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Pseudo-lefts ask: "What is the least we can accept?"
wsws.org | 2020-04-29
As the ruling class prepares to use the ongoing pandemic as an excuse to carry out long-planned attacks on public education, pseudo-lefts promote Biden.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/29/haym…

Australian schools reopening as spearhead of "back to work" campaign
wsws.org | 2020-04-29
State and federal governments are invoking dubious research to insist it is safe for teachers and students to return to schools.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/29/teac…

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 news briefing with Dr. Greg Poland
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-29
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/

It Can't Happen Here? The Roots Run Deep!
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
Sinclair Lewis wrote an important novel in 1935, It Can't Happen Here. In the fictitious book, based on the threats at the time of fascism taking root in the USA, we see how this virus spread. | As with Philip Roth's …
globalresearch.ca/it-cant-happen-here-roots-run-deep/5711071

How Mayo Clinic is using artificial intelligence in its COVID-19 research
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-29
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/

"One of the Most Influential Scientists Alive" Read This 2010 Profile of Dr. Ioannidis, the COVID Doomsday Cult Slayer
David H Freedman | anti-empire.com | 2020-04-29
Excerpt: Indeed, given the breadth of the potential problems raised at the meeting, can any medical-research studies be trusted? | That question has been central to Ioannidis's career. He's what's known as a meta-researcher, and he's become one of the world's foremost experts on the credibility of medical research. He and his team have shown, again and again, and in many different ways, that much of what biomedical researchers conclude in published studies–conclusions that doctors keep in mind when they prescribe antibiotics or blood-pressure medication, or when they advise us to consume more fiber or les…
anti-empire.com/one-of-the-most-influential-scientists-alive-read-this-2010-profile-of-dr-ioannidis-the-covid-doomsday-cult-slayer/

The British Military Information War Waged on Their Own Population
Mike Robinson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
Last Wednesday, during the daily UK Government Coronavirus livestream, the head of the British Army, General Sir Nick Carter, bragged: | We've been involved with the Cabinet Office Rapid Response Unit, with our 77th Brigade helping to quash rumours | …
globalresearch.ca/the-british-military-information-war-waged-on-their-own-population/5711223

The British Military Information War Waged on Their Own Population
Mike Robinson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
Last Wednesday, during the daily UK Government Coronavirus livestream, the head of the British Army, General Sir Nick Carter, bragged: | We've been involved with the Cabinet Office Rapid Response Unit, with our 77th Brigade helping to quash rumours | …
globalresearch.ca/the-british-military-information-war-waged-on-their-own-population/5711223

Vice President Pence to visit Mayo Clinic in Rochester on April 28
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-29
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/

Science Saturday: Antimalarials, COVID-19, cardiac arrest
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-29
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/

Israel Attacks Syria, US OKs Annexation, OPCW Caught Again & Impending (Already Here) Bio False Flag
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-29
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/28/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-attacks-syria-us-oks-annexation-opcw-caught-again-impending-already-here-bio-false-flag/

Physicians, scientists and physician-scientists connect dots between heart disease, potential for worse COVID-19 outcomes
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-29
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? People with certain heart diseases may be more susceptible to worse outcomes with COVID-19, but the reason why has remained unknown. New research from Mayo Clinic indicates that in patients with one specific type of heart disease ? obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) ? the heart increases production of the ACE2 RNA transcript …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/physicians-scientists-and-physician-scientists-connect-dots-between-heart-disease-potential-for-worse-covid-19-outcomes/

The EPA's Dirty Water: New Rule Discards Science, Ignores Importance of Wetlands and Tributaries
Derrick Z. Jackson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
Water, water everywhere and hardly a drop is being protected by the Trump administration. In its latest act of abdication, the Environmental Protection Agency published its Navigable Waters Protection Rule in the Federal Register on April 21. The rule is …
globalresearch.ca/epa-dirty-water-new-rule-discards-science-ignores-importance-wetlands-tributaries/5711213

New guidance to support innovators fighting COVID-19
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-29
Imperial researchers have set out key regulations innovators must comply with when designing and building technologies safely to tackle COVID-19.
imperial.ac.uk/news/196896/new-guidance-support-innovators-fighting-covid-19

Brazilian Court Orders Investigation Against Bolsonaro
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) on Monday ordered an investigation against President Jair Bolsonaro, due to accusations by former Justice Minister Sergio Moro. | Moro, who resigned from his post at the Ministry of Justice last Friday, accused Bolsonaro …
globalresearch.ca/brazilian-court-orders-investigation-against-bolsonaro/5711218

Your Freedoms Don't Have to be Muzzled Just Because You're Wearing a Mask
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
"If 2019 was the year of the street protest, of tear gas and rubber bullets, 2020 might be the year the street protest died, or perhaps fell into a deep sleep, and went online."–Journalist Christopher Miller | Despite all appearances …
globalresearch.ca/your-freedoms-dont-have-muzzled-because-youre-wearing-mask/5711198

Coronavirus Capitalism and "Exceptional" America
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-29
United States capitalism system was already on the verge of a major recession before COVID-19 hit. All the classic signs were there: absurdly inflated P/E ratios s (an absurdly inflated stock market), massively deb-leveraged corporations, giant consumer and student debt, savage economic inequality (so extreme that the top tenth of the U.S. upper 1 percent had more wealth than the nation's bottom percent), tens of millions living just one inadequate paycheck away from being unable to meet basic living expenses , and more. If the virus hadn't broken that camel's back, something else would have done the job, albeit…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/29/coronavirus-capitalism-and-exceptional-america/

True Number of Americans Run Out of Work by Virus Maoists So Far Could Be 10 Million Higher at 36 Million
Andy Sullivan | anti-empire.com | 2020-04-29
Millions of Americans who have been thrown out of work during the coronavirus pandemic have been unable to register for unemployment benefits since the U.S. economy entered a free fall, according to a poll released on Tuesday. | The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found in an online poll that for every 10 people who have successfully filed unemployment claims, three or four people have been unable to register and another two people have not tried to apply at a time of acute economic crisis. | Official U.S. statistics show that 26.5 million people have applied for unemployment benefits since mid-March, w…
anti-empire.com/true-number-of-americans-run-out-of-work-by-virus-maoists-so-far-could-be-10-million-higher-at-36-million/

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

USPSTF Recommendations for Prevention and Cessation of Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents
Sargent JD, Unger JB, Leventhal AM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-28
In this issue of JAMA, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) presents updated recommendations on prevention and cessation of tobacco use among children and adolescents seen in primary care settings. The USPSTF recommends education and brief counseling with a clinician to prevent initiation of tobacco use (B recommendation). The USPSTF also concludes that evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of primary care–feasible interventions for the cessation of tobacco use among school-aged children and adolescents (I statement). These recommendations reflect the accompanying Ev…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764977

USPSTF Recommendation: Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation in Children and Adolescents
, Owens DK, Davidson KW, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-28
This 2020 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends that primary care clinicians provide interventions, including education or brief counseling, to prevent initiation of tobacco use among school-aged children and adolescents (B recommendation) and concludes that current evidence is insufficient to assess the benefits and harms of primary care interventions for cessation of tobacco use among school-aged children and adolescents (I statement).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765009

'Coronavirus Capitalism' Is Coming for Public Schools
Dora Taylor | progressive.org | 2020-04-28
Amid the pandemic, superintendents are gaining the power to sell out public education for private gain.
progressive.org/covid-19/%E2%80%98coronavirus-capitalism%E2%80%99-public-schools-taylor-200428-/

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

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

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

US teachers' unions vow action against early reopening
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-29
Major teachers' unions in the US are gearing up to call for strikes or major protests if states reopen schools without taking proper precautions amid the coronavirus pandemic.The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and The National Education Association (NEA), the nation's two biggest teachers' unions, told Politico news outlet Tuesday that they will not remain silent when it comes to student safety.AFT President Randi Weingarten said schools need funding to implement public health measures, including personal protective equipment, to prevent possible exposure to the virus.If schools reopen without proper safet…
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-teachers-unions-vow-action-against-early-reopening-3518235

Sweden's confirmed COVID-19 cases rise above 20,000
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-29
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Sweden rose past the 20,000 mark on Wednesday as the Nordic country reported 107 new deaths to put the tally at 2,462 since the outbreak began.Statistics compiled and reported daily by Sweden's Public Health Agency showed 681 new cases of the disease caused by the new coronavirus that emerged in China late last year, bringing the accumulated number to 20,302.Sweden has taken a less strict approach to curbing the the spread of the disease than most European countries, allowing most schools and businesses to remain open even as its mortality rate in the pandemic has r…
yenisafak.com/en/world/swedens-confirmed-covid-19-cases-rise-above-20000-3518233

1985 LA Times Poll Found 51% of Americans Supported Quarantining AIDS patients, 15% Wanted Them Tattooed
John Balzar | anti-empire.com | 2020-04-29
Large numbers of Americans stand ready for strong new government action in the fight against the AIDS epidemic. | A Los Angeles Times Poll found that more than half of the adults in the nation support quarantining AIDS patients, nearly half would approve of ID cards for those who test positive for AIDS antibodies, more than a third would be willing to pay a one-penny national sales tax to finance greater research, and one in seven would favor such radical action as tattooing those with the disease. | The poll also found great public aversion to electing homosexuals, the largest AIDS risk group, to office. And…
anti-empire.com/1985-la-times-poll-found-51-of-americans-supported-quarantining-aids-patients-15-wanted-them-tattooed/

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

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

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

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

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

New AHRQ Patient Safety Guidance
Rubin R. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-28
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently issued a review of 47 practices that can improve patient safety in various settings.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764982

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

Using 2 Prostate Biopsy Techniques Optimizes Cancer Diagnosis
Rubin R. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-28
Combining a traditional biopsy with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)–targeted biopsy more accurately diagnoses clinically significant prostate cancer than either technique alone, according to a recent study by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764981

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

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 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

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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

Covid-19 Is the Perfect Catalyst for Trump's War Against China
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
The phrase 'Yellow Peril'

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

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2020-04-28: News Headlines

RT (2020-04-28). Man vs machine: Russian scientists develop AI that can assess and train human cognitive abilities through simulated combat. rt.com 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…

teleSUR (2020-04-28). Nicaragua: VP Rosario Murillo Grateful for UNICEF Donation. telesurenglish.net 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: | 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…

Johanna Ross (2020-04-28). Covid-19 Is the Perfect Catalyst for Trump's War Against China. globalresearch.ca The phrase 'Yellow Peril' — pertaining to the alleged threat of the Far East — was coined by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in the 1880s after he had a dream featuring a Buddha riding a dragon threatening to invade …

Ajamu Baraka (2020-04-28). Video: Venezuela and the Struggle Against Empire: Ajamu Baraka. globalresearch.ca 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 …

South Front (2020-04-28). Video: Turkish Army Clashing with Turkish Proxies in Idlib. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-04-28). Corruption Scandals Could See Bolsonaro Removed from Power Quicker than One Could Expect. globalresearch.ca 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 …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-28). Science Saturday: Antimalarials, COVID-19, cardiac arrest. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 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 …

Andrew Korybko (2020-04-28). The U.S. Wants to "Purchase" Greenland from Denmark. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Drago Bosnic (2020-04-28). Iraq: Official Warns of US Plot to Transfer ISIS Terrorists from Syria to Iraq's Al-Anbar. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Shawgi Tell (2020-04-28). Charter Schools Continue Seizing Enormous Sums of Public Funds During Pandemic. dissidentvoice.org 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 …

Miri Wood (2020-04-28). Netanyahu Air Force Bombings Targeted Homes, Killed Three Civilians. globalresearch.ca 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 …

The Canary (2020-04-28). Hi-tech scans get under the skin of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring. thecanary.co 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…

teleSUR (2020-04-28). Covid-19: Oxford University Vaccine Proves Effective in Monkeys. telesurenglish.net 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: | 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…

Philip Giraldi (2020-04-28). Netanyahu Is Back Yet Again. Israel Will Become Much Bigger. globalresearch.ca 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 …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-28). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 news briefing with Dr. Greg Poland. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 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 …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-28). The People's Choice Between Two Unacceptable Lessers for US President in November. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Barbara Boland (2020-04-28). Is Trump Using the U.S. Military for Regime Change in Venezuela? globalresearch.ca 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 …

Rep. Ron Paul (2020-04-28). Next in Coronavirus Tyranny: Forced Vaccinations and 'Digital Certificates'. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Dave DeCamp (2020-04-28). New Anti-China Propaganda Uses Russiagate Playbook. globalresearch.ca 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 …

David Skripac (2020-04-28). COVID-19 and the Rise of the Police State. globalresearch.ca 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 …

RT (2020-04-28). China calls India's criticism of coronavirus test kits 'irresponsible'. rt.com 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…

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-28). Are the US and China on a Collision Course for Greater Confrontation? globalresearch.ca 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 …

Dr. Gary G. Kohls (2020-04-28). The First Casualty of War Is Truth. The Role of Propaganda. globalresearch.ca 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 …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-28). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 research task force. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 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, …

Peter Oborne (2020-04-28). HSBC to Block Donations to Palestinian Aid Charity Interpal. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Dr. John Whyte (2020-04-28). Video: COVID-19: 70% of Patients Are on Ventilators. Is It the "Solution"?… Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Zero Hedge (2020-04-28). Secret 'COVID-19 Manhattan Project' Led by Billionaires Seeking to Influence Trump Admin. globalresearch.ca Last month Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey called for the bold and urgent launch of

Consensus911 (2020-04-28). 9/11 Truth and Giulietto Chiesa, 1940-2020. His Legacy Will Live. globalresearch.ca 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 …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-28). Vice President Pence to visit Mayo Clinic in Rochester on April 28. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 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 …

sputniknews (2020-04-28). Russian Scientists Create Computer Simulator Capable of Assessing Cognitive Abilities. sputniknews.com 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.

Prof Michael Hudson (2020-04-28). The Use and Abuse of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). globalresearch.ca 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: …

Richard Gale (2020-04-28). The COVID-19 "Economic Holocaust" … Bankrupting the Nation. "The Shut-In Economy" globalresearch.ca 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 …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-28). Reports of North Korean Leader's Death Greatly Exaggerated. globalresearch.ca Once again, the good old reliable US major media proved unreliable again — time and again delivering fake news to readers, viewers and listeners. | On April 20, the NYT reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "was receiving treatment after …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-28). How Mayo Clinic is using artificial intelligence in its COVID-19 research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 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 …

Dr. John Whyte (2020-04-28). Video: COVID-19: 70% of Patients Are on Ventilators. Is It a "Solution"?… Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Germán Gorraiz López (2020-04-28). Paranoia and Hybris Syndrome in Donald Trump. globalresearch.ca 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, …

sputniknews (2020-04-28). Palaeontologists Detail Secrets of Earth's 'Most Dangerous Place Ever'. sputniknews.com 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.

Manlio Dinucci (2020-04-28). Giulietto Chiesa in prima linea fino all'ultimo. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Manlio Dinucci (2020-04-28). Giulietto Chiesa na linha da frente até ao fim. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Manlio Dinucci (2020-04-28). Giulietto Chiesa on the Front Line Until the End. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Prabir Purkayastha (2020-04-28). Public Health and Private Profits Under COVID-19 Pandemic. counterpunch.org 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.

RT (2020-04-28). Libya's Haftar 'accepts people's will' to rule, declares UN-brokered unity government deal 'thing of the past'. rt.com 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…

Andrey Areshev (2020-04-28). Blind to Science, Bleach Doctor Trump Pushes Crazy China Conspiracy. strategic-culture.org Trump's foray into Covid-19 disease treatment — proposing household bleach as a possible cure — really shows how idiotic this president is. His subsequent, quick damage-limitation Seriously, if the tycoon-turned-president can contemplate injecting disinfectant into the human body as a way of "cleaning" a virus, then you know this guy has a primitive grasp of scientific knowledge. | We know alrea…

sputniknews (2020-04-28). Signs of Past Life on Mars Could Blow Lid Off How It Could One Day End on Earth, Survey –°laims. sputniknews.com 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.

WSWS (2020-04-28). Growing resistance in Germany to the opening up of schools. wsws.org "From the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, I have only seen economic interests at work," said one high school student.

teleSUR (2020-04-28). France: Unions Call for May 1st Demonstration. telesurenglish.net 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: | 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…

Lauren Novosat (2020-04-28). Hard Lessons: the COVID-19 Bailout and College Students. counterpunch.org 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

RT (2020-04-28). 'He groomed us': Bellator champ and sister claim 'disgusting' coach offered schoolgirls cash for sex acts in campaign of abuse. rt.com Bellator flyweight champion Ilima Macfarlane has vowed that basketball coach Dwayne Yuen's "time is up" after filing against him for a string of sexual abuse offenses that she alleges she suffered at a private school in Hawaii. | Macfarlane has detailed her alleged ordeal at Punahou School and admitted she has spent years "in denial" after filing a lawsuit against Yuen alongside her sister, Mahina, and a fellow student athlete, compelled by the discovery that the coach is still teaching minors and was at the center of accusations by fellow pupils in 2018. | The Honolulu-born fighter has claimed she abandoned h…

RT (2020-04-28). UK records highest weekly death toll from all causes SINCE RECORDS BEGAN amid Covid-19 surge. rt.com Shocking fresh statistics show the devastating impact Covid-19 is having on the UK, revealing that it has recorded its highest weekly death toll since comparable records began in 1993. | New figures released by the Office for National Statistics on Tuesday show that a total of 22,351 people died in the UK on the week ending 17 April 2020. This is the most deaths that occurred in any week since statisticians began compiling the figure 27 years ago. Staggeringly the grim statistic is 11,854 more than the five year average. | The stunning report also revealed that the death toll from Covid-19 in England and Wales…

The Canary (2020-04-28). Care home deaths will be published daily as well as hospital toll from Wednesday. thecanary.co The number of deaths involving Covid-19 in care homes and other settings will be published daily as well as the hospital death toll, the health secretary said.Matt Hancock said that, in an effort to "bring as much transparency as possible" to the death figures, "from tomorrow we will be publishing not just the number of deaths in hospital each day, but the number of deaths in care homes and the community too"."This will supplement the ONS [Office for National Statistics] and CQC [Care Quality Commission] weekly publication and all add to our understanding of how this virus is spreading day by day, and it will hel…

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