vice-president-pence-to-visit-mayo-clinic-in-rochester-on-april-28/
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-truth/5710897
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-course-greater-confrontation/5711102
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-university-vaccine-proves-effective-in-monkeys-20200428-0011.html
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/mayo-clinic-qa-news-briefing-with-dr-greg-poland/
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-two-unacceptable-lessers-us-president-november/5711097
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-clashing-turkish-proxies-idlib/5711056
Science Saturday: Antimalarials, COVID-19, cardiac arrest
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-28
Over the last few weeks, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have become household words. These antiparasitic drugs normally prescribed for malaria were introduced early in the rush to find potential treatments for COVID-19. As time goes on, the public discussion has centered on who should get these particular drugs and when. Meanwhile many doctors and medical researchers …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/science-saturday-antimalarials-covid-19-cardiac-arrest/
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 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-holocaust-bankrupting-the-nation-the-shut-in-economy/5711090
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-palestinian-aid-charity-interpal/5711121
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-protocols-need-second-look/5711080
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-propaganda-uses-russiagate-playbook/5711107
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-greenland-accuses-china-doing-africa/5711136
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-military-regime-change-venezuela/5711130
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-plot-transfer-isis-terrorists-syria-iraq-al-anbar/5710883
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-protocols-need-second-look/5711080
Netanyahu Air Force Bombings Targeted Homes, Killed Three Civilians
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Americans awaiting their COVID-19 stimulus and unemployment checks will be thrilled to know their taxes continue to be spent via Netanyahu bombing and murdering Syrians in their homes. Israel remains the US' most voracious welfare state queen, subsidized at more …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-air-force-bombings-targeted-homes-killed-three-civilians/5711065
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…
rt.com/newsline/487082-china-india-test-kits/
Russian Scientists Create Computer Simulator Capable of Assessing Cognitive Abilities
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-28
Scientists at the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education (MSUPE) have created a unique computer game that can evaluate the player's decision-making speed as well as their ability to predict situation. According to the researchers, the development will also serve as a specialised simulator of these skills.
sputniknews.com/science/202004281079120533-russian-scientists-create-computer-simulator-capable-of-assessing-cognitive-abilities/
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-manhattan-project-led-billionaires-seeking-influence-trump-admin/5711114
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
Covid-19 Is the Perfect Catalyst for Trump's War Against China
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
The phrase 'Yellow Peril'
How Mayo Clinic is using artificial intelligence in its COVID-19 research
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-28
Artificial intelligence has a vital role in helping researchers in their efforts to fight COVID-19 and is an important tool in the work being done at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Andrew Badley is an infectious diseases specialist and leads Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 Research Task Force. In this Q&A, Dr. Badley answers questions about the task force …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/how-mayo-clinic-is-using-artificial-intelligence-in-its-covid-19-research/
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-state/5711076
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-could-see-bolsonaro-removed-quicker/5711053
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-will-become-much-bigger/5711133
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-role-u-s-left-struggle-against-empire/5711074
Palaeontologists Detail Secrets of Earth's 'Most Dangerous Place Ever'
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-28
A fossil-rich deposit near the Moroccan-Algerian border dating back to the Late Cretaceous period has been revealed to have been a place "where a human time-traveller would not last very long," say researchers, citing a range of uniquely excavated items.
sputniknews.com/society/202004281079121293-palaeontologists-detail-secrets-of-earths-most-dangerous-place-ever/
Giulietto Chiesa na linha da frente até ao fim
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Giulietto Chiesa morreu algumas horas depois de concluir, no 75 ∫ Aniversário da Libertaàßà£o e do fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial, a Conferência Internacional de 25 de Abril, "Libertemo-nos do Vírus da Guerra". Uma conferência de transmissà£o ao vivo, organizada pelo …
globalresearch.ca/giulietto-chiesa-na-linha-da-frente-ate-ao-fim/5711116
Giulietto Chiesa in prima linea fino all'ultimo
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Giulietto Chiesa è morto poche ore dopo aver concluso, nel 75 ∞ Anniversario della Liberazione e della fine della Seconda guerra mondiale, il Convegno internazionale del 25 Aprile ´Liberiamoci dal virus della guerra ª. Un convegno in diretta streaming, organizzato dal Comitato …
globalresearch.ca/giulietto-chiesa-in-prima-linea-fino-allultimo/5711106
Giulietto Chiesa on the Front Line Until the End
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
Giulietto Chiesa died a few hours after concluding the April 25th International Conference "Let's Get Rid of War Virus" on the 75th Anniversary of Italian Liberation and the End of World War II. The streaming conference was organized by …
globalresearch.ca/giulietto-chiesa-front-line-until-end/5711084
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
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…
rt.com/news/487072-haftar-lna-rule-libya/
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/
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
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/
Signs of Past Life on Mars Could Blow Lid Off How It Could One Day End on Earth, Survey –°laims
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-28
Mars' habitability has long been on everyone's lips, and the planet is currently being studied to see how life formed there and why it stopped, amid questions as to whether the same scenario could apply to our own planet.
sputniknews.com/science/202004281079122454-signs-of-past-life-on-mars-could-blow-lid-off-how-it-could-one-day-end-on-earth-survey-slaims/
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-call-for-may-1st-demonstrations-20200428-0008.html
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-the-covid-19-bailout-and-college-students/