(2020-04-17). Towards A New World Order, The Global Debt Crisis and the Privatization of the State. globalresearch.ca There is a serious health crisis which must be duly resolved. And this is a number one priority. | But there is another important dimension which has to be addressed. | Millions of people have lost their jobs, and their lifelong savings. …
(2020-04-17). Pentagon Escalates Tensions with Iran in Persian Gulf. globalresearch.ca The US Navy charged Wednesday that 11 Iranian vessels had "repeatedly conducted dangerous and harassing approaches against multiple US naval ships operating in international waters." | The protest, issued by the command of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, represented a further …
(2020-04-17). How Complex Is this Pneumonia Crisis? Millions of People Lost Their Jobs, Food is Disappearing… globalresearch.ca How complex is this? If Today is 8th of April 2020 and as I type this
(2020-04-17). Science Saturday: The new super power of handwashing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Researchers are hard at work identifying ways to help patients with COVID-19, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. But in the meantime, one common household object can be used to help prevent infection. Soap. Good old soap, the Clark Kent of clean, is really the superhero fatty acid salt, the Superman of clean. Soap …
(2020-04-17). The Big Lie: Today's Mainstream Corporate Media. globalresearch.ca The liberal media — New York Times and Washington Post, CNN and MSNBC, The Daily Beast, Alternet, Mother Jones, Daily Kos and others—has in
(2020-04-17). Treatments for COVID-19: Drugs Being Tested Against the Coronavirus. Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine. globalresearch.ca The world is now desperate to find ways to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus and to find effective treatments. As of April 6, more than 200
(2020-04-17). 5 Million Nigerians Oppose Monsanto's Plans to Introduce GMO Cotton and Corn. globalresearch.ca 
This article was originally published in 2016. | Millions of Nigerians are urging the Nigerian government to reject One-hundred organizations representing more than …
(2020-04-17). Working Class Heroes…. Stiffed! John Lennon. globalresearch.ca John Lennon, prolific as a writer as much as a performer, wrote this: | Working Class Hero | As soon as you're born they make you feel small | By giving you no time instead of it all | Till the pain is so …
(2020-04-17). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 is the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Because SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus, researchers are still learning how the virus affects the body. And this raises questions for pregnant women. Can COVID-19 affect pregnancy? Is breastfeeding safe? How can a pregnant woman protect herself from the disease? On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, …
(2020-04-17). 5G — What's true, what's not and what you really need to know. truepublica.org.uk Last year, TruePublica published statistical and scientific evidence that the 5G was not as safe as we are being told. We also published a report stating that simply saying that more health research is needed on 5G —the latest generation of cell phone technology— was going to be hazardous to your reputation. And so it …
(2020-04-17). Cutting the Funding: The WHO, Trump and the Coronavirus Wars. globalresearch.ca The US president is in a warring mood. Having declared himself a president at war, a meaningless gesture given that the US is always, somewhere in the world, at war, finding necessary enemies in distraction was always going to be …
(2020-04-17). Canada Member of Parliament Says 'We Need to Get Back to Work', "Successful Treatment of Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin and Zinc Sulphate" globalresearch.ca Sarnia-Lambton's MP wants Canada to implement COVID-19 cures she claims have been proven in the United States, but are opposed by Canadian health experts. | Marilyn Gladu, the former Conservative health critic, said the Liberals are talking about waiting for …
(2020-04-17). US Federal Reserve 'put the world on its back' with $2.3 TRILLION injection, chief research analyst tells Boom Bust. rt.com 
As organizations like the IMF and the UN warn that this is the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the US central bank has once again decided to pump trillions of dollars into the economy. | RT's Boom Bust talks to the CEO of Transformity Research, Tobin Smith, who has been sounding the alarm lately, saying that the economic downturn in the United States is not due to the coronavirus pandemic. | "Let's bear in mind that up until eight days ago we were in a free fall and then the Fed put the United States on its back and it really put the world on its back. It basically said that the world is too…
(2020-04-17). New Indonesian Capital in Borneo: From Rural Misery to Grody Dreams of Urban Glory. globalresearch.ca An old road between Balikpapan and Samarinda passes through the poor villages, through rural slums, as well as stalls selling second-rate local fruits. The cheap, unhygienic eateries, are now half-empty. While the traffic is still heavy here, the 'real action' …
(2020-04-17). The Illiberal Turn in Indonesian Democracy. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2020-04-17). Video: US-trained Militants Surrender to Syrian Army. Israel Tries to Assassinate Hezbollah Commanders. globalresearch.ca On April 15th, 27 members of Maghawir al-Thawra, a militant group in the Al-Tanf zone, which is both funded and trained by the US-led coalition, surrendered to the Syrian Army with all of their weapons and equipment. These …
(2020-04-17). Are COVID-19 Outbreaks Peaking or Heading Higher Ahead? globalresearch.ca The short answer is it's unknown — why it's better to be safe than sorry. More below on what may lie ahead. | COVID-19 is a more contagious version of seasonal flu/influenza. | According to Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases/Epidemiologist Dr. …
(2020-04-17). Strong immune system saves life of Turkish centenarian coronavirus patient. yenisafak.com Havahan Karadeniz was discharged from the hospital after only a week of treatment at the Istanbul Research and Training Hospital.One of the oldest survivors of the virus, the centenarian's rapid recovery
(2020-04-17). Moscow Aware of US Offer to Tbilisi to Expand Military Research in Lugar Biolab. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Moscow is aware of Washington's offer to Georgia to expand military research in the Richard Lugar biological laboratory, located not far from Tbilisi, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said on Friday.
(2020-04-17). Bay Area Refuse Fascism Members Bang Pots, Call for Removal of Trump/Pence. indybay.org In light of the coronavirus pandemic, Refuse Fascism updated their 2020 Statement of Conscience/Call To Act. Included here are photos and a 4 second video of members displaying signage, wearing masks, maintaining physical distancing and banging pots on an "Out Now Tuesday" April 14. At the same time, 7pm, at other locations in the Bay Area, members shouted "Trump Pence Out Now!" for neighbors to hear.
(2020-04-17). WATCH: 'Counting the Dead' — Shocking New Evidence. truepublica.org.uk We keep being told by the government that they are following the science, but what does that even mean? This report questions not the advice of government scientists but the scientists themselves. Four leading experts in different aspects of COVID-19 discuss and tell us what it is that we do know, what it is that …
(2020-04-17). India's Top Science Lab Develops Mobile Diagnostic Equipment to Expedite COVID-19 Testing. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): With the rapid increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, the Indian Government has imposed the second phase of the lockdown until 3 May. In order to combat the virus, all the top agencies in the country are working with the government to fight the pandemic.
(2020-04-17). SpaceX to Launch First Manned Mission Into Orbit Around 27 May – Reports. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced late March that Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi would be the first foreigner to travel to the International Space Station on board the Crew Dragon version of the Dragon 2 spaceship.
(2020-04-17). 'Chariots Running Among The Clouds': UFOs Were Spotted in First Century, Historical Account Suggests. sputniknews.com The First Jewish-Roman War is considered to have been one of the most remarkable events in ancient history ,and the developments which led to it, as recorded by historians of that time, including Titus Flavius Josephus, are still being closely analysed by contemporary scholars, with some new interpretations uncovering shocking details.
(2020-04-17). Talks underway to return stranded Iranians from Italy: FM spox. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said talks are underway with Italy to bring home the Iranian students stranded in the country after the coronavirus outbreak.
(2020-04-17). Stranded Indian parents watch son's funeral on Facebook. yenisafak.com An Indian family living in the UAE had to watch the funeral of their son on Facebook, as they could not fly to their home in the South Indian state of Kerala, due to coronavirus or COVID-19-related travel restrictions, media reports said.A class 10 student Jeuel Jomay died in American Hospital in Dubai, losing seven-year-long battle with cancer on April 11. His parents wanted to bury him in their hometown Pathanamthitta in Kerala. After days of struggle, they got permission to send mortal remains in a cargo plane on Wednesday.However, none of the four family members could fly along."His father wanted to fly with…
(2020-04-17). Australian teachers speak out against unsafe conditions. wsws.org One teacher said: "We are seeing that the allocation of resources is not to support social safety but to enrich a few super-wealthy oligarchs."
(2020-04-17). China denies covering up Covid-19 severity, says revision increasing deaths by 50 percent 'common practice'. rt.com 
The correction of Wuhan's Covid-19 death toll, which rose by 1,290 and now stands at 3,869, was part of a statistical verification process and is a common international practice, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. | Zhao Lijian rejected claims that the Chinese government had engaged in a cover-up of the severity of the outbreak, saying at a daily briefing that Beijing would not allow such a thing. | The claim has been pushed, among others, by US President Donald Trump, who froze funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) this week after accusing it of conspiring with China to mislead the w…
(2020-04-17). Worst three months in decades: China's economy plunges almost 7% amid coronavirus battle. rt.com 
The world's second largest economy, China, took a huge hit due to the Covid-19 outbreak, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics. It showed a 6.8 percent drop in the first quarter of 2020 from a year earlier. | That is the first such contraction since Beijing began reporting its quarterly gross domestic product in 1992. | Data showed that industrial production declined 8.4 percent in Q1, though March only saw a drop of 1.1 percent. Retail sales crashed 19 percent in the first quarter. Sales of consumer goods dipped by 15.8 percent in March, while online sales of physical goods rose almost six…
(2020-04-16). Video: Coronavirus: Economic and Social Collapse: Mass Unemployment, Bankruptcy, Poverty and Despair. globalresearch.ca There is a serious health crisis which must be duly resolved. But there is another important dimension which has to be addressed. | Millions of people have lost their jobs, and their lifelong savings. In developing countries, poverty and despair prevail. …
(2020-04-16). Are COVID-19 Death Certificates Being Manipulated? A Conversation with Dr. Annie Bukacek. globalresearch.ca Dr. Annie Bukacek of Kalispell, Montana speaks with me about COVID19 death certificates. | How do doctors decide whether or not to attribute a death to COVID19 and are the COVID19 deaths being exaggerated? | We also discuss what care is not …
(2020-04-16). The Russians Get Blamed Again, but Who Is Really Subverting American Democracy? globalresearch.ca It is perhaps inevitable that a major health panic like the coronavirus will have political ramifications based on whether those most affected by the illness will perceive that the government performed well or poorly in the crisis. The government for …
(2020-04-16). 50 Headlines: Welcome to the "New Normal" globalresearch.ca Our erstwhile collaborators at Always remember that these Measures are for your own good. Doubting The …
(2020-04-16). In Palestine, COVID-19 Meets the Israeli Occupation. globalresearch.ca The first measures taken against COVID-19 in the West Bank occurred in early March after the confirmation of seven cases in Bethlehem that were linked to a Greek tourist group. The Palestinian Authority (PA) declared a state of emergency and …
(2020-04-16). "World War C" Presents a Host of Challenges for Central Asia. globalresearch.ca Central Asia is at risk of collapse if the socio-economic consequences of World War C aren't addressed after much-needed remittance flows from Russia were abruptly cut off as a result of that country's emergency quarantine measures, which in turn could …
(2020-04-16). Elizabeth Warren Joins the Biden Bandwagon, Betrays Supporters. globalresearch.ca Judge them by their actions, never their rhetoric, a rule of thumb in evaluating others, notably politicians. They all lie with the rarest of rare exceptions. | Warren's sellout to Dem party bosses followed Tulsi Gabbard and Bernie Sanders going the …
(2020-04-16). Visà£o Factual Epidemiológica: Portugal é um dos países mais perigosos do mundo na Covid-19. globalresearch.ca Os portugueses està£o entre os povos mais afetados e em maior risco do mundo em casos confirmados de infectados de Covid-19 e mortes no mundo pelo SARS-Cov-2, considerando o tamanho da populaàßà£o. | Sou cientista fármaco-epidemiologista formado em Harvard e a …
(2020-04-16). The Coronavirus and the Economic Crisis this Time. globalresearch.ca "…so many of the out-of-the way things had happened lately, that Alice has begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible" — Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland. | Crises — not regular downturns but major crises — …
(2020-04-16). Coronavirus Pandemic Has Shown that Mediterranean Europe Does Not Need THE EU. globalresearch.ca Germany's long history of wanting to rule the entirety of Europe extends back to both World Wars in the 20th Century, and perhaps even earlier. The German political structures believed that through war and conquest it could dominate the continent …
(2020-04-16). 74 Million in Arab Region at Risk of COVID-19, Access to Clean Water: UN Report. globalresearch.ca The …
(2020-04-16). "Something Has Gone Wrong": UK Government, Banks Screw Up Coronavirus Loans, Small Firms Near Collapse. Better Results in Other Countries. globalresearch.ca Thanks to its Brexit planning, the UK should have been better positioned to help its small businesses through the coronavirus crisis than most of its European peers. In early 2019, the UK treasury, together with the business department and the …
(2020-04-16). Is American Exceptionalism Shaping Our Scientific Response to the Coronavirus? mintpressnews.com 
While New York City suffers through coronavirus, it's worth recalling that in the name of science in 1966, the U.S. government released bacteria in the New York subways. And that is just the tip of the iceberg.
(2020-04-16). "Pure Baloney": Zoologist Debunks Trump's COVID-19 Origin Theory, Explains Animal-Human Transmission. democracynow.org 
With the largest one-day death toll in the U.S. yet — 2,400 in just 24 hours — President Trump is trying to deflect attention from his handling of the pandemic by waging a war on public health experts and science, threatening to cut World Health Organization funding and fueling a theory that the coronavirus came from a lab in Wuhan, China. We speak to a zoologist who has been sounding the alarm about a coming pandemic for years. "The idea that this virus escaped from a lab is just pure baloney," says Peter Daszak, disease ecologist and the president of EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit that works global…
(2020-04-16). Zoologist Debunks Trump's COVID-19 Origin Theory, Calling It "Pure Baloney" truthout.org With the largest one-day death toll in the U.S. yet — 2,400 in just 24 hours — President Trump is trying to deflect attention from his handling of the pandemic by waging a war on public health experts and science, threatening to cut World Health Organization funding and fueling a theory that the coronavirus came from a lab in Wuhan, China. We speak to a zoologist who has been sounding the alarm about a coming pandemic for years. "The idea that this virus escaped from a lab is just pure ba…
(2020-04-16). EPA's Mercury Rule Disregards Inconvenient Science, Putting Public Health at Risk. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-04-16). Medical students share their thoughts on joining the NHS frontline. imperial.ac.uk Newly-qualified doctors from Imperial College London have spoken about joining frontline NHS staff in the fight against COVID-19.
(2020-04-16). Iran sends plane to Russia to return stranded students. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) — Spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) of Iran Reza Jafarzadeh confirmed the transfer of Iranian students from Moscow to Tehran amid the outbreak of coronavirus global pandemic.
(2020-04-16). An Open Letter to the New New Left From the Old New Left. thenation.com Former leaders of the Students for a Democratic Society An Open Letter to the New New Left From the Old New Left…
(2020-04-16). It's the End of the World Economy as We Know It, Just Like the Great Recession. cepr.net Neil Irwin tells us there will be fundamental changes in the world economy as a result of the pandemic. While he repeats many things that are conventional wisdom, as is often the case, the conventional wisdom is not very wise. First, the pandemic is supposed to teach us the dangers of having foreign sources of …
(2020-04-16). Due to COVID-19, We Had First March Since 2002 Without a School Shooting. truthout.org The nationwide lockdown to stem the rise of the coronavirus has had one silver lining — March 2020 was the first March since 2002 without a school shooting. | "Depressing on mulitple levels," Washington Post reporter Robert Klemko made the observation Monday morning on Twitter. | "Heartbreaking statistic," tweeted the Wall Street Journal's Robbie Whelan in re…