Terrifying crash landing & evacuation shown in dramatic video as probe finds pilot error in 2019 Superjet tragedy
rt.com | 2020-04-16
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.com/russia/485938-moscow-superjet-crash-pilot-error/
California gov announces $125 million relief for illegal immigrants over Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-04-15
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. | …
rt.com/usa/485936-california-illegal-immigrants-coronavirus-relief/
Spain: Death Toll Keeps Falling but New COVID-19 Cases Rise
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Spain\'s Health Ministry Wednesday reported that the daily death toll decreased from 567 to 523 in the past 24 hours. However, in the same period, the number of new COVID-19 confirmed cases increased by 5,092. | RELATED: | Spain Hires Migrants in Agriculture To Maintain Supply Chain | So far, Spain registers 177,633 COVID-19 confirmed cases and 18,579 deaths, and 70,853 discharged patients. Madrid is the most affected region with 49,256 registered cases and 6,724 deaths. | These s…
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Locked Down and Cast Out: Europe\'s Migrants Navigate the Pandemic
Luke Butterly | thenation.com | 2020-04-15
Locked Down and Cast Out: Europe\'s Migrants Navigate the Pandemic…
thenation.com/article/world/eu-migration-covid/
Philanthropists helping provide $500, $1,000 checks to undocumented migrants in California
koat.com | 2020-04-15
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said $50 million is being put up by philanthropists.
koat.com/article/philanthropists-helping-provide-dollar500-dollar1000-checks-to-undocumented-migrants-in-california/32161561
Greek authorities send 1st group of unaccompanied young refugees to EU countries
rt.com | 2020-04-15
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…
rt.com/newsline/485898-greece-children-refugees-eu/
A Surprising Plea on Behalf of Julian Assange
repost | indybay.org | 2020-04-15
In a recent video, attorney Stella Morris surprises the world by revealing that she has a partnership and children with whistleblower Julian Assange.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/13/18832338.php
Threatening Military Intervention in Venezuela During a Pandemic?
Medea Benjamin, Leonardo Flores | commondreams.org | 2020-04-15
Littoral combat ship USS Detroit off the coast of Venezuela. (Photo: US Navy/DoD) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/venevzuela_intervention_coronavirus.png …
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UN Ceasefire Defines War As a Non-Essential Activity
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2020-04-15
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…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/un-ceasefire-defines-war-as-a-non-essential-activity/
Anti-surveillance activists claim they set fire outside German institute developing Covid-19 tracking app
rt.com | 2020-04-15
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…
rt.com/news/485883-germany-covid19-app-fire/
German Lawyer Sent to Psychiatric Ward for Organizing Protest Against COVID-19 Lockdown
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
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. | Stephanie Buck writes about the treatment of the \"social parasite\" Joseph …
globalresearch.ca/german-lawyer-sent-psych-ward-organizing-protest-against-covid-19-lockdown/5709685
Why Did Our Permanent Emergency Government Fail to Face the Emergency?
Harry Blain | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
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…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/15/why-did-our-permanent-emergency-government-fail-to-face-the-emergency/
The Coming Revolt – and the peaceful solidarity for a Just World Society
Kanoh Nishizawa | indybay.org | 2020-04-15
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.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/14/18832351.php
The Coming Revolt – and the peaceful solidarity for a Just World Society
Kanoh Nishizawa | indybay.org | 2020-04-15
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.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/14/18832351.php
Garment workers protest in Bangladesh as COVID-19 spreads
wsws.org | 2020-04-15
Employers have shuttered the plants, sacking thousands of workers and refusing to pay outstanding wages.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/15/bang-a15.html
As One of the Largest Bailouts in History Looms, \"Crisis-Ridden\" Corporations Reap Record Profits
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-15
Hospitals overflowing with sick and dying patients. Overworked staff risking their lives wearing garbage bags as makeshift protective equipment against an invisible but deadly virus. Refrigerated containers left outside medical facilities, filling with the dead. Mass graves being dug in the city. It is like something out of a horror movie. But it is very real and is happening right now in America. \"We are doing the best we can,\" Derrick Smith, a certified registered nurse anesthetist in New York City told MintPres…
mintpressnews.com/covid-19-crisis-ridden-corporations-reap-record-profits-bailout/266665/
GOP Tax Cuts in Coronavirus Relief Bill Give 82% of Benefits to Millionaires and Billionaires
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-15
A new report suggests that a tax cut quietly inserted into the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act will add almost $170 billion to the deficit over the next ten years and overwhelmingly benefit the ultra-wealthy.
mintpressnews.com/82-percent-benefits-coronavirus-relief-fund-go-to-millionaires-billionaires/266674/
Long Breadlines Form Outside of Food Banks as America Struggles to Cope With COVID-19 Fallout
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-15
MintPress News spoke to a number of people on the front lines attempting to keep America fed during the worst pandemic in a century.
mintpressnews.com/breadlines-outside-food-banks-america-struggles-cope-covid-19/266651/
\"I Want an Apology\": Black Doctor Who Tests Homeless for Coronavirus Handcuffed by Miami Police
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-15
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…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/15/dr_armen_henderson_arrest_miami
Trump Cuts Funds for World Health Org as Oxfam Warns Pandemic Could Push Half a Billion into Poverty
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-15
As the confirmed cases of coronavirus surpass 2 million around the world, President Donald Trump says he will cut U.S. support for the World Health Organization. Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet medical journal, called it a \"crime against humanity.\" Oxfam America said the cuts slash \"any hopes for the responsible international cooperation and solidarity that is critical to save lives and restore the global economy.\" This comes as a new Oxfam report estimates the pandemic\'s economic fallout could push more than half a billion more people into poverty. We get response from Paul O\'Brien, vice president…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/15/oxfam_coronavirus
Venezuela Has the Lowest Contagion Rate in Latin America
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
According to data compiled through April 11, Venezuela had carried out 181,335 COVID-19 tests, which allowed this South American country to detect patients in time and become the Latin American nation with the lowest infection rate. | \" President Nicolas Maduro\'s | …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-lowest-contagion-rate-latin-america/5709721
Corporate Media Cover for US Mob Threats Against Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2020-04-15
The Trump administration unveiled on March 31 a \"democratic transition\" plan to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from office, in favor of a \"council of state\" composed of both opposition and ruling party loyalists. | The plan was, however, less an offer to negotiate than a diktat, with the US State Department ( 3/31/20) vowing that \"sanctions will remain in effect, and increase, until the Maduro regime accepts a genuine political transition.\" | Despite the obvious mafioso over…
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A Lethal Brew: Israel\'s Racism and the Pandemic
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
While reporting from Israel/Palestine has focused on Israel\'s difficulties in forming a new government and on measures being taken by Israelis to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic, the story behind the story is the role anti-Arab racism has played in …
globalresearch.ca/israel-racism-pandemic/5709712
Bosses Are Making Coronavirus \'Worse, for Their Benefit\'
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-04-15
If the labor movement revives, the Sanders movement, which is very significant, he\'s achieved great successes, if that can take off, it could be, we once again could get out of the capitalist crises as was done in the \'30s…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/bosses-are-making-coronavirus-worse-for-their-benefit/
Will Quiet Middle East Last? Or Is It Lull Before Next Storm?
Martin Sieff | iranian.com | 2020-04-15
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 …
iranian.com/2020/04/15/will-quiet-middle-east-last-or-is-it-lull-before-next-storm/
Corruption at the WHO. Trump Regime COVID-19 Blame Game Diverts Attention from Its Own Failings
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
Trump is the latest in a long line of US leaders and other key officials who time and again blame others for their own harmful actions and failings. | On Tuesday, Trump directed his blame game at the World Health Organization …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-covid-19-blame-game-diverts-attention-own-failings/5709729
Video: Turkish Forces Clash with Their Own Proxies on M4 Highway in Southern Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
On April 13, the Turkish Army and its proxies from the so-called Free Syrian Police clashed with supporters of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other radical Idlib groups east of the town of Nayrab on the M4 highway. | According to sources …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkish-forces-clash-own-proxies-m4-highway-southern-idlib/5709673
100+ Lawmakers Demand Moratorium on Utility Shutoffs to Ensure Access to Services \'Essential to Survive\' During Coronavirus Crisis
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-15
\"There is absolutely no excuse left for Congress to exclude basic human needs from the next coronavirus stimulus package, or in general,\" said Food & Water Action\'s Rianna Eckel. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/letter-utility-shutoffs.jpg …
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Despite CDC Warning of \'Significant Risk\' of Lifting Stay-in-Place Orders, Right-Wingers Launch Anti-Lockdown Movement
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-15
\"These selfish and out-of-touch fringe groups are throwing a temper tantrum at the expense of public safety and health.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12100501821.jpg …
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IMF Projects Global Economy in 2020 to Contract by a Mere 3%. Is this a Joke?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
Background | The International Monetary Fund projects that the global economy will fall by three percent in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. | The IMF chief economist branded the widespread restrictions around the world as the Great Lockdown. Gita Gopinath said …
globalresearch.ca/imf-projects-global-economy-2020-contract-3/5709691
Should Biden create his own \'SHADOW GOVT, shadow cabinet, shadow SWAT team\' to counter Trump… asks MSNBC host
rt.com | 2020-04-15
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.com/usa/485933-biden-shadow-government-msnbc/
American Politics Without Sanders
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
The decision of Senator Bernie Sanders to withdraw from the Democratic presidential contest is a blow to the prospects of democracy in America. For several years, but especially since 2016, Sanders has been talking of the need for political revolution, by which he means: (1) revitalize democratic institutions and the economy by taxing the rich and closing…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/15/american-politics-without-sanders/
Elizabeth Warren officially endorses Democrat Joe Biden for 2020 election
rt.com | 2020-04-15
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has joined former President Barack Obama and fellow ex-candidate Bernie Sanders in throwing her support behind Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for the 2020 election. | \"In this moment of crisis, it\'s more important than ever that the next president restores Americans\' faith in good, effective government,\" Warren tweeted on Wednesday morning in her endorsement of Biden. | The senator also tweeted out a video of her talking up Biden\'s commitment to \"public service\" and \"empathy,\" admitting she does not agree with the former vice president \"100 percent of…
rt.com/usa/485887-elizabeth-warren-endorses-joe-biden/
Beyond Bernie: The Next Challenge for Progressives
Christopher D. Cook | commondreams.org | 2020-04-15
Whoever wins the presidency, the millions of people who voted and worked for Bernie Sanders will need to plow their energies and talents into creating serious political pressure to win gains for climate action, health care access, people power, workers\' rights, corporate accountability, and much more. (Photo: Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bernie_sanders_texas_1_0.png …
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WATCH: Sanders to Hold Livestream Discussion on Future of US Economy
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-15
Sen. Bernie Sanders will be joined by labor rights advocates and progressive economists Wednesday night for a livestream on the future of the U.S. economy after the coronavirus pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-6733707742_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/04/15/watch-sanders-hold-livestream-discussion-future-us-economy?cd-origin=rss
Trump\'s Cyprus Signalling Is More Against Turkey Than Russia
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
The Al-Monitor portal has left many extremely surprised with news that was not expected in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. With over 600,000 cases and 25,000 deaths in the U.S., President Donald Trump has made a bold geopolitical move …
globalresearch.ca/trump-cyprus-signalling-more-against-turkey-russia/5709738
Fighting Covid-19—And Repression—in Kashmir
Bilal Hussain | commondreams.org | 2020-04-15
Residents line up outside a medicine shop in Indian-administered Kashmir. (Photo: Bilal Hussain) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/20200402_143831-722×542.jpg …
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VIDEO: What was Iran\'s formula to curb coronavirus?
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-15
TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA)
King Lear and Donald Trump: Two Peas in a Pod
Raouf Halaby | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
In his \"Poetics,\" Aristotle was likely to have been the first critic to have formally outlined the structure and guiding principles by which 5th century BC Greek dramatists had to abide. Aristotle stated that drama, especially tragedies, should have one: 1) One Action (such as a plague, a mysterious murder, a war, or a national…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/15/king-lear-and-donald-trump-two-peas-in-a-pod/
King Lear and Donald Trump: Two Peas in a Pod
Raouf Halaby | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
In his \"Poetics,\" Aristotle was likely to have been the first critic to have formally outlined the structure and guiding principles by which 5th century BC Greek dramatists had to abide. Aristotle stated that drama, especially tragedies, should have one: 1) One Action (such as a plague, a mysterious murder, a war, or a national…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/15/king-lear-and-donald-trump-two-peas-in-a-pod/
Missing Journalist Found Murdered in Mexico
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Mexican authorities have found the decapitated body of journalist Victor Fernando Alvarez, who was reported missing since April 2, in the coastal city of Acapulco, the prosecutor\'s office said on Saturday. | RELATED: | Mexico: Violence Increases During COVID-19 Crisis | The Guerrero State Attorney General\'s Office said in a statement that forensic and genetic examinations confirmed the identification of the remains of the body found on Wednesday in the southern state of Guerrero…
telesurenglish.net/news/Missing-Journalist-Found-Murdered-in-Mexico-20200414-0023.html
Stop The Murder! Workers, Covid-19, The Attack On Labor, Our Unions & The Fightback
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-04-15
WorkWeek hosts a national panel on transit, health and shipping and they talk about the failure of the agencies and companies to protect their health and safety. They also discuss the failure of their union officials in many cases to fight management to educate and protect their members from the virus and pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/14/18832343.php
Oh, what now!? Newfound asteroid the size of a house will fly by Earth on Wednesday
rt.com | 2020-04-15
NASA\'s asteroid defense network has warned of an impending close flyby of a space rock about the size of a house, which will zip past the Earth just inside the orbit of the moon on Wednesday. | Asteroid 2020 GH2 will pass Earth at 19,000 miles per hour and was only discovered on Saturday April 11. With a diameter of between 43 and 70 feet (13-70 meters) wide, GH2 could inflict significant damage were it to crash into our planet. Mercifully, however, it will miss Earth, flying by at a distance of 223,000 miles (359,00…
rt.com/news/485872-newfound-asteroid-flyby-wednesday/
Kremlin rejects criticism as China calls Russia its \'largest source of imported coronavirus cases\'
rt.com | 2020-04-15
The Kremlin has rejected criticism of Russia\'s handling of the coronavirus outbreak after China said its largest source of imported cases had come from transmissions in the far northeast, bordering Russia. \"We hear that there is now an exchange of criticism over coronavirus between different countries, which is played like ping pong. We consider this to be a thankless exercise,\" spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday. | Beijing\'s Global Times newspaper said in an editorial on April 13: \"The Chinese people have watched Russia become a severely affected country from one that did a great job. This sh…
rt.com/newsline/485874-russia-kremlin-china-imported/
Scientists Prove That COVID-19 Can Survive Over 60 Degrees
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Some strains of COVID-19 can survive high temperatures, according to scientists at the University of Aix-Marseille, France. | RELATED: | China Predicts New Wave of COVID-19 by the End of 2020 | To reach these conclusions, the scientists exposed the virus to 60 degrees Celsius for one hour. In that period of time, some strains could still replicate. | This study, published in the specialized website BioRxiv, showed that the virus could only be inactivated by exposing it to 92 degrees Ce…
telesurenglish.net/news/scientists-prove-that-covid19-can-survive-over-60-degrees-20200415-0005.html
G7 to Back Debt Relief for the Poorest Countries If China Joins
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S., all of which make up the group of the world\'s seven most industrialized countries (G7), announced that they would support a temporary suspension of debt payments for the poorest countries if China also does. | RELATED: | IMF Approves Debt Relief for 25 Countries Due to COVID-19 | \"Ministers and governors noted that a number of the most vulnerable and poorest countries will face acute health and economic challenges related to…
telesurenglish.net/news/G7-to-Back-Debt-Relief-for-the-Poorest-Countries-If-China-Joins-20200415-0008.html
\'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 | 2020-04-15
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 statement on Tuesday. | It is my belief…
rt.com/news/485832-un-chief-who-funding/
ASEAN Plus Three countries pledge to jointly fight COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-15
TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA)
21 million Chinese dead due to COVID-19 story is FAKE NEWS
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-15
Did new US intelligence data reveal that 21 million people died in China from December 2019 to March 2020 due to the novel coronavirus? No, that\'s not true: An online article being shared uses a statistic about a drop in cellphone users to make a faulty supposition that this figure reflects COVID-19 deaths in China. …
truepublica.org.uk/global/21-million-chinese-dead-due-to-covid-19-story-is-fake-news/
The U.S. Must Meet Its Obligations to the WHO, China Says
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
China expressed \"serious concern\" over the U.S. government\'s decision to suspend its financial contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO). | RELATED: | Trump Halts US Funding to WHO | \"We call on the United States to fulfill its responsibilities and obligations and to support WHO\'s leadership in the international campaign against the pandemic,\" China\'s Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday.‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã | The Chinese governm…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-U.S.-Must-Meet-Its-Obligations-to-the-WHO-China-Says-20200415-0004.html