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2020-04-28: Social Media Postees

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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

Man vs machine: Russian scientists develop AI that can assess and train human cognitive abilities through simulated combat
rt.com | 2020-04-28
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…
rt.com/russia/487123-russian-scientists-simulator-cognitive-abilities/

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

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 research task force
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-28
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, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-covid-19-research-task-force/

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The People's Choice Between Two Unacceptable Lessers for US President in November
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
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 …
globalresearch.ca/people-choice-between-two-unacceptable-lessers-us-president-november/5711097

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

Science Saturday: Antimalarials, COVID-19, cardiac arrest
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-28
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/

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

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

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

Video: COVID-19: 70% of Patients Are on Ventilators. Is It the "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

New Anti-China Propaganda Uses Russiagate Playbook
Dave DeCamp | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
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 …
globalresearch.ca/new-anti-china-propaganda-uses-russiagate-playbook/5711107

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

Is Trump Using the U.S. Military for Regime Change in Venezuela?
Barbara Boland | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
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 …
globalresearch.ca/trump-using-u-s-military-regime-change-venezuela/5711130

Iraq: Official Warns of US Plot to Transfer ISIS Terrorists from Syria to Iraq's Al-Anbar
Drago Bosnic | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
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 | …
globalresearch.ca/iraq-official-warns-us-plot-transfer-isis-terrorists-syria-iraq-al-anbar/5710883

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 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

China calls India's criticism of coronavirus test kits 'irresponsible'
rt.com | 2020-04-28
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…
rt.com/newsline/487082-china-india-test-kits/

Russian Scientists Create Computer Simulator Capable of Assessing Cognitive Abilities
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-28
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.
sputniknews.com/science/202004281079120533-russian-scientists-create-computer-simulator-capable-of-assessing-cognitive-abilities/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Palaeontologists Detail Secrets of Earth's 'Most Dangerous Place Ever'
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-28
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.
sputniknews.com/society/202004281079121293-palaeontologists-detail-secrets-of-earths-most-dangerous-place-ever/

Giulietto Chiesa na linha da frente até ao fim
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
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 …
globalresearch.ca/giulietto-chiesa-na-linha-da-frente-ate-ao-fim/5711116

Giulietto Chiesa in prima linea fino all'ultimo
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
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 …
globalresearch.ca/giulietto-chiesa-in-prima-linea-fino-allultimo/5711106

Giulietto Chiesa on the Front Line Until the End
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-28
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 …
globalresearch.ca/giulietto-chiesa-front-line-until-end/5711084

Blind to Science, Bleach Doctor Trump Pushes Crazy China Conspiracy
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-04-28
Trump's foray into Covid-19 disease treatment

Libya's Haftar 'accepts people's will' to rule, declares UN-brokered unity government deal 'thing of the past'
rt.com | 2020-04-28
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…
rt.com/news/487072-haftar-lna-rule-libya/

Public Health and Private Profits Under COVID-19 Pandemic
Prabir Purkayastha | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
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.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/122145/

Blind to Science, Bleach Doctor Trump Pushes Crazy China Conspiracy
Finian Cunningham | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-28
How can Doctor Bleach Trump get his head around this scientific evidence when he thinks you can cure the disease by mainlining with Clorox? | Trump's foray into Covid-19 disease treatment

Public Health and Private Profits Under COVID-19 Pandemic
Prabir Purkayastha | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
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.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/122145/

Signs of Past Life on Mars Could Blow Lid Off How It Could One Day End on Earth, Survey –°laims
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-28
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.
sputniknews.com/science/202004281079122454-signs-of-past-life-on-mars-could-blow-lid-off-how-it-could-one-day-end-on-earth-survey-slaims/

France: Unions Call for May 1st Demonstration
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-28
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: | ILO: Companies Must Increase Protection During Labor Reopening | 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…
telesurenglish.net/news/-france-unions-call-for-may-1st-demonstrations-20200428-0008.html

Hard Lessons: the COVID-19 Bailout and College Students
Lauren Novosat | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-28
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…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/28/hard-lessons-the-covid-19-bailout-and-college-students/

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2020-04-29 01:01 GMT (21:01 EST)

2020-04-27: News Headlines

Colonel Ann Wright (2020-04-27). Video: The Criminal Indictments against Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning. globalresearch.ca Last year we met in Florence on the 7th of April, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the founding of NATO. The theme of our conference last year was NATO EXIT. | On April 25, 2020, Commemorating the Liberation of Italy. …

Kevin Zeese (2020-04-27). The Era of Mass Strikes Begins on May 1, the First Day of General Strike Campaign. globalresearch.ca On Friday, May 1, an ongoing General Strike campaign begins. This campaign could become the most powerful movement in the United States and reset the national agenda. It comes when the failures of the US political system have been magnified …

Staff (2020-04-27). COVID-19 Must Radicalize Doctors: We Cannot Remain on the Political Periphery. truthout.org Medical education is known for its stress, with high rates of

news.un (2020-04-27). Greece: COVID-19 pandemic a further risk to refugee child education. news.un.org UN agencies in Greece have expressed concern at the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the education of refugee children in the country, as a charity partner warns that funding for educational programmes is on the verge of running out.

Binoy Kampmark (2020-04-27). Treacherous Accommodations: Australian Universities, Coronavirus and the NTEU. dissidentvoice.org They have been struggling to keep their membership numbers healthy, but the latest antics of the executive that make up Australia's National Tertiary Education Union suggest why. For a good period of time, Australian unions have been losing teeth, and not all of it can be put down to the measures of the federal government …

WSWS (2020-04-27). As Bolsonaro pushes to reopen schools, Brazilian state governments escalate attacks on education. wsws.org Brazil's fascistic president justified his proposal by saying, "It's a reality: on average, 70 percent will catch the virus… It is no use running away from this reality."

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-27). Trump Regime Pushing for Confrontation with Iran? globalresearch.ca Since Iranians ended a generation of CIA-installed fascist dictatorship in 1979, the US has been at war on the Islamic Republic by other means. | The Trump regime escalated it way beyond where its predecessors went, risking confrontation by accident or …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2020-04-27). How the Fight Against Covid-19 Has Brought Us a Step Closer to an Orwellian Nightmare. globalresearch.ca For many years, we in the alternative media have been warning that when a new crises emerges, a future of social engineering and control would bring us closer to George Orwell's predictions right to our doorstep. Since the start of …

Children's Health Defense (2020-04-27). The Dengvaxia Disaster Was Twenty Years in the Making—What Will Happen with a Rushed COVID-19 Vaccine? globalresearch.ca For several weeks, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Bill Gates have been beating the drum about a COVID-19 vaccine, seeking to keep the world's coronavirus optics focused on a medical intervention that Gates acknowledges to be risky enough to require

Peter Koenig (2020-04-27). The Farce and Diabolical Agenda of A "Universal Lockdown" globalresearch.ca First comes the farce, an (almost) universal government lie around the globe about a deadly virus, WHO named COVID-19. The decision for a global lockdown — literally for the collapse of the world economy — was already taken at the …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-27). 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, …

Pepe Escobar (2020-04-27). The Unbearable Lightness of China. globalresearch.ca As a living embodiment of how East and West shall meet, Mahbubani is immeasurably more capable to talk about Chinese-linked intricacies than shallow, self-described Western "experts" on Asia and China. | Especially now when demonization-heavy hybrid war 2.0 against China is …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-27). China Slams Hostile US Actions, America's Failed System. globalresearch.ca In pursuit of its imperial aims, the US needs enemies. None exist so they're invented. | Iran is US public enemy No. 1 in the Middle East, China considered Washington's leading adversary globally — despite no threat posed by either country….

Dr. Andrew Glikson (2020-04-27). Climate Change: The Fatal Road to 4 Degrees Celsius. globalresearch.ca Global CO‚ÇÇ rise and warming rates have reached a large factor to an order of magnitude higher than those of the past geological and mass extinction events, with major implications for the shift in climate zones and the nature and …

Shane Quinn (2020-04-27). Covid-19 Could Have Been Prevented and the Growing Vulnerability of Obese Patients to the Virus. globalresearch.ca It has yet to become clear just how harmful the coronavirus (Covid-19) will prove to be, with case figures and deaths continuing to evolve. As was anticipated, this highly contagious disease is causing havoc once it enters hospitals, nursing homes …

RT (2020-04-27). Annual global military spending hits highest point in a decade — SIPRI. rt.com The US continues to be the driving force behind the surge in global military expenditure, spending $732bn last year, with China far behind in second place and India rounding out the top three, according to data provided by SIPRI. | Newly-released data by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Telesur (2020-04-27). WHO to Receive $30 Million from China to Fight COVID-19. globalresearch.ca The World Health Organization (WHO) will receive a $30 million grant from the government of China to use these resources for the containment of COVID-19. | The announcement of the donation was made Thursday by the Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Hua …

Peter Koenig (2020-04-27). COVID-19, We Are Now Living the "Lock Step Scenario" globalresearch.ca The 25th of April is an important date in Italy's history. It commemorates the 75th anniversary of Liberation, which is also the Anniversary of the Resistance. | On April 25, 2020, Commemorating the Liberation of Italy. We express our solidarity with …

Tom Clifford (2020-04-27). What Does Post-COVID19 China Look Like? Mutual US-China Mistrust is the "New Normal" globalresearch.ca Beijing is not back to normal but there is an air of normality. The Beijing Subway has 23 lines but only one runs on a north-south axis. This is Line 5, the busiest. In February and March its carriages were …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-27). 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 …

RT (2020-04-27). Covid-19 mortality in French intensive care units THREE to FOUR TIMES HIGHER than official figures — report. rt.com The number of people dying of the novel coronavirus in French intensive care units could be between three and four times higher than the figure provided by the French government, Le Monde newspaper reports, citing a new study. | Between 30 and 40 percent of all Covid-19 patients, who are transferred to intensive care units and are put on ventilators in France, are dying, a new study by the European Research Network on Artificial Ventilation (REVA) suggests. This figure is several times higher than the data revealed by Jerome Salomon, the director general for health, a high-ranking official within the French in…

Dimitris Konstantakopoulos (2020-04-27). Giulietto Chiesa (1940-2020): An Intellectual of Action. globalresearch.ca It is with great sorrow that we learned yesterday, April 26th, that Giulietto Chiesa has passed away. One of the most remarkable European intellectuals — activists of our times, deeply enshrined in the "Leninist" tradition of action before …

Mark Taliano (2020-04-27). The Big Lie. Senator Jensen: Hospitals receive $13,000 for a Covid-19 Diagnosis, $39,000 for Treatment with a Ventilator. globalresearch.ca The statistics surrounding the Covid-19 crisis have always been unreliable, yet msm and other sources use these numbers without qualifications. To qualify the numbers would be to dismantle the Lie. The Lie must be maintained because it is fundamental to …

Swiss Propaganda Research (2020-04-27). A Swiss Doctor on Covid-19. globalresearch.ca A Swiss medical doctor provided the following information on the current situation in order to enable our readers to make a realistic risk assessment. (Below you will find regular, but not daily, updates on medical and political developments.) | ***…

Andrew Korybko (2020-04-27). The Restoration of Self-Rule in South Yemen Is the Next Step Towards Independence. globalresearch.ca South Yemen's Southern Transitional Council declared self-rule over the vast regions of the country that they claim as their own in response to the Saudi-backed Hadi government's repeated violations of last year's Riyadh Agreement that was aimed at de-escalating tensions …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-27). 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 …

Robin Kayser (2020-04-27). Exercise Cygnus: UK Government Exercise Justifies Covid-19 Lockdown. globalresearch.ca It's April 2020, and since March, the UK has swiftly commissioned and built vast, temporary, intensive care hospitals, in readiness for a predicted epidemic number of severe COVID-19 cases. | They are called NHS Nightingale Hospitals, and to date there …

imperial.ac.uk (2020-04-27). COVID-19 trial begins at Imperial to understand and treat the disease. imperial.ac.uk Thousands of samples from COVID-19 patients have been collected so far to help researchers learn more about the disease and how it progresses.

teleSUR (2020-04-27). US States Stock Malaria Drug Touted by Trump Despite Warnings. telesurenglish.net At least 22 states and Washington, D.C. obtained about 30 million doses of hydroxychloroquine, a medication used to cure malaria and promoted by United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump to treat COVID-19, The Associated Press (AP) reported Saturday. | RELATED: | While health authorities have been warning that more research is still needed, Oklahoma spent US$2 million to buy the drugs, and Utah and Ohio spent hundreds of…

Steven Sahiounie (2020-04-27). Syrians Remember the Armenian Genocide as Turkey Threatens Again. globalresearch.ca April 24, 2020, marks the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which was the first genocide of the 20th century. The starting date is held to be April 24, 1915, in a premeditated and systematic campaign to exterminate …

teleSUR (2020-04-27). Cuba Plans National Production of Drug Against COVID-19. telesurenglish.net The Cuban pharmaceutic Company MedSol Laboratories develops antiretroviral Kaletra; this drug has been effectively used to treat COVID-19 infected patients. | RELATED: | MedSol research and development group, Novatec, is because of Kaletra's testing and production. According to Adalberto Izquierdo Castro, Novatec's manager, the drug is in the development stage. So far, Cuban laboratories produced three pilot batches and ca…

David Hearst (2020-04-27). Saudi Arabia: What Happens When the Oil Stops. globalresearch.ca Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) can no longer plead youth or inexperience. | That time has passed. | What you see is what you get. The misrule, blunders and war associated with him as crown prince will only continue …

Global Research News (2020-04-27). Selected Articles: What Will Happen with a Rushed COVID-19 Vaccine? globalresearch.ca We have made some progress in our campaign to meet our running costs and put an end to our monthly deficit, but we still need your help. As grateful as we are to those who have given so far, the …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-27). 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 …

teleSUR (2020-04-27). Cuba Develops First COVID-19 Tracking App. telesurenglish.net Yosvel Falero is one of the developers of the first Cuban COVID-19 tracking app aimed at supporting efforts to stem the spread of the virus nationwide. | RELATED: | The 37-year-old honed his skills as a computer science professional through a Chinese government scholarship in the city of Wuhan in 2018. | "What I learnt in China has been fundamental to develop this app which will facilitate better and quicker detection…

Miko Peled (2020-04-27). How Israel Legitimizes the Abuse of Palestinian Political Prisoners. mintpressnews.com Each year Palestinian Prisoners Day comes and goes while the prisoners remain in their cells and their conditions worsen. The destructive effects that Israel's imprisonment of thousands of Palestinians has on society cannot be overstated. Israel justifies its treatment of these prisoners with false claims that the Palestinian men, women, and children who languish in its jails are terrorists. These false claims must be rejected in their entirety. Palestinian prisoners are political prisoners, they are prisoners of conscience and must be viewed and treated as such by the international community. | Israeli claims th…

RT (2020-04-27). Thinking caps on: Chinese school kids return to classroom with the help of 'social distancing hats' (PHOTOS). rt.com Elementary schoolers in the Chinese megacity of Hangzhou have returned to school, sporting an unusual addition to their regular uniform: a winged cardboard hat reminding them to maintain distance from each other. | The longest ever winter vacation for Hangzhou's elementary students ended this week, as first to third grades returned to the classroom. One school in the city, Yangzheng Primary School, gave its students an early assignment: fashion their own homemade "one-meter hats," to remind the youngsters to stay a meter apart at all times. | Photos of the headwear have circulated on Chinese social media platf…

RT (2020-04-27). 'Counterproductive & unfair': Russian FM defends WHO after US attacked organization, stopped financing. rt.com Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has defended the World Health Organization (WHO) against allegations that it is to blame for how the novel coronavirus pandemic unfolded. | Lavrov, during an online conference with students, called the attempts to place blame on the WHO "counterproductive and unfair," adding that he believes that the organization acted "professionally" at all stages of the crisis. | Hailing the efforts of international organizations, including the UN, Lavrov cautioned governments against using moments of deep crisis such as this pandemic to further their own interests. The Russian FM sugg…

Steve Early (2020-04-27). Fifty Years Ago, Millions of Students Struck To End A War in Vietnam. zcomm.org Nixon's unexpected escalation of an already unpopular war in Vietnam triggered a chain of events culminating in the largest student strike in U.S. history…

RT (2020-04-27). UK teacher found guilty on 13 counts of sexual assault, victims were girls as young as 7. rt.com A supply teacher from Carlton, UK has been found guilty of 13 charges of sexual touching involving young girls. He was previously accused of assault but this was not shown on his record prior to him being hired. | Jonathan Philip Clayton, aged 27,

David Rosen (2020-04-27). Sex Life in the Time of the 21st Century Plague. counterpunch.org "We're both really embracing this [sex] as time together rather than using it to stress out," report a school teacher from Chattanooga (TN) to NBC News. "There's fear in general, sure — there are people that I love that are at a higher risk — but sex has definitely been a distraction for us. It's

RT (2020-04-27). What pandemic? German minister blasted for wearing NO MASK to receive Covid-19 supplies AND flouting social distancing rules. rt.com Germany's defense minister seems to have missed the memo on 'social distancing' and compulsory mask-wearing, showing up to receive a shipment of pandemic supplies wearing nothing on her face but a smile, prompting ridicule online. | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer appeared at Leipzig/Halle Airport on Monday, flanked by aides and army personnel (in surprisingly close proximity) and surrounded by a huddle of tightly-packed reporters — almost as if there was no global pandemic to be worried about. | AKK (as she is known in Germany) was there to greet the Bundeswehr-chartered Antonov An-225 cargo plane as it touc…

RT (2020-04-27). 'It's a national catastrophe': BoJo ridiculed upon return after claiming many are looking at UK's 'APPARENT SUCCESS' on Covid-19. rt.com British PM Boris Johnson drew widespread criticism on his official return to work following his illness, after suggesting the UK's response to the Covid-19 crisis will be the envy of "many people" around the world. | During his public address to the nation outside 10 Downing Street on Monday, Johnson ostensibly attempted to quell people's anxieties by reeling off a number of UK 'achievements' concerning coronavirus statistics, tempered by an insistence that lockdown measures — which have been in place since March 23 — cannot be lifted just yet. | However, what riled many on social media was his rathe…

RT (2020-04-27). Coronavirus infections top 3 MILLION cases worldwide — Johns Hopkins University. rt.com The global coronavirus count has just surged past three million, according to newly released statistics by Johns Hopkins University. The US, with nearly one-third of all Covid-19 infections, still remains the hardest-hit country. | The number of registered cases of Covid-19 around the world stands at 3,002,303 as of Monday, April 27, according to the database maintained by the Baltimore, Maryland-based university. The global death toll has risen over 208,100. | | © Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center | Nearly a third of those confirmed coronavirus cases are in the US alone, along with j…

en.mehrnews (2020-04-27). Iran's steel ingot exports up 26% last year. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) — Statistical tables showed that 6,908,000 tons of steel ingot was exported from the country in the past Iranian calendar year [from March 21, 2019 to March 20, 2020], registering a 26 percent hike as compared to the last year's corresponding period.

yenisafak (2020-04-27). Israel's population hits 9.2M including 1.93M Arabs. yenisafak.com Israel's current population has reached 9.2 million, including over one-quarter Arabs and other non-Jews, according to official new statistics.Israel's population is made up of 6.8 million Jews (74%), 1.93 million Arabs (21%), and 454,000 non-Arab Christians or adherents of other faiths (5%), the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) said on Sunday.The figures were released by the bureau ahead of Israel's 72nd anniversary, which showed the rise in the population since 1948 and gave some projections for Israel's future population.The figures showed that 3.3 million Jewish people have immigrated to Israel in t…

Colin Todhunter (2020-04-26). The Gates Foundation and the "War on Cash": 'Financial Inclusion' in an Age of Neoliberalism. globalresearch.ca Back in November 2016, the Indian government decided to remove all 500- and 1000-rupee notes from circulation overnight without prior notice. This effectively removed 86% of cash in a country that was almost 90% cash reliant. | The notes became worthless …

Philip A Farruggio (2020-04-26). 'They Massage Horses Don't They?'. globalresearch.ca It's been over 25 years since that glorious warm, blue sky summer day at Belmont Park Racetrack. I not only remember it so well, but I can almost inhale that special racetrack smell, the combination of disinfectant merged with horse …

Lauren Melendez (2020-04-26). A ("Presumed"or "Confirmed") "Covid Death" Does not Mean that the Virus Was the Cause of Death: Illinois Public Health Director. globalresearch.ca State Health officials have acknowledged a bending of the "Covid Curve" seeing smaller spikes in positive cases, or rather, not as exponential of a jump as recorded weeks ago when virus testing capability was much lower. | Additionally, despite the additional …

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2020-04-26). Let's Call the Geopolitical Operation of the "Global Elite" by Its Name, A Crime Against Humanity. globalresearch.ca What do we want to call the geopolitical operation of the "global elite" with its real "depopulation agenda" currently taking place before our very eyes? | The consequences of this gigantic, frightening swindle are being experienced by everyone personally at the …

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