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US House Rams Through Nicaragua Regime-change Bill with Zero Opposition
Ben Norton | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Not one member of the House of Representatives spoke up against a bipartisan bill sponsored by hardliners that ramps up US economic warfare and regime-change measures against Nicaragua's elected government. | *** | As the Donald Trump administration's year-long coup attempt against …
globalresearch.ca/us-house-rams-through-nicaragua-regime-change-bill-zero-opposition/5706824

Spinning Fear and Panic Across America. Analysis of COVID-19 Data
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
The US media is relentlessly spinning fear, panic and despair, with the endorsement of "authoritative" American scientists. "The new coronavirus could kill millions across the United States", according to Dr. Kathleen Neuzil a specialist in vaccines at the University of …
globalresearch.ca/spinning-fear-and-panic-across-america-analysis-of-covid-19-data/5706785

GCSE and A-level grades to be awarded based on teacher assessments
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-20
GCSE and A-level students will be given grades based on teacher assessments, after exams were cancelled amid the coronavirus pandemic. | The government said it is aiming for the calculated grades

Workers and the Virus: Radical Lessons from Italy in the Age of COVID-19
Alessandro Delfanti | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
In the face of the mounting coronavirus crisis, we need to start asking a crucial question: who pays for the lockdown? The last three weeks have taught some hard lessons to Italian workers. Indeed, workers have been shouldering the …
globalresearch.ca/workers-virus-radical-lessons-italy-age-covid-19/5706810

Washington Post Photographer Spots Crossed-Out 'Coronavirus' in Favor of 'Chinese Virus' in Trump Notes
Eoin Higgins | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
President Donald Trump's use of the racist term "Chinese virus" when describing the global coronavirus outbreak is apparently counter to how his aides are presenting information to him to read to the public according to a photo taken Thursday by …
globalresearch.ca/washington-post-photographer-spots-crossed-out-coronavirus-favor-chinese-virus-trump-notes/5706905

Italy's Institute of Health (ISS) Report: 99% of Deaths Attributed to Covid-19 Deaths Had "Pre-existing Serious Illness"
Kit Knightly | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Anything up to 99.2% of all of Italy's recent Covid19-associated deaths could have been caused by pre-existing chronic conditions, according to a report released by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italian Institute of Health, ISS) | The report was translated and …
globalresearch.ca/iss-report-99-covid19-deaths-had-pre-existing-serious-illness/5706862

Pakistan's Position on the US-Afghanistan Settlement: Impact on China's Belt and Road
Dr. Ejaz Akram | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Zhao Lijian, the spokesman of the ministry of foreign affairs in China quite knowledgeably alleged that the US was behind the spread of Corona virus through its military personnel in Wuhan during Wuhan military games late last autumn, 2019. …
globalresearch.ca/pakistan-position-afghan-settlement-impact-china-belt-road/5706733

Global Depression Arrives, Only Its Depth and Duration Unknown
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
What's ongoing worldwide suggests that a redefinition of global depression is in order. | According to classical economics, it's a protracted economic downturn that lasts several years or longer, domestic or global GDP declining at least 10%. | While ongoing, consumer sentiment …
globalresearch.ca/global-depression-arrives-depth-duration-unknown/5706888

As the US Blames China for the Coronavirus Pandemic, the Rest of the World Asks China for Help
Joe Penney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
As the number of coronavirus infections spirals out of control, the U.S. and countries around the world have reported major shortages of ventilators, respirators, test kits, surgical masks, and other essential health equipment for dealing with the pandemic. On Wednesday, …
globalresearch.ca/us-blames-china-coronavirus-pandemic-rest-world-asks-china-help/5706898

Stop Tightening the Thumb Screws against Iran. A Humanitarian Message
Kathy Kelly | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
U.S. sanctions against Iran, cruelly strengthened in March of 2018, continue a collective punishment of extremely vulnerable people. Presently, the U.S. "maximum pressure" policy severely undermines Iranian efforts to cope with the ravages of COVID-19, causing hardship and tragedy while …
globalresearch.ca/stop-tightening-thumb-screws-humanitarian-message/5706832

Coronavirus, Vaccines and the Gates Foundation
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Arguably, no one has been more active in promoting and funding research on vaccines aimed at dealing with coronavirus than Bill Gates and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. From sponsoring a simulation of a coronavirus global pandemic, just weeks …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-gates-foundation/5706842

15 Among Brazilian Delegation that Met with Trump Now Have Coronavirus
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
It's been eleven days since the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his delegation met with Trump and many White House staffers at Mar-a-Lago on March 7. First it was Nestor Forster, Brazil's Chargé d'Affaires in Washington, and Nelsinho Trad, …
globalresearch.ca/15-among-brazilian-delegation-met-trump-now-have-coronavirus/5706912

The Coronavirus Is Not "The Plague": It Is the U.S
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
"Two categories of propaganda must be distinguished. The first strives to create a permanent disposition in its objects and constantly needs to be reinforced. Its goal is to make the masses 'available,' by working spells upon them and exercising a …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-is-not-plague-us/5706850

Iran's IMF Request Shows Just How Desperate Tehran has Become
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
The combination of crippling American sanctions, the compliance with the aforesaid by the US' "comprehensive global strategic partner" India (formerly one of Tehran's top energy partners) out of fear of so-called "secondary sanctions", the uncontrollable outbreak of COVID-19 in the …
globalresearch.ca/iran-imf-request-shows-desperate/5706926

FBI arrests Pakistani doctor trying to JOIN ISIS & carry out 'lone wolf' attacks in US
rt.com | 2020-03-20
A Pakistani doctor and former employee at a prestigious US medical research center was arrested on terrorism charges after telling FBI informants he sought to join Islamic State, hoping to launch attacks on their behalf. | The 28-year-old doctor, Muhammad Masood, was apprehended by the FBI at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and charged on one count of providing material support to a terrorist organization. | Masood

COVID-1: Toda a verdade tem três etapas
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
A primeira, é ignorada. | A segunda, é amplamente ridicularizada. | A terceira, é aceite como evidente por si mesma. | Com o COVID-19, entramos agora na etapa 2. Inicialmente, a comunicaàßà£o mediática ignorou as alegaàßàµes e as análises de que o vírus …
globalresearch.ca/covid-1-toda-a-verdade-tem-tres-etapas/5707017

Iraqi Politics in a Storm, Heading Towards Instability and Chaos
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Following Iraqi president Barham Saleh's nomination of Adnan al-Zarfi (Zurufi or Zurfi) as the new Prime Minister, Iraq has entered a critical stage. The Shia block is divided. The 30 days given to al-Zarfi to nominate his cabinet will lead …
globalresearch.ca/iraqi-politics-storm-heading-towards-instability-chaos/5706838

Why Is the U.S. Bombing Iraq During a Pandemic?
Nina DeMeo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Even as coronavirus spreads rapidly across the globe, causing a health crisis of historic proportions, the U.S. military is engaging in new military attacks in the Middle East. The U.S. must cease all military interventions and redirect its military budget …
globalresearch.ca/why-u-s-bombing-iraq-during-pandemic/5706920

Russia testing MULTIPLE prototype Covid-19 vaccines
rt.com | 2020-03-20
Russia's research center of virology and biotechnology, known as the Vector Institute, is testing multiple different vaccine prototypes against Covid-19 in a race to find a cure for the virus behind a global pandemic. | This week, it "began immunogenicity studies in sensitive laboratory animals… of all developed vaccine prototypes," said consumer watchdog agency Rospotrebnadzor in a statement on Friday. | The composition, dose, route of administration of the future vaccine will be determi…
rt.com/russia/483569-vector-coronavirus-vaccine-testing/

The Coronavirus, Fear, and Elitist Driven Market Insanity
William J Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Fear is contagious: Fear is more contagious than any virus could ever be, and the media has really fed the fear factor when it comes to the coronavirus. | I am by no means playing down the deadly Covid-19 coronavirus. It …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-fear-elitist-driven-market-insanity/5706908

The Baltic States Align Themselves with US-NATO against Russia ?
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
In 2017, RAND Corporation published in its associated media Small Wars Journal an article by the researchers Marta Kepe and Jan Osburg, outlining a strategic defense plan for the Baltic countries in the event of a Russian invasion. The authors …
globalresearch.ca/baltic-countries-interested-increase-role-international-scene/5706882

Here Is What Legendary Journalist John Pilger Said About Coronavirus Outbreak
The Week | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Over the course of nearly three-and-a-half months, the novel coronavirus outbreak has infected over 127,000 and left over 4,700 dead. While this has sparked global panic and a WHO-declaration of a pandemic, then death toll is still a far cry …
globalresearch.ca/john-pilger-said-about-coronavirus-outbreak/5706923

Video: ISIS Threat Revives in Eastern Syria. Idlib Militants Kill Each Other Over Security Zone Deal Contradictions
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
ISIS cells are once again active in eastern Syria. Late on March 17, the Syrian Army and the National Defense Forces repelled an ISIS attack in the area between the town of al-Sukhna and the T3 station. The attack involved …
globalresearch.ca/video-isis-threat-revives-eastern-syria-idlib-militants-kill-each-other-over-security-zone-deal-contradictions/5706834

Sanders Capitulates to Biden
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Sanders capitulated before the race began. He's yet to formally announce what's coming, a repeat of 2016. | It's just a matter of days or weeks before he officially concedes, ends his campaign, and endorses dirty business as usual advocate Biden …
globalresearch.ca/sanders-capitulates-biden/5706808

The Coronavirus, Fear, and Elitist Driven Market Insanity
William J Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Fear is contagious: Fear is more contagious than any virus could ever be, and the media has really fed the fear factor when it comes to the coronavirus. | I am by no means playing down the deadly Covid-19 coronavirus. It …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-fear-elitist-driven-market-insanity/5706908

A Tale of Two Foreign Policies: The Train-Wreck Abroad Is Bipartisan
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Now that the Democratic Party has apparently succeeded in getting rid of the only two voices among its presidential candidates that actually deviated from the establishment consensus, it appears that Joe Biden will be running against Donald Trump in November. …
globalresearch.ca/two-foreign-policies-train-wreck-abroad-bipartisan/5706816

Sanctions: Unilateral Coercive Measures for Regime Change in Venezuela
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
In discussing the issue of "sanctions" there are two main points that need to be made. One is the use of the correct terminology when referring to the government actions that the US, Canada and the EU take in order …
globalresearch.ca/sanctions-unilateral-coercive-measures-regime-change-venezuela/5706847

The Fed Reopens Its Landfill for Distressed Assets
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
The Fed is reopening its most controversial and despised crisis-era bailout facility, the Primary Dealer Credit Facility. The Wall Street Journal describes the PDCF as "an overnight loan facility for primary dealers (that) provides round-the-clock backup source of funding to …
globalresearch.ca/fed-reopens-landfill-distressed-assets/5706865

Why Is the U.S. Bombing Iraq During a Pandemic?
Nina DeMeo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Even as coronavirus spreads rapidly across the globe, causing a health crisis of historic proportions, the U.S. military is engaging in new military attacks in the Middle East. The U.S. must cease all military interventions and redirect its military budget …
globalresearch.ca/why-u-s-bombing-iraq-during-pandemic/5706920

Scotland Announces School Closures Due to Covid-19
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
And so we have it. The much-awaited announcement regarding school closures in Scotland has taken place, and once again Nicola Sturgeon has beaten her Westminster counterpart by addressing the nation in relation to Covid-19. Schools are to be shut from …
globalresearch.ca/sturgeon-presses-ahead-scotland-announce-school-closures-due-covid-19/5706813

Coronavirus, Vaccines and the Gates Foundation
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Arguably, no one has been more active in promoting and funding research on vaccines aimed at dealing with coronavirus than Bill Gates and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. From sponsoring a simulation of a coronavirus global pandemic, just weeks …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-gates-foundation/5706842

Sanctions: Unilateral Coercive Measures for Regime Change in Venezuela
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
In discussing the issue of "sanctions" there are two main points that need to be made. One is the use of the correct terminology when referring to the government actions that the US, Canada and the EU take in order …
globalresearch.ca/sanctions-unilateral-coercive-measures-regime-change-venezuela/5706847

China Retaliates Against Hostile Trump Regime Actions
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Last month, the Trump regime designated five state-run Chinese media in the US as "foreign missions (sic)." | The hostile action requires them to register their locations, properties and staff, including US citizens if among them. | Affected media include Xinhua, China …
globalresearch.ca/china-retaliates-against-hostile-trump-regime-actions/5706804

Biden v. Trump in November, Tulsi and Bernie Drop Out
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Tulsi and Bernie dropped out. | On March 19, she made it official, shaming herself and disappointing supporters by endorsing Biden. See below. | *** | So will Sanders officially in the coming days (dropping out and endorsing Biden). | He likely privately informed …
globalresearch.ca/biden-trump-november-tulsi-caves-loses-credibility/5706893

Chinese Swimmer Sun Yang Is a Victim of Confusion and Bias
Rick Sterling | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Sun Yang is an Olympic Gold medalist and world record holding swimmer. He was recently ruled to be guilty of an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) and banned from competing for eight years. Unless his appeal to overturn the decision is …
globalresearch.ca/chinese-swimmer-sun-yang-victim-confusion-bias/5706868

Australia Willing to be the U.S. Policeman in the Pacific
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
The U.S. is ramping up pressure on Australia to support hostilities against China in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. Last week in Sydney, the U.S. Ambassador to Australia, Arthur Culvahouse, said that "We'll be pushing Australia to expand …
globalresearch.ca/australia-willing-u-s-policeman-pacific/5706800

US Economic Relief Measure Enacted, Much More Needed
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Temporary, longer-term, or permanent closure of business enterprises and mass cancellations of public events in cities and towns across the US is unprecedented

China's Wuhan Marks No New Coronavirus Case, Success of Strict Measures
Xinhua | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
No new infections of the novel coronavirus were reported on Wednesday in Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic, marking a notable first in the city's months-long battle with the deadly virus and sending a message of hope to the world …
globalresearch.ca/china-wuhan-marks-no-new-coronavirus-case-success-strict-measures/5706860

COVID-19 Will Devastate Gaza Unless the Blockade Is Lifted Now
Jewish Voice for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
It's difficult enough to be in the U.S. during the COVID-19 outbreak. And when I think about the conditions in Gaza, I'm absolutely terrified for the Palestinians trapped there. | As of today, Israeli officials have only allowed 200 testing kits …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-will-devastate-gaza-unless-blockade-lifted-now/5706878

Israeli MP Presents Bills to Annex Jordan Valley, Impose Death Penalty on Palestinians
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
A right-wing Israeli parliamentarian submitted two bills to the Knesset on Wednesday seeking to permanently annex the Jordan Valley, the northern Dead Sea and the Hebron desert in the occupied West Bank to Israel, as well as impose the death …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-mp-presents-bills-annex-jordan-valley-impose-death-penalty-palestinians/5706821

The New York Times' Insidious Ongoing Disinformation Campaign on Russia and Elections
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
For the past three years the new narrative of Russian interference in U.S. elections has bound corporate news media more tightly than ever to the interests of the national security state. And no outlet has pushed that narrative more aggressively …
globalresearch.ca/new-york-times-ongoing-disinformation-campaign-russia-elections/5706855

Erdogan orders all events in Turkey postponed until end-April
rt.com | 2020-03-20
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree on Friday postponing all events related to science, culture and the arts, as the country seeks to contain a surge in coronavirus cases. | Turkey's Covid-19 death toll has reached four, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday. The number of confirmed cases in the country has surged since the first case was announced last week, reaching 359 on Thursday. The cases have roughly doubled every day since Sunday, Reuters reports. | Erdogan's decree, published in the Official Gazette on Friday, said all meetings and activities, indoors or outdoors, related…
rt.com/newsline/483651-erdogan-postpones-events-turkey/

–°hina reports record number of imported Covid-19 cases from US & Europe as global death toll exceeds 10,000
rt.com | 2020-03-20
China may have managed to contain the coronavirus at home, but it's not over the hump yet. There's danger of a return of the deadly disease as the number of infected travelers entering the country reaches record levels. | The Chinese authorities have done huge work since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in Wuhan in late December. The blow was hard as 3,248 have died and 80,967 were infected, but for the last two days there was not a single domestically transmitted coronavirus case in the country. | But as the situation improved, many Chinese expatriates, including students, rushed back home to escape the corona…
rt.com/news/483576-china-coronavirus-imported-cases/

A lesson coronavirus is about to teach the world
Jonathan Cook | zcomm.org | 2020-03-20
The US health system is by far the most expensive in the world, but also the most inefficient…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-lesson-coronavirus-is-about-to-teach-the-world/

UK's Oxford University developing coronavirus vaccine
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-20
Researchers at Oxford University are developing a coronavirus vaccine, aiming to have it ready by the end of the year, with a safety trial on humans as early as next month, according to British daily The Guardian.The university's team is led by Dr. Sarah Gilbert, who leads the Jenner Institute's influenza vaccine and emerging pathogens program. The vaccine will be known as ChAdOx1.Oxford's vaccine will start animal trials next week. For human trials, the university will recruit people of all ages, but will focus on older people who are most vulnerable to the coronavirus and less responsive to vaccines due to thei…
yenisafak.com/en/life/uks-oxford-university-developing-coronavirus-vaccine-3514482

Land Regained: Researchers Stumble Upon Lost Stretch of Continent in Canada's Arctic
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-20
A long missing remnant of the North Atlantic Craton has been discovered during a diamond mission, as rocks carrying the precious natural stone were scrupulously sifted through by the geologists.
sputniknews.com/science/202003201078642596-land-regained-researchers-stumble-upon-lost-stretch-of-continent-in-canadas-arctic/

Say Cheese! New Telescope Could Help Capture 'Photon Ring' of First Pictured Black Hole
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-20
Black holes are extremely hard to see due to their extreme gravity that even light cannot escape. However, in April 2019 scientists managed to capture the first image of a supermassive black hole located in the M87 galaxy using the Event Horizon Telescope. Now researchers are hunting for…
sputniknews.com/science/202003201078641883-say-cheese-new-telescope-could-help-capture-photon-ring-of-first-pictured-black-hole/

Going in for the Kill: Gamers Rave Over Doom Eternal Release, Celebrate Return of Legendary FPS Hero
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-20
The long-awaited sequel to Bethesda Softworks and Id Software's 2016 Doom reboot was released on Friday, with fans of the iconic Doom Slayer returning to the battlefield – this time on Terra Firma – after a demonic invasion wipes out most of the planet's population.
sputniknews.com/science/202003201078628703-going-in-for-the-kill-gamers-rave-over-doom-eternal-release-celebrate-return-of-legendary-fps-hero/

Selected Articles: Coronavirus Pandemic and Vaccines
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Lying is a money making activity and lies are commodities. There is a profitable global market for media and public figures committed to spreading disinformation. | Needless to say, "Telling the Truth", on the other hand, Is Not a Money-Making Proposition. …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-coronavirus-vaccines-gates-foundation/5706936

COVID-19 Coronavirus: The Crisis
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
Michel Chossudovsky discusses his new series of research articles on the "pandemic" including, " COVID-19 Coronavirus "Fake" Pandemic: Timeline and Analysis" and " Coronavirus COVID-19: "Made in China" or "Made in America"?, among others. A blockbuster show! | ***…
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-coronavirus-crisis/5706741

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2020-03-19: News Headlines

RT (2020-03-20). Nirbhaya gang rape convicts executed at Delhi prison, bringing shocking 7+ year case to a close after countless delays. rt.com The four men convicted for the grisly 2012 gang rape and murder of a young student in India have been executed by hanging, finally bringing the seven-year 'Nirbhaya' case to an end after a lengthy ordeal of appeals and delays. | The assailants were hanged at New Delhi's Tihar Jail 5: 30am local time Friday, following a marathon legal proceeding the night prior which saw last-ditch attempts to appeal their sentence shot down. | "Now I will get peace," Asha Devi, the mother of the victim, — who has come to be known as 'Nirbhaya', or 'the fearless one' in Hindi — told PTI after the mens' final hanging da…

Eds. (2020-03-19). Crop-protecting insects could be turned into bioweapons, critics warn. mronline.org It sounds like science fiction: A research program funded by the U.S. government plans to create virus-carrying insects that, released in vast numbers, could help crops fight threats such as pests, drought, or pollution. |

Jonathan Cook (2020-03-19). A Lesson Coronavirus is About to Teach the World. counterpunch.org If a disease can teach wisdom beyond our understanding of how precarious and precious life is, the coronavirus has offered two lessons. The first is that in a globalised world our lives are so intertwined that the idea of viewing ourselves as islands — whether as individuals, communities, nations, or a uniquely privileged species —

RT (2020-03-19). Current economic disaster is like three neutron bombs dropped on us, market analyst tells Boom Bust. rt.com The US Federal Reserve has been attempting to stop investor panic with its emergency actions, but those moves are like firing "a water gun" when we need "a bazooka," Tobin Smith, CEO of Transformity Research, believes. | Speaking to RT's Boom Bust, the analyst said that the real problem is in the US debt market, as there is four times as much debt than there was in 2008-2009. | "This is as a financial disaster, as a health disaster as an economic disaster — is like we got three neutron bombs dropped on us," Smith warned. "First we obviously have the coronavirus and the pandemic, then we've got the oil pan…

RT (2020-03-19). Two stars merging created iconic blue SUPERGIANT supernova in a galaxy next door. rt.com Two stars in a galaxy next door to ours came together to create an epic space event by merging into a supergiant star that subsequently provoked an enormous, catastrophic supernova, exciting new research has indicated. | Scientists at Japan's prestigious RIKEN research institute appear to have finally solved the mystery of an epic star explosion that has puzzled boffins since it was witnessed by astronomers in 1987. | Also on rt.com | | The supernov…

RT (2020-03-19). One Iranian dies of coronavirus every 10 minutes, 50 get infected every hour — health ministry. rt.com Iranian authorities have provided shocking statistics showing the massive scale of the local Covid-19 outbreak. The country remains the worst-affected in the Middle East, with 1,284 coronavirus deaths already. | "Based on our information, every 10 minutes one person dies from the coronavirus and some 50 people become infected with the virus every hour in Iran," Kianush Jahanpur, the health ministry spokesman, The death toll from the disease in Iran has reached 1,284 people, with 149 deaths comi…

The Canary (2020-03-19). Gavin Williamson promises more guidance on school closures and exams. thecanary.co The education secretary has moved to quell concerns over how school closures will affect students and parents.Gavin Williamson said the government will issue guidance on 20 March on how pupils unable to sit their GCSEs and A-levels because of the school closures will be awarded their grades.A list of the key workers whose children can still go to school will also be released later, he said.On 18 March, prime minister Boris Johnson announced school closures across the UK but promised the children of NHS and police workers and supermarket delivery drivers would still be able to attend, as would vulnerable children.

RT (2020-03-19). New Delhi to impose 1-week ban on commercial flight landings in India as it cracks down on coronavirus. rt.com India's government has announced a temporary halt to all commercial flight arrivals, as part of a series of measures being put in place to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country. | The Press Information Bureau issued a bulletin on Thursday outlining a series of new policies aimed at combating Covid-19. Passenger aircraft will be barred from landing in India for one week, starting on March 22, the press release said. Discounted railway travel and civil aviation will be suspended except for students, patients and people with disabilities. | Additionally, citizens above the age of 65, and children below…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-03-19). COVID-19 Coronavirus: The Crisis. globalresearch.ca Michel Chossudovsky discusses his new series of research articles on the "pandemic" including, " ***…

Derrick Z. Jackson (2020-03-19). Coronavirus Pandemic: Science Sidelined in Trump Rose Garden Fiasco: "Double Collapse of Human and Economic Health, Shutdown of Normal Life" globalresearch.ca Having paved over the science on pandemics, the Trump administration puts up parking lots. Literally. | It wasn't enough that President Trump's Rose Garden declaration of a national coronavirus emergency on Friday disintegrated into a self-congratulatory monologue. It wasn't enough that …

Larry Romanoff (2020-03-19). COVID-19: All Truth Has Three Stages. globalresearch.ca First, it is ignored. | Second, it is widely ridiculed. | Third, it is accepted as self-evident. | With COVID-19, we have now entered Stage 2. At first, the media ignored the claims and the analysis that the virus could have originated in …

Xinhua (2020-03-19). Collectivism by the Chinese People Played Indispensable Role in China's COVID-19 Fight. globalresearch.ca It is indeed a "people's war" against the epidemic, which demonstrates China's ability to mobilize huge resources and its sheer national strength while relying on its people to win. | *** | China has stabilized the COVID-19 epidemic situation in a short …

Mark Taliano (2020-03-19). Coronavirus Shock Doctrine. globalresearch.ca Supranational polities, including the World Health Organization (WHO), have created the perception that the coronavirus is a significant global threat — despite evidence to the contrary. (1) | "National" governments have turned the perception into a "consensus", a "truth", and have …

Eva Bartlett (2020-03-19). Video: Aleppo Man Imprisoned and Tortured by West's "Rebels" in Terrorist-Occupied Hospital Complex. globalresearch.ca Long, productive, rewarding, and also sad, day in Aleppo. The sad—tragic—part was meeting a man, Abdel Aziz, who was held in the terrorists' underground prison in the Eye/Children's Hospital complex, occupied by terrorist factions until liberation of eastern Aleppo areas …

Abayomi Azikiwe (2020-03-19). Moratorium on Water Shut-offs in Detroit Long Overdue. globalresearch.ca Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a halt to the ongoing water shut-offs in the state of Michigan in the midst of a global healthcare crisis spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic. | In Detroit the suspension of all terminations of water services …

teleSUR (2020-03-19). Huge Meltdown in Greenland Raises Sea Level by 2.2mm. telesurenglish.net The Arctic lost 600 billion tons of ice last year, the warmest on record, causing global sea levels to rise, according to recent research. | RELATED: | A study of satellite data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shows that the loss of island ice on Greenland, the territory between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, raises the overall sea level by 2.2 mm. | "This analysis explains the impa…

Andrew Korybko (2020-03-19). The Coronavirus: Crown Jewel of the New World Order or Crippling Blow to Globalization? globalresearch.ca There's no doubt that the coronavirus has completely changed life as everyone knows it, but many people are divided over whether this outbreak has become the crown jewel celebrating the commencement of the "New World Order" (NWO) or the long-awaited …

Tom Clifford (2020-03-19). Will China's Economy be Revived After the COVID-19 Pandemic? globalresearch.ca There are no signed documents. The agreement, or grand bargain, was not recorded in any physical form. But it shaped China, and through it the world. It was the cornerstone of Deng Xiaoping's post-Mao Zedong reforms. Stay out of politics, …

John Stanton (2020-03-19). US National Security Strategy Is Meant to Protect Wall Street, Congress, the White House, and the Pentagon. globalresearch.ca "Our fundamental responsibility is to protect the American people, the homeland, and the American way of life." National Security Strategy of the United States, 2017 (President Donald Trump) | "The United States government has no greater responsibility than …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-03-19). Viral Reactions: The Smugness of Celebrity Self-Isolation. globalresearch.ca The rush to elevate self-isolation to Olympian heights as a way to combat the spread of COVID-19 has gotten to the celebrities. Sports figures are proudly tweeting and taking pictures from hotel rooms (Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton being a …

Marwan Salamah (2020-03-19). Crisis of Capitalism? Two Missing "Black Swan" Events. globalresearch.ca The present status quo of the world reflects neither calm nor confidence. It has become highly charged and the natural human hegemonic tendencies have kicked into high gear for the final battle between the 'uni' and 'multi-polarists'. | The world is …

South Front (2020-03-19). Video: US Forces Withdraw from Key Base Near Syrian Border. More Rocket Attacks on US Targets in Iraq. globalresearch.ca Late on March 17, at least three rockets struck the area near the US embassy in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone. This was the fourth such attack in the span of a week. A day earlier, a pair of rockets struck …

WSWS (2020-03-19). New York University gives students 36 hours' notice to leave dormitories, leaving many students facing homelessness. wsws.org The evictions place thousands of students in a dire situation with many, especially international students and those from working class families, facing the immediate prospect of homelessness.

WSWS (2020-03-19). Australian teachers defy union and vote for immediate school closures over coronavirus. wsws.org The stance taken by the Footscray teachers should be followed at schools across Australia and internationally.

sputniknews (2020-03-19). Premier Research Lab Reveals Reason for Low Number of Coronavirus Cases in India. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): India has confirmed 148 cases of coronavirus, with the number of those affected increasing every day. The country has reported three deaths so far, while five patients have recovered.

yenisafak (2020-03-19). Death toll from toxic alcohol rises to 180 in Iran. yenisafak.com The death toll from consumption of toxic alcohol in Iran rose by 65 on Thursday, bringing the total to 180 in nearly two weeks, local media reported.The development comes amid rising coronavirus cases and deaths in the Gulf country.So far more than 17,000 people have been infected by the virus that emerged in China last year, according to latest figures by John Hopkins University's Coronavirus Research Center.It has killed some 1,135 people in Iran alone. Of these, at least 147 died in the last 24 hours, as per Iranian state TV. There were rumors across the country that alcohol consumption would help combat COVID…

yenisafak (2020-03-19). Over 84,000 patients recover from coronavirus worldwide. yenisafak.com More than 84,000 people have recovered from the novel coronavirus globally, officially known as COVID-19, according to the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.The total number of recovered patients 70,425 in mainland China, while the highest number of recovered people is in China's Hubei province with 57,678 people, the epicenter of the infection which came to limelight in last December.Outside of China, the total number of recovered people is 5,389 in Iran, 4,025 in Italy, 1,504 in South Korea, 1,081 in Spain, 144 in Japan, 114 in Singapore, 106 in the U.S, 105 in Germany, 95 in H…

Susan Price (2020-03-19). Cuban drug could save thousands of lives in COVID-19 pandemic. greenleft.org.au

Tim Libretti (2020-03-18). Can coronavirus teach us the value of a democratic economy? peoplesworld.org Wise people always remind us to never let a good crisis go to waste. Wise people with evil inclinations have, of course, taken this sage advice to heart, often exploiting crises, sometimes even arguably manufacturing them, in order to achieve nefarious ends. Naomi Klein, for example, in her 2007 book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise …

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2020-03-18). We're In A Recession, And It's Likely To Get Worse. dissidentvoice.org The coronavirus epidemic is creating an ongoing teachable moment that could be used to transform the US economy. COVID-19 and the oil war are triggers leading to a recession that has its roots in record corporate and personal debt, longterm low wages and an artificially-inflated stockmarket. The shortcomings of US economic policy, the healthcare system, and …

Staff (2020-03-18). Facing Mass Layoffs, Restaurant Workers Living "Tip to Mouth" Demand Living Wage & Paid Sick Leave. democracynow.org Mass shutdowns and layoffs due to the spread of COVID-19 are affecting millions of restaurant workers across the U.S., with bars and restaurants closing for the foreseeable future. Servers, bartenders, kitchen staff and more have been left in the lurch, many without paid sick leave, paid time off or benefits. One study estimated 4 million restaurant workers in the U.S. are at risk of losing their jobs in a matter of weeks. For more on the impacts on service workers, we speak with Saru Jayaraman, the co-founder of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley, and president of One Fair W…

Staff (2020-03-18). Headlines for March 18, 2020. democracynow.org Global COVID-19 Cases Top 200,000 Worldwide with Over 8,000 Dead, Researchers: Left Unchecked, Coronavirus Could Kill 2.2 Million in U.S. , New Yorkers Prepare to Shelter in Place as Hospitals Face Severe Shortages, Coronavirus Fears Grow for Prisoners and Migrants in ICE Jails, Trump Admin Pushes Economic Stimulus Package Worth Over $1 Trillion, WHO Considers Airborne Precautions for Medical Workers After Coronavirus Found in Aerosols, Rewriting History, Trump Says "I've Always Known" About Pandemic, Internet Providers Drop Data Caps as Calls for Net Neutrality Grow, Biden Wins 3 States as Coronavirus Fears Caus…

Medea Benjamin (2020-03-18). 12 Ways the U.S. Invasion of Iraq Lives On in Infamy. globalresearch.ca While the world is consumed with the terrifying coronavirus pandemic, on March 19 the Trump administration will be marking the 17th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq by

Juan Cole (2020-03-18). Trump Administration in "Historic" Withdrawal of Troops from 3 Iraq Bases Amid Ongoing Rocket Attacks. globalresearch.ca AFP quotes Coalition spokesman Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Col. …

Stephen Lendman (2020-03-18). Trump Regime COVID-19 Guidelines Exclude Equitable Fiscal Measures for Ordinary Americans. globalresearch.ca In times of economic duress like now, US policymakers and the Wall Street owned and operated Fed throw hundreds of billions or trillions of dollars at business and investors to aid them and financial markets — crumbs at most for …

Shane Quinn (2020-03-18). China Smothers Coronavirus as West Continues Hyperbole for Big Pharma Gain. globalresearch.ca There are firm indications that China has won its battle in suppressing the coronavirus, with daily cases in the country reduced to low double digit numbers. On 8 March 2020, a mere 40 new reports of coronavirus were recorded in …

Stephen Lendman (2020-03-18). When Available, COVID-19 Vaccines May be Hazardous to Human Health. globalresearch.ca In cahoots with government, Big Pharma is more concerned about profits than human health. | Drug companies see a potential bonanza by developing and marketing a COVID-19 vaccine once testing is completed — likely to be available later this year. | What …

Philip A Farruggio (2020-03-18). Money for Something. Keep the Predatory Wall Street Firms Afloat. globalresearch.ca Isn't it funny how whenever Uncle Empire needs to find some of that green to solve a problem THEY deem vital, they find it. | When they DON'T deem it necessary they don't! | Go back 12 years or so when the …

Bruce Cumings (2020-03-18). Dominic Raab Thanks Cuba for Coronavirus Assistance. globalresearch.ca Dominic Raab, the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, thanked the Cuban Government today in parliament for their assistance with the stricken British cruise ship the MS Braemar which had passengers with possible coronavirus infections. | He …

Zero Hedge (2020-03-18). Boeing Seeks "A Minimum $60 Billion" Govt Bailout After Fully Drawing-Down $13Bn Credit Line. globalresearch.ca Update (2000ET): Boeing — unsurprisingly — has issued a We appreciate the support of the President and the Administration for the 2.5 million jobs …

Pepe Escobar (2020-03-18). China Locked in Hybrid War with US. globalresearch.ca Among the myriad, earth-shattering geopolitical effects of coronavirus, one is already graphically evident. China has re-positioned itself. For the first time since the start of Deng Xiaoping's reforms in 1978, Beijing openly regards the US as a threat, as stated …

Bill Bigelow (2020-03-18). The Real Irish American Story Not Taught in Schools. globalresearch.ca "Wear green on St. Patrick's Day or get pinched." That pretty much sums up the Irish-American "curriculum" that I learned when I was in school. Yes, I recall a nod to the so-called Potato Famine, but it was mentioned only …

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-03-18). Beijing Believes COVID-19 Is a Biological Weapon. globalresearch.ca From conspiracy theory to geopolitical realism, the possibility to treat COVID-19 as a biological weapon has been finally accepted in the public sphere. The recent statement by the Chinese spokesman Zhao Lijian, formally accusing the US of bringing coronavirus …

Ryan O'Rourke (2020-03-18). Over 450 US Planes Carrying Weapons Landed in Shannon Airport in 2019. globalresearch.ca Over 450 planes carrying weapons on board landed in Shannon Airport last year. | The Government approved 454 applications for "the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft" in Shannon Airport in 2019. | The practice has continued into 2020, with …

Ellen Brown (2020-03-18). Today We're All Irish: Debt Serfdom Comes to America. globalresearch.ca First published by GR on March 15, 2008 | March 17 is St. Patrick's Day, when people of all national origins raise a glass and declare, "Today we're all a bit Irish!" This may be truer than we know. The Irish …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-03-18). Washington Attempts to Intimidate Indonesia Not to Buy Russian Weapons. globalresearch.ca Correspondents from Bloomberg reported that under pressure from Washington, Indonesia will likely refuse to buy Russian and Chinese weapons. A U.S. State Department spokesman informed Bloomberg that the United States had asked all its allies and partners to abandon new …

Michael Snyder (2020-03-18). COV-19 Crisis, Lockdown in America: "Where You Stop Is Where You Stay" — Domestic Travel Restrictions Are Being "Considered" globalresearch.ca Is the United States on the verge of a complete and total "lockdown" like we have already seen in China, Italy and elsewhere? As you will see below, the Trump administration has repeatedly brought up the possibility of "domestic travel …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-03-18). The Taliban Scores a Coup. globalresearch.ca It threatened to disappear under the viral haze of COVID-19, but February 29 saw representatives from the US and Taliban, loftily acknowledged as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, sign the "Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan". After two decades of …

Cody Hounanian, Natalia Abrams (2020-03-18). Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt. thenation.com Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt…

news.un (2020-03-18). UN agriculture agency staff continue to strive for a better world amid Italy COVID-19 lockdown. news.un.org Italy has been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak, with nearly 28,000 confirmed cases of the disease and 2,503 deaths, according to latest statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO). While a national quarantine has the country in lockdown, it has not halted the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), based in the capital, Rome.

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