A Year Since the Arrest of WikiLeaks Publisher Julian Assange
Oscar Grenfell | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
Today marks 12 months since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police and security officers after being illegally expelled from Ecuador's London embassy, where he had lived and worked as a political refugee for seven years. | The sight …
globalresearch.ca/year-since-arrest-wikileaks-publisher-julian-assange/5709458

'Surge in Production' key to tackle economic downturn amid COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-13
TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA)

Alberta Government Turns Hard to the Right- Making the Most of a Crisis
David DePoe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
Education cuts | The Alberta United Conservative Party (UCP) premier and his Minister of Education Adriana LaGrange have announced they are redirecting $128 million dollars of K-12 education funding to the province's COVID-19 response, following their decision to close schools on …
globalresearch.ca/alberta-government-turns-right-making-most-crisis/5709477

Wholesale move to online education across the US: A nightmare for students and educators
wsws.org | 2020-04-13
The jolting transition to online education has revealed the inadequacy of preparation by schools at all levels, while the ruling class views a profit opportunity.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/13/onln…

Tiny But Tough-Love Tour of Shame to Demand Opening Up Motel Rooms for Shelter Now !
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2020-04-13
In an Easter Sunday sweep through the City by car, several of us will gather (safely in our cars or at 6′ distance with protective gear) 2 PM at Laurel and Front St. We will distribute survival gear and provisions to folks outside around the City and conduct an educational tour of shame to counter the rosy fabrications of Sentinel and city/county officialdom.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/10/18832269.php

Fired researcher Mauro Ferrari denounces EU inaction on COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-04-13
Distinguished scientist Mauro Ferrari was forced to resign as European Research Council president after calling for a coordinated struggle against the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/13/ferr…

Convalescent Plasma: A Therapy for COVID-19?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-13
To develop a treatment for patients with COVID-19, researchers around the world are steadfastly exploring numerous angles, including testing existing antiviral drugs and new compounds. One potential treatment that has garnered attention is known as convalescent plasma therapy. The approach involves giving patients an infusion of antibody-rich plasma from people who have recovered from an infection …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/convalescent-plasma-a-therapy-for-covid-19/

Razi institute launches SPF mice breeding system
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-13
TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA)

The US Seeks to Set New Military Base in Syria Amid Pandemic
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
President Donald Trump administration on Friday deployed a military convoy in Syria to establish a new base in this Arab nation. | A caravan of 35 trucks loaded with vehicles and warfare and logistics materials headed for the city of Shadadi, …
globalresearch.ca/us-seeks-set-new-military-base-syria-amid-pandemic/5709489

Moscow COVID-19 Lockdown: Administrative Self-isolation, QR Codes and No More Than 2 Personal Trips Per Week
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
On April 11, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a decree on the procedure of processing and using special digital passes in the city. The decision to introduce a special digital pass system to enforce coronavirus lockdown rules in the Russian …
globalresearch.ca/moscow-covid-19-lockdown-administrative-self-isolation-qr-codes-no-more-than-2-personal-trips-per-week/5709452

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 update
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-13
On today's Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, shares the latest information on the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Poland discusses antibody testing, immunity, and how the scientific and research communities are collaborating to fight this disease. Click the player below: Mayo Clinic Q&A is available …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-covid-19-update/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 update
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-13
On today's Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, shares the latest information on the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Poland discusses antibody testing, immunity, and how the scientific and research communities are collaborating to fight this disease. Click the player below: Mayo Clinic Q&A is available …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-covid-19-update/

[Research Paper] Evaluating the evidence behind the surrogate measures included in the FDA's table of surrogate endpoints as supporting approval of cancer drugs
Bishal Gyawali, Spencer P. Hey, Aaron S. Kesselheim | thelancet.com | 2020-04-13
Using breast cancer as an example, we evaluated the underlying evidence for the surrogate endpoints for solid tumors listed in the FDA's Table of Surrogate Endpoints and found weak or missing correlations of treatment effects on these surrogates with treatment effects on OS . Surrogate measures should be predictive of clinical benefit to be useful in supporting regular FDA approval.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30076-6/fulltext?rss=yes

Gates' Globalist Vaccine Agenda: A Win-Win for Pharma and Mandatory Vaccination
Robert F. Kennedy Jr | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
Vaccines, for Bill Gates, are a strategic philanthropy that feed his many vaccine-related businesses (including Microsoft's ambition to control a global vaccination ID enterprise) and give him dictatorial control of global health policy. | Gates' obsession with vaccines seems to …
globalresearch.ca/gates-globalist-vaccine-agenda-win-win-pharma-mandatory-vaccination/5709493

Brazilian Democracy Is Dead
Fernando Horta | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
The word is that that General Braga Netto is the new "acting president" of Brazil. Firstly, this position does not legally exist. We live in a presidential system, and the power of the executive is in the hands of the …
globalresearch.ca/brazilian-democracy-dead/5709490

The Elite's COVID-19 Coup Against a Terrified Humanity: Resisting Powerfully
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
I have previously explained how the COVID-19 infection is being used to frighten us into submitting powerlessly to the global elite's latest move to take much greater control of our lives and how those who can perceive this, and wish …
globalresearch.ca/elite-covid-19-coup-against-terrified-humanity-resisting-powerfully/5709479

Demand for gold jewelry is crashing in China & India, consultant finds
rt.com | 2020-04-13
Sharp contractions in gold imports by major consumers suggest gold jewelry demand is being battered, says investment research group Capital Economics, though It projects that safe-haven buying should ensure a near-term price rise. | According to the group's commodities economist Alexander Kozul-Wright, gold imports plunged 50 percent year-on-year in the first two months of 2020. Withdrawals from Shanghai's gold exchange tanked 56 percent during the same period. Physical sales in critical global markets, China and India, have fallen off a cliff so far this year. | Kozul-Wright says that he doesn't expect to see…
rt.com/business/485638-china-india-gold-demand-fall/

COVID-19, Smartphone Surveillance, and the State
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
For the state, there is one primary imperative–to remain in power at all cost. If this imperative is to be successful, the state must impose, by stealth or deception, a system capable of monitoring all individuals who may pose an …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-smartphone-surveillance-state/5709457

Ukraine Eyes America for Gas but Still Relies on Russia
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
Despite strong attempts by Ukraine not to buy Russian pipeline gas, they will not be able to receive U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) for at least another five years according to Polish experts from the consulting company ESPERIS. According …
globalresearch.ca/ukraine-eyes-america-gas-still-relies-russia/5709505

The COVID-19 Lockdown: Devastating Economic and Social Consequences. Trump Wants the Economy Reopened by May 1st
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
The way to defeat a highly infectious disease like COVID-19 is by instituting policies to prevent it from spreading. | Social distancing, sheltering in place, and lockdowns are emotionally draining and anxiety provoking. | According to psychologist Shauna Springer, | "we're missing the | …
globalresearch.ca/trump-intends-reopen-us-economy-too-soon/5709450

Science vs. Trump: The dangerous promotion of hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-04-13
Neither chloroquine nor hydroxychloroquine has been proven to deliver any benefit against the impact of the coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/13/drug…

Science Saturday: The importance of antibody testing in addressing COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-13
If there's one thing the world has learned so far in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, it's the important role of testing for the disease. The ability to know who has the virus and who doesn't provides critical information for people and entire regions. Early testing involved collecting cells from the back of the …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/science-saturday-the-importance-of-antibody-testing-in-addressing-covid-19/

Iran's knowledge-based firms export $600mn last year
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-13
TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA)

German politicians debate easing restrictions as new infections drop
rt.com | 2020-04-13
Senior politicians in Germany have begun debating a potential easing of restrictions imposed over the coronavirus epidemic. Their meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled for Wednesday. | Merkel and the premiers of Germany's 16 states expect to get recommendations from the German National Academy of Sciences on Monday. The chancellor has said the advice will weigh heavily in considerations for a possible loosening in movement and social distancing rules in place since around mid-March. | The discussion takes place as the number of new infections and deaths declines in Germany, which has weathered the…
rt.com/newsline/485640-germany-debate-easing-restrictions/

Science Saturday: The importance of antibody testing in addressing COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-13
If there's one thing the world has learned so far in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, it's the important role of testing for the disease. The ability to know who has the virus and who doesn't provides critical information for people and entire regions. Early testing involved collecting cells from the back of the …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/science-saturday-the-importance-of-antibody-testing-in-addressing-covid-19/

These Students Took Care of Each Other When Their Universities Didn't
Abdullah Shihipar | thenation.com | 2020-04-13
These Students Took Care of Each Other When Their Universities Didn't…
thenation.com/article/society/these-students-took-care-of-each-other-when-their-universities-didnt/

Space Technologies in Everyday Life
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-13
Thinking of the space industry, we consider it something remote and impregnable; but most people don't even suspect that they are using "space" technologies on a daily basis.
sputniknews.com/science/202004131078936187-space-technologies-in-everyday-life/

Ok, Google, Play Funeral March: NASA Says Two Asteroids Will Intersect Earth's Orbit This Week
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-13
Devastating wildfires in Australia, the coronavirus pandemic, a fire in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, and now asteroids. It seems that humanity has really pissed off nature and the universe.
sputniknews.com/science/202004131078936291-ok-google-play-funeral-march-nasa-says-two-asteroids-will-intersect-earths-orbit-this-week/

Japan to Launch Micro Lunar Probe to Moon's Orbit on Solid-Fuel Rocket in 2020s – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-13
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is planning to launch a micro explorer to the Moon's orbit using a solid-fuel Epsilon rocket in the first half of the 2020s, the Kyodo news agency reported on Monday, citing an informed source.
sputniknews.com/science/202004131078935603-japan-to-launch-micro-lunar-probe-to-moons-orbit-on-solid-fuel-rocket-in-2020s—reports/

Pakistan awaits clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-13
Pakistani scientists are awaiting approval to start clinical trials for a treatment they claim can cure coronavirus.A research team from Dow University of Medical Sciences, the country's leading health institution, has devised intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) with plasma obtained from the blood of patients recovered from coronavirus, according to a statement.The plasma teeming with anti-bodies was donated by patients after recovering from the illness.Lab tests and animal trials were successful. The next step is to initiate clinical trials."This is a very important breakthrough in the war against COVID-19," profe…
yenisafak.com/en/world/pakistan-awaits-clinical-trials-for-covid-19-treatment-3516784

Selected Articles: Towards a New World Order
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
The US Seeks to Set New Military Base in Syria Amid Pandemic | By Telesur, April 13, 2020 | President Donald Trump administration on Friday deployed a military convoy in Syria to establish a new base in this Arab nation. | A …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-towards-new-world-order/5709495

Julian Assange: One Year in Belmarsh
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-12
It should not be a matter of distinction, but Julian Assange is a figure who is becoming the apotheosis of political imprisonment. This seems laughable to those convinced he is an agent without scruple, a compromiser of the Fourth Estate, …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-one-year-belmarsh/5709365

The OPCW Is Used as a Political Tool Against Syria
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-12
OPCW Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) has determined that chemical weapons have been used or likely used in Syria. The first report of the OPCW was released April 8 and points a finger at the Syrian Arab Air Force concerning 3 attacks …
globalresearch.ca/opcw-political-tool-against-syria/5709395

There Is No Iranian-American Agreement and No Truce in Iraq
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-12
Mustafa Al-Kazemi has been chosen Prime Minister after difficult negotiations marked by intra-Shiite disagreement. The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, had exploited this disagreement when he boldly challenged the majority Shia in Iraq by his choice of an anti-Iranian …
globalresearch.ca/no-iranian-american-agreement-no-truce-iraq/5709386

One World Governance and the Council on Foreign Relations."We Shall have World Government… by Conquest or Consent."
Joachim Hagopian | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-12
The fact is the Council on Foreign Relations has been controlling US foreign policy for almost a century, and chief among its most obvious agendas has been building and maintaining US Empire's global unipolar hegemony and military strength at all cost.
globalresearch.ca/one-world-governance-and-the-council-on-foreign-relations-we-shall-have-world-government-by-conquest-or-consent/5541363

Venezuela Announces 6-month Rent Suspension, Guarantees Workers' Wages, Bans Lay-offs
Paul Dobson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-12
The Venezuelan government announced a series of measures on Sunday in attempts to protect the population from the economic effects of the coronavirus crisis. | Speaking on a live televised address, President Nicolás Maduro instructed that all commercial and residential rent, …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-announces-6-month-rent-suspension-guarantees-workers-wages-bans-lay-offs/5709388

COVID-19: Devastated Saudi Royal Family Seeks to End Yemen War
Joe Lauria | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-12
5th UPDATE: At least 150 members of the Saudi royal family have been infected and as a result Riyadh is seeking to end its five-year disastrous assault on Yemen. | *** | As the coronavirus continues its assault on members of the …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-devastated-saudi-royal-family-seeks-end-yemen-war/5709364

The US Declares War on America
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-12
For the past 70 or so years, the US government waged a war against its own citizens, a reprehensible history of illegal, unethical and immoral experiments exposing countless US civilians to deadly procedures and pathogens.
globalresearch.ca/chemical-and-biological-weapons-the-us-government-waged-a-war-against-its-own-citizens/5709255

Freedom from Fear: John Pilger Discusses Coronavirus Propaganda, Imperialism, and Human Rights
John Pilger | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-12
John Pilger is a world-renowned journalist and filmmaker. The author of several books and maker of over 60 documentaries (the latest being The Coming War on China and The Dirty War on the NHS), Pilger has won dozens of prestigious …
globalresearch.ca/freedom-from-fear-john-pilger-discusses-coronavirus-propaganda-imperialism-human-rights/5709390

Post-Republic "Weimar America", Here We Come! Virus Hysteria Adds $10 Trillion to the National Debt
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-12
There's no doubt that the Coronavirus is a serious infection that can lead to severe illness or death. There's also no doubt that 'virus hysteria' has been used for other purposes. Wall Street, for example, has used virus-panic to advance …
globalresearch.ca/virus-hysteria-adds-10-trillion-national-debt/5709377

Fitting Together the Pieces of the Coronavirus Puzzle
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-12
The as yet unfolding story of Coronavirus is a story of corruption and conflicts of interest. Some pieces of the puzzle remain missing, but the big picture is increasingly apparent. | The big picture speaks to the unaccountability of Big Monopolies …
globalresearch.ca/fitting-together-pieces-puzzle/5709379

The Promising Cuba/US Cooperation on Cancer
César Chelala | commondreams.org | 2020-04-12
Cuban doctor Liz Caballero and student Susana Diaz leave El Vedado polyclinic in Havana on March 31, 2020. (Photo: Adalberto Roque/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2020/04/12/promising-cubaus-cooperation-cancer?cd-origin=rss

Iran among world top 10 states in virtual learning
IRNA | iranian.com | 2020-04-12
Head of Center for International Affairs and Overseas Schools said on Sunday that Iran is among top ten countries in the world in terms of presenting virtual learning courses. Gholam Reza Karimi said the effective measures have been taken by Iranian Education Ministry over the last two months have widely reflected in the world. Referring …
iranian.com/2020/04/12/iran-among-world-top-10-states-in-virtual-learning/

Vaccines and the Liberal Mind
Robert F. Kennedy Jr | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-11
This article was originally published in June 2018. | Instead of demanding blue-ribbon safety science and encouraging honest, open and responsible debate on the science, too many online outlets are silencing critics and shutting down discussion on this key public health …
globalresearch.ca/vaccines-liberal-mind/5686389

COVID-19: Coronavirus and Civilization
Diana Johnstone | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-11
As time goes on in close confinement, even people bound by love may start to find each other unbearable. On a larger scale, in this crazy mass confinement, people brought together by a common rejection of the lies of our …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-coronavirus-and-civilization/5709343

Social Devastation and Despair. How Coronavirus Threatens India
Arundhati Roy | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-11
Below are selected excerpts from Arundati Roy's article | As an appalled world watched, India revealed herself in all her shame

[World Report] Regulators split on antimalarials for COVID-19
Susan Jaffe | thelancet.com | 2020-04-11
US and French authorities have authorised the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, but the EU regulator and WHO say the science doesn't support the decision. Susan Jaffe reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30817-5/fulltext?rss=yes

Systemic Racism Is Making Coronavirus Worse in Black America
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-11
The COVID-19 global pandemic is a nightmare unfolding before our eyes that could have devastating impacts that Black Americans could feel most acutely. With scarce testing, health care workers and ventilators, combined with a pattern of red state governors ignoring science and placing profits above people, there are signs that Black communities across the country are bearing the brunt of an…
truthout.org/articles/systemic-racism-is-making-coronavirus-worse-in-black-america/

Iran Begins Production of Antibody-Based Rapid Detection Tests
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-11
Deputy Minister for Science and Technology Surena Satari informed that Iran began the production of Serological Antibody Detection (SAD) Tests for the diagnosis of COVID-19. | RELATED: | US 'Calexit' Would Consider a Different Approach to Iran | This new industrial development, which builds on the existing production of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests, gives Iran a potential competitive advantage in global markets. | "We can become one of the major exporters of different types of…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Begins-Production-of-Antibody-Based-Rapid-Detection-Tests-20200411-0004.html

Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Help Curb War and Militarism?
Lawrence Wittner | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-11
Decades ago, when I began teaching international history, I used to ask students if they thought it was possible for nations to end their fighting of wars against one another. Their responses varied. But the more pessimistic conclusions were sometimes tempered by the contention that, if the world's nations faced a common foe, such as …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/will-the-coronavirus-pandemic-help-curb-war-and-militarism/