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10th Amendment on Presidential Powers; Destruction of Food Crime Against Humanity
Basic Education | indybay.org | 2020-04-14
Contrary to Nazi Trump, his powers are limited by the 10th Amendment to the Constitution. Meanwhile, neither he nor any governor is buying the vegetables and milk being destroyed by farmers who lost schools and restaurant customers and donating the food and milk to food banks where millions of starving people line up every day for food, or what is left of the food since the food banks are running out of food.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/13/18832337.php

The Arab-Israeli Alliance Is Fueling Conflicts in the Middle East
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
There are 2 camps in the Middle East: those countries which work with 'Israel', and those who do not. The countries which have established relationships with 'Israel' are Turkey; United Arab Emirates (UAE); Saudi Arabia; Qatar; Bahrain; Oman; Jordan; Egypt. …
globalresearch.ca/arab-israeli-alliance-fueling-conflicts-middle-east/5709569

Statute of Iranian National Commission for UNESCO amended
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-14
TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA)

New York Democratic mayor de Blasio forces teachers to work during spring break
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio cut public school vacation during April, including for religious holidays, on the same day that the New York state legislature gave Governor Andrew Cuomo broad powers to impose budget cuts on education.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/nyct…

10th Amendment on Presidential Powers; Destruction of Food Crime Against Humanity
Basic Education | indybay.org | 2020-04-14
Contrary to Nazi Trump, his powers are limited by the 10th Amendment to the Constitution. Meanwhile, neither he nor any governor is buying the vegetables and milk being destroyed by farmers who lost schools and restaurant customers and donating the food and milk to food banks where millions of starving people line up every day for food, or what is left of the food since the food banks are running out of food.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/13/18832337.php

Tiny But Tough-Love Tour of Shame to Demand Opening Up Motel Rooms for Shelter Now !
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2020-04-14
In an Easter Sunday sweep through the City by car, several of us will gather (safely in our cars or at 6′ distance with protective gear) 2 PM at Laurel and Front St. We will distribute survival gear and provisions to folks outside around the City and conduct an educational tour of shame to counter the rosy fabrications of Sentinel and city/county officialdom.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/10/18832269.php

New York City makes first wave of massive budget cuts to public education
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
New York City Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week that he will cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the city's education budget as well as funding for other critical programs.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/nyct…

àúberlegungen zur heimlichen Agenda der sogenannten Elite und zur Rolle von uns Bàºrgern
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
‚ÄûDie Internationale" ist das weltbekannte Kampflied der sozialistischen Arbeiterbewegung. Die deutsche Version des urspràºnglich franzà∂sischen Textes von Emil Luckhard (1910) lautet: ‚ÄûWacht auf, Verdammte dieser Erde, die stets man noch zum Hungern zwingt! (…) Heer der Sklaven, wache auf! (…) …
globalresearch.ca/uberlegungen-zur-heimlichen-agenda-der-sogenannten-elite-und-zur-rolle-von-uns-burgern/5709117

Sanders Formally Capitulates to Corporatist-Warmonger Biden
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
There never was any doubt. In 2016, Sanders capitulated to unfit to serve Hillary. | History repeated on Monday as expected. Biden's agenda since the 1970s matches Hillary's with a gender difference. | It's much the same as Trump's with a party …
globalresearch.ca/sanders-formally-capitulates-corporatist-warmonger-biden/5709633

Get Ready for an Unacceptable "New Normal": Censorship, Extrajudicial Arrests, Is Martial Law the Next Shoe to Drop?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
At times like now, ideas lying around dormant on the shelf become reality. | Economic and other crisis conditions are times when most people can be convinced to accept unacceptable policies they'd likely reject otherwise. | During and after 2008-09 economic crisis …
globalresearch.ca/get-ready-unacceptable-new-normal/5709583

Matters of the Mind–Sleep Medications and Dementia Risk, Depression and Weight Gain, Opioids and Mental Disorders
Rubin R. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
Matters of the Mind offers an occasional look at recent research into the relationship between the mind and the body.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763816

COVID-19 and the War on Cash: What Is Behind the Push for a Cashless Society?
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
"The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life. And many, if not most, taxes are paid under the compulsion of that threat. The government does not, indeed, waylay a man …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-war-cash-what-behind-cashless-society/5709580

The Illegal United States and Allied Invasion of Iraq & Syria Reaches Crisis Point
James ONeill | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
The onset of the coronavirus has had a number of consequences in the health and livelihoods of millions of people. There has however, been another consequence that is little remarked upon, and that is the almost total disappearance from the …
globalresearch.ca/illegal-united-states-allied-invasion-iraq-syria-reaches-crisis-point/5709595

How Wars, Sanctions, and Militarism Made the Coronavirus Crisis Worse
Khury Petersen-Smith | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
Governments around the world are offering a tragic lesson in how denial, incompetence, and inequity have exacerbated the unfolding coronavirus pandemic. That is just as true in the United States, where President Trump's lies, denials, and half measures

The Cuban Missile Crisis and US Terrorist Campaigns Against Cuba
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
Perhaps the most serious revelation to have emerged from the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, is President John F. Kennedy's willingness to knowingly increase the possibility of nuclear war by up to 50%. | US General David Burchinal, …
globalresearch.ca/cuban-missile-crisis-us-terrorist-campaigns-against-cuba/5709570

Hell Is Other People: Pandemic Lifestyles and Domestic Violence
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
In No Exit, the translated title of Jean-Paul Sartre's play, Huis Clos, three deceased characters find themselves in a room, ostensibly in Hell, in what transpires as a permanent wait. Locked after being ushered in by a valet, with quite …
globalresearch.ca/pandemic-lifestyles-domestic-violence/5709575

Geostrategic Factors: Will China Wins "World War C"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
The New Cold War between the US and China abruptly took a new form following the global outbreak of COVID-19, but Beijing still has a solid chance of coming out on top in this struggle for global leadership if it …
globalresearch.ca/geostrategic-factors-determine-whether-china-wins-world-war-c/5709591

No aliens but massive destruction: Study offers theory about ORIGIN of mysterious interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Fresh research has suggested a very violent origin story for the rocky, cigar-shaped, interstellar visitor known as 'Oumuamua that has wandered into our solar system in recent years. | The mysterious object was spotted hurtling through our galactic neighborhood in October 2017 and was given its unusual name after the Hawaiian word for messenger. | Astronomers quickly realized that the object had several peculiar qualities, including its highly elongated shape, its apparent ability to accelerate without the help of gravity and its lack of an envelope of gas or dust. | The odd combination of characteristics led…
rt.com/news/485807-interstellar-object-oumuamua-origin/

Video: The Discourse Surrounding Trump's Handling of COVID-19: Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai
Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
America's Daily Report's Christina Aguayo interviews Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai on the discourse surrounding Trump's handling of the COVID-19 outbreak in the US and the role of Dr. Fauci, Dr. Birx, Bill Gates, the Clintons and the WHO. | *** | "Unfortunately …
globalresearch.ca/video-dr-shiva-ayyadurai-crushes-dr-fauci-exposes-birx-clintons-bill-gates-who/5709560

Video: Syrian Army Pounding ISIS Cells in Homs Desert. Turkey Fortifies Positions Near Saraqib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
The military situation in northwestern Syria is steadily escalating. | On April 10 and April 11, the Turkish Army and its proxies shelled positions of Kurdish armed groups in northern Aleppo. The most intense shelling took place near the areas of …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-pounding-isis-cells-homs-desert-turkey-fortifies-positions-near-sarqib/5709550

'Can I Keep You Safe? Your Future Is Uncertain': Climate and the Fate of Humanity
Media Lens | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the most immediate objective is to slow its spread, minimise the death toll and help people through the crisis. But, despite government promises to support citizens who are now losing their jobs and …
globalresearch.ca/climate-fate-humanity/5709605

Searching for Truth in What We Are Being Told About Covid-19
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
Following the news regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) we'd be led to believe humanity faces an unprecedented crisis

The Citizen Is Back
Prof. Yakov M. Rabkin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
'Once the pandemic subsides, vital conclusions must be drawn and implemented. Many citizens have become painfully aware that the invisible hand of the market is no more than a useless extremity, as the sacrosanct laws of supply and demand have …
globalresearch.ca/citizen-back/5709603

Confucius Is Winning the Covid-19 War
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
As the Raging Twenties unleash a radical reconfiguration of the planet, coronavirus (literally "crowned poison") has for all practical purposes served a poisoned chalice of fear and panic to myriad, mostly Western, latitudes. | Berlin-based, South Korean-born philosopher Byung-Chul Han has …
globalresearch.ca/confucius-winning-covid-19-war/5709546

Is EVERYTHING broken? Earth has a 'leaky core' resulting in iron-rich lava eruptions, researchers find
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Amid growing anxiety over the coronavirus pandemic, it would be nice if we could at least rely upon the solidity of the Earth. Think again, says a new study, which found the inner layer of our planet is discharging metal material. | …
rt.com/news/485786-earth-leaky-core-iron-lava/

Chinese scientists identify drug that reduces risk of severe pneumonia during Covid-19 infection
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Most of the deaths arising from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic have been due to severe pneumonia caused by the virus. But now Chinese researchers say they may have found a drug that reduces the risk of dangerous complications. | A group of Chinese medics studying 564 coronavirus patients, including 61 with acute pneumonia, in several hospitals across the country during January and February, have discovered an interesting pattern. | Their paper, published on the MerRix website but not yet peer-reviewed, reveals…
rt.com/news/485804-china-coronavirus-drugs-pneumonia/

What Dr. Anthony Fauci Hopes to Never Hear Again: "I'm Shaking It, Boss"
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
As any risk-taking pioneer knows, it is lonely taking the lead and suffering the derisive scorn of one's compatriots. I have been there and so can understand what Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of The National Institute of Allergy …
globalresearch.ca/what-dr-anthony-fauci-hopes-never-hear-again-im-shaking-it-boss/5709549

Lockdown in Virginia: 6 Feet, 10 or Fewer People, Sunshine?
Christine E. Black | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
We are in lockdown in Virginia after Governor Ralph Northam last week closed beaches, book stores, libraries, restaurants, coffees shops, cancelled live music concerts, and ordered churches closed. He said to not have gatherings of more than 10 people and …
globalresearch.ca/6-feet-10-fewer-people-sunshine/5709590

Are Ventilators Killing More People Than They're Saving??
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
"Researchers in Wuhan…reported that, of 37 critically ill Covid-19 patients who were put on mechanical ventilators, 30 died within a month. In a U.S. study of patients in Seattle, only one of the seven patients older than 70 who were …
globalresearch.ca/are-ventilators-killing-more-people-than-saving/5709562

Prague Shows No Respect to Russians Who Liberated It from Nazism
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
Marshal Ivan Konev, the famous Soviet general who was responsible for liberating most of Eastern Europe from Nazi Germany and its allies has been a figure of respect. He has been immortalized in a series of busts and statues …
globalresearch.ca/prague-shows-no-respect-russians-liberated-from-nazism/5709581

Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Help Curb War and Militarism?
Lawrence Wittner | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
Decades ago, when I began teaching international history, I used to ask students if they thought it was possible for nations to end their fighting of wars against one another. Their responses varied. But the more pessimistic conclusions were sometimes tempered by the contention that, if the world's nations faced a common foe, such as…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/14/will-the-coronavirus-pandemic-help-curb-war-and-militarism/

Boosting the Ranks of American Indian and Alaska Native Physicians
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
This Medical News article discusses programs that enable more American Indian/Alaska Native students to enter medical school.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763817

Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Help Curb War and Militarism?
Lawrence Wittner | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
Decades ago, when I began teaching international history, I used to ask students if they thought it was possible for nations to end their fighting of wars against one another. Their responses varied. But the more pessimistic conclusions were sometimes tempered by the contention that, if the world's nations faced a common foe, such as…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/14/will-the-coronavirus-pandemic-help-curb-war-and-militarism/

Suicides Among Opioid Overdose Deaths–Reply
Olfson M, Wall MM, Blanco C. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
In Reply Dr Nestadt raises 3 concerns regarding our analysis of trends in the intent of overdose deaths involving opioids. His first concern is that suicides may have been misclassified. A prior estimate assumed that because 26.5% of opioid overdose visits to the emergency department were classified as intentional, 20% to 30% of opioid overdose deaths were also intentional. Our findings, which were based on the National Vital Statistics System, revealed that in 2017, 4.0% of overdose deaths involving opioids were certified as suicides, 5.4% were certified as undetermined intent, and 90.6% were unintentional. One…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764452

Huge spike in deaths in England & Wales as Covid-19 linked to 1 in every 5 fatalities, suggesting UK is UNDERREPORTING
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Covid-19 death tolls in England and Wales have shot up dramatically, with one in every five now linked to the coronavirus, while the UK government has been accused of underreporting fatalities among the elderly in care homes. | New data published on Tuesday by the Office of National Statistics (ONS)

Turkey completes 1st phase of COVID-19 vaccine efforts
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-14
Scientists in western Turkey commenced the lab tests on Tuesday of an antigen they designed for a vaccine against the novel coronavirus.Research is ongoing with the collaboration of the Ege University Drug Development and Pharmacokinetic Research Application Center (ARGEFAR) in Izmir province and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).A total of 32 scientists specializing in different branches came together to conduct the studies.Dr. Mert Doskaya told Anadolu Agency that the design of the antigen, which is the first phase of the vaccine effort, was completed in a week.The Vaccine Re…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-completes-1st-phase-of-covid-19-vaccine-efforts-3516906

Trump ordena a "assistência" à Itália
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
O Primeiro Ministro Conte anunciou aos italianos, em directo na televisà£o, em 10 de Abril, que a Itália nà£o assinou nenhum compromisso com o MES ( 1), o fundo europeu "salva-Estados", e que o seu Governo discutirá apenas "um …
globalresearch.ca/trump-ordena-a-assistencia-a-italia/5709665

Trump ordina l' ´assistenza ª all'Italia
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
Il premier Conte ha annunciato agli italiani, in diretta televisiva il 10 aprile, che l'Italia non ha firmato alcun impegno per il Mes ( 1) , il fondo europeo ´salva-Stati ª, e che il suo governo discuterà solo su ´un …
globalresearch.ca/trump-ordina-lassistenza-allitalia/5709654

Selected Articles: Are Ventilators Killing More People Than They're Saving?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
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 …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-ventilators-killing-more-people-theyre-saving/5709630

After the Lockdown: A Global Coronavirus Vaccination Program
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
The tendency is towards a Worldwide lockdown spearheaded by fear and media disinformation. Currently, hundreds of millions of people Worldwide are under lockdown. | What is the next step in the evolution of the COV-19 Crisis? A multibillion dollar coronavirus vaccination program to be implemented in the wake of the Lockdown.
globalresearch.ca/after-the-lockdown-a-global-coronavirus-vaccination-program/5706547

'We scared the hell out of the American people' over 'flu,' says Fox News guest
rt.com | 2020-04-13
Former education secretary Bill Bennett has been savaged online for suggesting that the coronavirus is "not a pandemic," calling for the lifting of lockdown measures, as the debate rages over reopening the shuttered US economy. | More than half a million Americans have caught the coronavirus, with just over 22,000 deaths. While the numbers are dire, the University of Washington's forecasters revised their total predicted Covid-19 deaths down to 60,000 last week, a number comparable to deaths from influenza in 2017-2018,…
rt.com/usa/485723-scared-americans-flu-bennett/

Proposed Federal "Distance Learning" Rules Help Big Tech Shut Down Brick-and-Mortar Public Schools, Replace Human Teachers with AI
John Klyczek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-13
The DeVos Department of Education's new "Proposed Rules" for federal regulations of "Distance Education and Innovation" (85 FR 18638) will effectively open the floodgates for online education corporations to put public brick-and-mortar schools out of business by streamlining "adaptive-learning and other artificial intelligence" technologies that replace "human instructors" with "competency-based education (CBE)" software which provide …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/proposed-federal-distance-learning-rules-help-big-tech-shut-down-brick-and-mortar-public-schools-replace-human-teachers-with-ai/

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

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

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

Washington Violates International Space Law
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
The global pandemic is being used by the United States as a smokescreen for illegal actions in the international scenario, which, due to the media focus on coronavirus coverage, are not reported and happen unnoticed. The new American foreign policy …
globalresearch.ca/washington-violates-international-space-law/5709514

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

America: A Nation Over-Obsessed by the Threat of COVID-19 Infection
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
Never before in US history were social distancing, sheltering in place, and lockdowns advised or imposed by states and cities because of a contagious diseases outbreak. | COVID-19 is unique because its outbreak resulted in all of the above in place …
globalresearch.ca/america-nation-over-obsessed-threat-covid-19-infection/5709518

Understanding Great Recessions. The Dynamics of Epic Recession
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
Much can be learned about the trajectory and nature of the current 2020 Great Recessions 2.0 underway by understanding what went on in similar deep economic contractions that are combined with financial-banking instability and crashes. | The so-called 'Great Recession of …
globalresearch.ca/understanding-great-recessions/5709476

Time for Universal Basic Income Is Now!
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
A man struggled in the desert heat with his mouth as parched as sandpaper. He was fading fast from lack of the basic essentials to exist, number one being water. Someone hands him a giant bottle of water and he …
globalresearch.ca/time-universal-basic-income-now/5709522

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2020-04-13: News Headlines

RT (2020-04-13). As restrictions spread across Europe, 69% of Muscovites willing to sacrifice rights to defeat coronavirus — poll. rt.com One of the ironies of the Covid-19 crisis in Russia has been the sight of liberal opposition groups urging the Kremlin to do more to restrict people's movement at the expense of civil liberties. In Moscow, people seem to agree. | Already, people's movement has been drastically restricted in the capital. All non-essential business and activity has been suspended, and hefty fines can be issued for breaking self-quarantine rules. | A survey suggests that most people in the capital are entirely on board with the new restrictions. According to research group Romir, more than two-thirds of Moscow residents (69 perce…

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

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

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

en.mehrnews (2020-04-13). 'Surge in Production' key to tackle economic downturn amid COVID-19. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) — Member of Parliament Research and Education Commission Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Mohammad Bagher Ebadi on Mon. said that "Surge in Production" is the best strategy to tackle economic downturn amid pandemic.

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

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

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

en.mehrnews (2020-04-13). Razi institute launches SPF mice breeding system. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) — Deputy head of Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute (RVSRI) announced on Monday that the body has launched breeding system of Specific-pathogen-free (SPF) mice.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr (2020-04-13). Gates' Globalist Vaccine Agenda: A Win-Win for Pharma and Mandatory Vaccination. globalresearch.ca Vaccines, for Bill Gates, are a strategic philanthropy that feed his many vaccine-related businesses (including Microsoft's ambition to control a Gates' obsession with vaccines seems to …

WSWS (2020-04-13). Fired researcher Mauro Ferrari denounces EU inaction on COVID-19. wsws.org Distinguished scientist Mauro Ferrari was forced to resign as European Research Council president after calling for a coordinated struggle against the pandemic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

South Front (2020-04-13). Moscow COVID-19 Lockdown: Administrative Self-isolation, QR Codes and No More Than 2 Personal Trips Per Week. globalresearch.ca On April 11, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-04-13). Ukraine Eyes America for Gas but Still Relies on Russia. globalresearch.ca Despite strong attempts by Ukraine not to buy Russian pipeline gas, they will not be able to receive U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) for at least another five years according to Polish experts from the

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

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

en.mehrnews (2020-04-13). Iran's knowledge-based firms export $600mn last year. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) — The Director General of Department on Promotion of International Businesses at the Iranian Vice Presidency for Science and Technology Rouhollah Estiri said on Mon. that knowledge-based companies exported over $600 million worth of products from March 21, 2019 to March 20, 2020.

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

WSWS (2020-04-13). Science vs. Trump: The dangerous promotion of hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID-19. wsws.org Neither chloroquine nor hydroxychloroquine has been proven to deliver any benefit against the impact of the coronavirus.

Abdullah Shihipar (2020-04-13). These Students Took Care of Each Other When Their Universities Didn't. thenation.com These Students Took Care of Each Other When Their Universities Didn't…

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

sputniknews (2020-04-13). Ok, Google, Play Funeral March: NASA Says Two Asteroids Will Intersect Earth's Orbit This Week. sputniknews.com Devastating wildfires in Australia, the coronavirus pandemic, a fire in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, and now asteroids. It seems that humanity has really pissed off nature and the universe.

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

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

Global Research News (2020-04-13). Selected Articles: Towards a New World Order. globalresearch.ca By President Donald Trump administration on Friday deployed a military convoy in Syria to establish a new base in this Arab nation. | A …

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

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

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

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

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

Peter Koenig (2020-04-12). Cuba — The Endless Cruelty of US Sanctions — The US Intercepts Chinese Medical Supplies to Cuba. globalresearch.ca Background | Cuba complained recently that a shipment of test kits, masks and respirators, donated by the Chinese Alibaba group, didn't arrive because the American company tasked with transportation feared breaching U-S sanction rules. Washington imposed an embargo on Cuba in …

Steven Sahiounie (2020-04-12). The OPCW Is Used as a Political Tool Against Syria. globalresearch.ca

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

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

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

C√©sar Chelala (2020-04-12). The Promising Cuba/US Cooperation on Cancer. commondreams.org Cuban doctor Liz Caballero and student Susana Diaz leave El Vedado polyclinic in Havana on March 31, 2020. (Photo: Adalberto Roque/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

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

Arundhati Roy (2020-04-11). Social Devastation and Despair. How Coronavirus Threatens India. globalresearch.ca Below are selected excerpts from Arundati Roy's article | As an appalled world watched, India revealed herself in all her shame — her brutal, structural, social and economic inequality, her callous indifference to suffering. The lockdown worked like a chemical …

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

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

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

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

Susan Jaffe (2020-04-11). [World Report] Regulators split on antimalarials for COVID-19. thelancet.com US and French authorities have authorised the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, but the EU regulator and WHO say the science doesn't support the decision. Susan Jaffe reports.

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

Andrew Emett (2020-04-11). Senators demand answers from Zoom concerning students' safety and privacy. nationofchange.org "We are concerned by recent reports that the platform may not be adequately safeguarding users' data and privacy."

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