RT (2020-04-16). Terrifying crash landing & evacuation shown in dramatic video as probe finds pilot error in 2019 Superjet tragedy. rt.com Russia\'s Investigative Committee has finished its inquiry into the fatal crash of Superjet-100 passenger aircraft at Moscow\'s Sheremetyevo airport. It published a new video of the incident, which it blamed on pilot error. | Sukhoi Superjet-100 captain Denis Evdokimov will face charges of improper aircraft handling over the incident that took place on May 5, 2019 and claimed the lives of 41 people. On that day, the aircraft had to return to the airport because of malfunctions with the communications system and autopilot. As it hit the runway, the plane suddenly burst into flames that turned into a real firestor…

RT (2020-04-15). California gov announces $125 million relief for illegal immigrants over Covid-19. rt.com California will be the first state in the US to provide financial relief to illegal immigrants amid the Covid-19 pandemic. | California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a series of new measures by his state to provide financial relief to citizens suffering because of Covid-19 lockdown measures. Among the measures is an eye-catching $125 million fund for illegal immigrants living within the state. | \"California is the most diverse state in the nation. Our diversity makes us stronger and more resilient. Every Californian, including our undocumented neighbors and friends, should know that California is here to sup…

Luke Butterly (2020-04-15). Locked Down and Cast Out: Europe\'s Migrants Navigate the Pandemic. thenation.com Locked Down and Cast Out: Europe\'s Migrants Navigate the Pandemic…

KOAT (2020-04-15). Philanthropists helping provide $500, $1,000 checks to undocumented migrants in California. koat.com California Gov. Gavin Newsom said $50 million is being put up by philanthropists.

RT (2020-04-15). Greek authorities send 1st group of unaccompanied young refugees to EU countries. rt.com Greece transferred a dozen unaccompanied children from overcrowded migrant camps to Luxembourg on Wednesday. The group is the first of more than 1,000 relocations that are being expedited amid concerns over the impact of coronavirus on vulnerable groups. | Another group of 50 children is expected to fly from Athens to Germany on Saturday, and 20 more will head to Switzerland at a later date. Greece hopes to relocate some 1,600 unaccompanied minors in the coming months. | The children relocated on Wednesday were aged between 11 and 15. Ten were from Afghanistan and two from Syria. At least 5,200 migrant childre…

repost (2020-04-15). A Surprising Plea on Behalf of Julian Assange. indybay.org In a recent video, attorney Stella Morris surprises the world by revealing that she has a partnership and children with whistleblower Julian Assange.

Medea Benjamin (2020-04-15). UN Ceasefire Defines War As a Non-Essential Activity. zcomm.org Let\'s insist that the U.S. government call off its airstrikes, artillery and night raids in Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Syria and West Africa, and support ceasefires in Yemen, Libya and around the world…

Vijay Prashad, Du Xiaojun — Weiyan Zhu (2020-04-15). How China Broke the Chain of Infection. counterpunch.org The speed of the production of medical equipment, particularly protective equipment for the medical workers, was breathtaking. On January 28, China made fewer than 10,000 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) a day, and by February 24, its production capacity exceeded 200,000 per day. On February 1, the government produced 773,000 test kits a day; by February 25, it was producing 1.7 million kits per day; by March 31, 4.26 million test kits were produced per day

Kurt Nimmo (2020-04-15). German Lawyer Sent to Psychiatric Ward for Organizing Protest Against COVID-19 Lockdown. globalresearch.ca In the Soviet Union, activists were sent to state psychiatric wards. According to the state, any and all opposition to government policy was considered a form of mental illness. |

RT (2020-04-15). Anti-surveillance activists claim they set fire outside German institute developing Covid-19 tracking app. rt.com Left-wing activists aiming to prevent mass surveillance via the \'Corona App\' claim they caused a fire outside Berlin\'s telecommunications institute, which is developing software designed to track the spread of the disease. | Several power and telecommunication cables were badly damaged during the fire at a construction site in Berlin\'s Charlottenburg district on Tuesday morning, outside the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications. The fire caused a temporary power outage on adjacent streets, and police are investigating the incident as a suspected arsonist attack. | A letter has since been sent to a number…

Harry Blain (2020-04-15). Why Did Our Permanent Emergency Government Fail to Face the Emergency? counterpunch.org Between 1978 and 2018, American presidents declared 58 national emergencies. Their targets ranged from \"Transactions with Terrorists Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process\" and \"Transactions with Significant Narcotics Traffickers\" to \"the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels with Respect to Cuba\" and \"Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe.\" By the time

Kanoh Nishizawa (2020-04-15). The Coming Revolt – and the peaceful solidarity for a Just World Society. indybay.org As capitalism gets exposed for its savagery, there will be tumult, and revolt of the oppressed. In this new environment, we should express peaceful solidarity if we want a chance at a Just World Society.

WSWS (2020-04-15). Garment workers protest in Bangladesh as COVID-19 spreads. wsws.org Employers have shuttered the plants, sacking thousands of workers and refusing to pay outstanding wages.

sputniknews (2020-04-15). Police Baton Charge in Indian State to Quell Protest Over COVID-19 Patients\' Cremation — Video. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): India is under its second spell of lockdown due to the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases. The country has witnessed over 370 deaths due to the deadly contagious virus so far.

Martin Sieff (2020-04-15). Will Quiet Middle East Last? Or Is It Lull Before Next Storm? iranian.com Across the Middle East, the coronavirus is stirring up both upheavals and more subtle changes from Tel Aviv to Riyadh, little reported and when covered little understood in the Western media. In Israel, the virus has enabled that master political magician Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pull off yet another spectacular escape as improbable as …

RT (2020-04-15). Pentagon looked \'hard\' into theory Covid-19 came from Chinese lab, but \'inconclusive\' evidence still suggests natural origin. rt.com The US military looked \'hard\' at rumors the coronavirus came from a laboratory in Wuhan, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters, but the evidence so far is \'inconclusive\' and points to it emerging naturally. | \"It should be no surprise to you that we have taken a keen interest in that, and we have had a lot of intelligence take a hard look at that,\" General Mark Milley said at a news briefing on Tuesday. | At this point it\'s inconclusive, although the weight of evidence seems to indicate natural, but we do not know for sure. | His top medical officer, Joint Staff Surgeon Brigadier-General Pa…

RT (2020-04-15). Boeing customers cancel 150 jet orders in March amid coronavirus crisis & 737 MAX debacle. rt.com The plunging demand for air travel due to the Covid-19 pandemic has led to massive cancellations of jet orders by Boeing customers. It adds to the American plane-maker\'s continued struggle in the aftermath of the MAX 737 crisis. | The company said that 150 orders for 737 MAX jets were canceled in March, which is the most in a decade. Brazilian airline Gol canceled 34 orders for the narrow-body planes, while leasing firm Avolon scrapped orders for 75 of them. Boeing had also reported 41 canceled orders for the jet in February. | \"We are working closely with our customers, many of whom are facing significant fin…

RT (2020-04-15). \'My child is not a guinea pig\' petition gets thousands of signatures as Denmark re-opens schools amid Covid-19 pandemic. rt.com Denmark has made the decision to reopen schools for younger children after a month-long lockdown, becoming the first country in Europe to relax coronavirus restrictions on education. | Schools have been given new guidelines around limiting the number of children in classrooms and rearranging the desks two meters apart from each other. The measure was welcomed by some parents. Caroline, a 38-year-old mother of two, told AFP that she feels \"really good about the kids going back to school.\" | However, others are still worried that the easing of restrictions may be coming too soon. A petition titled \'My child is n…

Kenneth Surin (2020-04-15). Boris Johnson and COVID-19. counterpunch.org BoJo Johnson was admitted to hospital on 5th April, after spending several days at his residence in self-isolation as a result of testing positive for the COVID-19 virus. When his condition worsened while in hospital he was put in intensive care, where he spent 3 nights before being discharged on 12th April. He is expected make a slow recovery.

Johann Beckford (2020-04-15). The myth of British exceptionalism has driven the inept response to coronavirus. bright-green.org We are seemingly becoming used to dramatic and disturbing headlines on a daily basis during the coronavirus pandemic. Reported deaths in the UK from Covid-19 have risen to over 10,000, …

RT (2020-04-15). Trump globally scolded for denying funds to WHO amid Covid-19 pandemic. rt.com Nations and medics around the world have blasted US President Donald Trump for defunding the UN\'s health agency over alleged pro-Chinese bias. Even the head of America\'s own Centers for Disease Control had kind words for the WHO. | The US leader accused the World Health Organization (WHO) of \"severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus,\" claiming the agency conspired with Beijing to cover up the severity of the Covid-19 pandemic. Trump said American funding would be frozen pending a US investigation into his theory. | Withdrawing the money at a time when the disease is months from being…

Eds. (2020-04-15). On social reproduction and the Covid-19 pandemic. mronline.org \"This pandemic can, and should, be a moment when the left puts forward a concrete agenda for how to support life over profit in a way that will help us move beyond capitalism.\"

RT (2020-04-15). 'Complete nonsense': Piers Morgan savages UK care minister over Covid-19 death toll among health and care workers (VIDEOS). rt.com Piers Morgan has lashed out at the UK government\'s care minister, branding her numbers on Covid-19 deaths in the health and care sector \"complete nonsense\" as anger grows over the apparent lack of protection for frontline workers. | The 55-year-old Good Morning Britain TV presenter grilled Care Minister Helen Whately in a heated interview on Wednesday morning on the working conditions for health and care staff at the center of the coronavirus crisis. | Morgan asked Whately what the death toll was for health and care professionals who have fallen victim to the deadly Covid-19 disease. The stuttering minister re…

Staff (2020-04-15). \"I Want an Apology\": Black Doctor Who Tests Homeless for Coronavirus Handcuffed by Miami Police. democracynow.org We speak with Dr. Armen Henderson, an African-American doctor who was handcuffed and detained outside his home Friday as he was wearing a mask and preparing for a volunteer shift to test homeless people for COVID-19. \"I want the officer held accountable. There\'s no way that you racially profile me and then you arrest me, detain me, during a pandemic, when you have no mask on, where hundreds of police officers throughout Miami-Dade County have tested positive,\" says Dr. Henderson, who is an internal medicine physician, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Miami and an organizer with Dream Defenders…

Eds. (2020-04-15). Coronavirus and the politics of disposability. mronline.org COVID-19 is having a disproportionate effect among vulnerable populations. When the dust settles, as in all U.S. disasters, there will be a tale to tell of who mattered and who was sacrificed.

Conn Hallinan (2020-04-15). Only good news allowed—India\'s independent media fights government\'s COVID-19 censorship. peoplesworld.org While the coronavirus has focused much of the world on Europe and the United States lately, India promises to be the greatest victim of the disease. But other than a slick public relations campaign, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done little to confront the crisis. Indeed, a number of policy moves by …

RT (2020-04-15). More than half of French industry restarts after Covid-19 shutdown — Finance Ministry. rt.com A large part of France\'s economy \"is functioning,\" according to Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, who said that close to 60 percent of the country\'s industry has restarted after being shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. | Speaking on RTL radio on Wednesday, Le Maire said that the cost of the government\'s economic relief package had risen by €10 billion ($10.9 billion) from the previously announced €100 billion ($109.3 billion). | He also said that Air France-KLM will receive support in a \"matter of days,\" as the carrier needs backing from the government because its planes are grounded. | Also o…

RT (2020-04-15). Over ONE THIRD of crew on France\'s only aircraft carrier have contracted coronavirus — military. rt.com At least 668 servicemen from the Charles de Gaulle carrier group have tested positive for coronavirus, the French defense ministry has said. The country\'s only aircraft carrier was forced to return to port due to the outbreak. | \"As of the evening of April 14, 1,767 sailors from the carrier strike group have been tested,\" the ministry said in a statement Wednesday. | Some 668 have returned positive. | Over 30 sailors have been hospitalized with Covid-19 at a military hospital in Toulon, including one serviceman in an intensive care unit, the military added. | The coronavirus outbreak abroad the aircraft carrie…

RT (2020-04-15). WHO is \'one of the best investments\': German FM blasts US after Trump cuts health organization\'s funding. rt.com Providing money to the \"underfunded\" World Health Organization is among the best ways to help develop a vaccine against Covid-19, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said after Trump halted the WHO\'s funding. | \"Apportioning blame doesn\'t help. The virus knows no borders,\" Maas We have to work closely together against Covid-19. One of the best investments is to strengthen the UN, especially the under-funded WHO, for example for developing and distributing tests and vaccines.

The Canary (2020-04-15). Pandemic fraud warning as two arrested over false Covid-19 test claims. thecanary.co The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is increasingly being used as \"a hook to commit fraud\", a senior investigator has warned.Director general of the National Economic Crime Centre Graeme Biggar expects to see an increase in scams amid the Covid-19 outbreak and said that individuals and businesses need to be prepared.He spoke out as the National Crime Agency said it had arrested two people on suspicion of illegally selling tests for the virus.A 46-year-old pharmacist from Croydon, south London, was arrested under the Fraud Act on Saturday after he allegedly made false and misleading claims about the tests.Officers…

RT (2020-04-15). Covid-19 pandemic tops 2 MILLION cases worldwide — AFP tally. rt.com More than two million people have contracted Covid-19 globally since the lethal outbreak began last December, passing another dark milestone as the World Health Organization is pulled into a war of words between the US and China. | The worldwide coronavirus case count now sits at over two million, the latest figures from AFP showed on Wednesday. More than half of the number relates to outbreaks in European nations, but globally the single worst-hit country is the United States, with almost 610,000 identified Covid-19 patients and over 26,000 deaths recorded, according to Johns Hopkins University. | As the pand…

RT (2020-04-15). Trump says US has \'passed the peak\' on new Covid-19 infections as daily death toll sets new record. rt.com US President Donald Trump said the data so far suggests the number of new cases nationwide has peaked, and promised to unveil guidelines for reopening the country on Thursday. | Speaking at the daily press conference in the White House garden on Wednesday, the president said the \"war against the invisible enemy\" isn\'t over, but that the latest data shows the number of new cases declining as testing is ramped up across the nation, with more than 3 million carried out in total. | The battle continues, but the data suggests that nationwide he have passed the peak on new cases. | \"These encouraging developments ha…

RT (2020-04-15). Digital Coronavirus commuting chaos in Moscow: Metro sees long lines as motorists face 5km tailbacks. rt.com The particular type of Western Twitter user who believes Russia\'s IT savvy can hack elections anywhere —and rule the world remotely— will be astonished that the roll-out of Moscow\'s new digital pass hasn\'t been very smooth. | As of Wednesday, every Muscovite using public or private transport is required to have a pass, obtained online; all part of the city\'s bid to fight the spread of Covid-19 by preventing non-essential journeys. In theory, the system was supposed to reduce crowds. Sadly, on the first day of the scheme, the reality was quite different. | Social media was full of pictures of queues…

RT (2020-04-15). US cutting WHO funding will \'undermine\' intl efforts against pandemic at \'critical moment\' — Beijing. rt.com Beijing has blasted US President Donald Trump for cutting funds for the World Health Organization (WHO), warning it would have serious implications for the global Covid-19 response. | Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Zhao Lijian, said the battle against coronavirus is now \"at a critical moment,\" AFP reports. The US decision to withdraw funding from the WHO will \"undermine the international cooperation against the epidemic,\" which makes China \"seriously concerned.\" | Zhao added that China is urging \"the United States to earnestly fulfill their responsibilities and obligations, and support the WHO-led internationa…

RT (2020-04-15). Scandal in the making? A HUGE 70% of UK care homes could be riddled with Covid-19, private healthcare chief warns. rt.com Coronavirus infection rates in UK care homes may be as high as 70 percent, the chief executive of a major care provider has claimed, casting doubts over the validity of the government\'s official Covid-19 figures. | Jeremy Richardson, head of Four Seasons Health Care, one of Britain\'s biggest independent providers of care for the elderly, claimed on Sky News on Wednesday that the number of Covid-19 infections in such facilities is being massively underreported by PM Boris Johnson\'s administration. | I think the number is probably up at 60 or 70 percent. We\'re running at a similar number; I think the numbers are…

RT (2020-04-15). Bolsonaro ORDERED by Brazil lawmakers to disclose results of his Covid-19 tests. rt.com Brazil\'s legislators have cornered President Jair Bolsonaro on Covid-19, obliging him to show evidence of his coronavirus status. He claimed he\'d tested negative twice, yet refused to make the results public. | The country\'s Chamber of Deputies submitted a formal request to the presidency on Wednesday, giving it 30 days to release documents on Bolsonaro\'s coronavirus tests. Refusal to provide the information to the legislators is apparently not an option, as it would violate Article 50 of Brazil\'s constitution and invoke criminal liability. | Bolsonaro was tested twice for the new coronavirus in March, after h…

Mark Blyth, Jeffrey Sommers (2020-04-15). COVID-19 and the Return of a Dangerous Idea, Austerity. counterpunch.org The past decade delivered powerful lessons of what not to do in an economic crisis. Many countries pursued, or had imposed on them, austerity policies. That is, cutting government spending when the economy tanks in order to balance the books. The idea is that with less spending now, taxes will be lower later on, which will make people feel more confident now, thereby shortening the recession. It\'s a nice idea. But it actually makes things worse.

RT (2020-04-15). \'Now is not the time!\' UN chief says WHO is \'critical\' in global war against Covid-19 as US cuts funding to probe its \'China ties\'. rt.com The United Nations has urged continued support for the World Health Organization (WHO) as countries around the globe battle the coronavirus pandemic, just hours after US President Donald Trump froze American funding to the agency. | The WHO and its thousands of staff are fighting the health crisis on the front lines, supporting the most vulnerable nations with \"concrete life-saving services,\" UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote in a It is my belief…

RT (2020-04-15). Resistance loses it as Trump offers extra US ventilators to RUSSIA to help with Covid-19. rt.com Arguing the US was so well supplied with ventilators to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump said he will send spares to other hard-hit places such as Russia, immediately triggering his critics. | \"I think Russia is going to need ventilators. They\'re having a hard time in Moscow. We\'re going to help them,\" Trump said on Wednesday, during the daily press conference in the White House garden. | The online Resistance — die-hard believers in the conspiracy theory that Trump colluded with Russia in the 2016 US presidential election, pushed for years by the Democrats and the mainstream med…

RT (2020-04-15). Mysterious Covid-19 outbreak forces US Navy to quarantine 116 crew on HOSPITAL ship treating handful of non-coronavirus patients. rt.com The US Navy has removed more than 100 sailors from a hospital ship docked in Los Angeles to aid the city\'s fight against Covid-19 after seven crew members contracted the lethal virus — but exactly how remains a mystery. | The 116 medical staff members were pulled off the USNS \'Mercy\' on Tuesday and brought to a nearby base where they entered quarantine, Lieutenant Rochelle Rieger of the 3rd Fleet told the Associated Press, adding that none have been hospitalized. | More puzzling, however, is how — and where — the seven infected sailors could have picked up the virus, given that the ship\'s entir…

RT (2020-04-15). Covid-19 \'avalanche\' in Africa & India could lead to FOUR waves of virus hitting Europe & US, health expert says. rt.com A WHO public health expert has warned that if the coronavirus is allowed to \"march through\" Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian sub-continent unarrested, the rest of the world risks being hit by repeated bouts of Covid-19. | Professor Lawrence Gostin, director of the World Health Organization\'s Center on Public Health and Human Rights, told BBC Radio 4\'s Today program on Wednesday that we are \"only as safe as the weakest link in the global chain\" on tackling coronavirus. | If you\'ve got Covid rages in other parts of the world, in this interconnected society we live in, it will come back to Europe and the United…

RT (2020-04-15). Researchers blast Swedish govt for disastrous Covid-19 strategy, claim country\'s death toll headed for \'heights of Italy\'. rt.com A group of 22 researchers has penned a letter demanding \"swift and radical action\" by the Swedish government to prevent the further spread of coronavirus in the country and the potential collapse of its healthcare system. | The scientists According to the group, Sweden\'s Public H…

RT (2020-04-15). \'Post-mortem\' analysis needed: US disease control chief says too early to say whether WHO failed, after Trump suspends funding. rt.com The US CDC director, Robert Redfield, has hailed America\'s \'productive cooperation\' with the WHO as President Donald Trump blamed if for failed response to Covid-19 crisis. It was too early to decide if it failed, Redfield said. | \"The CDC and WHO have had a long history of working together in multiple outbreaks throughout the world, and we continue to do [so] on this one,\" Robert Redfield

RT (2020-04-15). Putin promises strong support for Russian businesses hurt by coronavirus crisis. rt.com Russia\'s President Vladimir Putin has suggested new measures to support small and medium-sized businesses by providing them with funds to continue paying salaries to employees instead of laying them off amid the Covid-19 pandemic. | During a meeting with the members of the government on Wednesday, Putin proposed adding the hardest-hit non-food companies to the list of small and medium-sized businesses. | The president said that, starting from May 18, companies that retained at least 90 percent of their employees will receive salary funds from the state. Support will be calculated based on the total number of e…

RT (2020-04-15). Amazon threatens to shut down all warehouses in France amid Covid-19 after court ruled it violated workers' safety rights. rt.com Amazon said it may close down its warehouses in France instead of limiting its operations to the delivery of essential goods, after a court ruled that it has failed to protect its workers\' safety. | \"Our interpretation [of the ruling] suggests that we may be forced to suspend the activity of our distribution centers in France,\" the US-based e-commerce giant said on Wednesday, promising to appeal the decision. | Amazon said that it was \"puzzled\" by the court ruling given \"the hard evidence brought forward regarding security measures put in place to protect our employees.\" | On Tuesday, a court in Nanterre, outs…

RT (2020-04-15). Russia reports 3,388 new coronavirus cases, overall nationwide tally stands at 24,490. rt.com The coronavirus case count in Russia has grown by 3,388 over the past day to 24,490 in 84 regions, the crisis center said on Wednesday. | The Altai Republic remains the only Russian region which has not been affected by the virus. A total of 1,986 people have recovered from the disease and 198 people have died, TASS reports. | Moscow has confirmed 1,774 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the official count in the Russian capital to 14,776. New cases of the disease have been recorded in 64 other regions, including in the Moscow Region (272), the Murmansk Region (137), St. Petersburg (130), the Leningrad Region (108),…

RT (2020-04-15). Indian scientists discover new type of coronavirus in two species of fruit BAT. rt.com While the world battles against the rapidly spreading Covid-19 disease, another type of coronavirus has been discovered in bats inhabiting India, a new study has found. | Some 25 bats have tested positive for the new coronavirus dubbed BtCoV, local media reported, citing a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The tested animals are from the bat species Rousettus and Pteropus, commonly referred to as fruit bats. They were found in India\'s southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, as well as in Himachal Pradesh state in the Western Himalayas. | \"These bat coronaviruses have no rela…

RT (2020-04-15). Should Biden create his own \'SHADOW GOVT, shadow cabinet, shadow SWAT team\' to counter Trump… asks MSNBC host. rt.com MSNBC\'s Stephanie Ruhle went beyond the point of shilling for Joe Biden by asking whether the former vice president should set up a \"shadow government\" to counter Donald Trump\'s coronavirus daily briefings. | Biden may be riding the momentum of endorsements from previous competitors Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, as well as from former President Barack Obama, but one MSNBC host thinks he needs to do more to \"counter-program\" Trump during the Covid-19 pandemic. | \"Should he be creating his own shadow government, shadow cabinet, shadow SWAT team, and getting up there on a podium every night saying, \'here\'s…

RT (2020-04-15). Mandatory masks in public places, fines for spitting: India issues revised Covid-19 guidelines as PM Modi extends lockdown. rt.com The Indian government has updated its rules for combatting Covid-19 after the nationwide quarantine was extended to May 3 as the infection continues to spread across the country. | All Indians must wear masks or other face covers in public places and at work, the Hindu reported, citing an order from the government issued on Wednesday. The police will continue to enforce the nationwide quarantine as people can be fined for spitting at each other. | Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier extended the lockdown until May 3. Shopping malls, cinemas, gyms, bars and restaurants remain closed, as do all other establ…

Robert Hunziker (2020-04-15). Abrupt Ecosystem Collapse. counterpunch.org A new study in Nature (April 2020) casts a disturbing light on the prospects of abrupt ecosystem collapse. The report analyzes the probabilities of collapsing ecosystems en masse, and not simply the loss of individual species. (Source: Trisos, C.H. et al, The Projected Timing of Abrupt Ecological Disruption From Climate Change, Nature, April 8, 2020)