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Nirbhaya gang rape convicts executed at Delhi prison, bringing shocking 7+ year case to a close after countless delays
rt.com | 2020-03-20
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,

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

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

IMF Refuses Aid to Venezuela in the Midst of the Coronavirus Crisis
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2020-03-19
The IMF denial of the $5 billion request from Venezuela follows Pence's sentiment. It is a violation of the spirit of international cooperation that is at the heart of the UN Charter…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/imf-refuses-aid-to-venezuela-in-the-midst-of-the-coronavirus-crisis/

Gavin Williamson promises more guidance on school closures and exams
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-19
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.
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/03/19/gavin-williamson-promises-more-guidance-on-school-closures-and-exams/

A Lesson Coronavirus Is About to Teach the World
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
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 | …
globalresearch.ca/lesson-coronavirus-teach-world/5706740

Collectivism by the Chinese People Played Indispensable Role in China's COVID-19 Fight
Xinhua | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/collectivism-plays-indispensable-role-china-covid-19-fight/5706690

Huge Meltdown in Greenland Raises Sea Level by 2.2mm
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-19
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: | Climate Change Is Melting Antarctica From the Inside Out: Study | 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…
telesurenglish.net/news/huge-meltdown-in-greenland-raises-sea-level-by-22-millimetres-20200319-0012.html

Moratorium on Water Shut-offs in Detroit Long Overdue
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/moratorium-water-shut-offs-detroit-long-overdue/5706755

COVID-19: All Truth Has Three Stages
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-all-truth-three-stages/5706329

Crop-protecting insects could be turned into bioweapons, critics warn
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-03-19
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. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/19/crop-protecting-insects-could-be-turned-into-bioweapons-critics-warn/

Moratorium on Water Shut-offs in Detroit Long Overdue
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/moratorium-water-shut-offs-detroit-long-overdue/5706755

Video: Aleppo Man Imprisoned and Tortured by West's "Rebels" in Terrorist-Occupied Hospital Complex
Eva Bartlett | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/video-aleppo-man-imprisoned-tortured-west-rebels-terrorist-occupied-hospital-complex/5706743

The Coronavirus: Crown Jewel of the New World Order or Crippling Blow to Globalization?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-new-world-order-blow-globalization/5706729

Viral Reactions: The Smugness of Celebrity Self-Isolation
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/viral-reactions-smugness-celebrity-self-isolation/5706745

Two stars merging created iconic blue SUPERGIANT supernova in a galaxy next door
rt.com | 2020-03-19
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 | | Spaceship could surf supernovas across universe at nearly LIGHT-SPEED, Harvard study proposes | The supernov…
rt.com/news/483542-two-stars-merge-supergiant-supernova/

Coronavirus Pandemic: Science Sidelined in Trump Rose Garden Fiasco: "Double Collapse of Human and Economic Health, Shutdown of Normal Life"
Derrick Z. Jackson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-pandemic-science-sidelined-trump-rose-garden-fiasco/5706685

Coronavirus Shock Doctrine
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
Supranational polities, including the World Health Organization (WHO), have created the perception that the coronavirus is a significant global threat

Will China's Economy be Revived After the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Tom Clifford | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
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, …
globalresearch.ca/will-china-economy-revived-after-pandemic/5706727

US National Security Strategy Is Meant to Protect Wall Street, Congress, the White House, and the Pentagon
John Stanton | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
"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 …
globalresearch.ca/us-national-security-strategy-protect-wall-street-congress-white-house-pentagon/5706708

Crisis of Capitalism? Two Missing "Black Swan" Events
Marwan Salamah | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/crisis-capitalism/5706684

Current economic disaster is like three neutron bombs dropped on us, market analyst tells Boom Bust
rt.com | 2020-03-19
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

Video: US Forces Withdraw from Key Base Near Syrian Border. More Rocket Attacks on US Targets in Iraq
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/video-us-forces-withdraw-base-near-syrian-border-more-rocket-attacks-us-targets-iraq/5706747

New York University gives students 36 hours' notice to leave dormitories, leaving many students facing homelessness
wsws.org | 2020-03-19
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/19/nyun…

New Delhi to impose 1-week ban on commercial flight landings in India as it cracks down on coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-03-19
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…
rt.com/news/483503-india-flight-ban-coronavirus-spread/

We're in a Recession, and It's Likely to Get Worse
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-19
The coronavirus epidemic is creating an ongoing teachable moment that could be used to transform the U.S. 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 U.S. economic policy, the healthcare system, and workers' rights are being magnified by the current crisis. | Epidemiologists are reporting the coronavirus epidemic will last months, maybe more than a year. A
truthout.org/articles/were-in-a-recession-and-its-likely-to-get-worse/

Australian teachers defy union and vote for immediate school closures over coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-03-19
The stance taken by the Footscray teachers should be followed at schools across Australia and internationally.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/19/foot…

We're in a Recession, and It's Likely to Get Worse
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-19
The coronavirus epidemic is creating an ongoing teachable moment that could be used to transform the U.S. 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 U.S. economic policy, the healthcare system, and workers' rights are being magnified by the current crisis. | Epidemiologists are reporting the coronavirus epidemic will last months, maybe more than a year. A
truthout.org/articles/were-in-a-recession-and-its-likely-to-get-worse/

A Lesson Coronavirus is About to Teach the World
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-19
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

Premier Research Lab Reveals Reason for Low Number of Coronavirus Cases in India
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-19
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.
sputniknews.com/india/202003191078621134-premier-research-lab-reveals-reason-for-low-number-of-coronavirus-cases-in-india/

Death toll from toxic alcohol rises to 180 in Iran
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-19
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.com/en/world/death-toll-from-toxic-alcohol-rises-to-180-in-iran-3514381

Over 84,000 patients recover from coronavirus worldwide
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-19
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…
yenisafak.com/en/news/over-84000-patients-recover-from-coronavirus-worldwide-3514393

12 Ways the U.S. Invasion of Iraq Lives On in Infamy
Medea Benjamin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
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 ramping up the conflict there. After an Iran-aligned militia allegedly struck …
globalresearch.ca/12-ways-u-s-invasion-iraq-lives-infamy/5706696

We're In A Recession, And It's Likely To Get Worse
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-18
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/were-in-a-recession-and-its-likely-to-get-worse/

Boeing Seeks "A Minimum $60 Billion" Govt Bailout After Fully Drawing-Down $13Bn Credit Line
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
Update (2000ET): Boeing

Trump Regime COVID-19 Guidelines Exclude Equitable Fiscal Measures for Ordinary Americans
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
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

China Locked in Hybrid War with US
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
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 …
globalresearch.ca/china-locked-hybrid-war-us/5706687

The Real Irish American Story Not Taught in Schools
Bill Bigelow | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
"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 …
globalresearch.ca/real-irish-american-story-not-taught-schools/5671730

England's Irish Slaves
Robert E. West | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
Global Research Editor's Note | In 2008 (reposted in 2015), Global Research posted a short Oped article entitled The Irish Slave Trade: The Forgotten "White Slave". This article which skimmed the surface of a complex historical process has been the object …
globalresearch.ca/englands-irish-slaves/5529864

Dominic Raab Thanks Cuba for Coronavirus Assistance
Bruce Cumings | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
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 …
globalresearch.ca/dominic-raab-thanks-cuba-coronavirus-assistance/5706722

Boeing Seeks "A Minimum $60 Billion" Govt Bailout After Fully Drawing-Down $13Bn Credit Line
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
Update (2000ET): Boeing

Over 450 US Planes Carrying Weapons Landed in Shannon Airport in 2019
Ryan O'Rourke | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
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 …
globalresearch.ca/over-450-us-planes-carrying-weapons-landed-shannon-airport-2019/5706640

COVID-19 Close to Home
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
At a time like now, it's especially vital to follow medically recommended guidelines for self-protection. | Until COVID-19 passes as a potential threat, there's no choice but to adapt to a new reality that may be around for some time. | As …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-close-home/5706715

Today We're All Irish: Debt Serfdom Comes to America
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
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 …
globalresearch.ca/today-we-re-all-irish-debt-serfdom-comes-to-america/8349

Money for Something. Keep the Predatory Wall Street Firms Afloat
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
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 …
globalresearch.ca/money-something/5706570

Trump Administration in "Historic" Withdrawal of Troops from 3 Iraq Bases Amid Ongoing Rocket Attacks
Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
AFP is reporting that the US military is withdrawing US troops from 3 Iraqi bases. They are al-Qa'im in the far north on the Syrian border, Qayyarah near Mosul, and Kirkuk. | AFP quotes Coalition spokesman Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Col. …
globalresearch.ca/trump-administration-historic-withdrawal-troops-3-iraq-bases/5706724

COVID-19 Close to Home
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
At a time like now, it's especially vital to follow medically recommended guidelines for self-protection. | Until COVID-19 passes as a potential threat, there's no choice but to adapt to a new reality that may be around for some time. | As …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-close-home/5706715

The Taliban Scores a Coup
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
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 …
globalresearch.ca/taliban-scores-coup/5706654

Facing Mass Layoffs, Restaurant Workers Living "Tip to Mouth" Demand Living Wage & Paid Sick Leave
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-18
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…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/18/restauran…

Beijing Believes COVID-19 Is a Biological Weapon
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
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 …
globalresearch.ca/beijing-believes-covid-19-biological-weapon/5706558

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2020-03-18: News Headlines

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 …

WSWS (2020-03-18). Close Australian schools to stave off coronavirus! Form action committees of teachers and school staff! wsws.org The Committee for Public Education insists that in the face of a public health emergency, the voices of teachers and education workers must be heard!

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

WSWS (2020-03-18). Curveball—Germany's role in the Iraq war—and the horrors of the concentration camp in Persian Lessons. wsws.org Johannes Naber's film is a political satire rooted firmly in evidence researched by the director and his team. Vadim Perelman's work follows a man who has to invent an entire language to survive.

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 …

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 …

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…

Mark Medish (2020-03-18). Cicero's Lessons for Life. counterpunch.org My high school Latin teacher, Mr. McPherson, passed away recently, before his time. Joe's death brought back memories of our class more than forty years ago translating Cicero, Ovid, Catullus and other Roman writers. Those old Latin lessons have a way of returning in new forms. Buried deep in the collective past are valuable fragments

Haiti Action Committee (2020-03-18). POSTPONED: Poetry for Haiti. indybay.org For the safety of our community, March 18's poetry reading to support the construction of a teaching hospital in Haiti has been postponed. When it's safe to meet, the generous devorah major and Tongo Eisen-Martin will schedule a new date.

yenisafak (2020-03-18). Bangladesh confirms first death from new coronavirus. yenisafak.com Bangladesh on Wednesday confirmed its first death due to the coronavirus pandemic.Meerjady Sabrina Flora, head of Bangladesh's Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, announced during a news conference that the patient was a 70-year-old woman who was suffering from cardiac problems, high-blood pressure, kidney diseases and diabetes.She got infected after getting in contact with a person who had just returned from abroad, said the official.Another 14 people have been infected with the virus which causes the disease known as COVID-19, she added.Flora said that the infection spread in the country du…

yenisafak (2020-03-18). EU posts $2.8B trade deficit in January. yenisafak.com The EU's foreign trade deficit posted a ‚Ǩ2.6 billion ($2.8 billion) in January, compared with ‚Ǩ3.7 billion ($4 billion) in the same month in 2019, the bloc's statistical office revealed on Wednesday.According to Eurostat, the first estimate for extra-EU27 exports of goods in January 2020 was ‚Ǩ166.5 billion, up 0.4% compared with ‚Ǩ165.8 billion in January 2019. Intra-EU27 trade fell to ‚Ǩ255.3 billion in January 2020, down 0.9% compared with the same month last year."Imports from the rest of the world stood at ‚&Cce…

yenisafak (2020-03-18). EU sees rise in annual inflation rate in February. yenisafak.com Consumer prices in the EU increased 1.6% year-on-year in February, the bloc's statistic office announced Wednesday. Eurostat said the 27-member bloc's annual inflation rate last month was down from 1.7% in January.February figure remained constant compared to the same month of last year.In February, annual inflation fell in twenty-one member states, remained stable in one, and rose in five, compared to the previous month."The lowest annual rates were registered in Italy (0.2%), Greece (0.4%) and Portugal (0.5%)," Eurostat said.Hungary (4.4%), Poland (4.1%) and Czechia (3.7%) posted the highest inflation rates dur…

sputniknews (2020-03-18). COVID-19: Indian State of Uttar Pradesh Decides to Promote Students Without Exams. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): With a gradual increase in the number of positive cases of Coronavirus cases, India's federal government had announced a holiday for schools and universities to stop the spread of the infection.

Global Research News (2020-03-18). Selected Articles: Cuban Drug Could Save Thousands of Lives in Coronavirus Pandemic. globalresearch.ca By Cuban medicine could treat thousands of coronavirus patients as production of a "flagship" drug known to combat the disease is set to increase …

Yaditza del Sol González (2020-03-17). Despite U.S. blockade, Cuban pharma industry producing needed COVID-19 medicines. peoplesworld.org HAVANA—(Granma) Although there is no preventive vaccine or specific treatment at this time for the new coronavirus SARS COV-2, which causes COVID-19, the Cuban pharmaceutical industry is guaranteeing production of proven, high efficacy treatment medications, including recombinant human interferon alpha 2b, in addition to another group of drugs that are included in protocols for treating …

The Canary (2020-03-17). Covid-19: Teachers' union accuses Government of creating 'chaos and confusion'. thecanary.co A lack of advice for schools amid the coronavirus pandemic is creating "chaos and confusion" and placing "intolerable pressure" on staff, a teachers' union has warned.The NASUWT, which represents teachers and head teachers, said there was a "rising sense of panic" as it called for a definitive decision on how to protect staff and pupils.Prime minister Boris Johnson stopped short of announcing school closures as he unveiled unprecedented peacetime measures to try to control the spread of Covid-19 on Monday.Although he added that the measures will remain under review, the union criticised Johnson for failing to giv…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-03-17). Quarantine the US Military Machine? globalresearch.ca It happened almost on the same day. Italy's lockdown. People confined to their homes across the European Union. Influx of 30,000 US troops in preparation of the "Defend Europe 2020" war games against Russia in the largest display of military …

The Canary (2020-03-17). Covid-19: Education Secretary announces suspension of Ofsted inspections. thecanary.co Ofsted inspections are being halted to "remove unnecessary burdens" on schools during the coronavirus pandemic, the education secretary has announced. | Gavin Williamson said he had instructed chief inspector Amanda Spielman to postpone all routine checks on schools, further education, early years and children's social care providers. | Tuesday's decision follows pressure from a number of teachers' unions, including the National Education Union, which said it was "unacceptable" for inspections to be going ahead. | We are committed to supporting schools to stay open at this difficult time. As part of our measures…

Brian Gray (2020-03-17). "Defender-Europe 20" War Games, COVID-19 and NATO's Disjointed Flight Forward. Computer Simulations of Nuclear War. globalresearch.ca Presently NATO is in the initial stages of military operations called Defender-Europe 20. The 40,000 soldier strong war game exercise includes roughly 20,000 American troops and accompanying weaponry. This witnesses the largest deployment of US personnel in Europe since 1983 …

South Front (2020-03-17). Video: New Syrian Army Offensive in Idlib Becoming Inevitable as Militants Sabotage Joint Turkish-Russian Patrols. globalresearch.ca On March 15, Russian and Turkish forces conducted a first joint patrol in Greater Idlib in the framework of the new de-escalation agreement reached in Moscow. The planned route of the patrol goes along the M4 highway, where a buffer …

Julian Rose (2020-03-17). Pandemic: The Invention of a Disease Called Fear. People are being "Herded". Disrupting the World Economy. globalresearch.ca The word 'pandemic' bears a similarity to the word 'panic' and indeed 'pandemonium'. In fact 'pandemic' evokes an almost instant flush of fear in those easily manipulated by mass media, before any details have even touched the surface or context …

Tony Cartalucci (2020-03-17). US Kills Iraqis for Demanding End of Illegal Occupation. globalresearch.ca The US has recently carried out deadly attacks across Iraq — targeting Iraqi state-sponsored militias including Kata'ib Hezbollah who were responsible for the defeat of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). | CNN in its article, "

Stephen Lendman (2020-03-17). US Indifference to Public Health: The Shame of the Nation. globalresearch.ca Both right wings of the US one-party state serve privileged interests exclusively at the expense of public health and welfare. | It's been this way throughout the nation's history, notably since the neoliberal 90s, especially post-9/11 when Republicans and undemocratic Dems …

telecompaper (2020-03-17). The Stop5GL Foundation Takes Netherlands Government to Court over 5G Rollout, Citing Health Concerns. globalresearch.ca The Stop5GNL Foundation has filed a suit summary proceedings against the Dutch government, to stop it from rolling out 5G. The foundation believes the deployment is unlawful because it does not protect citizens against the consequences of radiation exposure from …

Jim Miles (2020-03-17). Diana Johnstone's "Circle in the Darkness — Memoir of a World Watcher" globalresearch.ca Diana Johnstone has done a masterful job of writing her autobiography, Circle in the Darkness, that provides many details of her life, her early influences, and the various stages of her career throughout the second half of the Twentieth …

Rep. Ron Paul (2020-03-17). The Coronavirus Hoax. "Governments Love Crises" globalresearch.ca Governments love crises because when the people are fearful they are more willing to give up freedoms for promises that the government will take care of them. After 9/11, for example, Americans accepted the near-total destruction of their civil liberties …

Dr. Gary Null (2020-03-17). 5G: "The End of All Things". The Health Impacts of Electromagnetic Radiation. globalresearch.ca We have become thoroughly accustomed and habituated to endless advertising by drug makers to buy into the promises of pharmaceutical drugs or to consent to the nutritional value of junk food. Yet the drug and food industries are completely indifferent …

Andre Vltchek (2020-03-17). Is Washington's Attack Against Chinese Media a Bad Joke? globalresearch.ca The U.S. is insulting the Chinese media. It is affecting both countries. My colleagues in Beijing believe, correctly, that Washington should have tried to increase communication, not to bring it to a halt. | Twist what is happening; reverse facts. That …

Miri Wood (2020-03-17). Armed Terrorists Storm Syrian Arab Red Crescent Offices in Idlib, Attack Volunteers, Loot Humanitarian Aid. globalresearch.ca In coordinated attacks on Saturday 14 March, armed terrorists stormed the SARC office in Idlib and its sub-branch in Ariha. In both facilities, the savages beat up Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers, looted humanitarian aid, and vandalized that which they …

Steve Sweeney (2020-03-17). Cuban Drug Could Save Thousands of Lives in Coronavirus Pandemic. globalresearch.ca Cuban medicine could treat thousands of coronavirus patients as production of a "flagship" drug known to combat the disease is set to increase significantly, pharmaceutical bosses said at a press conference on Friday. | President of the BioCubaFarma group Eduardo Martinez…

Stephen Lendman (2020-03-17). Sanders Endorses Biden? It's Coming…. globalresearch.ca You heard it here first. No, Sanders hasn't formally endorsed Biden yet, but make no mistake. It's coming — guaranteed, maybe before month's end. | Just like he endorsed legally challenged war criminal, racketeer, perjurer Hillary, a Biden endorsement is virtually …

Staff (2020-03-17). With US Hospitals Unprepared for COVID-19, European Students Urged Home. truthout.org The biggest college in Norway urged students to return from countries with "poorly developed" health systems — such as the United States! — as experts warned that the American hospital system would be overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic. | Norway's University of Science and Technology issued an alert to students studying abroad urging them to "return home." | "This applies especially if you are staying in a country with poorly developed health services. This also applies for countries…

Staff (2020-03-17). Black Plague, Spanish Flu, Smallpox: All Hold Lessons for Coronavirus. truthdig.com Pandemics are nothing new in history, and their long record across the ages and continents has much to teach us about how best to handle the current outbreak, writes California State University professor Ibrahim Al-Marashi in a fascinating piece at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. | Al-Marashi begins with a tour through the animal origins of both common viruses and lethal pathogens, of which COVID-19 is just the latest example.

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-03-17). 'The Send-People-Money Bids Are Ramping Up': As Trump Signals Direct Cash Payments, Progressives Say Check Size and Who Qualifies Matters. commondreams.org "Good," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "Now we must suspend student loan payments." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

Eric Zuesse (2020-03-17). China Nearly Conquered Coronavirus Epidemic in 50 Days. dissidentvoice.org According to www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/countr…, which obtains its information from only the most reliable sources, here are the main statistics regarding coronavirus-19 cases in China: as of today, March 17th: WORLD / COUNTRIES / CHINA Last updated: March 17, 2020, 14: 20 GMT China Coronavirus Cases: 80,881 Deaths: 3,226 Recovered: 68,715 ACTIVE CASES 8,940 Currently Infected Patients 5,714 …

Shawgi Tell (2020-03-17). Charter Schools Have No Legitimate Claim to Public Funds. dissidentvoice.org Despite the sustained exposure of endless problems in the segregated charter school sector, charter school promoters are permanently stuck in "blindly repeat disinformation" mode and cannot seem to understand what is happening to them. Their social being and social consciousness objectively prevent them from grasping why the public increasingly opposes charter schools. The most recent …

Stansfield Smith (2020-03-16). A case study of corporate media disinformation. mronline.org Corporate America's disinformation relies on politicians, media and NGOs to implant their messaging. An essential part of combatting that messaging requires us to question our own views, as none of us are entirely immune to disinformation techniques, which have in effect become an advanced science. |

StudentNation (2020-03-16). Campuses Across the Country Are Closing—These Are the Students Impacted. thenation.com Campuses Across the Country Are Closing—These Are the Students Impacted…

Fight Back (2020-03-15). Immediate steps are required to avert mass casualties in prisons and jails. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following March 14 statement from the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | The Illinois Department of Corrections has declared that all civilian visits to Illinois prison will be suspended indefinitely starting Saturday, March 14, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for which a national emergency has been declared. New prison inmates arriving from any of the four "Reception and Classification Centers" are reportedly being held in quarantine. | These are minimal steps not based on science. Depriving prisoners of contact with their families only aggravates…

IRNA (2020-03-14). Coronavirus death toll reaches 611 in Iran. iranian.com The head of the Public Relations and Information Center of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education said on Saturday that 12,729 people have so far been infected with the deadly coronavirus in Iran, 611 of whom have died while 4,339 have recovered. Kianoush Jahanpour said that 1,365 other people have been diagnosed with coronavirus …

Alan Macleod (2020-03-13). Government Spends Equivalent of Entire US Student Debt to Rally Stock Market for 15 Minutes. mintpressnews.com The money spent was equal to the total amount of US student debt, more than twice as much as the Wall Street bailout of 2008 and nearly 30 times the net worth of former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, the richest man to ever run for president.

Staff (2020-03-12). Trump Calls COVID-19 "Foreign Virus" as Lack of Universal Healthcare Makes the Pandemic Worse. democracynow.org After downplaying the threat of coronavirus for days, President Donald Trump addressed the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office, calling COVID-19 a "foreign virus" and announcing an unprecedented travel ban from most of Europe to the U.S. He also said he will expand sick leave. This comes as Senate Republicans blocked paid sick leave legislation. Robert Pollin, distinguished university professor of economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, says the lack of universal healthcare in the U.S. is exacerbating the coronavirus crisis due to "the ab…

Staff (2020-03-12). Headlines for March 12, 2020. democracynow.org World Health Organization Declares Coronavirus Pandemic, Top Italian Health Official Among 827 Coronavirus Dead as Italy Faces "Darkest Hour", Iran Condemns U.S. Sanctions as "Medical Terrorism" as Coronavirus Death Toll Hits 429, President Trump Announces Europe Travel Ban in Error-Laden Oval Office Speech, U.S. Labs Face Shortage of Supplies Needed to Test for Coronavirus, Sen. Lamar Alexander Blocks Quick Passage of Paid Sick Leave Bill, School Closures from Coronavirus Affecting Over 1 Million K-12 Students Nationwide, Bernie Sanders Promises to Question Biden Over Progressive Policies at Next Debate, Joe Bid…

Staff (2020-03-10). Italy Is Now a Red Zone: Student at Bocconi U. Describes Strict Measures Taken to Contain COVID-19. democracynow.org The entire country of Italy has been placed on lockdown in an attempt to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, impacting 60 million people. People in the nationwide red zone will only be allowed to travel for work, medical reasons or emergencies until early next month. All schools and universities will also remain closed, major sporting events are suspended, and airline passengers now have to justify their reasons for traveling. We go to Italy to speak with Romy Kool, an international student at Bocconi University in Milan, where courses are now being taught online amid the coronavirus outbreak. We are als…

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