(2020-03-10). Italy Is Now a Red Zone: Student at Bocconi U. Describes Strict Measures Taken to Contain COVID-19. democracynow.org 
The entire country of Italy has been placed on lockdown in an attempt to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, impacting 60 million people. People in the nationwide Red Zone will only be allowed to travel for work, medical reasons or emergencies until early next month. All schools and universities will also remain closed, major sporting events are suspended, and airline passengers now have to justify their reasons for traveling. We go to Italy to speak with Romy Kool, an international student at Bocconi University in Milan, where courses are now being taught online amid the coronavirus outbreak. We are als…
(2020-03-10). What Does Work Look Like on a Dying Planet? thenation.com 
Students, promised a bright and successful future after college, are being fast-tracked into corporate careers, usually without a second thought about the value of their work in a climate emergency.
(2020-03-10). Draconian response to coronavirus may be worse for global economy than epidemic itself. rt.com 
The Covid-19 outbreak has been taking its toll on global supply chains and economic growth, but how governments are tackling the problem could have far worse economic consequences, an expert tells RT. | "A medical threat turned into international economic calamity, with these quarantines, these shutdowns, this frenzy and this hysteria. It's becoming enormously disruptive to international commerce and actually even to domestic [US] commerce," said Jeffrey Tucker, the editorial director at the American Institute for Economic Research. | The epidemic left hundreds of flights grounded and many international events…
(2020-03-10). GOLD may be the BIG WINNER in oil price war. rt.com 
Gold — regarded as the traditional safe haven — could be "one of the beneficiaries" of the global stock market panic caused by the Russian-Saudi standoff over oil and the coronavirus outbreak. | That's according to Research Director at NXTanalytic Alessandro Bruno, who told RT that "Russia could probably sustain the crisis for longer than Saudi Arabia." | He explained that this is due to Moscow's financial policies of the past few years and, in particular, Russia's accumulation of gold. | "Let's not forget, Russia and China have been accumulating a lot of gold," Bruno said, adding that "One of the…
(2020-03-10). Canceled: Speakout-Defend The Children & Staff-Stop The KIPP Charter School Move To TI. indybay.org 401 13th Street | Treasure Island | San Francisco, CA 94130 | www.google.com/maps/dir//401+13th+St,+Sa…: 0x11b85dc7ddb847d!2m2!1d-122.374138!2d37.827819!3e0?hl=en…
(2020-03-10). Speakout-Defend The Children & Staff-Stop The KIPP Charter School Move To TI. indybay.org 401 13th Street | Treasure Island | San Francisco, CA 94130 | www.google.com/maps/dir//401+13th+St,+Sa…: 0x11b85dc7ddb847d!2m2!1d-122.374138!2d37.827819!3e0?hl=en…
(2020-03-10). Lift the U.S. Embargo on Cuba. globalresearch.ca The U.S. embargo on Cuba has been in effect for 60 years. It's time to end it. | The embargo makes it a criminal offense for any American to spend money in Cuba or to do business in Cuba. If an …
(2020-03-10). COVID-19 Marketing in the USA: Misinformation, Incompetence and Buffoonery. globalresearch.ca The content of this article will make little sense to you. The purpose in your reading it is to appreciate how little sense it makes. | The WHO described worldwide virus cases passing the 100,000-mark as a "somber moment". | The AFP …
(2020-03-10). Russia's Rejection of OPEC+ Was the Result of Cold Geostrategic Calculations. globalresearch.ca Russia rejected its OPEC+ partners' request late last week to further curtail its oil production next month because it understood that doing so would make its American shale rivals more competitive, which would in turn empower the US to continue …
(2020-03-10). EU Condemns Netanyahu Promise to Build Settlement Homes in West Bank's E1 Area. globalresearch.ca Israel faced harsh international criticism on Friday 28 Feb, 2020 after it advanced plans for the construction of 3,500 housing units in the contentious E1 area, located adjacent to and northeast of East Jerusalem and to the west of Al-Eizariya …
(2020-03-10). IDF Knee-Capping Besieged Gazans. Hundreds of Palestinians Killed. globalresearch.ca Live fire by Israeli soldiers, police, and other security forces against defenseless Palestinians threatening no one is official Jewish state policy. | What was instituted on the pretext of preventing harm to Israelis is systematically and repeatedly breached by IDF and …
(2020-03-10). Israel's Third Election: Netanyahu Wins, Justice Loses. globalresearch.ca Israel just completed its third national election in less than a year. The first two votes in April and September 2019 ended in an impasse with no party able to form a governing coalition of 61 Knesset Members (i.e. a …
(2020-03-10). Financial Meltdown: The Impending Credit Crunch; The Next Shoe to Drop? globalresearch.ca Last week's violent gyrations in the stock market are the result of a tug-of-war between two well-represented groups of investors. One group thinks the Coronavirus will severely impact the global economy pushing stocks further into the red, while the other …
(2020-03-10). Western Union Suspends Family Remittances to Cuba, Except from the U.S. globalresearch.ca This is sanction number 191 imposed by the U.S. government on the Cuban people, with the purpose of causing discouragement and despair, while portraying revolutionary authorities as responsible for the damage caused by its aggressive policy | *** | The Donald Trump …
(2020-03-10). Syrian Christian Village Awaits the End of Al Qaeda's Occupation of Idlib. globalresearch.ca The western media has focused on
(2020-03-10). Lock Step, This Is No Futuristic Scenario: Panic and the Post-Pandemic Future? globalresearch.ca Every day world mainstream news reports more people in more countries diagnosed "positive" for the coronavirus illness, now called COVID-19. As the reported numbers grow, so does widespread nervousness, often in the form of panic shopping for masks, disinfections, toilet …
(2020-03-10). Israeli IDF Snipers Boast of Shooting 'Ducks' in Gaza'. Boasting About Their Hits. Unspoken Crimes against Humanity. globalresearch.ca Two days ago (Friday) a These accounts are …
(2020-03-10). Global Research: Pull-No-Punches Reporting on Global Power Relations. globalresearch.ca "Global Research provides penetrating analysis of world events. The articles published by this invaluable website pull no punches in reporting on global power relations." | — "Global Research is one of …
(2020-03-10). The Adverse Effects of Genetically Modified Maize. Call for Retraction of EU-funded G-TwYST Study. globalresearch.ca Prof Gilles-Eric Séralini of the University of Caen has published a peer-reviewed The EU-funded study was published in 2019 …
(2020-03-10). The Big Heist: U.S. Imposed Economic Sanctions on One Third of Humanity. globalresearch.ca The US has become increasingly dependent on the use of unilateral economic sanctions to achieve its policy objectives against its declared targets since the start of the great recession in 2008. Presently, sanctions impact one-third of humanity in 39 countries. …
(2020-03-10). Video: New Idlib Ceasefire Is Already Crumbling and Nobody Is Surprised. globalresearch.ca On March 6, the Syrian region of Greater Idlib entered another ceasefire phase with al-Qaeda-linked groups breathing a sigh of relief thanks to Turkish sacrifices in the battle against the Syrian Army. However, the pause in the Turkish-Syrian military confrontation …
(2020-03-10). Dems Rigging Things for Establishment Figure "Moderate Jo" Biden? globalresearch.ca The myth of moderate Joe belies his hardline agenda throughout a near-half century of public life as US senator and vice president. | Along with most others on both sides of the aisle, his political record shows full support for endless …
(2020-03-10). Saudi Arabia's Oil Price War Could Very Easily Backfire. globalresearch.ca Russia's rejection of its OPEC+ partners' request to further reduce oil production in response to slumping demand prompted Saudi Arabia to unwisely initiate an oil price war over the weekend as revenge, one which the Gulf country is ill-equipped to …
(2020-03-10). 1983 CIA Document Reveals Plan to Destroy Syria, Foreshadows Current Crisis. globalresearch.ca As the Syrian crisis enters its ninth year, the Donald Trump administration is looking more and more like the Obama administration every day. With the Trump regime refusing to open useful dialogue with Russia regarding Syria, it's obvious anti-Iran and …
(2020-03-10). Fire Destroys Most Voting Machines in Venezuela's Capital. globalresearch.ca Venezuela's elections council said on Sunday that a fire over the weekend destroyed most of the voting machines stored in its main warehouse in the capital, Caracas, potentially complicating parliamentary elections scheduled for this year. | Nearly 50,000 voting machines and …
(2020-03-10). Palestinian Rights Organization Challenges Meritless Lawsuit Filed Against It. globalresearch.ca Last night, the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) moved to dismiss a meritless lawsuit filed against it by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and several individuals. Human rights attorneys say the lawsuit targets USCPR's support of Palestinian rights and …
(2020-03-10). Drop the Charges! Pack the court for our fellow comrades! indybay.org Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz | 701 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz…
(2020-03-10). Magnetic Field on Mars Much Stronger Than Expected, Scientists Say. sputniknews.com The spacecraft also helped researchers to study phenomena that occurs in the upper atmosphere of Mars and in space near the planet, where a stream of particles emanating from the Sun produces disturbances similar to solar storms.
(2020-03-10). Morales' MAS Won October Polls Fairly, Will Win Again Unless Anez Gov't Defrauds Voters — Journo. sputniknews.com MIT researchers have thrown the Organisation of American States' (OAS) audit of Bolivia's October elections into question. According to La Resistencia Bolivia journalist Alberto Echazu, the OAS should be held responsible for the November coup, especially given that the same entity was invited by the de facto government to monitor the 3 May vote.
(2020-03-10). How a 'Sneezing' Star Dispelled Premature Rumours It Was About to Die. sputniknews.com At the end of 2019 the star Betelgeuse started fading significantly, dropping to around 40 per cent of its usual brightness, fueling speculation that the red supergiant would soon explode as a massive supernova in what would be the biggest celestial event of the year.
(2020-03-10). EU economy closes 2019 with weaker growth rate. yenisafak.com The EU's annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate was 1.5% in 2019, while it was 2.1% in 2018, the bloc's statistical office's data showed on Tuesday.Eurostat said the euro area's GDP growth rate of 1.2% was also weaker in 2019 than the previous year (1.9%).Meanwhile, the EU27 and eurozone's economies grew by 1.2% and 1% in the last quarter of 2019, versus the same quarter 2018.The eurozone/euro area or EA19 represents the member states that use the single currency
(2020-03-10). Selected Articles: Cease Fire Rejected. Al Qaeda is not "a Terrorist Group" globalresearch.ca 
By Along with WWF, as well as palm oil and logging conglomerates, UNDP is a sponsor of the $21.4 million conservation project. A sizeable chunk of this funding goes to …
(2020-03-10). Iranian Coronavirus test kits to go to domestic market as of March 21. iranian.com Secretary of Biotechnology Development Headquarters of the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology Mostafa Ghanei informed on Monday that Iranian knowledge-based companies will put their produced coronavirus test kits to the market next Iranian calendar month, Farvardin (Starting on March 21, 2020). As Ghanei, who is also a member of COVID-19 Scientific Committee, elaborated, the available test …
(2020-03-10). Jobs Before COVID-19: Strong Employment Numbers, Weak Wage Growth. counterpunch.org 
Wage growth slowed further in February to just 3.0 percent over the last year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 273,000 jobs in February. The January figure was revised up to the same number, which, along with an upward revision to December's number, brought the three-month average to a very strong
(2020-03-09). Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Recruited Spies to Infiltrate Progressive Groups with Project Veritas. democracynow.org 
Erik Prince, the founder of the mercenary firm Blackwater and brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, helped recruit former spies to infiltrate and gather intelligence about Democratic campaigns and labor organizations, including the American Federation of Teachers, according to an explosive report by The New York Times. The story exposes previously unreported details about the ties between Prince and Project Veritas, a right-wing group that often sets up sting operations targeting the media and journalists by recording covert videos. According to documents and interviews, one former spy recruited by Erik Pri…
(2020-03-09). Johnstone brings her moral compass to our Dantesque world. mronline.org 
It is one of the great personal accounts of the anguished decline of our uncivilization, both a riveting eye-witness account of many of the horrors and perfidies, and a primer for students of history and all those struggling to not only dismantle the beast, but to prepare us for what follows it. |
(2020-03-09). Julian Assange: The Power of Truth. globalresearch.ca Julian Assange — an innocent journalist/publisher — is being constantly strip-searched, handcuffed and confined either in an iron cell in the infamous Belmarsh prison or in a glass cage during his show trial. The aim is to make Assange feel …
(2020-03-09). Rising number of young people excluded from jobs, education and training. news.un.org The number of young people around the world who are neither employed, studying or in some kind of training, is on the rise, according to a new report released on Monday by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
(2020-03-09). Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Trump-aligned Pressure Group Pushes to Stop Medicine Sales to Iran. globalresearch.ca Despite a massive coronavirus-related public health crisis, an anti-Iran pressure group with close ties to the Trump administration is urging major pharmaceutical companies to "end their Iran business," focusing on companies with special licenses — most often under a broadly …
(2020-03-09). Market Turmoil. The US Economy is House of Cards. globalresearch.ca In his book titled "Capitalism and Freedom," economist Milton Friedman said "only a crisis — actual or perceived — produces real change." | "When a crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around." | "(O)ur …
(2020-03-09). No End to Endless War in Syria. globalresearch.ca Obama's war in Syria, now Trump's, continues endlessly. | On or about the Ides of March, US aggression in Syria will enter its 10th year with no prospect for near-term resolution. | Tens of thousands of heavily armed jihadists remain in Idlib …
(2020-03-09). Colombia: Glyphosate Spraying Kills Native Species. telesurenglish.net Glyphosate spraying has led to the loss of Colombian aquatic endemic species, according to a publication by the National University of Colombia (UN). | RELATED: | The Research Group on Aquatic and Environmental Toxicology of the University of Colombia found that species, such as the yamu, typically of the eastern plains, and the bocachico, the most economically important fish in Colombia, are highly sensitive to glyphos…
(2020-03-09). The Criminality of the Democratic Party. DNC Maneuvers to Derail Bernie Sanders. globalresearch.ca The utter and complete corruption of the Democratic Party is on full display as the DNC desperately maneuvers to derail the insurgent candidacy of Bernie Sanders by denying him a majority of delegates to the July convention in Minneapolis. Winning …
(2020-03-09). Conservation Groups Argue in Federal Court That Trump's Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Was Illegal. globalresearch.ca Conservation, environmental and landowner groups argued in federal court in Montana today that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wrongly permitted the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to be constructed through hundreds of rivers, streams and wetlands and failed to …
(2020-03-09). International Court Approves Probe of US War Crimes in Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca An appellate panel of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled Thursday that an investigation leading to the potential prosecution of US officials for war crimes during Washington's nearly two-decade-old war in Afghanistan can move forward. | Fatou Bensouda, the court's …
(2020-03-09). Cease Fire Rejected. Turkey Doesn't Consider Al Qaeda as a Terrorist Group. Erdogan Sends More Troops into Idlib. globalresearch.ca The latest agreement of ceasefire between the Russian President and the Turkish madman Erdogan explicitly excludes combating terrorists. Erdogan doesn't consider al-Qaeda as a terrorist group, he invested heavily in this organization especially in Syria and
(2020-03-09). The Violence of 'Conservation'. globalresearch.ca Fiore Longo of Survival International argues for an end to big conservation projects that abuse and destroy the very peoples who know how to protect the land. | *** | In a leaked report revealed to The Guardian in February,
(2020-03-09). Leaving the EU Was the Right Move for the Wrong Reasons. globalresearch.ca Let's be clear: the EU was not set up to promote a friendly big socialist community, a Soviet-lite. The EU was created by the US, originally the European Coal and Steel Community set up in 1950 with the intent of …
(2020-03-09). Ceasefire in Syria: Dead on Arrival? globalresearch.ca Ceasefire in Syria's Idlib province is more illusion than reality. | At best, principles Putin and Erdogan agreed on last Thursday abated fighting short-term without halting it or preventing a flareup like all previous times when ceasefires were declared throughout years …
(2020-03-09). New Putin-Erdogan Deal Is Sugar-coating the Turks' Surrender. globalresearch.ca This week's meeting between Presidents Putin and Erdogan in Moscow was cast as preventing a war between Russia and Turkey in Syria. War, however, was never on the horizon. Putin called Erdogan's bluff, and the Turk folded. | Russian President Vladimir …