(2020-04-22). Who is Behind "Fake News"? Mainstream Media Use Fake Videos and Images. globalresearch.ca The mainstream corporate media is desperate. They want to suppress independent and alternative online media, which they categorize as "fake news". Readers on social media are warned not to go onto certain sites. Our analysis confirms that the mainstream media are routinely involved in distorting the facts and turning realities upside down.
(2020-04-22). William Shakespeare and the New World Order: "Hell is Empty and all the Devils are Here" globalresearch.ca William Shakespeare's birthday: he taught us never to despair in our resolve to confront the Lie. "to unmask falsehood and bring truth to light". War criminals in high office are celebrated as messengers of peace: "And thus I clothe my naked villany. And seem a saint, when most I play the devil." (Shakespeare, the words of King Richard III)…
(2020-04-22). Human Lab Rats: The U.S. Government's Secret History of Grisly Experiments. globalresearch.ca "They were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don't recognize them for what they are until it's too late." — Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | I have never known any …
(2020-04-22). The Impacts of Roundup (Glyphosate): Immune Suppression, Total Corporate Control over Agriculture, Destruction of the Family Farm. globalresearch.ca The war is on. A crucial weapon in the attack is Roundup (glyphosate), a herbicide that's being used for something for which it was never intended[1]: the forced ripening of crops, called desiccation, all but guaranteeing it …
(2020-04-22). Science minister visits Natl. Institute of Genetic Eng., Biotechnology on COVID-19. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mansour Gholami on Wed. visited Medical Genetics Laboratory of the National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and was briefed on the latest measures taken by researchers in the field of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.
(2020-04-22). This Is the Worst Employment Collapse in U.S. History by a Very Wide Margin. globalresearch.ca We have never seen an "employment apocalypse" in the United States like we are witnessing right now, and it is not going to end any time soon. Over the past several days, "coronavirus shutdowns" have officially been extended all over …
(2020-04-22). "Mask Diplomacy" Might Not be Enough to Save Turkey from Financial Crisis. globalresearch.ca Turkey seems to be getting inspiration from China by engaging in "mask diplomacy" and is helping many coronavirus affected countries. Even though Turkey is being devastated by the pandemic with over 100,000 cases and 2,200 succumbing to the infection, it …
(2020-04-22). Cuban Drug to Strengthen Natural Immunity in Trial Phase. globalresearch.ca Given the threat posed by the new coronavirus, it is encouraging to learn that trials are underway in Cuba of a vaccine to strengthen innate immunity, to help reduce the risk of infectious agents entering the human body. | The new …
(2020-04-22). Cancellation Wave Continues, China Leasing Firm Scraps Boeing 737 MAX Order. globalresearch.ca As thousands of Boeing employees head back to work in the Puget Sound region over the last week, the Washington-based aircraft manufacturer has noticed a string of recent cancellations of the grounded 737 MAX jet. | Last Tuesday (April 14), Boeing …
(2020-04-22). COVID-19: Will social distancing be the new normal? A Mayo Clinic expert discusses what the future might look like. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As some states look toward relaxing restrictions and social distancing measures, such as stay-at-home orders, new projections suggest social distancing may need to continue through 2022. Researchers predict that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, will return every winter, and that prolonged or intermittent social distancing strategies could limit the strain on health care systems. …
(2020-04-22). Video: A Letter to the Future. globalresearch.ca I do not write these words for my contemporaries. | We are the damned. | It is our lot now to watch as the lamp of liberty is extinguished, our burden to bear witness to the final flickering of the flame of …
(2020-04-22). University Jihad studies on COVID-19. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) — With the outbreak of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, in the country, the Research Center for Modern Technologies of Ibn-e Sina University Jihad, in addition to conducting specialized tests on the samples of this disease, has conducted research studies by experts in Virology to detect vaccine of the disease.
(2020-04-22). Podcast: COVID-19 vaccine development, patient data and isolation diaries. imperial.ac.uk In this edition: We hear from researchers working on a COVID-19 vaccine and with patient samples, and how students are coping in isolation.
(2020-04-22). Video: Trump Vows to End Obama Admin's Funding to Wuhan Coronavirus Lab. globalresearch.ca President Trump vowed over the weekend to end US funding to the tune of $3.7 million that had been approved to the Wuhan Institute of Virology by the Obama administration. | With questions swirling over the lab being the possible source …
(2020-04-22). The Parliamentary Election in South Korea. Moon Jae-in Phenomenal Victory. globalresearch.ca The Democratic Party of President Moon Jae-in won a phenomenal victory at the parliamentary election on April 15. | This victory has been widely reported in media throughout the world with flattery terms. Most of the media seem to attribute this …
(2020-04-22). Orwellian Lockstep and a Loaded Syringe. counterpunch.org Some years ago, the then vice-president of Monsanto Robert T Fraley asked, "Why do people doubt science". He posed the question partly because he had difficulty in believing that some people had valid concerns about the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture. Critics were questioning the science behind GM technology and the impacts
(2020-04-22). Does the Theoretical Arrow Fired by Jane Goodall End at the Feet of Jair Bolsonaro? counterpunch.org We oh-so civilized humans seem to think we know everything — except perhaps how to behave decently and rationally all the time, as Dr Jane Goodall noted when comparing Donald Trump to an anthropomorphised image of the 'male' chimpanzee — and it is the methodologies and exalted stature of the sciences, including history, that have
(2020-04-22). Science Saturday: Antibody testing, in pictures. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Convalescent plasma therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 virus infection is based on the function of antibodies, tiny proteins created by the immune system, that combat invaders to the body in a variety of ways. Some are capable of neutralizing a virus, while others work by mobilizing a range of other immune cells that fight …
(2020-04-22). College students in New York City speak on the impact of the pandemic. wsws.org The closure of college campuses around the country last month due to social distancing protocols upended students' lives, including those of international students.
(2020-04-22). United States: An 'all hands on deck' moment—Sixty six old new leftists urge support for Joe Biden. mronline.org 
SDS, along with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), had been in the vanguard of the new left in the 1960s, and some of these oldsters now want to challenge a position taken by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), currently the foremost organization on the left today. They tell us "this is an all hands …
(2020-04-22). Germany: Opening Berlin schools risks the lives of teachers, pupils and their families. wsws.org "We must learn to live with the pandemic," Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed.
(2020-04-22). UK coronavirus deaths may have reached 41,000, study finds. thecanary.co 
Deaths linked to coronavirus (Covid-19) in the UK may have already reached 41,000, according to new analysis.The Financial Times estimate is more than double the latest total announced by the Department of Health, which stood at 17,337 at 5pm on 20 April.The government's figure is based almost entirely on the deaths of hospital patients who tested positive for Covid-19.Differences in reporting mean this total can include a small number of deaths outside hospital that occurred in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.The Financial Times has used separate figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)…
(2020-04-21). Characteristics of Faculty Accused of Academic Sexual Misconduct in the Biomedical and Health Sciences. jamanetwork.com This study uses internet search data to identify and characterize biomedical and health sciences faculty at US higher education institutions who had sexual misconduct accusations against them between 1982 and 2019 that led to institutional or legal actions proving or supporting guilt.
(2020-04-21). Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen—The Centennial of His Birth. jamanetwork.com On March 27, 1845 Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen was born in Lennep, Germany. He received his early education in the Netherlands and then studied under Clausius, teacher of Willard Gibbs, in Zurich, Switzerland. At Wàºrzburg he became assistant to Kundt. In 1874 he became privatdozent at Strasbourg University. In 1875 Roentgen was made professor of mathematics and physics at the Agricultural Academy of Hohenheim. He returned to Strasbourg in 1876, where he became extraordinary professor. In 1879 he was appointed ordinary professor of physics and director of the Physical Institute of Giessen, and in 1885 he became p…
(2020-04-21). Startling disparities in digital learning emerge as COVID-19 spreads: UN education agency. news.un.org With most of the world's students now at home due to COVID-19, the pandemic is revealing startling divides in digitally-based distance learning, data from the UN education and cultural agency, UNESCO, and partners has revealed.
(2020-04-21). Unprecedented: "Oil Prices Can Go Negative" globalresearch.ca Last month, analyst Paul Sankey warned that "(o)il prices can go negative" in today's environment. On March 18, he wrote: | "The physical reality of the market is that oil is pumped out of the ground and has to be consumed …
(2020-04-21). SARS-CoV-2 Mortality Data Is Distorted. Review of Scientific Research in Germany, U.S., Italy, Spain. globalresearch.ca SouthFront offers a scientific-based survey providing an in-depth look at the real death toll statistics and the spread of SARS-COV-2. | 1. The research issued by the Bonn University Hospital |
(2020-04-22). Turkey repatriating nationals while fighting off virus. yenisafak.com Turkey is working hard to bring back its nationals stranded abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic while working to stem its further spread, said the nation's vice president on Wednesday."Currently we have nearly 26,000 citizens who have applied [for evacuation] from 73 countries," Fuat Oktay told Anadolu Agency.Oktay said that upon their return to home soil, Turkish citizens coming from abroad are spending 14 days in quarantine at 87 student dormitories in 73 of Turkey's 81 provinces.On combating coronavirus, Oktay said: "With its health investments, and city hospitals, Turkey was confident [in fighting the virus]…
(2020-04-22). Beyond Expectations: ESA Exoplanet Hunter All Set to Search for Distant Alien Worlds. sputniknews.com CHEOPS, a mission named after the iconic Egyptian pharaoh and commissioner of the big Giza pyramid, will zero in on previous observations of already known extrasolar planets.
(2020-04-21). Government plans to give poorer pupils free laptops 'do not go far enough'. thecanary.co The government's plans to ensure that disadvantaged children can access lessons online amid school closures "do not go far enough", campaigners say. | Education secretary Gavin Williamson has announced that free laptops or tablets will be given to disadvantaged pupils to help them learn at home amid the Covid-19 pandemic. | Disadvantaged secondary school pupils and care leavers who do not have mobile or broadband internet in their homes will also be provided with 4G routers. | But the Good Law Project (GLP), a legal campaign group which has previously brought cases against Uber and over Brexit, said the governmen…
(2020-04-21). The Economic War with Russia and China. The Economic and Geopolitical Impacts of the COV-19 Lockdown. globalresearch.ca The major reason for Cuba's travel restrictions- ≠‚Äê- ≠‚Äê always used as grounds for slandering the Cuban state- ≠‚Äê is the extreme difficulty Cuba has maintaining foreign exchange reserves essential for international trade- ≠‚Äê- ≠‚Äê esp. since the end of trade- ≠‚Äêin- ≠‚Äêkind with the COMECON. Every …
(2020-04-21). Let the blame games begin: Missouri sues China, including WUHAN LAB, over coronavirus outbreak. rt.com 
The state of Missouri has sued China — plus its Communist Party and a handful of other entities — for "causing a global pandemic that was unnecessary and preventable." It's the first state to take the dubious accusation to court. | Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed suit on Tuesday against the entire nation of China, its national, provincial and city governments, and a smattering of government agencies and research institutes, blaming the lot for allowing the coronavirus epidemic to go global. Laying the sum total of suffering that has resulted from the epidemic at China's feet might soun…
(2020-04-21). China's Message to Donald: What Do You Want from Us? globalresearch.ca Translated from Chinese for Global Research. | Enough is enough. Enough hypocrisy for this one world. | What do you want from us, anyway? What Do You Really Want from Us? | When we were the sick man of Asia, we were called …
(2020-04-21). The Mental Health Crisis Created By Ongoing UK Welfare Reforms. truepublica.org.uk By Mo Stewart — Independent Disability Studies Researcher: Last November the Preventable Harm Project conducted over the past ten years came to its conclusion with the publication of the final report. Published by the Centre for Welfare Reform, Influences and Consequences exposed "the human consequences of the adoption of neoliberal politics, together with American social …
(2020-04-21). Coronavirus Lockdown and What You Are Not Being Told. globalresearch.ca In I …
(2020-04-21). Latvia Wanted to Bridge EU with Russia but Is Now in Economic Trouble. globalresearch.ca The transit industry was one of the most important in Latvia and was established during the Soviet era. In the first years of Latvia's independence in the 1990's, it was destroyed. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has significantly lowered Latvia's …
(2020-04-21). Netanyahu/Gantz Unity Deal… Safeguarding Israel's "Democracy". Annexation of West Bank Ongoing. globalresearch.ca A weeks earlier agreement between them collapsed, a new unity deal struck. | Netanyahu prevailed. Gantz's surrender to his demands split his Blue and White (B &W) party. | It may have ended his chance to become prime minister, his political career …
(2020-04-21). Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Trump EPA Approves Use of Important TB Antibiotic as Pesticide. globalresearch.ca As the nation struggles to slow the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration has This marks the third …
(2020-04-21). Closedown vs. No Closedown. globalresearch.ca Every country with the exception of Sweden found it necessary to close down at least part of the economy in order to prevent the highly infectious virus from overwhelming their medical care systems. The exponential rate of infection together with …
(2020-04-21). Correcting the Scientific Record—Retraction and Replacement of a Report on Dialysis Ownership and Access to Kidney Transplantation. jamanetwork.com The September 10, 2019, issue of JAMA included an Original Investigation titled "Association Between Dialysis Facility Ownership and Access to Kidney Transplantation" by Gander and colleagues, and an accompanying Editorial by Boulware and colleagues. The authors of the research report subsequently notified the editors that a major coding error had occurred in their data management and analyses, and that they discovered these errors had resulted in incorrect data in their published article. As reported in their letter of explanation, the authors performed a thorough reanalysis of their data to address these errors…
(2020-04-21). 75 Years Ago: Red Army Encircles Berlin. Analysis of Germany's Failed 1942 Offensive. globalresearch.ca Three-quarters of a century ago, on 21 April 1945 the Soviet Army had encircled Berlin and was unleashing its final attack upon Nazi Germany. | With the Germans having killed more than 10 million Soviet troops since their June 1941 invasion, …
(2020-04-21). Tra microchip e punti quantici diventeremo antenne umane? globalresearch.ca Il distanziamento sociale è molto di più di una semplice misura contingente alla pandemia, stravolgerà il nostro modo di vivere. A dirlo è il Massachusetts Institute of Technology. L'Istituto è al centro di numerosi progetti di ricerca, molti dei quali …
(2020-04-21). Selected Articles: COVID-19: Closing Down the Economy Is Not the Solution. globalresearch.ca 
By While the lockdown is presented to public opinion as the sole means to resolving a global public health crisis, its devastating economic …
(2020-04-21). Boosting Rwanda's Health Workforce. jamanetwork.com Rwanda's physician specialist workforce tripled and the ranks of nurses and midwives grew substantially as a result of the country's Human Resources for Health (HRH) Program, according to an evaluation by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
(2020-04-21). Student debt jubilee—pandemic edition. mronline.org 
The United States is currently experiencing a dystopian orgy of death and destruction.
(2020-04-21). Amid the Pandemic: Over 50% of Students Do Not Have a Computer. telesurenglish.net The RELATED: | The UNESCO-IT…
(2020-04-21). Young American Scholars: Give Them Their $6.25 Billion Already. counterpunch.org While small business owners and individual workers are well aware that the first round of fiscal stimulus is not enough to keep them going through the COVID-19 pandemic, America's college students are just now discovering that they are owed $6.25 billion in federal emergency relief funding to help them cover "food, housing, course materials, technology, health care, and child care."
(2020-04-21). What Progressives Could Teach Joe Biden About Foreign Policy. thenation.com What Progressives Could Teach Joe Biden About Foreign Policy…
(2020-04-21). COVID-19: Morrison attempts to blackmail teachers. greenleft.org.au 
(2020-04-21). Charges of coronavirus 'cover-up' in China distract from Trump administration's failed response. peoplesworld.org 
"There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies, and statistics." Mark Twain is often credited for this well-worn adage about the power of numbers to deceive. He didn't come up with it, but it sure sounds like something he'd say. Some in the United States have studied this expression well, given their latest attacks …