Marko Marjanović (2020-05-03). Europe\'s Largest? 3500 Protest Anti-Virus Overreach in Slovenia. anti-empire.com As in the rest of Europe (except Belarus) protest is not permitted in Slovenia. Cycling however, is since recently again allowed. So Slovenians had the mind they would mess with the government by taking their again-permitted once-daily bicycle ride and do it all at once. | A mass of 3500 cyclists rode through the center of the city and circled in front of the parliament building. | | On the one hand, a bicycle protest (and largely masked) is somewhat lame, certainly compared to the

Eliza Egret (2020-05-03). Greek refugee camps \'beyond breaking point\' as UK government continues its racist policies. thecanary.co Human rights campaigners on the Greek island of Samos have told The Canary that the situation for refugees is \"beyond breaking point\". Since the Europe Must A…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-05-03). Towards A New World Order? The Global Debt Crisis and the Privatization of the State. globalresearch.ca This is the true picture of what is happening. Poverty is Worldwide. While famines are erupting in Third World countries, closer to home, in the richest country on earth, \"millions of desperate Americans wait in long crowded lines for handouts\"

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-05-03). 2009 H1N1 Vaccine Caused Brain Damage in Children. Dr. Anthony Fauci on \"Vaccine Safety\" Issues. globalresearch.ca In 2009, NIAID Director Anthony Fauci was firmly in support of a multibillion dollar H1N1 vaccine project | Today he is an avid supporter of a COVID-19 vaccine. | What he fails to acknowledge is that the 2009 H1N1 Vaccine caused brain …

Victor CW Tam, Shing Yau Tam, Wai Kwong Poon, Helen Ka Wai Law, Shara WY Lee (2020-05-03). [Letter] A reality check on the use of face masks during the COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong. thelancet.com Despite the rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) into a pandemic, an \'east-west\' divide remains between the recommendations of different health authorities on the use of face masks in the community [1,2]. We respectfully differ from the WHO recommendation on its effectiveness [3]. In our opinion, mass masking in the community is one of the key measures that controls transmission during the outbreak in Hong Kong and China. Moreover, it would be futile to convince individuals who experienced the SARS or swine flu outbreaks, not to wear face masks for protection.

Rebecca Burns (2020-05-03). May Rent Is Due, and Hundreds of Thousands of Tenants Are Going on Strike. zcomm.org Activists and some members of Congress are calling for rent to be canceled, as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks economic havoc…

Santa Cruz News (2020-05-03). May Day Caravan in Santa Cruz. indybay.org #COLA4ALL activists in Santa Cruz organized a May Day Caravan to support those \"striking and fighting for their right to live in this city\". Beginning on the UC Santa Cruz campus to support the striking COLA graduate students, the caravan traveled downtown to the Santa Cruz Main Jail, and then on to support Food Not Bombs at Front and Laurel Streets. (Photos taken downtown by Keith McHenry of Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs.)…

Adriaan Alsema (2020-05-03). Bojaya commemorates massacre for the first time with lost loved ones, but without peace. colombiareports.com The people of Bojaya on Saturday commemorated the 2002 massacre in their northwest Colombia village for the first time in the presence of those they lost, but without the peace…

teleSUR (2020-05-03). Venezuelan Military Foils Terrorist Infiltration from Colombia. telesurenglish.net The Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace of Venezuela, Nestor Reverol, announced on Sunday the disarticulation of an incursion by a terrorist group into the country via sea. | RELATED: | Reverol said the infiltration attempt came from a terrorist group trying to enter Venezuela from Colombia. | Reverol highlighted that the objective of this incursion was to commit terrorist acts in the country, like carrying out asassinations…

Leon Kunstenaar (2020-05-03). May Day Protests at SF City Hall. Anti Shutdowners Also Demonstrate. indybay.org Labor and human rights groups demand rent and mortgage strike. Others want country \"reopened\".

Insult to Black Lives Matter, Insult to All (2020-05-03). SFPD Wore \"Blue Lives Matter\" Face Masks While Responding to Protest. indybay.org Photos of the scene at a May 1 housing protest in San Francisco show police wearing face masks that depict the Blue Lives Matter flag. Police regulation states that officers cannot alter their uniform. City Police Chief Bill Scott is seeking \"neutral\" face coverings for the city\'s rank and file.

South Front (2020-05-03). Video: Golan Heights Escalation and New Drama in Idlib. globalresearch.ca Early on May 1, several missiles launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hit positions of the Syrian Army near Tell Ahmar and Quneitra city. The strike reportedly led to no casualties among Syrian personnel, but destroyed several pieces of military …

Federico Fuentes (2020-05-03). Bolivia vs Venezuela: COVID-19 response reveals true nature of governments. zcomm.org Because Venezuela represents an alternative to the profit-driven capitalist system, the US has chosen the COVID-19 crisis as a time to ramp up its attacks on the Maduro government…

teleSUR (2020-05-03). Cuba Condemns Foiled Terrorist Plot Against Venezuela. telesurenglish.net Cuba\'s Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez rejected Sunday the foiled terrorist attack against Venezuela, expressing his support to Nicolas Maduro\'s government and Bolivarian Revolution. | RELATED: | \"We strongly condemn the armed mercenary incursion into Venezuela\" the diplomat tweeted, adding that \"all our solidarity and support for President Nicolas Maduro and the civic-military union of the Bolivarian an…

WSWS Repost (2020-05-03). Former top officials in Bernie Sanders campaign form super PAC to back Joe Biden. indybay.org With the Democratic Party uniting to promote Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders holds his nose to let his supporters build a super PAC.

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-03). Big Pharma Controlled FDA Approves Inadequately Tested Drug for COVID-19. globalresearch.ca Big Pharma officials run the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), its mandate focused on profit-making over human health and welfare. | Consumer advocate Ralph Nader earlier slammed \"unrestrained drug industry havoc.\" | Big Pharma \"receives billions of dollars in tax credits …

Marjorie Cohn (2020-05-03). Israel\'s New Government Is Exploiting Pandemic to Annex 30 Percent of West Bank. zcomm.org One of the central pillars of this new regime is the unlawful annexation of the Jordan Valley and illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. The annexation has the full backing of U.S. President Donald Trump…

RT (2020-05-03). The media & Dems are prioritizing beating Trump over taking Tara Reade\'s accusations against Biden fairly. rt.com With Joe Biden accused of sexual assault, Democrats and the mainstream media are being exposed as hypocrites willing to compromise their values, cautiously calling for a probe after ignoring the story for too long. | The editorial board at the New York Times actually

RT (2020-05-03). \'Nothing attractive\': Warren Buffett\'s Berkshire sells ALL stakes in US airlines, reports $50bn Q1 loss amid Covid-19 shutdown. rt.com With Berkshire Hathaway Inc reporting a record quarterly loss of nearly $50bn amid the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, Warren Buffett remains optimistic that in the long run, \"nothing can stop America.\" | Speaking at an annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, which for the first time was livestreamed and held without shareholders, the 89-year-old billionaire tried to reassure everyone by recalling the hardships of the past that the US successfully survived. | The famously bullish Buffett, however, expressed doubt that the markets have hit the bottom yet, saying \"this is a very good time to borrow money…

RT (2020-05-03). New study & VIDEO finally answer the mystery of how koalas drink water on trees. rt.com Although widely adored and studied, there remained one major mystery about an essential habit of koalas — how they drink water, which has finally been answered thanks to a new study and surprising video. | The \"For a long time, we thought koalas didn\'t need to drink much at all because t…

RT (2020-05-03). CIA & MI6 put together 'scientific' dossier \'targeting China's Covid-19 cover-up\' – as West readies to demand Beijing COMPENSATION. rt.com The West\'s wish to pin the blame on China (and probably the bill too) for the Covid-19 pandemic has been reportedly incarnated in a 15-page dossier compiled by intelligence agencies, which has now leaked, according to reports. | The document,

The Canary (2020-05-03). Israeli court to hear petitions against Netanyahu forming a government while facing criminal charges. thecanary.co Israel\'s high court is set to begin hearing petitions against Benjamin Netanyahu forming a government while facing criminal indictments.The proceedings on 3 May, held by a large panel of 11 justices and, in a rare instance, to also be broadcast live, will focus on the issue of whether a politician can form a government while under indictment — something the Israeli legal code does not explicitly prohibit.If the court voids Netanyahu\'s ability to serve as prime minister, Israel could be plunged into political chaos and it would likely trigger the country\'s fourth election in just over 12 months.The high cour…

BBC (2020-05-03). The COVID Rouge Covers a Spanish Beach in Bleach \'to Protect the Children\'. anti-empire.com Authorities in a Spanish coastal resort have apologised after spraying a beach with bleach in an attempt to protect children from coronavirus. | Zahara de los Atunes, near Cadiz, used tractors to spray more than 2km (1.2 miles) of beach with a bleach solution a day before Spain allowed children out of lockdown for the first time. | Environmentalists say the move caused \"brutal damage\" to the local ecosystem. | Spain has been badly affected by the coronavirus, with 23,800 deaths. | It recently announced a four-phase plan to lift its stringent lockdown measures and return to a \"new normality\" by the end of June.

The Canary (2020-05-03). \'Don\'t exclude healthy pensioners from lockdown easing\' say doctors\' leaders. thecanary.co Doctors\' leaders have said excluding any section of the population from lockdown easing based solely on age would be \"discriminatory\".NHS England\'s national medical director Professor Stephen Powis said on 1 May, that officials will be studying whether stricter measures will or will not have to continue to apply to the elderly when restrictions are relaxed.But the British Medical Association (BMA) said excluding any section of the population from lockdown easing based on age would be \"unacceptable\". | BMA council chair Dr Chaand Nagpaul said: \"Any proposal to impose stricter social distancing for those at higher…

Emily Apple (2020-05-03). Gogglebox is doing a better job holding the government to account than the mainstream media. thecanary.co Twitter users have noticed something disturbing about Channel 4\'s Gogglebox. Namely that the participants on the show seem to be doing a better job at holding the government to account than the mainstream media: | Surely we should be worried when — The Secret Nurse (@SecretPandemic) \"What success?\": | This was…

Dylan Gamez Citron and Kimberly Barzola (2020-05-03). Mashpee Wampanoag tribe\'s trust status threatened by Department of Interior. liberationnews.org \"This is a violation of our rights…\"

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Minnesota Weatherman Sacked For Repost Likening Anti-Lockdown Protesters With Nazi Sympathisers. sputniknews.com A group dubbed \"Liberate Minnesota\" has been protesting lockdown measures introduced in the state, and are calling for the reopening of the economy. The state has recently extended the stay-at-home order to 18 May to slow the spread of COVID-19.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Taliban Kill 3 Soldiers in Attack on Checkpoints in Eastern Afghanistan – Official. sputniknews.com KABUL (Sputnik) – Three Afghan soldiers were killed and five others injured overnight in a gunfight with Taliban militants in the eastern Afghan province of Paktia, a spokesman for the governor told Sputnik on Sunday.

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Caitlin Johnstone (2020-05-03). Why You Should Oppose The Censorship Of David Icke (Hint: It\'s Got Nothing To Do With Icke). thealtworld.com Within 48 hours both Facebook and then Youtube have deleted the accounts of David Icke for posting \"content that disputes the …

Elliot Henney (2020-05-03). Washingtonians Play Dumb — Take Advantage of a State-Sanctioned Military Worship to Get Fresh Air. anti-empire.com Editor\'s note: The Imperial military sidelined by the Covid craze trying to get in on some of that action by engaging in public health worker worship, which has temporarily displaced the cult of the military and of the police. Washingtonians similarly taking advantage of the military and health worker worship event to get out and rub shoulders and get some sunshine (without the risk of police, informants or social media condemnation). |
| If there was a stay-at-home order in place for Washington, D.C., you certainly wouldn\'t have thought so this morning. | Despite orders from local leaders to not gather i…

The Canary (2020-05-03). Minister admits that failures in coronavirus testing capacity led to more deaths. thecanary.co Fewer Britons would have died from coronavirus if more tests had been available earlier, a cabinet minister has admitted. He also warned life would not return to \"business as usual\" when Boris Johnson sets out his exit strategy.Decisions: Transport secretary Grant Shapps said \"many things\" could have been different if the UK\'s testing capacity was above 100,000 before coronavirus (Covid-19) spread in the country. More than 28,000 people have now died after testing positive for the virus in the UK.Shapps also confirmed the NHSX contact tracing app — which he said would need 50%-60% of people to use for…

RT (2020-05-03). \'Invasion by sea\': Venezuela thwarts \'mercenary\' infiltration attempt from Colombia. rt.com Venezuelan authorities say they have foiled a raid by \"foreign mercenaries\" trying to reach the Latin American nation by sea to launch terrorist attacks and assassinate government officials. | A group of mercenaries have tried to infiltrate Venezuela\'s major port of La Guaira, located just north of the nation\'s capital of Caracas, Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said in a televised address. The incident, which the minister called \"an invasion by sea,\" was part of preparations for another coup attempt, he added. |

The Canary (2020-05-03). \'I\'ve had dreams where I\'ve seen myself on ventilators\'. A GP shares his experience of coronavirus. thecanary.co As a part-time GP and Labour cabinet

Eds. (2020-05-03). Major Lazer — \'Get Free\' feat. Amber (of Dirty Projectors). mronline.org The speaker is too poor to move to a different region, so they can only move slightly farther away from an inevitable problem.

RT (2020-05-03). NYPD officer brandishes taser, tackles and strikes bystander during social-distancing bust (VIDEO). rt.com Video out of New York City shows an officer brandishing a taser and repeatedly striking a bystander during a social distancing bust, a measure meant to stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. | The run-in reportedly began when officers were trying to break up a gathering of people in the East Village on Saturday, which is prohibited under current lockdown measures in the city. | The video shows police tussling with a suspect while onlookers ask aloud what they did. A man then approaches the incident, and the officer tells him to keep his stance while brandishing his taser. | \"What you flexing for? Don\'t flex…

RT (2020-05-03). 'I'll rip your HEAD off': Eddie Hall warns Hafthor Bjornsson he will 'knock him the f*ck out' as strongman row erupts (VIDEO). rt.com Eddie Hall and \"Game of Thrones\" giant Hafthor Julius Bjornsson are on a collision course for a fearsome fight between two of the strongest men on the planet after a war of words broke out over the world deadlift record. | Bjornsson, who is best known for his enormous screen presence while playing \"The Mountain\" in the hit TV series \"Game of Thrones,\" stunned fans by lifting 501kg (1,105lbs) on Saturday, breaking the record held by Hall since 2016 and appearing to find the feat easier than his relatively diminutive English rival. | \'The Beast\' seemed to offer his fellow warrior support before his long-await…

RT (2020-05-03). \'As long as coronavirus doesn't go on vacation\': German interior minister warns against \'reckless\' reopening of borders. rt.com Germany\'s interior minister said that early decisions to reopen borders could backfire in terms of the spread of Covid-19. The leader of Austria had earlier floated the idea of inviting German tourists to return. | \"As long as the virus does not go on vacation, we also have to restrict our travel plans. As understandable as the desires of people and the tourism industry are, the disease protection has its own timetable,\" Horst Seehofer told Bild am Sonntag. | No one wants to restrict citizens\' freedom of movement longer than is absolutely necessary. But the reckless opening [of borders], which later backfires…

RT (2020-05-03). Over 10,000 for the 1st time: Russia hits new daily record for fresh coronavirus cases. rt.com With 10,633 cases registered in a single day, Russia has seen its largest daily increase in reported Covid-19 infections. While the Moscow area remains the worst affected, the disease is spreading across the country. | The number of people confirmed to have contracted coronavirus nationwide rose to 134,687 on Sunday, disease response officials said. Fifty-eight more patients have died, bringing the overall national death toll from Covid-19 to 1,280. | With over 82,700 infections recorded in Moscow and its surrounding eponymous region, the capital remains the centre of Russia\'s outbreak. It\'s followed by the se…

RT (2020-05-03). Nuclear deal will \'die forever\' if US extends conventional arms embargo — Iran\'s security council chief. rt.com A top Iranian official has warned that the US extending the ban on conventional arms sales to Iran would be the last nail in the coffin for the 2015 nuclear deal. He called on the EU to choose between \"dignity\" and \"humiliation.\"

RT (2020-05-03). Nearly ONE FIFTH of British households have trouble feeding children as result of LOCKDOWN — report. rt.com A significant number of poor and vulnerable families in the UK have been suffering from food insecurity after schools were closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report has said. | Almost a fifth of households with children have been unable to obtain enough food in the past five weeks, the Observer (the Guardian\'s sister paper) reported, citing data from London-based NGO the Food Foundation. | The report also highlighted that some groups are finding it particularly difficult, with 30 percent of lone parents and 46 percent of parents with a disabled child experiencing problems in receiving food. | Poorer fa…

RT (2020-05-03). ANOTHER leaked intel report accuses China of \'intentionally\' concealing coronavirus danger to hoard medical supplies. rt.com The Department of Homeland Security has backed the US administration\'s criticism of Beijing\'s early response to the coronavirus outbreak with a new intelligence report, which has already been leaked to the media. | Back in January, China decreased exports and sharply increased its imports of basic medical supplies like face masks and surgical gowns and gloves, while simultaneously \"denying there were export restrictions and obfuscating and delaying provision of its trade data,\" the Associated Press

Tyler Durden (2020-05-03). Pompeo Demands Countries Block Airspace to Iran\'s Sanctions-Busting Air Bridge to Venezuela. anti-empire.com The US is going on the offensive once again against Venezuela, this time attempting to break up growing Iranian cooperation and assistance to Caracas. The two so-called \'rogue states\' recently targeted for US-imposed regime change are helping each other fight coronavirus as well as Washington-led sanctions. Specifically Tehran has ramped up cargo deliveries related getting Venezuela\'s derelict oil refineries fully operational. | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in new statements has called on international allies to block airspace specifically for Iran\'s Mahan Air, currently under US sanctions, and which has in…

RT (2020-05-03). Kim gossip never dies: \'Resurrected\' North Korean leader\'s footage \'evidence\' of heart surgery. rt.com For more than a week, the mainstream media got a lot of mileage out of speculating as to whether North Korea\'s leader had died. It turns out Kim Jong-un is alive, but that hasn\'t stemmed the flow of rumors about his health.

Adriaan Alsema (2020-05-03). Colombia is not a democracy if army considers journalists military targets. colombiareports.com The list of media and journalists who have been \"profiled\" by Colombia\'s military is so terrifyingly long I don\'t know whether I am reporting on a mafia state or an…

RT (2020-05-03). Your passport and corona test, please: Vienna airport starts on-site screening for those who wish to avoid quarantine. rt.com Starting Monday, passengers arriving at Vienna International Airport will be offered an on-site Covid-19 test to avoid the mandatory 14-day quarantine. | Austrian health officials require everyone arriving in the country by air to provide a health certificate ensuring they are not carrying the coronavirus. Without one issued no less than four days prior to arrival, travelers must sign up for two weeks of self-isolation. Starting Monday, there will be an alternative — an on-site express test with a three-hour wait before the results come through. | The same PCR express test will be available to people leav…

Adriaan Alsema (2020-05-03). Colombia sacked officials never mentioned in illegal army spying scandal. colombiareports.com Seven of nine army officials who were sacked by Colombia\'s defense ministry on Friday over their alleged role in reported intelligence gathering for President Ivan Duque\'s far right party were…

RT (2020-05-03). High-ranking Indian military staff killed in prolonged hostage rescue operation in Kashmir. rt.com An Indian colonel and major were among security personnel killed in a gun battle following a hostage crisis in Handwara, Kashmir. The colonel was the highest-ranking army official to die in an operation of this type in five years. | Colonel Ashutosh Sharma, the commander of the special 21 Rashtriya Rifles counter-terrorism unit, was killed in an hours-long gunfight in the Kupwara District of the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, officials told Indian media. | It is reported that Sharma — the recipient of gallantry awards in the past — was the first Indian commanding officer or a colonel-rank militar…

RT (2020-05-03). Dems & loyalist media STILL prioritizing beating Trump over treating Tara Reade\'s accusations against Biden fairly. rt.com With Joe Biden accused of sexual assault, Democrats and the mainstream media are being exposed as hypocrites willing to compromise their values, cautiously calling for a probe after ignoring the story for too long. | The editorial board at the New York Times actually

RT (2020-05-03). South Korea moves forward with relaxing of Covid-19 restrictions as new infection numbers remain low. rt.com Health authorities in South Korea have been reporting fewer than 15 new cases of Covid-19 for over two weeks now, with international travel being a major source. With domestic transmissions thought to be in check, the government will now move forward with plans to lift some of the social distancing restrictions, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun confirmed on Sunday. | The anticipated change will come starting Wednesday, after the Asian nation emerges from a period of long holidays. The government will have a set of guidelines for businesses and public venues, which will be allowed to reopen, on how to minimize the…

RT (2020-05-03). Covid contradiction? Pompeo believes coronavirus was 'man-made,' also agrees with intelligence that it was not. rt.com In his rush to accuse Beijing of unleashing the scourge of Covid-19 on an unsuspecting world, the US Secretary of State said the coronavirus was man-made, before making a U-turn without even blinking. | \"The best experts so far seem to think it was man-made. I don\'t have reason to disbelieve them at this point,\" Mike Pompeo told ABC\'s \'This Week\' when asked about a statement from the US intelligence community that unequivocally said the opposite. | Host Martha Raddatz twice asked Pompeo to clarify whether his view differed from that of American intelligence, and he voiced his total support for the spies &#150…

RT (2020-05-03). North & South Korea \'exchange gunfire\' in demilitarized zone — Seoul. rt.com A South Korean guard post in the demilitarized zone was hit by \"multiple gunshots\" from the North, forcing Seoul\'s military to \"return fire,\" Yonhap reports citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff. | The South Korean military says it issued a \"warning broadcast\" and fired back only \"two shots\" after a volley of gunfire hit a guard post inside the DMZ, causing no injuries. | It was not immediately clear if anyone was hit on the North Korean side. Seoul and Pyongyang are reportedly in contact to resolve the incident. | (URGENT) Multiple gunshots fired from N. Korea hit S. Korean guard post inside DMZ, no casualties rep…

Daniel Hannan (2020-05-03). Public Opinion, Not Scientific Advice, Is What Is Keeping Us in Lockdown. anti-empire.com

\"The whiff of pestilence throws us back onto our most basic Stone Age heuristics: stay away from strangers, avoid risk, hoard food, keep your children close. These basic promptings will always prove stronger than academic papers\"

| What has come over us? Is Covid-19 turning us into a nation of authoritarians? Are we secretly

RT (2020-05-03). German Interior Minister Seehofer mulls FIFTH term for Chancellor Merkel as Covid-19 crisis boosts her popularity. rt.com The Covid-19 crisis has surprisingly turned out to be a boon for German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she regained public support. Now, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer believes a fifth term in office might not be ruled out. | Successful handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic which has allowed Germany to start the process of gradually easing quarantine rules which have been crippling its economy for quite some time has apparently boosted Merkel\'s image among her fellow party members and political allies. | Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, who has had quite a thorny relationship with the chancellor over the…

The Canary (2020-05-03). Poll shows that most people oppose loosening UK lockdown this week. thecanary.co More than four in five Britons are against lockdown restrictions being eased for schools, pubs and restaurants this week, a poll suggests.Boris Johnson said the country had passed the peak of Covid-19 infections and he would be setting out a \"road map\" for easing measures in the near future.But only 17% of those polled thought the time was right to consider re-opening schools, with smaller proportions of people thinking conditions had been met to allow cinemas, sporting stadia and nightclubs to open their doors.The Opinium poll for the Observer questioned 2,000 adults between 29 April and 1 May and showed 79% of…

RT (2020-05-03). 'Wasteful' US and China-chasing India: What 5 biggest military powers are spending more than a TRILLION DOLLARS on. rt.com Global defense spending saw its largest annual increase in a decade in 2019, proving that the trend for bloated military budgets is here to stay — but expenditure doesn\'t always correlate simply with power, analysts told RT. | With military budgets peaking at a colossal $1.9 trillion last year (a 3.6 percent increase on 2018), it is clear that governments are still deeply in love with throwing massive amounts of money into the production and acquisition of the latest and fanciest new weapons of war. We have now reached the \"highest level of spending since the 2008 global financial crisis,\" according to t…

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-03). Iran Bashing, a US Media Specialty. iranian.com Operating as imperial mouthpieces, US establishment media are hostile toward all sovereign independent nations on its target list for regime change. They\'re countries unwilling to sacrifice their sovereign rights to US interests. Iran tops the list of Middle East nations Washington wants transformed into a vassal state — to gain control over its vast hydrocarbon …

Eugene E Ruyle (2020-05-03). Lenin on Democracy and Dictatorship & its relevance for our time. indybay.org Online ZOOM Meeting. | LOG-IN INFORMATION AT OUR WEBSITE | ICSSMARX.ORG | OR EMAIL CUYLERUYLE@MAC.COM…

Whitney Webb (2020-05-03). Bill Gates Partners With DARPA & Department of Defense For New DNA Nanotech COVID19 Vaccine! thealtworld.com In this powerful interview, Spiro is joined by Whitney Webb and Ryan Cristián from The Last American Vagabond, as they discuss the rollout of a new system of control the likes of which the world has never seen. | It has been said to never let a good crisis go to waste, and it appears the ones pulling the strings are taking full advantage of the current crisis as more and more evidence emerges contradicting the official story that suggests this crisis is no accident. | The fact that Bill Gates has teamed up with the Department of Defense and DARPA, which is the special project research and development arm of the P…

Mike Whitney (2020-05-03). Why Sweden Succeeded While Others Failed. globalresearch.ca How do you measure success in dealing with an illness for which there is no cure? | This is the question we need to ask ourselves before judging which country\'s approach has been most successful in dealing with the coronavirus. The …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-03). The Trump Regime Redeploys Its ISIS (Terrorist) \"Freedom Fighters\" to Iraq, Courtesy of the Pentagon. globalresearch.ca For over 40 years, Iraqis suffered from the scourge of US wars by hot and other means with no let-up, millions perishing, an entire population immiserated. | The Iraqi government and vast majority of its people want their country back — …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-03). The Trump Regime\'s Latest Diabolical Anti-Iran Scheme. With the Support of Bibi. globalresearch.ca Decades of US hostility toward Iran for not bowing to its hegemonic will reached a fever pitch under Trump. | Regime hardliners and Netanyahu convinced him to wage all-out war by other means on Tehran, an agenda that risks things turning …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-03). Lancet Editor Praises China, Slams Western Mishandling of COVID-19 Outbreaks. globalresearch.ca Lancet editor Richard Horton debunked phony claims by the US and West, falsely blaming China for spreading COVID-19 outbreaks. | Friday on China\'s CCTV, he stressed that Beijing \"isn\'t responsible for\" what\'s happening. | Calls by US and other Western leaders for …

teleSUR (2020-05-03). Dozens of Stranded Rohingyas Land on Bangladesh\'s Coast. telesurenglish.net At least 40 Rohingyas including \"starving\" women and children have landed Saturday on the coast of southern Bangladesh, security officials said Sunday. | RELATED: | Locals informed the coastguard and 29 people were arrested while around 10 people fled, police and security officials said. | Those rescued will be sent to the island of Bhashan Char in the Bay of Bengal where Bangladesh has built shelters for some 100,000 refuge…

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-03). New START and the China Diversion. strategic-culture.org The effort to bring China into an arms reduction treaty certainly is futile. Not only is China not going to participate in arms control negotiations with the U.S. anytime soon, but even if China were persuaded to participate the limits set by New START would allow China to increase its nuclear arsenal many times over while still remaining in compliance.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Front pages of Iran international dailies on May 3. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Here are the front pages of Iran-based international newspapers on Sunday, May 03.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Connecting Patients: Tips to cultivate mindfulness at home. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org While social distancing, many of us face a common problem

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Incident occurred to Afghan nationals took place in Afghanistan not Iran: Mousavi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Rejecting allegations accusing Iran for the death of Afghan nationals who sought to enter Iran illegally, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Sunday that the incident has occurred in Afghanistan territory, not the Iranian border.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-03). Dispatches from India Ep 8: Arrests during the time of lockdown. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode of Dispatches from India, we look at arrests by the police in India of people on charges of being involved in the Delhi riots of February…

Ryan Cristián (2020-05-03). The FULL Story Behind \"Fauci\'s\" 3.7 Million To Wuhan, Flu/CV Overlap & It Was Always Israelgate. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/2/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

Middle Eastern Heritage Celebration (2020-05-03). The Middle East: We Are Not Afraid! – talk by Sharat G. Lin. indybay.org Join Zoom meeting: zoom.us/j/95031035190 | Zoom meeting ID: 950 3103 5190 | International dial-in numbers available: zoom.us/u/aM3amGqtL…

Steve Sweeney (2020-05-03). This Weekend We Mark \"Press Freedom Day\". But Whose Freedom? globalresearch.ca Global human rights organisations and press freedom groups will today hold events across the world to mark International Press Freedom day, held annually on May 3. | It was established by the United Nations in 1993 on the second anniversary of …

Staff (2020-05-03). As We Shelter in Place, Access to Outdoors Should Not Only Be for the Privileged. truthout.org On the weekend that shelter-in-place orders were announced in California,

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2020-05-03). Challenging the Narrative: Media Propaganda Launches Conspiracy Theories Against Covid-19 Skeptics. globalresearch.ca Following the September 11th attacks in New York City, it instantaneously changed everything, from expanding US wars abroad against Afghanistan and Iraq, the dismantling of whatever civil rights you had left to the increased use of drones for surveillance and …

teleSUR (2020-05-03). Venezuelan Constituent Assembly on Foiled Terrorist Attack. telesurenglish.net The President of the Constituent Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, slammed on Sunday the latest attempt by armed terrorists to infiltrate Venezuela\'s border by means of a naval invasion from Colombia. | RELATED: | US: Tape Exposes Pompeo\'s Real Opinion on Venezuelan Opposition, \'They Plot for Themselves\' | During the failed attempt, Venezuelan forces have killed abou…

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-03). So We\'re All in This Together… Really? What About Big Oil? strategic-culture.org Charlotte DENNETT | So what are we make of the fact that the price of oil tanked to below zero per barrel on April 22, the greatest drop in history? The price has gone up slightly since then, hovering around $16 a barrel on April 25th, but it is still severely depressed. Who will suffer from this? And perhaps more importantly, who will gain? | Predicting the future is difficult during this pandemic. Here are five questions that might yield answers. | What caused the precipitous drop in the price of oil? | In a word: coronavirus. No one can deny this. It is an inescapable fact, plainly portrayed by TV images of em…

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Police confiscates above 2.3 tons of illicit drugs in SE Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Iran\'s Border Guard Commander Brigadier General Ghasem Rezaie informed on Sunday that Anti-narcotics police forces have seized 2.306 tons of illicit drugs at Iran-Pakistan Mirjaveh border, in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan.

Richard Falk (2020-05-03). Acknowledging Disorientation After COVID-19. zcomm.org Beyond Horizons of Fear and Doubt…

Kurt Nimmo (2020-05-03). Fear and Loathing of the COVID-19 Economy. globalresearch.ca Let me begin by saying I don\'t know anything definitive about the origin of COVID-19. I don\'t know if it is a natural mutation or a manmade biological weapon. I don\'t trust the government and its media corporations to report …

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Iran marks national Shiraz Day. en.mehrnews.com SHIRAZ, May 04 (MNA) — The 15th day of Ordibehesht in Persian calendar that falls on May 4 this year has been designated as Shiraz Day due to its historical and cultural importance as well as its unique beauty.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Iran exports 1st batch of agricultural products to Kuwait during corona. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) Hamid Zadboum said on Sun. that the first cargo of Iran\'s agricultural products, fresh fruits and vegetables was exported to Kuwait during the outbreak of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.

Steve Topple (2020-05-03). We need to talk about coronavirus and mental health. Because all is not what it seems. thecanary.co THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE MEDICAL ADVICE. IF YOUR ARE HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, YOU CAN CALL SAMARITANS UK ON 116 123. IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT MEDICATION YOU TAKE, ALWAYS SPEAK TO YOUR DOCTOR. | A London-based psychologist has put his head above the parapet and warned that the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic could cause a surge in unnecessary mental health diagnoses and drug prescriptions. But his statement poses far bigger questions about depression, and whether it\'s \'all in our heads\' — or if society\'s obsession with mental wellbeing is actually something more worrying. | \'Pathologising…

Dr. Dan Erickson (2020-05-03). Video: California Doctors Debunk Covid-19 Media Hysteria. globalresearch.ca Two doctors, Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi, co-owners of Accelerated Urgent Care, which offers Bakersfield\'s only private walk-in COVID-19 testing site, held a press conference on April 22 to report their conclusions about COVID-19 test results. The doctors said that …

graham (2020-05-03). COVID-19 pandemic could last up to 2 years, according to US experts. truepublica.org.uk A new report from researchers at the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy lays out three scenarios for how the coronavirus pandemic will progress in the coming months. Using the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic as a model, experts suggested the COVID-19 outbreak will last between 18 and 24 months. The pandemic \"likely won\'t be …

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Iranian model of public assistance during corona to be compiled: official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — A member of Expediency Council Ali Aqa Mohammadi said that an Iranian model of public assistance during the outbreak of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, will be formulated in the country.

Graton Day Labor Center and others (2020-05-03). Sacramento: May Day Car Caravan for Immigrant & Worker Rights. indybay.org Car Caravan: Southside Park, Sacramento…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Mayo Clinic expert talks social distancing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The need for?social distancing?will continue into the summer as an important public health tool to reduce the spread of?COVID-19. ?Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases specialist at Mayo Clinic acknowledges the hardships of public safety measures and says they are important. \"The nature of social distancing, isolating ourselves, and shelter-in-place has been tremendous hardships from …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Mayo Clinic to advise Hilton on cleaning program protocol, training. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org McLean, Va. – Hilton announced a new program on Monday, April 27, to deliver an industry-defining standard of cleanliness and disinfection in Hilton properties around the world. In a first for the hospitality business, Hilton will collaborate with Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, maker of Lysol and Dettol, and consult with Mayo Clinic to develop elevated …

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-05-03). Israel Behind Air Strikes in Syria Directed against Hezbollah. \"Greater Israel\" in the Making? globalresearch.ca Tensions have worsened in the Middle East. Apparently, the Israeli government is promoting an escalation of violence in Syria with the aim of expelling any trace of Iranian presence from the country, leading to the collapse of relations between Tehran …

The Commonwealth Club (2020-05-03). The Half of It: Director Alice Wu and Star Leah Lewis talk w/ Michelle Meow. indybay.org Online via livestream…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Mayo Clinic introduces skill for Amazon\'s Alexa about COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn.

graham (2020-05-03). U.K. Plc issued more profit warnings in Q1 than all of 2008. truepublica.org.uk By TruePublica: With news that the UK economy could shrink by an eye-watering 20 per cent if the COVID-19 outbreak is not contained by the year-end and that the likelihood of recovery back to 2019 (itself bordering on recession) levels will take at least three years, businesses are facing the type of battering that the …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Science Saturday: Antimalarials, COVID-19, cardiac arrest. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Over the last few weeks, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have become household words. These antiparasitic drugs normally prescribed for malaria were introduced early in the rush to find potential treatments for COVID-19. As time goes on, the public discussion has centered on who should get these particular drugs and when. Meanwhile many doctors and medical researchers …

Peter Maiden (2020-05-03). May Day Car Caravan in Fresno. indybay.org …

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Afghanistan, Iran\'s new goods transit route to Central Asia: official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Commercial Envoy of the Iranian Embassy to Afghanistan Mohammad Mehdi Javanmard Ghasab said that Afghanistan can be Iran\'s new transit route for exporting products to the Central Asian states.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Germany unable to withstand US pressures: MP. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — An Iranian lawmaker says that Germany is a weak country regarding politics and cannot stand against the United States\' pressures.

teleSUR (2020-05-03). Bolivarian Armed Forces Reject Terrorist Incursion Attempt. telesurenglish.net Venezuela\'s Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino Lopez, condemned the attempted terrorist incursion, planned and organized from Colombia, which sought to generate chaos in the country and assassinate Venezuelan leaders. | RELATED: | \"The attack was timely detected thanks to the intelligence and counter-intelligence agencies, which guarantee the active surveillance of our geographic space,\" Padrino explained. | The r…

teleSUR (2020-05-03). New COVID-19 Peaks As Nations Ease Lockdowns. telesurenglish.net As several governments resume productive activities and lift lockdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, experts warn the threat of a second wave of infections. | RELATED: | On Sunday some of the world\'s most populous countries reported worrisome new peaks in infections, including India, which saw its biggest single-day jump yet.‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã The country reported mo…

The Commonwealth Club (2020-05-03). College Coach Matt Lynch on His Public Coming-Out Story. indybay.org Online via livestream…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Are pets at risk of getting, spreading COVID-19? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Recent reports of cats and dogs becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to update its guidelines for pets. According to the CDC, two pet cats in New York City became the first domestic animals in the U.S. to test positive for the …

Reclaim SF (2020-05-03). Two Homeless Women Move into Vacant Property. indybay.org Taking inspiration from #Moms4Housing, ReclaimSF is directly meeting the real needs of our unhoused neighbors and demanding bolder initiatives from elected officials.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Saudi-led coalition continues violation of truce in Yemen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — The US-Saudi aggression and its mercenaries are continuing their raids and bombardments on a number of Yemeni governorates, violating the ceasefire in the country.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Five minerals hit production growth last year. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Production volume of five selected minerals registered a hike in the last Iranian calendar year [ended March 20, 2020] as compared to the last year\'s corresponding period.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Iran not discriminating between COVID-19 patients unlike US: Rouhani. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan said that the country\'s health care system does not differentiate between nationalities of the COVID-19 patients while treating them.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). 30 ships carrying basic goods take berth at Bandar Imam Khomeini. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — A number of 30 ships, carrying basic goods and commodities, took berth at Bandar Imam Khomeini (RA) in the first month of the current year [from March 21 to April 19].

Patrick Henningsen (2020-05-03). Why Sweden Has Already Won the Debate on COVID \'Lockdown\' Policy. globalresearch.ca As Europe and North America continue suffering their steady economic and social decline as a direct result of imposing \'lockdown\' on their populations, other countries have taken a different approach to dealing with the coronavirus threat. You wouldn\'t know it …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Respiratory therapists play critical role in treating COVID-19 patients. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 was first identified late last year with a cluster of pneumonia cases caused by a new coronavirus. The COVID-19 disease process heavily affects the respiratory system, and patients often need oxygen support. The respiratory therapist plays a critical role in managing oxygen levels, placing breathing tubes, and managing the mechanical ventilator, when necessary. On …

Staff (2020-05-03). Corporations Don\'t Need Another Bailout — Schools Do. truthout.org Money matters in education. Someone needs to tell Mitch McConnell that. | The Senate majority leader said on April 22 that the federal government should let states battling COVID-19 go

teleSUR (2020-05-03). Bolsonaro Heads Anti-Democratic Rally Amid Brazil\'s Crisis. telesurenglish.net Far-right Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro took to the streets Sunday to attack Congress and the courts in a speech to hundreds of his supporters, mentioning once again the backing he continues to have with the armed forces. | RELATED: | \"We have the armed forces at the people\'s side: the side of order, democracy, liberty,\" Bolsonaro said in a speech transmitted live on Facebook, underlining the former army captain\'s in…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Why patients with lung cancer in a COVID-19 era need to keep their treatment. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Patients with cancer are at a higher risk of having a more severe COVID-19 illness. \"Unfortunately, COVID-19 has severely affected those who are diagnosed with lung cancer,\" says Dr. Shanda Blackmon, a thoracic surgeon at Mayo Clinic. \"We know that these patients who get infected with COVID-19 while they\'re immune compromised are increasingly susceptible to having a worse …

Dr. Pascal Sacré (2020-05-03). Politics and Corruption at the World Health Organization (WHO). globalresearch.ca This article, translated from French, was written prior to Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic outbreak | *** | The WHO [OMS in French] is the World Health Organisation. \'WHO\' in English — and that\'s much more appropriate. WHO: who is it really? | Would the …

Finian Cunningham (2020-05-03). China Denying False Claims Is \'Evidence\' of COVID-19 Cover-Up. thealtworld.com The publicly documented timeline of the pandemic confounds the \"blame China\" narrative. So too does the disproportionate mishandling … | China is being put in a no-win bind. It is accused of misleading the world over the Covid-19 outbreak, which is in turn prompting demands for financial compensation. The United States, Britain, France and Australia have pushed this narrative. Demonization of China involves claims that Beijing has fomented disinformation about the pandemic. | The publicly documented timeline of the pandemic confounds this \"blame China\" narrative. So too does the disproportionate mishandling of…

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Illegal extension of arms embargo to kill JCPOA forever. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Secretary of Iran\'s Supreme National Security Council Rear Admiral Shamkhani warned that the illegal extension of Iran\'s arms embargo will result in the destruction of the 2015 nuclear deal — also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — forever.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). World knows Ayatollah Khamenei as \'strategist\': Mousavi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — The Spokesperson of Iran\'s ministry of foreign affairs said on Sunday that the world knows the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei as a \'strategist\'.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Friday prayers to be held this week after 2-month hiatus thru. observing health protocols. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — After more than two-month hiatus in performing Friday prayers across the country due to the outbreak of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, the Friday prayers will be held in 157 cities of the country through observing health protocols.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Respiratory care and people who care for patients with COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When people experience severe symptoms with COVID-19, they are urged to seek medical attention. But what happens to patients when they are hospitalized and who helps them? Because COVID-19 heavily affects the respiratory system, respiratory care is an important part of the care and healing process, says Dr. Daniel Diedrich, an anesthesiologist and critical care specialist at Mayo Clinic. All clinicians play an important role in providing lifesaving …

Staff (2020-05-03). For Families Divided by ICE, the Pandemic Compounds the Nightmare. truthout.org On March 25, Alexandra Seo\'s mother sent her a message: \"Alexandra. Call 911 for me. We don\'t have any water.\" Seo watched as more messages came in: Her mother told her there was no bathroom she could use. There was a foul chemical smell in the air that made it hard to breathe. And there was no running water for her to wash her hands to try to protect herself from the coronavirus. \"It\'s panic around here,\" she messaged. \"Everyone is going crazy. Tell dad please.\" Seo felt nauseous as more texts arrived.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). European, American seminary students in Qom prov. en.mehrnews.com QOM, May 03 (MNA) — In line with the special emphasis of Leader of the Islamic Revolution in implementing \"Equality, Sincere Assistance Maneuver\" during the holy month of Ramadan, over 2,000 livelihood foodstuff packages were distributed among the needy families in Qom province at the initiative taken by Amir al-Momenin Seminary School, where non-Iranian seminary students study at this center.

Lynda Carson (2020-05-03). The music of Vitamin Em during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. indybay.org Music Of Vitamin Em During Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic…

Staff (2020-05-03). Families Need Help Paying for COVID Burials But Trump Hasn\'t Released the Money. truthout.org As the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus mounts, President Donald Trump has yet to free up a pool of disaster relief funding specifically intended to help families cover burial costs. | Approximately 30 states and territories have requested the funding as the pandemic spreads across the country and struggling families ask for help burying their dead. The funding is part of the wide array of \"individual assistance\" programs handled by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help disast…

John Malkin (2020-05-03). Good Riddance Releases EP to Benefit Aid During Virus Pandemic. indybay.org Santa Cruz punk band Good Riddance released a benefit EP on April 15 to benefit the World Food Programme, the food assistance branch of the United Nations. The four songs are previously unreleased tracks from the band\'s \"Thoughts and Prayers\" recording sessions.

Women\'s March (2020-05-03). Connecting Community: Staying Positive and Empowered During COVID-19 (10am & 1pm WM). indybay.org Online via Zoom…

graham (2020-05-03). Three quarters of British truckers expect to go out of business within just 2 months. truepublica.org.uk UK truckers are warning Boris Johnson\'s government that thousands could go out of business in weeks without more financial support for dealing with the impact of the coronavirus on their industry. The truckers are playing a vital role in transporting essentials like food and PPE around Britain during the coronavirus pandemic, but their futures still …

Prof. Dr. Mujahid Kamran (2020-05-03). Who Really Controls the World? Deadly Weapons, Concentration of Wealth, Corporate Media. globalresearch.ca (Article originally published in April 2015) | Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men\'s views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. …

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). A glimpse at landscapes of N Khorasan province. en.mehrnews.com BOJNURD, May 03 (MNA) — North Khorasan province, situated in the northeast of Iran, enjoys impressive natural landscapes. The region is also famous as \'the land of 1000 springs\' for its abundant water and springs.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Media backgrounder: COVID-19 readiness and helping the world respond to the global pandemic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn.

teleSUR (2020-05-03). Spain Records Lowest Death Toll Since COVID-19 Quarantine. telesurenglish.net Spain recorded 164 new deaths from the coronavirus on Saturday, the lowest number since the state of emergency was declared in the European country. | RELATED: | The figure announced by the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, brings the total number of deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic to 25,264. | Sánchez indicated that the number of confirmed virus infections since Saturday does not exceed a thousand. | The he…

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Iranian dailies\' headlines on May 3. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Mehr News Agency takes a look at the important headlines of the Iranian newspapers on Sunday, May 03.

Working Class is The Essential Class (2020-05-03). May Day 2020: Every End is a New Beginning. indybay.org We celebrate May First, May Day, around the world as International Workers Day, which began in this country in the struggle for the 8 hour day in the late 19th Century.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Using tele-ICU to support New York hospital. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Using tele-ICU capabilities, Mayo Clinic physicians in critical care medicine are volunteering to support staff at New York-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital, which has been inundated with COVID-19 cases. At this unprecedented time, these two organizations are collaborating and innovating to help patients. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Sean Caples, a Mayo Clinic pulmonologist and critical …

Labor Video Project (2020-05-03). BA ILWU Shutdown On 2020 May Day With Rally/Caravan: An Injury To One Is An Injury To All! indybay.org The ILWU Local 10 and 34 rallied at SSA in the Port of Oakland with other unionists and community people to commemorate May Day and to demand PPE, and end to evictions, full unionization.

Adriaan Alsema (2020-05-03). Colombia\'s latest spying scandal reveals mainly that nobody knows who is spying on who and why. colombiareports.com Illegal wiretapping and spying has long been common in Colombia, but the reported intelligence gathering on President Ivan Duque\'s former chief of staff has pushed paranoia to a whole new…

Climate One (2020-05-03). COVID-19 and Climate: The Future of Energy. indybay.org Online via livestream (FREE)…

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Global coronavirus death toll surpasses 244,000. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Worldwide, the number of confirmed infections stands above 3.4 million, with nearly 245,000 deaths and approximately 1.1 million recoveries.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Iranian animation \'Greyish\' goes to Meryland filmfest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Iranian short animated piece \'Greyish\' directed by Eghbal Shirzaei Sani has made it into the competition program of the 2020 edition of Maryland International Film Festival in the US.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Symptom list for COVID-19 expanded. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, affects people in many ways. Early symptoms have included fever, cough and chills. The list of symptoms in people with confirmed COVID-19 disease has expanded since early reports of the disease. \"We\'re learning more about the virus and more about the syndrome that it causes as people …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Voluntary public disclosure on the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn.

SNS (2020-05-03). Vaccines Neither Vegetarian Nor Vegan. indybay.org Vaccines are developed using animal blood, gelatin, eggs, and countless other ingredients…

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Over 2 ton of illicit drugs seized in Iran\'s Mirjaveh. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — The police force of the Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran, have seized a big haul of different drugs in the southeastern borders.

teleSUR (2020-05-03). Venezuelan Assembly Vows to Defend Country After Border Attack. telesurenglish.net The President of the Constituent Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, slammed on Sunday the latest attempt by armed terrorists to infiltrate Venezuela\'s border by means of a naval invasion from Colombia. | Cabello said that the incident is still under investigation by the Venezuelan authorities, but he vowed, on behalf of the Constituent Assemby, to confront these terrorists that seek to harm the South American nation. | \"We must summarize that these are not the only ones who came in the operation. It is under investigation. There was a confrontation, shots fired. We don\'t know if there are people who died at sea, or r…

Staff (2020-05-03). Over 70 Percent of Jobless Americans Didn\'t Receive March Unemployment Benefits. truthout.org The vast majority of Americans who lost their jobs did not receive Millions of Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits in March but 71% of them did not receive their benefits that month, delaying a…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). AskMayoExpert\'s COVID-19 information made available to public. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic is making parts of its AskMayoExpert clinical knowledge resource for providers available to the public to make trusted knowledge on COVID-19 easily available to other health systems and providers. AskMayoExpert, Mayo Clinic\'s primary clinical knowledge resource for providers at the point of care, is sharing its COVID-19 content with the public. \"Mayo leadership …

Rob Slane (2020-05-03). Shutting Down an Entire Economy. Weighing up the Threat From the Virus and the Threat From the Reaction. globalresearch.ca Would you consider the shutting down of an entire national economy for a disease such as the Black Death, which between 1347-1351 killed an estimated

Dean Baker (2020-05-03). How Many People Will Patent Monopolies Kill In This Pandemic? cepr.net No one wants to die, but hey, who wouldn\'t be willing to sacrifice their life to protect someone\'s patent monopoly? That is a question that is implicitly raised in this New York Times piece on the race to develop an effective vaccine against the coronavirus. Near the beginning the piece tells readers: \"In an era …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Reducing anxiety and stress during COVID-19 pandemic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: It\'s been weeks of being at home with my children and spouse due to the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home requirements. I\'m feeling overwhelmed and I\'m also scared because we really don\'t know what\'s going to happen. How can I ease this anxiety? ANSWER: You certainly are not alone in those feelings. As …

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Russia names US efforts for extension of Iran\'s arms embargo fruitless. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia\'s permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations said on Sunday that \"in case the US cannot persuade the UN Security Council to extend arms embargo against Iran, it will try other options. But we do believe that Americans will not reach their set targets.\"

Kate Zeller (2020-05-03). Developing Countries Struggle with Coronavirus Health and Economic Impacts. indybay.org From Ecuador to the Dominican Republic to Ethiopia, developing countries are struggling to obtain aid and financing to address the health and economic impacts of the coronavirus.

Afroze Fatima Zaidi (2020-05-03). While the British media portrays Johnson as a hero, poor and BAME people are dying at alarming rates. thecanary.co On Sunday 3 May, the Sun published an exclusive interview with Boris Johnson detailing his experience of coronavirus (Covid-19). It seems the British media is

Jim Hightower (2020-05-03). The Real Disease Is Inequality. zcomm.org The forces of greed shoved working families to the edge — all it took was a virus to push them over…

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (2020-05-03). A Prayer for Justice and Compassion During the Pandemic. thenation.com Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II A Prayer for Justice and Compassion During the Pandemic…

Pacifica COVID-19 Taskforce (2020-05-03). 24 hour May Day programing on mayday.pacifica.org. indybay.org Pacifica COVID-19 Taskforce is hosting May Day with programing from throughout the world. Live streaming from South Africa, Korea, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and other countries.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-03). Informal workers bear the brunt of COVID-19 economic slowdown. peoplesdispatch.org We look at the impact of the COVID-19 related lockdown and economic distress on one of the most vulnerable sections in the world, the informal workers.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Vice President Pence visits Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Vice President Mike Pence visited Mayo Clinic in Rochester to see firsthand how Mayo is providing scientific leadership to aid the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Gianrico Farrugia, Mayo Clinic president and CEO, guided the vice president on a tour where he was able to talk with Mayo Clinic scientists leading the country\'s …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). 3D Anatomic Modeling Lab printing ear-loop mask attachments for staff. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In an effort to provide their colleagues some much needed relief,?staff at the 3D Anatomic Modeling Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Rochester are 3D printing attachments for ear-loop masks to help take the pressure off of colleagues\' ears. The attachment, an adaptation of a mask adjuster design developed by Peak Sport Products Co. and HP Inc., was …

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Iran strongly condemns ISIL\'s terrorist attack against PMU. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi strongly condemned the criminal and cowardly actions of the ISIL terrorist group that resulted in the martyrdom of a number of Hashd al-Sha\'abi forces during the holy month of Ramadan.

Dan Bacher (2020-05-03). Groups sue California over project\'s failure to protect salmon, other fish. indybay.org DWR\'s deception included omitting the One-Tunnel Delta Conveyance Project from its list of more than 40 cumulative water supply, management, and quality projects and actions in the Draft EIR.\" | Bob Wright, senior counsel for Friends of the River, called DWR\'s failure to mention the Delta Tunnel project in the EIR as \"ridiculously absurd.\"

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Skin care for your hands, face during COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Your best defense against the spread of coronavirus is hand-washing, but frequent hand-washing can deplete the skin of its natural moisture and oils, causing dry and cracked skin. Recommendations to wear face masks also are taking a toll on the skin. Face masks may rub across the nose and behind the ears, which can irritate …

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Leader to deliver speech on International Quds Day. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — The chairman of Intifada and Quds Department of the Coordinating Council of Islamic Propagation said Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei will deliver a speech on the occasion of the International Quds Day, which falls on May 22.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Infographic: Informed but not overwhelmed. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For the latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic, check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. For more information and COVID-19 coverage, go to the Mayo Clinic News Network and mayoclinic.org.

scott huminski (2020-05-03). Trump, Pence, G W Bush, Hannity and Sen. Rick Scott\'s best sheriff fried under DOJ investi. indybay.org The Justice Department and Florida Department of Health are investigating Sheriff Carmine Marceno for civil rights abuses, human rights abuses, ADA violations and felony abuse of a disabled adult.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Parl. Secuiry Commission to address condition of Iranian scientist jailed in US. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Parliament\'s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission is set to hold a meeting to address the situation of an Iranian scientist who has contracted COVID-19 in a US jail.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). \'Equality, Sincere Assistance Maneuver\' in Shahr-e-Rey. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — The ceremony of distribution of 1mn livelihood foodstuff packages was held at Shah Abdol Azim Shrine, Shahr-e-Rey, on Sunday within the framework of \"Equality, Empathy, and Sincere Assistance Maneuver\".

The Commonwealth Club (2020-05-03). Oakland Arts and Culture in the Era of COVID-19 (livestream talk). indybay.org Online via livestream…

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Iran Air to launch special flights from Qatar, Europe to return stranded Iranians back. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Iran Air is to launch flights from Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Spain, and Qatar to the Iranian capital Tehran and Shiraz in Iranian Fars province, in the next upcoming days, to return Iranian nationals stranded in the named countries due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). 78,422 patients recover from Covid-19. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — 78,422 patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID_19) in Iran have fully recovered from the disease as of Sunday, says the Health Ministry\'s spokesman.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Badr official warns about US, Saudi new plan to transfer ISIL terrorists into Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — A senior member of Iraq\'s Badr Organization — the biggest constituent of the Popular Mobilization Units — warned about the new moves by the US and Saudi Arabia to reactivate the ISIL terrorists in Iraq.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Police confiscates 257 kg illicit drugs in Iran\'s Damavand. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — The police chief of Damavand announced on Saturday that Anti-narcotics police forces have seized a consignment of illegal drugs following a series of intelligence operations.

Uhuru Furniture (2020-05-03). WEBINAR: Support Uhuru Furniture – Not the Banks and Wall Street! indybay.org Webinar – Oakland/Philadelphia…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-03). Physicians, scientists and physician-scientists connect dots between heart disease, potential for worse COVID-19 outcomes. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. ? People with certain heart diseases may be more susceptible to worse outcomes with COVID-19, but the reason why has remained unknown. New research from Mayo Clinic indicates that in patients with one specific type of heart disease ? obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) ? the heart increases production of the ACE2 RNA transcript …

en.mehrnews (2020-05-03). Iran ready to share COVID-19 experiences with West: Amir-Abdollahian. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Pointing to the failure of some Western countries in containing the COVID-19 outbreak, Iranian Parliament Speaker\'s Special Aide for International Affairs expressed the country\'s readiness to its experiences.

teleSUR (2020-05-03). Bolivian Military Aircraft Crashes During Aid Mission: 6 Killed. telesurenglish.net A Bolivian air force plane crashed during a humanitarian mission, killing all six people on board, said the Defence Ministry on Saturday. | RELATED: | The tragedy occurred near the north-central city of Trinidad, the country\'s Air Force wrote on Twitter, confirming that two Bolivian crew and four Spaniards deceased. | The twin-engine propeller plane would have arrived in the country\'s largest city of Santa Cruz, where t…

repost (2020-05-03). 4/30/20: 45th Anniversary of Victory in Vietnam. indybay.org On April 30, 1975, the \"little people in black pajamas\" of Vietnam defeated the mightiest, most despicable war machine the world had seen since Nazi Germany, namely the US military, as they chased the US military and their local lackeys onto helicopters, boats and planes, causing celebrations around the world, including here in the Bay Area where we, who opposed the war machine and resisted the draft, danced in streets. Today, Vietnam has ZERO deaths from the coronavirus because it has SOCIALIZED medicine. For more, see www.counterpunch.org/2020/04/30/a-letter-from-viet-nam-on-the-occasion-of-the-45th-ann…

Fréa Lockley (2020-05-03). Revealed: the truth about antisemitism allegations against expelled Labour MP Chris Williamson. thecanary.co The Canary is one of three independent outlets to see an exclusive copy of Chris Williamson\'s evidence challenging his suspension from the Labour Party in February 2019. He wrote this to defend himself against major allegations of antisemitism that were

yenisafak (2020-05-03). \'Erdogan, Turkey will continue to help its allies fight coronavirus\'. yenisafak.com Turkey will continue to support its allies, friends, and those in need around the world amid the global coronavirus outbreak, Turkey\'s communications director said on Sunday.\"We hear a lot of positive feedback and praise about our humanitarian aid to close to 60 countries so far,\" Fahrettin Altun said on Twitter, adding that even before the pandemic Turkey had been leading the world in the ration of its humanitarian aid ratio to GDP.Altun also said that Turkey\'s aid shipment to Somalia included for the first time Turkey\'s locally manufactured ventilators.\"This is not a matter of politics but our President [Recep…

yenisafak (2020-05-03). Turks turn to minimalism amid coronavirus lockdown. yenisafak.com More and more people in Turkey are leaning into minimalism and consuming less as the world takes a giant pause due to the novel coronavirus, according to one local minimalist.Hale Acun Aydin, founder of the Turk Isi Minimalizm (Turkish Way Minimalism) website and related social media sites, said interest in minimalism had already risen in the last couple of years before recently skyrocketing as residents face a long lockdown at home.\"It doesn\'t matter how many shoes we have now, we only use one pair of shoes to go to the supermarket,\" Aydin told Anadolu Agency.Populations across the world, as well as in Turkey, a…

yenisafak (2020-05-03). Iran\'s coronavirus death toll rises 47 to 6,203. yenisafak.com Iran confirmed 47 more fatalities from coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the nationwide death toll to 6,203, according to the official IRNA news agency. | Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 976 new infections were detected over the past 24 hours in the country. | He said 78,422 people out of a total of 97,424 infected with the disease have recovered, while 2,690 cases are in critical condition.Iran is one of the Mideast countries hardest hit by coronavirus, as first detected in the city of Qom on Feb. 19, and then spread throughout the country. | The government did not impose a total lockdown as see…

yenisafak (2020-05-03). Colonel among 5 Indian forces killed in Kashmir. yenisafak.com Four Indian army soldiers, including a high-profile colonel, and a police officer were killed in a gunfight with militants in Indian-administered Kashmir, an army spokesman said Sunday.Col. Rajesh Kalia told Anadolu Agency that a team made up of Col. Ashutosh Sharma plus a major, two soldiers, and a sub-inspector of Jammu and Kashmir Police last night entered a village in the northern Kupwara district where they believed militants had taken civilians hostage in a house.\"The team successfully evacuated the civilians but during the process came under heavy fire,\" he said. In the ensuing firefight, two militants we…

yenisafak (2020-05-03). Turkish Cargo 5th among top 25 air cargo carriers. yenisafak.com Turkey\'s national air cargo brand Turkish Cargo has achieved the highest growth rate — 16.6% — among the top 25 air cargo carriers worldwide, according to an industry group.From ranking eighth in 2019, Turkish Cargo rose to fifth place, and increased its global Freight Tonne Kilometers (FTK) market share to 4.4%, according to the International Air Transport Association\'s FTK February 2020 results.The global air cargo industry, meanwhile, contracted by 15.2% year-on-year in March, driven by sharply weaker demand across all regions as the COVID-19 outbreak extended to become a global pandemic.\"The succe…

yenisafak (2020-05-03). \'Indian TV channels amplify, justify and legitimize fake news\'. yenisafak.com As the world marks Press Freedom Day on Sunday, a rising tide of fake news and misinformation pumped through mainstream media has become a major concern in India.Linking an event of a Muslim group Tablighi Jamaat for spreading coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic in the country while overlooking other similar gatherings, the attitude of a section of India\'s mainstream media created hatred against Muslim community, leading to their social boycott at various places.In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Samar Halarnkar, an award-winning journalist and former editor of the Hindustan Times said the transmission o…

yenisafak (2020-05-03). A Minute With: Tim Gunn on pajamas and post-quarantine fashion. yenisafak.com Even Tim Gunn, the immaculately dressed fashion mentor from \"Project Runway\" and Amazon\'s new competition show \"Making the Cut,\" is finding it hard to get out of his pajamas these days.As much of the world shelters at home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Gunn said he too has given in to comfort over style when he\'s at home in his New York apartment.Reuters spoke to Gunn by telephone about how the ongoing quarantine has changed fashion and what might come next on \"Making the Cut.\" Q: What do you think will happen to fashion now that people have gotten used to working in sweatpants or even their pajamas?

yenisafak (2020-05-03). UK had plan in case virus killed Boris Johnson. yenisafak.com Speaking to The Sun on Sunday, Johnson said during his two-week hospital stay last month, his doctors were beginning to think about how to announce a possible death.\"It was a tough old moment, I won\'t deny it.\"They had a strategy to deal with a \'death of Stalin\'-type scenario,\" Johnson said.Johnson said the doctors had made arrangements if things had gone wrong as some of his vital signs were not positive.\"They gave me a face mask so I got litres and litres of oxygen and for a long time I had that and the little nose jobbie,\" Johnson said.Johnson stressed he was not in good shape during his life-or-death struggle…

yenisafak (2020-05-03). Syrian tycoon Makhlouf says security forces are arresting his employees. yenisafak.com Sanctions-hit Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf on Sunday said that security forces are arresting employees at his diversified companies in what he said were \"mounting pressures\" on him days after Syrian authorities asked him to repay hefty taxes.\"Today pressures began in an unacceptable ways and the security forces, in an inhumane way, are arresting our employees,\" Makhlouf said in a video.Makhlouf, a maternal cousin of President Bashar al-Assad and widely considered part of the president\'s inner circle, has a business empire that ranges from telecoms and real estate to construction and oil trading. He had played a bi…

yenisafak (2020-05-03). Dutch coronavirus cases rise 335 to 40,571 with 69 new deaths. yenisafak.com The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the Netherlands has increased by 335 to 40,471, Dutch health authorities said on Sunday.The National Institute for Public Health reported 69 new deaths, taking total COVID-19 fatalities to 5,056. The authorities stress that the actual number of infections is likely higher because not all suspected COVID-19 patients are being tested.

yenisafak (2020-05-03). Mehmet the Conqueror: Genius emperor of Ottomans. yenisafak.com Among the billions of people who have walked the earth since the dawn of humanity, only a few are rightfully remembered for their exceptional skills and impact on history, and among these is Mehmet II, the Ottoman emperor who had the honor of conquering Istanbul and thus earning the title \"conqueror.\"Mehmet the Conqueror was only 21 years old when he sent the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire to the dusty pages of history and leveled up a Turkish state into an empire that would rule regions in multiple continents for centuries to come.Much like other leading historical figures still remembered and respected, an i…

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Could Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama Join Forces to Run Against Trump if Joe Biden Quits the Race? sputniknews.com Former US Vice President Joe Biden has emerged as the presumptive Democratic party presidential nominee after his rivals suspended their campaigns. However, following a number of mounting scandals, including allegations of sexual assault, Biden might be losing ground.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Cat.Exe Stopped Working: Bored Feline Cannot Take Self-Isolation Any Longer. sputniknews.com Staying inside is the right and necessary thing to do at these uncertain and unprecedented times, but unfortunately it is hard to run away from boredom within four walls and even our pets can lose it a little.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Pope Francis Calls for International Cooperation to Develop Vaccines Against COVID-19. sputniknews.com VATICAN CITY (Sputnik) – Pope Francis on Sunday called for joint international efforts to create vaccines against COVID-19 and provide access to medical treatment worldwide.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). At Least 7 Injured in Blast Near Site of Counter-Terror Operation in Handwara, Kashmir. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): Earlier in the day, five security personnel were killed by terrorists in Handwara, a town in India\'s Jammu and Kashmir union territory. India has accused Pakistan of instigating terror activities in Kashmir; Pakistan has denied the charges and insisted the local Kashmiris are fighting for their independence.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Iran Nuclear Deal Will \'Die Forever\' If US Uses \'Sanctions Virus\' to Extend Arms Embargo — Tehran. sputniknews.com The Trump administration has been searching for options to try to extend the United Nations ban on the sale of conventional weapons to Iran beyond October, proposing sanctions and even considering making the argument that the US is still effectively a party to the Iran nuclear deal, despite its decision to walk out of the agreement in 2018.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Fifth of UK Households with Children Going Hungry Amid COVID-19 Lockdown – Report. sputniknews.com The United Kingdom has implemented social-distancing measures to combat the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) and prevent overloading of patients onto the National Health Service. Due to existing food insecurity and the reliance on food banks and school lunches before the lockdown, many of Britain\'s poorest are at breaking point.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Lukashenko Says Belarus Cannot Cancel Victory Day Parade on May 9 Despite Pandemic. sputniknews.com MINSK (Sputnik) – Belarus \"cannot\" call off the WWII Victory Day parade on 9 May, despite the coronavirus pandemic, because thousands of people are looking forward to the event, including veterans, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Russian, Italian Military Disinfect 3 Medical Facilities in Lombardy – Russian Ministry. sputniknews.com BERGAMO (Sputnik) – Russian servicemen and their Italian counterparts have disinfected three medical facilities in Italy\'s northern region of Lombardy, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Giant \'Murder Hornets\' Threat Looms Over the United States – Report. sputniknews.com While the hornets\' mandibles allow them to decimate a beehive in a matter of hours, their powerful venom and long stingers make these insects a credible, and possibly lethal, threat to humans as well.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). \'End of US Global Dominance\' Predicted in Wake of COVID-19 as World Order to \'Reinvent Itself\'. sputniknews.com As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the globe, many are already looking ahead, pondering how or if the health crisis will effectively reshape geopolitics and the era of globalisation.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Halle Berry Uploads a Shower Selfie, Prompts Comments About Her \'Ageless\' Beauty. sputniknews.com The Oscar-winning actress regularly updates her 6-million audience on Instagram with photos featuring her curves.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Israeli Court Hears Petitions against Netanyahu Forming Gov\'t While Under Indictment for Corruption. sputniknews.com Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted earlier this year on charges of accepting bribes, fraud and breach of trust. Israel\'s longest serving prime minister has denied any wrongdoing, claiming he is the victim of a politically motivated \"witch hunt\".

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Almost 3,000 Crew Members Quarantined on Cruise Ship in Germany After Positive COVID-19 Test – Video. sputniknews.com Live from the port of Cuxhaven as almost 3,000 crew members are quarantined on a TUI cruise ship after one of them tested positive for coronavirus.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Women at War: Female Soldiers of the Soviet Red Army in the 1940s. sputniknews.com Russia is preparing to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 against Nazi Germany.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Petal Shower by Armed Forces: Waste of Resources or Modi\'s \'Flower Power\' Way to Fight Crisis? sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): Despite implementing the world\'s most extensive lockdown for around two months, the approval rating of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is up; making him more popular than other world leaders. However, some have criticised India\'s government for using military assets to express solidarity with those fighting COVID-19.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Joe Biden Used to Swim Naked in Front of Embarrassed Female Guards, Book Claims. sputniknews.com The former US vice president, now the presumptive Democratic contender for the presidency, has recently been accused by a former staffer of sexually assaulting her as a senator in 1993. Biden denies the allegations, which came on top of a string of complaints from several women about his alleged overly physical behaviour.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Ex-German Chancellor Urges Lifting \'Senseless\' Anti-Russian Sanctions Amid COVID-19 Pandemic. sputniknews.com Crimea rejoined Russia in March 2014 as a result of a referendum which saw over 96 per cent of the peninsula\'s residents backing the option. However, the move was opposed by Ukraine and a majority of Western countries, including EU members, with several rounds of sanctions slapped on Moscow.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). How a US Government-Sponsored Outlet Sparked Media Hysteria About Kim Jong-un\'s \'Death\'. sputniknews.com After weeks of speculation fueled by a lengthy absence, the North Korean leader suddenly reappeared in public on May 1 at the opening of a new fertilizer plant, dispelling rumours that he was dead or \'gravely ill\'.

sputniknews (2020-05-03). Fans Flood Reddit With Memes Over Pewdiepie\'s Accidental Youtube Upload From Nine Years Ago. sputniknews.com Famous Swede and the most-subscribed Youtuber, Felix Kjellberg, who is best known under his nickname PewDiePie, rarely fails to delight his devoted fans with new quality content. However, the Youtube star has accidentally uploaded a video from nine years ago and naturally Internet users just could not just let go off this mishap.

graham (2020-05-03). What links big tech, data, herd-immunity and COVID-19 to Brexit. truepublica.org.uk By TruePublica: What links big tech, big data, herd-immunity and the death-scape that is COVID-19 to Brexit? That has a really complicated answer and as you start to trawl through it, it just gets more complicated. However, here are the common links: Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings (of course), Palantir and SAGE. There are other links …

Lawrence Gostin (2020-05-03). If We\'re at War, the Weapons We Need Are Tests and PPE, Not Pork. zcomm.org Source: Democracy Now! As President Trump invokes the Defense Production Act to bar local governments from closing meatpacking plants around the United States, we get response from a longtime adviser to the World Health Organization. \"When Congress passed that act, it certainly did not have in mind that the president has the power or the

IRNA (2020-05-03). 90-year-old lady defeats COVID-19 in Iran. iranian.com A 90-year-old woman from western Iran has defeated coronavirus (COVID-19) after three weeks of resistance to the deadly virus, doctors said on Sunday. The senior citizen who lives in Iran\'s Ilam Province was discharged from Mostafa Khomeini hospital. Earlier, a 106-year-old patient from Qom, a 98-year-old lady from Mashad, a 97-year-old woman from Qom, an …

Fight Back (2020-05-02). New York caravan celebrates May Day. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Dozens of cars gathered in different boroughs of New York City on Friday May 1 in honor of May Day, or International Workers Day. Due to the city being on pause, protesters used a caravan to display signs and drive through different neighborhoods in the city, showing solidarity with workers and other oppressed groups. A special focus was put on COVID-19 and how workers, prisoners and immigrants lack protection from COVID-19. | The three contingents started in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. Their demands included cancel the rents, hazard pay and PPE, free healthcare and COVID testing, free them al…

Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo (2020-05-02). Portugal Leads the Way: How European Countries Fared in Their Treatment of Refugees. dissidentvoice.org As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading its tentacles throughout China and eventually to the rest of the world, the World Health Organization (WHO), along with other international groups, sounded the alarm that refugees and migrants are particularly vulnerable to the deadly disease. \"We strongly emphasize the need for inclusive national public health measures …

Staff (2020-05-02). Undocumented New Yorkers Are Essential and Underprotected in COVID\'s Epicenter. truthout.org They\'ve gotten to know New York City in a way many have not, through the low-wage work of cleaning its skyscrapers, serving its restaurants and crisscrossing its streets on bicycles, through long subway rides very early in the morning and very late at night. The saying goes: You\'re not a true New Yorker unless you\'ve lived here for a decade. They\'ve done their time and felt a deep sense of belonging in this city of immigrants. | But, in the epicenter of a pandemic, the undocumented have neve…

a guest author (2020-05-02). Louisiana prisons are \'death concentration camps\'. workers.org By: Quess Moore/transcribed by Mirinda Crissman This slightly edited talk is by Quess Moore speaking at the April 9 Workers World Party webinar. Moore organizes with New Orleans Workers Group and Take \'Em Down NOLA, a group which has been working to take down symbols of white supremacy and slavery. . . . |

acTVism Munich (2020-05-02). Wikileaks Chief Editor on Assange: \"People need to care\" dissidentvoice.org …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-05-02). Remember the \"Fake\" 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating the Data to Justify a Worldwide Public Health Emergency. globalresearch.ca A Worldwide public health emergency is unfolding, 4.9 billion doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine are envisaged by the WHO.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-05-02). Déjà Vu: The WHO\'s Handling of 2009 H1N1 Pandemic: \"Deeply Marred by Secrecy and Conflict of Interest\" globalresearch.ca The same Big Pharma actors, the Gates Foundation, Anthony Fauci et al were behind the H1N1 swine flu scam. | Members of the Expert committee of the WHO (including Director General Margaret Chan) were bribed in 2009. | The same committee …

Peter J Blankestijn, Sabine C Meijvis (2020-05-02). [Comment] Renal denervation: time to refine the focus of research. thelancet.com In The Lancet, Michael Bà∂hm and colleagues report the results of their international, prospective, randomised controlled trial on the effects of renal denervation in unmedicated patients.1 They report that, in a cohort of 331 patients with hypertension assigned to either a renal denervation procedure (n=166; mean age 52 years [SD 11], 36% women) or sham procedure (n=165; 53 years [10], 32% women), treatment differences were ‚àí3 ∑9 mm Hg (Bayesian 95% credible interval ‚àí6 ∑2 to ‚àí1 ∑6) for 24 h systolic blood pressure and ‚&agr…

Talha Burki (2020-05-02). [World Report] Prisons are \"in no way equipped\" to deal with COVID-19. thelancet.com Prisons are a hotspot for COVID-19. In theory, prisoners have the same right to health as anyone else, but the reality is very different. Talha Burki reports.

Richard Horton (2020-05-02). [Comment] Offline: A global health crisis? No, something far worse. thelancet.com Every evening we scour those graphs looking for signs that the epidemic is in retreat. New cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). People in hospital with COVID-19. Critical care beds with COVID-19 patients. Daily COVID-19 deaths in hospital. And then the final and bluntly worded \"global death comparison\". Those with responsibility for leading us through this emergency have called it \"a once in a century global health crisis\". This statement is incorrect on two grounds. First, because we cannot know what the rest of the century will bring.

Sarah Ditum (2020-05-02). [Perspectives] Death of a courtier. thelancet.com A plague sweeps the nation, the head of state\'s health is threatened, and the business of government is rendered fragile and unsteady. It has been over a decade since Hilary Mantel began her Thomas Cromwell trilogy with Wolf Hall in 2009, and 8 years since 2012\'s Bring Up the Bodies, but what felt like an arduous wait now seems like nothing but impeccable timing. Cromwell even ends the novel under his own version of lockdown as a prisoner in the Tower of London. The world has been uncannily prepared for The Mirror & the Light.

The Lancet (2020-05-02). [Editorial] COVID-19: remaking the social contract. thelancet.com \"Allegiance, after all, has to work two ways; and one can grow weary of an allegiance which is not reciprocal.\" The British playwright David Hare quoted this line by the American writer James Baldwin in his recent reflections on the UK Government\'s response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Baldwin\'s reminder and warning in the context of civil rights in the mid-20th century USA speak now in the pandemic to communities the world over who are unsure of their governments\' allegiances to them.

Michael Marmot (2020-05-02). [Perspectives] Society and the slow burn of inequality. thelancet.com On June 14, 2017, Grenfell Tower, a high-rise housing block in the Royal London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, UK, went up in flames. 72 people died, among the poorest and most marginalised in society. A dramatic conflagration such as this could teach us two kinds of lessons, if we were but open to receiving them. This event exposed underlying problems in society and it showed us that we have to do things differently. In the case of Grenfell, the underlying societal problem was deep-seated and enduring social inequalities and resultant health inequalities.

Leanna First-Arai (2020-05-02). Amid shutdowns, youth climate activists are writing the curriculum for a just economic recovery. nationofchange.org \"Organizing is intertwined with our survival as a people, and that can\'t take a back seat.\"

Fight Back (2020-05-02). Philippines: CPP denounces arrest of 76 activists, volunteers on Labor Day. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounces the arrest of 76 activists and relief volunteers by police elements in Metro Manila and Iloilo on Labor Day. | \"The Duterte regime marked Labor Day with mass arrests to stifle dissent and muffle criticism in its desperation to cover up its ineptness and failure to address the hunger and plight of the working class amid the Covid-19 pandemic,\" said CPP Chief Information Officer Marco L. Valbuena. | \"Using the Covid-19 pandemic as an excuse, Duterte is…

Kurt Nimmo (2020-05-02). German Lawyer Sent to Psychiatric Ward for Organizing Protest Against COVID-19 Lockdown. globalresearch.ca First published on April 16, 2020 | 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. |

Nigel Bouvart (2020-05-02). Buffalo, N.Y., banner drop on May Day 2020. workers.org In honor of International Workers Day, local activists adorned several overpasses with radical demands on behalf of the working class, including calls for rent cancellation and universal healthcare. Credit: Oscar Elliot |

Ted Kelly (2020-05-02). PA prisoners tortured for protesting racist policies. workers.org Eric McGill was locked up in Lebanon County Correctional Facility in Lebanon, Pa., on Jan. 19, 2019. For 15 months now he has been held there, not because he has been convicted of a crime, but because he cannot afford the preposterous $1 million bail the judge set. And during . . . |

WSWS (2020-05-02). Trump tweets support for armed right-wing protesters in Michigan. wsws.org The right-wing demonstration in the Michigan state Capitol is part of a high-level campaign to force a return to work in the midst of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2020-05-02). Russia: Two ministers, one deputy test positive for COVID as workers\' protests grow. wsws.org Just one day after Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was hospitalized for COVID-19, the minister for construction, housing and communal services and his deputy also tested positive.

Joel Kotkin (2020-05-02). The War of Two Middle Classes. anti-empire.com Politicians across the Western world like to speak fondly of the \"middle class\" as if it is one large constituency with common interests and aspirations. But, as Karl Marx observed, the middle class has always been divided by sources of wealth and worldview. Today, it is split into two distinct, and often opposing, middle classes. First there is the yeomanry or the traditional middle class, which consists of small business owners, minor landowners, craftspeople, and artisans, or what we would define historically as the bourgeoisie, or the old French Third Estate, deeply embedded in the private economy. The oth…

Gordon Duff (2020-05-02). Do we laugh? Backwoods Michigan Sees Powerful COVID Surge/Deaths After Lockdown Protests (updating). thealtworld.com COVID deaths doubled in one day, largely due to protests of lockdown. How many protesters or family members died last week? Without game playing, probably between 50 and 90 as deaths in \"protest land\" skyrocketed. | This was a single day.: | It is too easy to treat the pandemic as though it were a sport, watching the figures, cheering on the grim reaper, hoping he is killing off those other people. | This is wrong, there, I\'ve said it. | From today\'s Detroit News: | \"Michigan\'s death toll from the novel coronavirus reached 4,020 on Saturday after the state added 154 deaths to its count. | The state recor…

Philip Giraldi (2020-05-02). \"America the Victim\": Are \"Enemies\" Lining Up for Revenge in the Wake of the Coronavirus? globalresearch.ca When in trouble politically, governments have traditionally conjured up a foreign enemy to explain why things are going wrong. Whatever one chooses to believe about the coronavirus, the fact is that it has resulted in considerable political backlash against a …

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2020-05-02). White House to Oust DHHS Inspector General Whose Report Drew Trump Fury. commondreams.org \"Don't let anyone tell you that the Trump administration is wholly incompetent. They are really good at undermining independent oversight and democratic norms.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump-dhhs-ig.jpg …

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2020-05-02). \'Milestone Moment\' as JPMorgan Chase Announces Former Exxon CEO to No Longer Be Lead Director of Bank\'s Board. commondreams.org The ousting of \"America's #1 climate denier\" from the leadership position on the board of the largest global lender of fossil fuels is being welcomed by the climate movement. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/lee-raymond-jpmorgan-out.jpg …

RT (2020-05-02). Should we get closer? Media report UK govt mulls scrapping two-meter social distancing rule amid infection-spread debate. rt.com The UK government will hold discussions about whether it\'s necessary to stay two meters (six feet) apart from other people during the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report says. The WHO and EU guidelines on this issue are less strict. | Citing government sources, the Daily Telegraph reports that ministers have asked the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) to ascertain whether the two-meter social distance rule is effective in slowing down the spread of Covid-19. Last week, SAGE called the measure \"appropriate,\" but officials now want to assess all options once more in the wake of the government\'s plans…

(2020-05-02). Cuba: \'We don\'t deny anyone our assistance\'. workers.org The Cuban Foreign Ministry issued the following letter April 16 calling on the international community to come together to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. The impact of COVID-19 can already be measured and will be assessed in the future by the striking numbers of people infected, the unacceptable numbers of deaths, . . . |

RT (2020-05-02). \'It\'s a Swift reference\': Alex Jones says \'eat my neighbors\' rant was SATIRE to highlight people \'starving\' in Covid-19 lockdown. rt.com Infowars founder Alex Jones says his viral \"eat my neighbors\" rant was taken out of context by the media, insisting it\'s a reference to satirist Jonathan Swift and a way to bring attention to what he calls \"population control.\" | Through his son Rex\'s Twitter account, Jones said on Saturday that his viral rant was an homage of sorts to the 1729 essay \'A Modest Proposal\' by Swift in which the author recommends the poor use their children as food to sell to the rich to help with their economic burdens. | Not many would likely compare Jones to Swift, Irish writer and cleric, on any normal occassion, but the Infow…

RT (2020-05-02). Man mountain: Game of Thrones star Hafthor Bjornsson SMASHES world deadlift record, calls out rival Eddie Hall for fight (VIDEO). rt.com Hafthor Julius Bjornsson, who played \"The Mountain\" in the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, has shattered rival Eddie Hall\'s world deadlift record with a lift of 501kg (1105lbs) – and challenged his strongman foe to a fist-fight! | Bjornsson beat the record set by Hall in 2016 by one kilogram (2.2lbs) but while the British powerlifter struggled massively with his own record attempt (to the point where blood began pouring from his nose), Hafthor made it look relatively easy by comparison. | Bjornsson had intended to do the lift in a professional competition but coronavirus restrictions removed that possibility a…

Lindsey Snell (2020-05-02). \"Turkey Lied to Us.\" Erdogan\'s Syrian Mercenaries in Libya Are Desperate to Leave. anti-empire.com \"I just got back from Libya yesterday,\" said Zein Ahmad*, a Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) militant in Afrin. \"But I had been trying to leave for more than a month.\" When the Libyan National Army (LNA) neared Tripoli in April 2019, the rival UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli called on Turkey for military support. | Turkish forces began heavily recruiting militants from SNA factions in Syria to fight on their behalf, and began flying hundreds to Libya every week. The exact number of Syrian militants Turkey has sent is unknown, but estimates range from 5,000 to 17,000. Flights c…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-02). Delivery workers strike on May Day in the US. peoplesdispatch.org Workers of major corporations such as Amazon, FedEx, Walmart, Instacart and Target stayed off work demanding personal protective equipment, safe and sanitary work environments, extra paid leaves and time-offs…

RT (2020-05-02). Musk says he\'s \'selling all\' for \'FREEDOM\' as Tesla loses $14 BILLION on his tweets… Now it all makes sense! rt.com If Elon Musk believes his freedom depends on wiping Tesla\'s market value, he is now certainly far less constrained by the burden of worldly possessions. The company\'s worth plunged $14 billion on his Friday tweets. | The stock of the electric car manufacturer dropped over 10 percent at the close of Nasdaq trading. The CEO, who triggered the nosedive by tweeting that Tesla share price was too high, got a $2.4 billion hole in his fortune, according to a Forbes estimate. | The tweet was one in a barrage unleashed by Musk on Friday, escalating an already stange week in the life of the eccentric billionaire. He als…

RT (2020-05-02). Trump corrects Capitol Hill MD who says Covid-19 testing \'NOT available\' for all senators — but critics are still not impressed. rt.com US President Donald Trump touted the \"tremendous coronavirus testing capacity\" in the White House ahead of senators returning to work, but it\'s not enough for his critics, who are asking, \"What about the rest of the country?\" | \"There is tremendous coronavirus testing capacity in Washington for the senators returning to Capital [sic] Hill on Monday,\" the president tweeted on Saturday. Predictably, Trump\'s misspelling of \'Capitol\' was not missed by critics, including Rep. Justin Amash (L-Michigan), who announced his intention this week to run against the president in November on the Libertarian Party ticket.

RT (2020-05-02). Hillary ditches pantsuits for Covid face-mask with a message, is immediately MEMED to death with reminders of scandals. rt.com Hillary Clinton took to Twitter to show off her new facemask wardrobe in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic with a political message attached, but the pic quickly became easy cannon fodder for hungry meme-creating trolls. | \"No makeup? No pantsuit? No problem,\" Clinton tweeted on Saturday. \"I\'ve got the must-have accessory for spring.\" | She then included a photo of her with her arms crossed donning a black facemask with the words \"VOTE\" written on it. | Unfortunately for the failed presidential candidate, the large black cloth mask has proven an irresistible target for meme-crafters online, who used it to…

RT (2020-05-02). WATCH North Korea\'s Kim re-emerge in public amid rumors of DEATH. rt.com North Korean state media has released video footage of the country\'s leader Kim Jong-un opening a new fertilizer plant. The video comes after weeks of rumors of his death, actively spread by Western media. | The video, said to have been shot on Friday, shows North Korea\'s leader cutting the red ribbon at a new plant in South Phyongan Province. The smiling Kim Jong-un is pictured meeting the workers of the plant and touring the facility alongside other officials, including his sister Kim Yo-jong. | While the plant\'s workers are seen wearing face masks as a precaution against coronavirus, none of the official…

Steve Topple (2020-05-02). The BBC was just shamed by US media over Tory coronavirus testing lies. thecanary.co On Friday 1 May, the UK government

RT (2020-05-02). DARPA research lab designing \'game changer\' rapid coronavirus blood test repurposed from BIOWEAPONS detection project. rt.com Germ warfare researchers at the Pentagon\'s shadowy advanced projects unit have developed a new coronavirus test that could spot infected patients before they become contagious, originally created to diagnose victims of bioweapons. | The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) says the new test may be capable of identifying infections within 24 hours, some four days prior to any of the test kits currently available, the Guardian

Janine Jackson (2020-05-02). \'There Are People Dying and Suffering Because They Can\'t Get Healthcare\' – CounterSpin interview with Diana Archer on Medicare for All. fair.org The Media…

RT (2020-05-02). US deploys 4 B-1 bombers & 200 airmen to Guam for \'deterrence\' amid weeklong \'show of force\' over South China Sea (PHOTOS). rt.com Four B-1B heavy bombers and hundreds of servicemen were sent to Guam to carry out \"deterrence missions\" with eyes on Beijing, following days of provocative maneuvers near contested territory in the South China Sea. | The warplanes and personnel arrived at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam on Friday, US Strategic Command announced in a

Joyce Chediac (2020-05-02). OSHA abandons essential workers. liberationnews.org Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, OSHA has ignored the pleas of scores of trade unions to protect workers.

RT (2020-05-02). \'I\'m glad to see he is back & well!\' Trump welcomes Kim Jong-un\'s public reappearance after weeks of death rumors. rt.com President Trump welcomed the news of Kim Jong-un\'s public appearance at an opening ceremony of a new plant, following weeks of rumors about the North Korean leader\'s health, fueled in part by Trump\'s own vague statements. | US President Donald Trump, who has been asked about Kim by reporters on a near-daily basis recently (and who dropped some cryptic remarks, like saying he had \"a very good idea\" about Kim\'s condition but could not \"talk about it\") welcomed his \"friend\'s\" reappearance in public. | I, for one, am glad to see he is back, and well!

Brianna Griffith (2020-05-02). During pandemic, Austin, TX police kill Mike Ramos days after damning city report. liberationnews.org As with so many police shootings, the Austin PD\'s first instinct was to spin the story and criminalize the victim.

Adriaan Alsema (2020-05-02). Paranoid Colombia: even Duque\'s former chief of staff target of military spying. colombiareports.com Colombia\'s military used US resources to spy on American journalists, local NGO\'s and politicians, and even President Ivan Duque\'s former chief of staff, according to weekly Semana. Weekly Semana on…

RT (2020-05-02). That\'s one way to encourage social distancing! MURDER HORNETS arrive in US in the middle of Covid-19 pandemic. rt.com Asian giant hornets (known as \'murder hornets\') have shown up in the US for the first time, giving Americans a \"refreshing\" change of pace and something else to worry about other than the deadly Covid-19 pandemic | In any other year, reports of murder hornets being in the US for the first time ever might instill some fear in people, but with the news dropping in the midst of a pandemic that has crippled the economy and left people under strict lockdown orders, it appears to have been greeted mostly with humor. | So THIS is how the Governors are going to encourage social distancing…— Dirty Hands (@splin…

The Canary (2020-05-02). Help finally announced for domestic abuse survivors and rough sleepers. thecanary.co A raft of measures \"to support the most vulnerable in society\" including domestic violence survivors and rough sleepers have been announced by the housing secretary.Robert Jenrick announced a £76m package to support more safe spaces and accommodation for survivors of domestic abuse and their children, to boost the recruitment of counsellors for victims of sexual violence, and to help charities offer helplines.Addressing survivors of domestic violence directly, Jenrick said: \"You are not alone, you do not have to stay at home, you can and should leave the home if you\'re in danger.\" | The move was welcomed by…

Bill Hackwell (2020-05-02). Cuba: May Day in the Year of the Pandemic. dissidentvoice.org Photo: Bill Hackwell, Havana, Plaza of the Revolution This photograph depicts how the Plaza of the Revolution in Havana usually looks on May 1, International Workers Day (IWD). Every year since 1959 when a revolution, whose backbone was made up of workers and peasants, was victorious against a brutal US-backed dictatorship, millions of Cubans and …

Preston Wood and Michael Prysner (2020-05-02). In memoriam: Dr. Roh Kil-nam, beloved fighter for reunification of Korea. liberationnews.org \"Ken Roh embodied the spirit of eternal optimism in the long road of struggle of the Korean people for freedom and reunification.\"

Marko Marjanović (2020-05-02). Bosnian Croats Ask the Russian Military for Anti-Virus Help, Bosnian Muslims Block It. anti-empire.com The political leader of the Bosnian Croats, Dragan Čović

RT (2020-05-02). Florida sheriff refuses to stop Americans from witnessing historic manned space launch as NASA urges everyone to watch it online. rt.com A sheriff in Florida has invited residents to come out and watch a manned space launch set for late May, dismissing pleas from both NASA and SpaceX urging spectators to stay home to prevent the spread of Covid-19. | Sheriff Wayne Ivey of Brevard County — where the launch site is located — insisted that anyone who wanted to witness the event at the Kennedy Space Center should do so without worry, despite advice from NASA to watch remotely. | \"We are not going to keep the great Americans that want to come watch that from coming here,\" Ivey said on Friday, calling on people to \"come here just like you h…

RT (2020-05-02). \'Not today\': UK says it\'s wrong time to be scrutinizing China for Covid-19 origins. rt.com UK Housing Minister Robert Jenrick told reporters there will be a time when Britain will need to \"consider\" the roles of other countries in the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic but, he warned, that time is \"not now.\" | Asked by a reporter about the possibility of investigating China\'s role in the start of the pandemic —the virus is believed to have begun in the city of Wuhan— and even of seeking reparations from its government, Jenrick answered: \"There will come a time when we will want to analyze the origins of the virus in detail and consider the actions of other countries, but that\'s not now.\" | W…

RT (2020-05-02). Twitter locks out Candace Owens for call to \'stand up\' to Michigan governor over Covid lockdown — Trump supporters scream BIAS. rt.com Outspoken Trump supporter Candace Owens was locked out of her Twitter after she slammed the governor of Michigan as a \"dictator,\" calling to defy her Covid-19 lockdown orders. Now Don Jr. is leading a chorus of many, crying bias. | \"Candace tweeted that people in Michigan should go back to work. What rule did she break? Not even Twitter can say,\" tweeted Turning Point USA chief creative officer Benny Johnson on Saturday, along with a screenshot of the Owens tweet and an apparent message from Twitter saying it violates the platform\'s \"rules,\" but not naming any specific ones. | The tweet from Owens slams Michig…

Stuart Munckton (2020-05-02). Planet of the Humans: a muddy cocktail of valid criticisms, disinformation and defeatism. greenleft.org.au Directed by Jeff Gibbs | Planet of the…

Lucas Koerner (2020-05-02). Former US Special Ops Soldier Led Plot to Invade Venezuela: Sources. venezuelanalysis.com AP reports that the Venezuelan opposition and Colombian authorities were aware of the plot.

F. William Engdahl (2020-05-02). Coronavirus, Vaccines and the Gates Foundation. globalresearch.ca First published on March 20, 2020 | Arguably, no one has been more active in promoting and funding research on vaccines aimed at dealing with coronavirus than Bill Gates and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. From sponsoring a simulation of …

Joe Emersberger (2020-05-02). Remembering Henri Falcon\'s May 2018 Presidential campaign in Venezuela. zcomm.org Henri Falcon was a viable candidate — attacked by his own side Venezuela\'s opposition had a viable candidate in Henri Falcon, a two-time governor of the state of Lara. He was first elected governor of the state of Lara in 2008 as a pro-Chavez candidate.[1] He broke with Chavez in 2010 and was then re-elected

The Canary (2020-05-02). New blood plasma coronavirus treatment set to be trialled in the UK. thecanary.co Doctors at London\'s Guy\'s and St Thomas\' hospital are set to trial a potential treatment for coronavirus (Covid-19) using blood plasma from recovered patients. | The hospital\'s Biomedical Research Centre said the first plasma donations have been collected, and transfusions will begin in \"the coming weeks\". It\'s hoped the potential treatment, known as convalescent plasma, will help patients whose bodies are not producing sufficient antibodies to fight the virus. | The hospital said if the trials prove the treatment to be effective, NHS Blood and Transplant will begin a national programme to deliver up to 10,000 un…

(2020-05-02). Declaración de Cuba: La pandemia demuestra la necesidad de cooperación. workers.org Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba La necesidad de cooperación El impacto de la COVID19 puede medirse ya y podrá evaluarse en el futuro por la impresionante cantidad de personas infectadas, por las cifras inaceptables de muertes, por el daño indiscutible a la economía mundial, a la producción, el comercio, . . . |

Dean Baker (2020-05-02). Measuring Inflation in Times of Coronavirus. cepr.net There has been some discussion of whether we should anticipate deflation or inflation as a result of the impact of the pandemic. I have been in the camp arguing the latter, based on the idea that precautionary measures will raise costs in major areas of the economy while reducing supply. (This is not an argument …

teleSUR (2020-05-02). Brazil: Moro Testifies Against Bolsonaro Who Calls Him \'Judas\'. telesurenglish.net Brazil\'s former Justice Minister Sergio Moro testified Saturday before the Federal Police (PF) on allegations of political interference in the affairs of this institution made by President Jair Bolsonaro, who called him \"Judas.\" | RELATED: | The former Minister testified before the Superintendence of the Federal Police in Curitiba, Parana, where he arrived accompanied by his lawyers to testify not only if Bolsonaro tr…

en.mehrnews (2020-05-02). UN urged to take action for release of Iranian prof. imprisoned in US. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Vice Chairman of Iranian Parliament\'s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mohammad Javad Jamali Nobandegani on Sat. called on the UN Secretary General António Guterres to take necessary actions for the release of Iranian Scientist Dr. Sirous Asgari, imprisoned in the US, due to the critical situation of the United States in terms of COVID-19 outbreak.

WSWS (2020-05-02). Thirty years of the Hubble Space Telescope. wsws.org While it has been a public relations boon for NASA, Hubble\'s true importance lies in its continued and vast contributions to astronomy.

WSWS (2020-05-02). Communication Workers Union folds 48 hours after Royal Mail threatens 20,000 jobs. wsws.org Having initially warned of strike action against the ending of Saturday deliveries, the CWU organised a shameless retreat.

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-05-02). Israel Plans New Colonial Settlement in Northern West Bank. imemc.org Israeli authorities reportedly endorsed the erection of a new Israeli colonial settlement near the Kufur Qasem town, north of the West Bank. According to Ma\'areef Israeli Hebrew-language newspaper, the 10 acres of Palestinian farm land, on which the colonial settlement is set to be erected, will be rather designated as …

Ashley Curtin (2020-05-02). Canadian prime minister bans assault weapons 7 days after series of shootings. nationofchange.org \"There is no use and no place for such weapons in Canada.\"

WSWS (2020-05-02). Navajo Nation COVID-19 cases rise while emergency federal aid remains delayed. wsws.org Endemic impoverishment and a lack of critical infrastructure imposed on Native Americans by Washington have contributed to some of the worst coronavirus infection rates in the country.

WSWS (2020-05-02). Dorothea Lange: Words and Pictures: An exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. wsws.org Lange\'s turn to documentary photography was spurred by the Great Depression as she sought to address economic inequality and social injustice through activism and the lens of her camera.

Gaurav Madan (2020-05-02). No More Business as Usual: Halt Dangerous Development Projects That Put Our Health at Risk. commondreams.org Sunset in the town of Jacksonville, Sinoe County, Liberia. Many residents of Jacksonville claim that GVL desecrated their sacred sites and did not properly seek their consent to operate on their traditional lands. (Photo: Gaurav Madan) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/jacksonville.jpg …

WSWS (2020-05-02). Trump blocks federal funeral aid to families of COVID-19 victims. wsws.org While $45 billion has been allocated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency through the CARES Act, a memo from Trump bans the agency giving burial funds to thousands of victims.

RT (2020-05-02). 1.6 Billion Workers Face Potential Unemployment Globally. dissidentvoice.org …

Dean Baker (2020-05-02). The \"Paycheck Protection Program\" Is Designed to Give Workers Paychecks, Why Is This So Hard for the NYT to Understand? cepr.net The NYT had its second piece in a week on how business owners can\'t use the money from the paycheck protection program (PPP) to build their businesses. While it is understandable that business owners would like a handout from the government, that is not the purpose of the PPP. The point of the PPP is …

WSWS (2020-05-02). US government prepares for hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 deaths. wsws.org Press inquiries have found that the federal government is ordering enough body bags for at least five times the current US death toll.

teleSUR (2020-05-02). Canada\'s PM Bans the Use of Assault-Style Weapons Immediately. telesurenglish.net Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that the country is banning the use and trade of assault-style weapons immediately. | RELATED: | The move comes less than two weeks after Canada\'s deadliest rampage in modern history when a gunman in Nova Scotia killed 22 people after a 12-hour reign of terror. | Trudeau announced the ban of over 1,500 models and variants of assault-style firearms, including two weapons used by the gunman as…

WSWS (2020-05-02). May 1 \"general strike\" at Amazon: A failed adventure by the Democratic Party and the unions. wsws.org This was not a real struggle led by the workers, but a ploy by the Democratic Party, the unions, and their hangers-on to disrupt and gain control of growing working class opposition to deadly workplace conditions.

Jonathan J. B. Mijs (2020-05-02). 5 Lessons From the Coronavirus About Inequality in America. commondreams.org A volunteer with Forgotten Harvest loads food into a vehicle at a mobile pantry April 14, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. The organization distributes food throughout the metro area, which has seen an uptick in demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/food-bank.jpg …

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-02). Pashtun leader Arif Wazir succumbs to gunshot injuries in Pakistan. peoplesdispatch.org Arif Wazir, a leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), was shot by unidentified gunmen in Wana in South Waziristan on Friday and died on Saturday. He is the cousin of PTM leader Ali Wazir…

Caitlin Johnstone (2020-05-02). Biden Is Everything The Democrats Are: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Joe Biden is not an \"imperfect candidate\" for the Democrats. He is the perfect candidate, because he\'s everything the party is: Demented. Decrepit. Bloodthirsty. Corrupt. Cronyistic. Authoritarian. Reactionary. Rapey. He is exactly what they deserve. He is exactly what they are. | Joe Biden is the Democrat\'s Democrat. He is the perfect representative of the party. They should even take it a step further and replace that donkey with Joe Biden. | Biden is to the Democrats as Trump is to the Republicans. Everyone\'s just wearing their true face now. | ~ | If you\'re willing to sacrifice all principles, all sanity and…

news.un (2020-05-02). First person: South Korea\'s COVID-19 success story. news.un.org On Thursday, the Republic of Korea recorded no locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, prompting praise from UN Secretary-General António Guterres. UN News has been finding out, from two UN colleagues based in the capital, Seoul, how life is changing for the better.

WSWS (2020-05-02). Australian government fast-tracks review of lockdown measures. wsws.org New clusters have emerged, including among meat workers in Melbourne, as governments seek to prematurely end social-distancing measures.

Scott Ritter (2020-05-02). To impose further sanctions on Iran, the US rewrites history and engages in semantic gymnastics. thealtworld.com On May 8, 2018, President Trump withdrew from the Iran Nuclear deal. In an effort to enact crippling \"snap-back\" sanctions, his administration is now pretending it did no such thing. | \"All our words\", the American-Lebanese poet-philosopher Kahlil Gibran observed, \"are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.\" If words are judged by their intellectual weight and adherence to integrity, the statements issued by the Trump administration in relation to its standing as a \"participating nation\" in the context of the agreement (known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA,) is more famine than…

Wayne Dupree (2020-05-02). US Hospitals Getting Paid More to Label Cause of Death as \'Coronavirus\'. globalresearch.ca First published on April 15, 2020 | Senator Scott Jensen represents Minnesota. He\'s also a doctor. He appeared on Fox News with Laura Ingram where he revealed a very disturbing piece of information. | Dr. Scott Jensen says the American Medical Association …

WSWS (2020-05-02). Nearly 300 meat-processing workers infected by coronavirus at German slaughterhouse. wsws.org While almost 300 workers at a Baden-Wàºrttemberg slaughterhouse have COVID-19, the plant remains open.

WSWS (2020-05-02). UK: Delays to medical treatment during pandemic will cost thousands of lives. wsws.org Reports claim that deaths due to the disruption of cancer services alone are likely to outnumber deaths from the coronavirus itself over the next five years.

Staff (2020-05-02). This State in India Shows Us Why Fighting COVID-19 Requires Working-Class Power. truthout.org Even as the death toll in the U.S. from COVID-19 climbs to 63,583 and increasing numbers of Americans are forced to decide whether to forgo potentially life-saving treatment or face bankruptcy, we are bombarded daily with pro-corporate rhetoric

WSWS (2020-05-02). Massive opposition by US meatpacking employees to forced return to work. wsws.org The Trump administration and local officials are trying to enforce a return to work in meatpacking plants while shielding owners from any liability for the deadly consequences.

Emily Apple (2020-05-02). Tom Watson\'s tweet to Matt Hancock is utterly vomit-inducing. thecanary.co On 1 May, health secretary Matt Hancock claimed that the government had reached its testing target of 100,000. Except it didn\'t. Or it did if you\'re happy with the government

Peadar O\'Cearnaigh (2020-05-02). Essential work doesn\'t include repairing million-pound luxury yachts. This needs to stop. thecanary.co When the UK And while other businesses can open \"where [employees] cannot work from home\", it\'s dif…

Daniel Espinosa Winder (2020-05-02). The Covid-19 \"Manhattan Project\" and its Ties to the CIA. dissidentvoice.org On April 27, the Wall Street Journal reported about the creation of a \"Manhattan Project\" for Covid-19. A \"secret group\", consisting in a dozen scientists and a few billionaires, was working \"to cull the world\'s most promising research on the pandemic\" to then advise the White House in the best course of action. As Rob …

WSWS (2020-05-02). Trump escalates attacks on China over COVID-19. wsws.org US President Trump has stepped up his propaganda war and threats against China, blaming it for the deadly COVID-19 pandemic that has cost the lives of more than 230,000 people internationally.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-02). \'There Will Be Spring\' to take part in three intl. film festivals. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) — Iranian short \'There Will Be Spring\' by Saeed Bahman will take part in three international film festivals in Europe and North America.

WSWS (2020-05-02). Argentine unions and employers agree to wage cuts pushing millions into poverty. wsws.org More than a million workers will face hunger and poverty while businesses get massive subsidies.

Julia Conley (2020-05-02). A new low\': Betsy DeVos sued for garnishing wages of nearly 300,000 student loan borrowers during pandemic. nationofchange.org \"By continuing to use its harsh collection tools during this public health and economic crisis, the Department of Education is placing the health, safety, and well-being of vulnerable student loan borrowers in peril.\"

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-02). Jasenovac — the Glossed Over Auschwitz of the Balkans. strategic-culture.org Unfathomable as that may appear, yes, it was quite possible for the second-ranking slaughterhouse in Europe in recent memory to have slipped off the radar screen. Even such a renowned authority as Professor Gideon Greif is having an exceptionally difficult time of it in trying to put it back on. | Precisely because it has not been the theme of any Hollywood spectaculars, Jasenovac does not attract any school excursions and textbooks are largely silent about it. Some background information on Jasenovac therefore seems like a good place to start. | The Jasenovac death camp (1941 — 1945) is inextricably bound…

WSWS (2020-05-02). Germany\'s Lufthansa: Billions in state aid and mass layoffs. wsws.org The airline unions are appealing to Chancellor Merkel for state intervention.

news.un (2020-05-02). COVID-19 impact could be \'disastrously high\' in poverty-stricken Malawi. news.un.org In Malawi, one of the world\'s poorest countries, with a fragile health system, the UN is bracing for the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which, it is feared, could be severe.

Matthew J. L. Ehret (2020-05-02). Big Pharma Beware: Dr. Montagnier Shines New Light on COVID-19 and The Future of Medicine. dissidentvoice.org This April 16th, Dr. Luc Montagnier became a household name around the world. This occurred as the controversial virologist decided to publicly state his support for the theory that Covid-19 is indeed a laboratory-generated creation and not a naturally occurring effect of viral evolution. Referring to a study published at the Kusama School of Biology …

WSWS (2020-05-02). US autoworkers oppose early return to factories. wsws.org Detroit auto companies are pushing for a May 18 restart but workers are resisting this attempt to force them into the factories during the uncontained COVID-19 pandemic.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-02). On May Day, the working class in Europe resolved to defeat both COVID-19 and capitalism. peoplesdispatch.org Major trade unions and workers\' parties across Europe organized May Day events in public and online platforms adhering to safety protocols due to lockdown.

news.un (2020-05-02). Sudan bans female genital mutilation, UNICEF vows to help support new law. news.un.org The United Nations Childen\'s Fund (UNICEF) welcomed the landmark move by Sudan\'s transitional government this week to criminalize female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), with a three-year jail sentence for offenders.

WSWS (2020-05-02). Record 50.8 million people internally displaced in 2019. wsws.org The plight of tens of millions of internally displaced people is virtually ignored, attracting little global attention during the escalating global pandemic.

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-05-02). Israeli Troops Shoot at Palestinian Fishermen and Farmers in Gaza. imemc.org Israeli troops opened fire on Saturday, at local Palestinian farmers in southern Gaza, mainly in the Khuza\'a rural area, east of the southern Khan Younis city. Local Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that Israeli troops, stationed on the Israeli side of the border, east of Khan Younis city, opened …

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-02). Lockdown Wars: Debating Pandemic Measures in a Failed State. strategic-culture.org If you thought COVID-19 wouldn\'t get political, think again. | Peter VAN BUREN | If America has a fast forward button on it, someone should push it ahead to November. We won\'t be done with the virus until we\'re done with the election. Between prudence and overreaction lies politics. | We bleat about wanting decisions to be based on science, then we do the same dumb red-blue thing, even counting the corona dead differently (nothing left certain but taxes now) to make the numbers seem better or worse depending on shifty politics. Something that should not be about Trump at all is All About Trump. | It\'s killing us.

teleSUR (2020-05-02). Brazil: Prisoners Riot in Manaus and Take Hostages. telesurenglish.net Inmates at the Puraquequara prison in Manaus city started a riot on Saturday morning and took seven prison officers hostage. They demand better living conditions inside the prison, which have been notoriously degraded because of the COVID-19 crisis. | RELATED: | \"Through social media, the prisoners indicated that they want improvements such as light, mattresses, fans, good food, and medicine for the sick,\" local outlet UO…

graham (2020-05-02). COVID-19 Vs the Economy — The trouble Britain now finds itself in. truepublica.org.uk TruePublica Editor: There is no doubting to the observant, that the government of Britain has been negligent in its approach to the coronavirus threat. It is a matter of public record that they have failed in their primary duty to protect us all. Cemeteries and unemployment will be a stark reminder of this abject failure …

Staff (2020-05-02). Betsy DeVos Sued for Garnishing Wages of 285,000 Student Borrowers Amid Pandemic. truthout.org A home health aide who earns just under $13 per hour is the lead plaintiff in a The CARES Act, which was signed into law in late March, pro…

en.mehrnews (2020-05-02). Blood of Hashd al-Sha\'abi Martyrs not to be wasted: al-Kazemi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) — In response to the martyrdom of a number of Hashd al-Sha\'abi forces by ISIL, Iraqi Prime Minister designate Mustafa al-Kazemi swore to God that their blood will not be wasted.

Jordan Davidson (2020-05-02). Trump admin sits on $43 billion intended for clean energy loans while unemployment soars. nationofchange.org \"These utility-led programs could drive significant job and economic growth statewide as we step out of our current pause.\"

Fight Back (2020-05-02). Cutbacks on the horizon: Sunshine State abandons unemployed workers. fightbacknews.org Miami, FL – More than 2 million Floridians have now applied for unemployment benefits. Only a fraction of the applications have even been processed and even fewer workers have received payments. Florida\'s unemployment system was already terrible before the crisis and it has completely collapsed under pressure from COVID-19. | Florida\'s online application process for unemployment was designed to fail. It was created by right-wing former Governor Rick Scott with big business in mind. Its goals were to be as confusing as possible for any worker trying to submit an application and to reject as many applications as po…

The Canary (2020-05-02). Matt Hancock must support NHS staff as many \'break down\' on frontline. thecanary.co NHS staff are \"breaking down\" on the frontline tackling coronavirus and their mental health must be made a priority now rather than when the crisis is over, Labour has warned. | Shadow mental health minister and A&E doctor Rosena Allin-Khan has written to the health secretary Matt Hancock to seek assurances that medics are getting the support they need. | In the letter, she said the fear of spreading the virus to patients and loved ones, a lack of PPE, an increased workload and witnessing more patients die were taking their toll. | Allin-Khan asked Hancock to outline what provisions are in place to support the me…

Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya (2020-05-02). Plans for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a \"New Middle East\" globalresearch.ca Towards the balkanization (division) and finlandization (pacification) of the Middle East…

Peter Bolton (2020-05-02). The stock market\'s latest rebound shows how disconnected from reality it truly is. thecanary.co Following a series of

en.mehrnews (2020-05-02). Iranian short documentary wins at Sydney world film fest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 03(MNA) — Iranian short documentary \'Pain Is Mine\', by Farshid Akhlaghi, has won an award at the 2020 Sydney World Film Festival.

teleSUR (2020-05-02). China Registers Only One New COVID-19 Case in the Whole Country. telesurenglish.net China\'s National Health Commission (NHC) Friday reported one new COVID-19 case in the entire country corresponding to a traveler from abroad, which is the lowest growth rate recorded in the Asian country since the pandemic began. | RELATED: | The NHC also reported two suspected cases, both related to someone from abroad. In the last 24 hours, 43 patients were discharged and 650 of their close contacts were no longer obs…

WSWS (2020-05-02). Australian government places country on frontline of anti-China witch hunt. wsws.org Australia unilaterally called for an international inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, boosting the Trump administration\'s unsubstantiated accusations against China.

Barb Jacobson (2020-05-02). Coronavirus and Universal Basic Income: Inoculating against the virus of insecurity. thecanary.co The coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis has seen a huge upswing in both political and grassroots support for

WSWS (2020-05-02). German government accelerates its deadly back-to-work initiative. wsws.org Despite the continuing spread of the COVID-19 internationally, the German government is accelerating its lifting of the limited restrictions imposed to prevent transmission of the virus.

Pepe Escobar (2020-05-02). The deeper roots of Chinese demonization. thealtworld.com Fasten your seat belts: the US The US strategy remains, essentially, full spectrum dominance, with the National Security Strategy obsessed by the three top \"threats\" of China, Russia and Iran. China, in contrast, proposes…

teleSUR (2020-05-02). Social Leader Killed in Colombia, 84 so Far in 2020. telesurenglish.net Since the start of 2020 on average, one social leader in Colombia is killed every other day as Friday marked the 84th killed social leader in the Latin American nation. | RELATED: | According to local reports, on Friday as COVID-19 lockdown continues, armed men entered the home of Uenseslao Guerrero, community leader, killing him in the spot located in the violence-hit southwestern department of Cauca. | The mayo…

Howie Hawkins (2020-05-02). The 5th Coronavirus Relief Package We Need. dissidentvoice.org The coronavirus depression is fast becoming as deep as the Great Depression. The federal government\'s response has been too little, too late. While sickness and death spread, while unemployment and small business failures soar, while health care and essential workers lack personal protective equipment (PPE), Congress is in recess until May 4. The childlike dummy, …

WSWS (2020-05-02). Euro zone economy contracts at record pace. wsws.org The European Central Bank has taken the same road as the US Fed, committing itself to pump still more money across the board into the financial markets.

teleSUR (2020-05-02). Colombia\'s New Scandal: The Army Spied on Journalists. telesurenglish.net The magazine Semana Friday published a special investigation showing that the Colombian Army spied on journalists who were reporting on the armed conflict and military corruption. | RELATED: | Foreign journalists who were monitored by Colombian security forces include the New York Times correspondent Nick Casey, freelance photographer Stephen Ferry, and Lynsey Addario. | Between February and December 2019, the military also carried out comput…

WSWS (2020-05-02). Germany: Daimler trains managers to kick out workers. wsws.org Daimler department heads and other managers are being trained to put pressure on individual workers to \"implement the job cuts as smoothly as possible.\"

WSWS (2020-05-02). Canada: Locked-out Saskatchewan refinery workers reject FCL\'s concessions contract. wsws.org FCL responded to the contract rejection with a terse and arrogant statement that it will continue with its massive government-backed scabbing operation.

Sam Pizzigati (2020-05-02). Our Slaughterhouses Not Just for Cattle, Hogs, and Poultry Anymore. Add People. commondreams.org We face meatpacking empires bigger than any Upton Sinclair ever contemplated. More powerful, too. (Photo: Anthony Albright/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/covid-sinclair.jpg …

The Iranian (2020-05-02). Feeling Iran — Sights of this beautiful country as an American. iranian.com \"Some moments from my trip to Iran. This was an incredible place to visit, filled with rich culture, beautiful architecture, and the kindest people I have met. Amidst the news and tension surrounding the government of this country, I hope that scenes like these can help share about the wonderful people and places Iran has …

AFP News (2020-05-02). Virus-hit Iran holds drive-in religious ceremonies. iranian.com With mosques in Iran closed as it battles the coronavirus, worshippers have adopted the novel solution of getting behind the wheel at drive-ins to gather during the fasting month of Ramadan.

WSWS (2020-05-02). Biden denies sexual assault allegation, but Democrats\' nervousness about his candidacy grows. wsws.org The deaths of 65,000 people and the collapse of jobs and incomes have not shaken the Democrats, who are as callous as Donald Trump, but a sex scandal is another matter.

a guest author (2020-05-02). A Delaware prisoner\'s plea for PPE. workers.org This letter is from a prisoner at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in New Castle County, Delaware. Two prisoners have died from COVID-19 in the Vaughn facility, and a combined 30 more have tested positive for the virus there and at a neighboring Sussex Community Corrections Center. On April 25, . . . |

Marcia Brown (2020-05-01). A County Jail Battles COVID-19 and the Opioid Crisis—At the Same Time. progressive.org The pandemic and an increase in immigration detainees create a double whammy for the rural Ohio jail.

Sasha Abramsky (2020-05-01). Trump and GOP to Nation: Go Bankrupt, Drop Dead. thenation.com Trump and GOP to Nation: Go Bankrupt, Drop Dead…

Staff (2020-05-01). If a Budding Socialist Movement Can Defeat Amazon, Imagine What Else It Can Do. truthout.org For socialists, New York has been the site of the most important electoral campaign win yet: Ocasio-Cortez\'s insurgent run for the House in 2018. Her victory led to an explosion of membership in DSA nationally, the biggest jump in membership after the Sanders campaign and Donald Trump\'s victory. It also led to a sea change in American politics, putting critical issues like a Green New Deal on the public agenda. Less examined, however, is how Ocasio-Cortez\'s win was part of a massive shift in…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-05-01). \'This Is What a Disaster Looks Like\': Ocasio-Cortez House Bill Would Allow FEMA to Provide Pandemic Relief. commondreams.org As the U.S. death toll from Covid-19 stood above 63,000 people Friday—with over a million confirmed cases nationwide—Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced a bill in the U.S. House that would enable a federal relief agency to provide disaster assistance during pandemics. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12098953161.jpg …

Xinhua (2020-05-01). US Deportations Add Extra Risk to Global Public Health. telesurenglish.net In the name of protecting U.S. citizens against COVID-19, Washington has recently stepped up the deportation of illegal immigrants from Mexico and Central American nations. | RELATED: | The U.S. authorities seem to have paid no regard that such moves at the time of a ravaging pandemic may overwhelm the often vulnerable public health systems in the recipient countries and thus pose a grave danger to the global an…

Vijay Prashad (2020-05-01). Farewell to the god of plague. mronline.org The Communists were determined to eradicate disease. In the 1930s, Mao joined the Chinese Communist Party\'s Public Health Commission; in 1934, when he was in the Jiangxi Soviet, Mao placed public health at the top of the list for party work.

Calvin Deutschbein (2020-05-01). Car caravan in North Carolina demands aid for people, not companies. workers.org Durham, N.C. Following decades of genocidal governmental policies exposed by the coronavirus crisis, North Carolinians had enough! A coalition of hundreds of community groups called \"NC United for Survival & Beyond\" organized a 30-car caravan on April 24 — a protest that allowed activists to safely distance from one another. . . . |

Staff (2020-05-01). Caravan for Life: Protesters in Puerto Rico Demand More Tests & Resources to Combat the Coronavirus. democracynow.org On Thursday in Puerto Rico, activists in dozens of cars held a \"Caravan Por La Vida,\" or \"Caravan for Life,\" through San Juan to demand the government provide more COVID-19 tests and sufficient resources for people to stay at home during the pandemic. At least 92 people have died from COVID-19 in Puerto Rico, and last week the island was reporting a testing rate lower than any U.S. state, at an abysmal average of 15 tests a day for every 100,000 people. No one in Puerto Rico has received $1,200 checks from the government, according to San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz. Police stopped the caravan and said their sou…

a guest author (2020-05-01). Workers\' Revolutionary and Anti-Imperialist International Manifesto. workers.org Workers World Party has endorsed this international declaration for May Day, initiated by the Party of Liberation of Argentina and others, and endorsed as of April 30 by the parties listed at the end. This May 1, fight together against imperialism. Activists in San Juan, Puerto Rico, hold up wooden . . . |

Mark Engler (2020-05-01). When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE. thenation.com When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE…

teleSUR (2020-05-01). Police Brutality Marks Workers\' Day in Chile. telesurenglish.net On the morning of the International Workers\' Day, Chileans attempted to carry out peaceful protests in various public places in their country\'s main cities. | RELATED: | Although they initially followed COVID-19 physical distancing prevention measures, the military police violently lashed out at citizens in unsuccessful attempts to dissuade them from protesting against President Sebastian Piñera. The pretext for the police atta…

Mike Alewitz (2020-05-01). Sanitizing the Kent State Massacre. counterpunch.org May 4, 2020 will mark the 50th anniversary of the massacre at Kent State University (KSU). We were peacefully protesting the US invasion of Cambodia when the Ohio National Guard launched a teargas attack and then opened fire at us. 67 shots in 13 seconds left our campus strewn with dead and wounded. Four dead

Staff (2020-05-01). May Day People\'s Strike! Target, Amazon, Instacart Workers Demand Safe Conditions & Pandemic Relief. democracynow.org This May Day, an unprecedented coalition of essential workers from Amazon, Instacart, Whole Foods, Walmart, Target and FedEx are calling out sick or walking out during their lunch break to demand better health and safety conditions, along with hazard pay. Others are joining them for May Day actions that include rent strikes, car caravan protests and online organizing calling for a \"People\'s Bailout\" and economic recovery plan that prioritizes workers. We speak with Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, which issued a call for a people\'s strike starting May 1. \"The corporations and the gov…

Staff (2020-05-01). Target, Amazon, Instacart Workers Demand Safe Conditions and Pandemic Relief. truthout.org This May Day, an unprecedented coalition of essential workers from Amazon, Instacart, Whole Foods, Walmart, Target and FedEx are calling out sick or walking out during their lunch break to demand better health and safety conditions, along with hazard pay. Others are joining them for May Day actions that include rent strikes, car caravan protests and online organizing calling for a \"People\'s Bailout\" and economic recovery plan that prioritizes workers. We speak with Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-di…

Staff (2020-05-01). Headlines for May 1, 2020. democracynow.org Trump Touts \"Very, Very Strong\" U.S. Coronavirus Death Totals as States Begin Reopening | , Trump Claims Pandemic Began in Chinese Laboratory, Offers No Evidence | , Trump Blames Obama for Shortage of Tests for Virus That Emerged in 2019, Maryland National Guard Defends Coronavirus Tests from Feds in \"Undisclosed Location\", Texas Won\'t Name Nursing Homes with COVID-19 Cases; California Closes Beaches in OC, Michael Bloomberg to Lead New York Contact Tracing Program as NYC Subway Ends 24/7 Service | , Medical Professionals Stage Die-in Outside SF Mayor\'s Home Demanding Hotels for the Unhoused, Armed Protesters Sto…

Emerson Sykes (2020-05-01). How to Protest in a Pandemic. aclu.org For

Steve Topple (2020-05-01). A group of nurses just blocked Westminster Bridge over the Tory PPE scandal. thecanary.co Nurses have taken matters into their own hands over the growing scandal about personal protective equipment ( Going to work to die?: | On Thursday 30 April, nursing staff from Guy\'s and St Thomas\' hospitals in London staged a protest over the shor…

Peadar O\'Cearnaigh (2020-05-01). As Amazon announces sales surge, its staff protest against poor safety conditions on International Workers\' Day. thecanary.co The first quarter of 2020 saw a According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index daily ranking on 1 May, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the world\'s

teleSUR (2020-05-01). Colombia: Protests Over Lack of Food Aid Persist. telesurenglish.net Colombian protests continue due to a lack of food aid and financial help. Bogota citizens demonstrated and blocked roads despite COVID-19 preventive measures. | RELATED: | As local news media reported, Barrio Quindío inhabitants gathered at the San Cristobal locality. Crowds surpassed 20 people. Protesters stated their will not to use violent demonstrations and requested Bogota\'s mayor presence. | Claudia Lopez, Bogo…

Staff (2020-05-01). Armed Gunmen Enter Michigan Capitol Demanding End to COVID-19 Lockdown. truthout.org The right-wing movement against public health measures designed to stave off the coronavirus pandemic escalated on Thursday as armed gunmen were among those who stormed the Michigan state house and tried to enter the legislative chamber. | The protesters

Mike Ervin (2020-05-01). Smart Ass Cripple: They Want Me to Die so They Can Go Shopping. progressive.org These protests are a kick in the gut for me by making it abundantly clear where I stand with the Trumpian truest believers.

RT (2020-05-01). \'These are very good people\': Trump urges Michigan governor to \'make a deal\' with capitol protesters. rt.com US President Donald Trump has instructed Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer to \"make a deal\" with the protesters who have been demonstrating against her decision to prolong the state\'s coronavirus lockdown measures. | While the atmosphere has been fraught in Michigan\'s state capitol, President Trump suggested that the matter could be resolved quite easily in a tweet on Friday. | \"The Governor of Michigan should give a little, and put out the fire. These are very good people, but they are angry,\" he said. \"They want their lives back again, safely! See them, talk to them, make a deal.\" | The Governor of Michigan…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-01). Greek workers protest government\'s anti-labor policies on pretext of fighting COVID-19. peoplesdispatch.org Workers under the leadership of the All Workers Militant Front (PAME) in Greece observed the National Day of Action on April 28. PAME has demanded the abolition of the anti-worker measures introduced through bills citing the COVID-19 crisis…

teleSUR (2020-05-01). Germany: Working Class Protests Against Unemployment in May Day. telesurenglish.net On International Workers\' Day, Germany\'s trade unions protested over the collapse of labor rights and the significant increase of unemployment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | According to forecasts by Angela Merkel\'s administration, Germany will experience the worst recession since World War II this year. | Recent unemployment figures have soared despite the economic aid that Germany\'s authorities have set up to prevent mass layoffs. | In Apr…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-01). Nurses in South Africa protest demanding PPE, income tax breaks and Danger Allowance. peoplesdispatch.org The protests were organized by the Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union. Other demands included the immediate and periodic testing of all healthcare workers and compulsory, conducive, decent and habitable accommodation for essential staff…

Andrew Korybko (2020-05-01). Blaming the Victim Is the West\'s Latest Infowar Tactic Against China. globalresearch.ca Fewer and fewer people believe Western officials and their media, which is the West\'s own fault for confusing their targeted audience with the mixed messages that they disseminated about COVID-19 over the past couple of months. It was an epic …

Gary Leupp (2020-05-01). The Working Life of the Meat Packer in the Time of the Plague. counterpunch.org End of the day, factory whistle cries, Men walk through these gates with death in their eyes. And you just better believe, boy, somebody\'s gonna get hurt tonight, It\'s the working, the working, just the working life. -Bruce Springsteen, \"Factory\" (1978) President Trump, responding to meatpacking plant closures occasioned by COVID-19 has ordered the plants

Zero Hedge (2020-05-01). \"Food Supply Chain Is Breaking\": Tyson Foods. globalresearch.ca News feeds in April have been inundated with food supply chain disruption stories due to

Zero Hedge (2020-05-01). Pompeo Demands Countries Block Airspace To Iran\'s \'Terrorist Airline\' After Venezuela Deliveries. iranian.com The US is going on the offensive once again against Venezuela, this time attempting to break up growing Iranian cooperation and assistance to Caracas. The two so-called \'rogue states\' recently targeted for US-imposed regime change are helping each other fight coronavirus as well as Washington-led sanctions. Specifically, Tehran has ramped up cargo deliveries related getting Venezuela\'s …

South Front (2020-05-01). Video: Prospects of Turkish-Russian Military Conflict in Syria. globalresearch.ca The region of Greater Idlib remains the main source of tensions in Syria. | The March 5th ceasefire deal reached by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow allowed an end to be made to the …

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2020-05-01). First Official Cases of Coronavirus and Deadly Flooding Mark Ramadan in Yemen. mintpressnews.com Health officials tell MintPress that flooding has impeded coronavirus prevention measures in a country already devastated from five years of Saudi bombing that has left 70 percent of its health facilities destroyed.

Alan MacLeod (2020-05-01). Groundhog Day: Juan Guaidó Is Trying to Overthrow the Venezuelan Government Again. thealtworld.com One year since his audacious coup attempt failed spectacularly, Guaidó is once again trying to overthrow the government of Nicolas Maduro. | MPN— Exactly one year since his audacious coup attempt failed spectacularly, self-declared Venezuelan president Juan Guaidó is once again trying to overthrow the government of Nicolas Maduro. \"Today I speak to the patriotic soldiers of our Armed Forces who rebelled against hunger and destruction and sided with the constitution,\" he

Philip Giraldi (2020-05-01). Hasidic Jews Defy New York\'s Lockdown. thealtworld.com When does religious observance override community health? | Last Tuesday an estimated 2,500 male

Bruce E. Levine (2020-05-01). If Trump is a Pathological Liar, What Type of Liar is Biden? counterpunch.org Bernie Sanders has routinely called Trump a \"pathological liar.\" The term pathological liar, a controversial one for psychiatrists, in common usage coveys someone who is an extraordinarily unrestrained liar. And so, Bernie knows that it is in no way radical to use this term to describe the unrelentingly self-serving Trump who unhesitatingly lies if he

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2020-05-01). On May Day, Pro-Worker Groups Demand Protections for Frontline Whistleblowers Who Expose Corporate Disregard for Labor Safety. commondreams.org \"The current crisis has elevated workplace whistleblowing and collective action to a matter of national health.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/workers-whistleblowers-covid.jpg …

Andre Vltchek (2020-05-01). Cold War of Trump/Navarro v. China: More Dangerous than COVID-19. dissidentvoice.org It is getting ugly, extremely ugly. It is increasingly looking like a war — at least a new \'cold\', ideological war. But in the shadow of COVID-19, it goes almost unnoticed. The blind horseman, who hates China intuitively, without knowing hardly anything about it, is leading the pack, pushing his president into a confrontation with …

Danny Sjursen (2020-05-01). Romance Is the New Realism: Eugene Debs and the Age of Corona. commondreams.org Eugene Debs delivering a speech in Chicago in 1912. \"I can see the dawn of the better day for humanity,\" the famous socialist leader once said. \"The people are awakening. In due time they will and must come to their own.\" (Photo: Wikipedia) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/eugene.jpg …

Tim Shorrock (2020-05-01). Electoral Triumph Spurs Green New Deal in South Korea. thenation.com Electoral Triumph Spurs Green New Deal in South Korea…

Joshua Cho (2020-05-01). Corporate Looting as \'Rescue Plan,\' Robber Barons as \'Saviors\'. fair.org Framing a massive corporate bailout as a \"rescue package\" (NPR, For a perfect illustration of how corporate media function as ruling class propaganda, watch how they spin a titanic upward redistribution of wealth as a \"rescue plan\" for the US economy, and paint a robber baron like US Treasury Secretary

The Canary (2020-05-01). Experts slam Tories for NHS cuts and systematic failures in coronavirus testing. thecanary.co A public health professor has claimed Conservative government cuts have \"emaciated\" the testing system and made the ability to track down coronavirus (Covid-19) cases more difficult.Gabriel Scally, a former regional director of public health, said he was \"very worried\" about the country\'s ability to get to the levels of contact tracers needed. Scally said 10 years ago it would have been possible — but cuts have damaged this.His anger was in response to Conservative former Cabinet minister David Gauke\'s defence of reductions in public spending. Gauke warned of an \"even more difficult situation\" without auster…

Paul Wilcox (2020-05-01). Big banks soak up small business relief funds in feeding frenzy. liberationnews.org How the banks diverted the funds for small businesses.

Tracy Keeling (2020-05-01). Labour\'s response to the attack on two of its Black female MPs is a f**king disgrace. thecanary.co The Board of Deputies of British Jews ( On 1 May, the Labour Party\'s shadow home secretary explained what \'decisive action\' the…

RT (2020-05-01). What\'s in the archives? Panicked Biden tries to dodge search for sexual assault claims proof in bizarre Morning Joe interview. rt.com Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden came off panicked in an interview that was supposed to put the Tara Reade sexual assault allegations to rest, raising questions about what incriminating evidence is in his archives. | An increasingly nervous Biden appeared to unravel before viewers\' eyes in an interview with Mika Brzezinski on Morning Joe on Friday. The former vice president became noticeably agitated as the host pushed him to allow a search for former Senate staffer Tara Reade\'s name in his personal archives at the University of Delaware, records the university recently ordered re-sealed until two…

CounterSpin (2020-05-01). Jim Naureckas on Coronavirus False Choices, Peter Maybarduk on Pharmaceutical Price-Gouging. fair.org Media…

RT (2020-05-01). \'That\'s a hell of a video!\' Trump\'s reaction to Pentagon\'s declassified UFO footage leaves ET hunters puzzled. rt.com Weighing in on recently declassified footage of \"unexplained aerial phenomena\" — better known as UFOs — US President Donald Trump seemingly cast doubt on the videos\' authenticity, driving some alien enthusiasts up the wall. | The president\'s remark came during an Oval Office

Staff (2020-05-01). American Police Have Stashed Away Billions-And You Are Paying The Bill. therealnews.com The first part of our investigation into the hidden costs of policing reveals the exorbitant amount of money funneled to police through police pension funds; a PAR conversation with guest Otto the Watchdog…

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2020-05-01). PSL condemns terrorist attack on Cuban Embassy. liberationnews.org Cuba is not alone. The world stands with Cuba.

Taegan Stross (2020-05-01). Austin: \'Justice 4 Mike Ramos!\'. workers.org Austin, Texas The Austin Police Department carried out an extrajudicial killing of 42-year-old Michael Brent Ramos, known as \"Mike,\" on April 24. Local media reported that the APD was responding to a call about two people, allegedly in possession of a gun, doing drugs in a parked car. Banner drops . . . |

Eliza Egret (2020-05-01). This May Day, UK renters join thousands around the world on rent strike. thecanary.co Renters around the world are going on rent strike. As millions of people find themselves in Coordinated rent strikes ensure that people aren\'t alone in their refusal to pay. A mass movement…

RT (2020-05-01). Alex Jones threatens to EAT GLOBALISTS (and neighbors) to keep children from starving amid Covid-19 pandemic. rt.com InfoWars founder Alex Jones is trending on social media and making waves with critics, including his ex-wife, thanks to a video rant in which he says he\'s ready to cannibalize his neighbors to survive the Covid-19 pandemic. | \"I\'ll admit it. I will eat my neighbors. I\'m not letting my kids die. I\'m just going to be honest,\" Jones said during a live broadcast of his show this week. | Jones continued to rant about having a \"few years\" worth of food stored up, but he doubled down on the promise to \"eat\" his neighbors should it come to that. | \"I\'m literally looking at my neighbors now, going, \'Am I ready to hang…

Paul Haeder (2020-05-01). When Homeless Means Homelandless: Guatemalans in Lincoln County. dissidentvoice.org Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. It doesn\'t take a lockdown to pull from some of us humanists the universality of how deep the emotional, cultural, societal, economic and spiritual divide is between the have\'s and have\'s not. As we move …

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2020-05-01). PSL denuncia ataque terrorista a Embajada Cubana. liberationnews.org Cuba no está sola. El mundo está con Cuba.

Eds. (2020-05-01). No Going Back—The COVID-19 pandemic theses. mronline.org We live in the age of the pandemic. We live in an age of environmental destruction and climate change. None of these are natural disasters—they all result from the way society and production is currently organised.

a guest author (2020-05-01). Holding true to the abolitionist framework. workers.org Here is a slightly edited transcript of Amber-Rose Howard\'s talk during the April 9 Workers World Party webinar. Howard is the executive director of CURB, Californians United for a Responsible Budget. Experiencing a felony conviction as a young adult propelled Howard into a lifetime commitment of organizing against the prison-industrial . . . |

Adriaan Alsema (2020-05-01). Colombia vows to pay health workers\' back payment 6 weeks into state of emergency. colombiareports.com Colombia\'s health minister said Thursday he will pay health workers\' back payments amid confusion over where the $1.5 billion promised by President Ivan Duque six weeks ago went. In Duque\'s…

Mnar Muhawesh (2020-05-01). Podcast: Dan Kovalik on How Sanctions and Humanitarian Interventions are Used to Plunder Nations. mintpressnews.com Dan Kovalik discusses the history of Washington\'s policy of sanctions and humanitarian intervention, a policy that provides the framework for the mass pillaging of foreign nations on behalf of the U.S. establishment.

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-01). Roaming Charges: American Thanatos, Inc. strategic-culture.org We are witnessing an all-out push to salvage and bailout the very industries that helped create, spread, exacerbate, deny and exploit the global pandemic which is killing hundreds of thousands of people. Apparently, the only lessons learned from the current crisis will be how to make the next one even worse.

The Canary (2020-05-01). Irish PM Varadkar announces easing of lockdown restrictions in two weeks\' time. thecanary.co Ireland will begin its journey back to normality after a further two weeks of the current coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions, Leo Varadkar has announced.The majority of the lockdown measures will remain in place until 18 May, although two will ease in the coming days. From next Tuesday, a travel limit that has forced people to stay within 2km of home when exercising will be extended to 5km. Moreover, self-isolating over-70s will be advised they can leave home for a walk or drive.In an address to the nation, the Taoiseach said in mid-May a phased easing of the remaining restrictions would begin: So on the 18th of…

Staff (2020-05-01). Stir Crazy! Episode #26: The Workers Strike Back! therealnews.com On today\'s show Vanessa Bain of the Gig Workers Collective, former Amazon employee Chris Smalls, and Danny Spitzberg of the Tech Workers Collective. Hosted by Kim Brown.

RT (2020-05-01). Remdesivir approved for emergency use for Covid-19 treatment in US despite lackluster clinical trials. rt.com The antiviral drug remdesivir has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use for Covid-19 treatment, despite mixed clinical results and lingering scientific questions. | Remdesivir, made exclusively by Gilead, received FDA approval for emergency use on Friday after appearing to show clinical benefit in a single trial conducted by the National Institute for Allergy and Infections Disease (NIAID). Gilead has pledged to donate 1.5 million doses of the drug, and the stockpile currently on hand will be distributed to hospitals starting on Monday, according to Vice President Mike Pence.

RT (2020-05-01). Bezos ordered to testify in Congress, as Amazon accused of 'possibly criminally false' statements on business practices. rt.com Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been ordered to testify before Congress by the House Judiciary Committee, which has accused the corporation of lying about its private labeling practices to cover up possible antitrust violations. | In a

Jim Naureckas (2020-05-01). It\'s Crucial to Distinguish Between Can\'t and Won\'t—With a Million Lives at Stake. fair.org CNN ( In a story predicting two more years for the coronavirus pandemic, CNN (

Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla (2020-05-01). Cuban statement regarding attack on Cuban Embassy. liberationnews.org Statements by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla.

Ralph Underhill (2020-05-01). Things to remember on International Worker\'s Day. thecanary.co By

RT (2020-05-01). \'Never happened\': Joe Biden rejects sexual assault allegation by former staffer in first public comment on accusation. rt.com US Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden has finally spoken about the allegation of sexual misconduct by his former staffer Tara Reade, saying in his first statement on the issue that the alleged incident \"never happened.\" | \"I want to address allegations by a former staffer that I engaged in misconduct 27 years ago,\" Biden wrote. \"They aren\'t true. This never happened.\" | Public and media pressure had been mounting on Biden to address the allegations directly, given that only his campaign had commented on Reade\'s claims until now. | Biden said that while the details of the allegations of harassment and se…

Staff (2020-05-01). Tara Reade\'s Ex-Neighbor on Biden Sexual Assault Allegation: I Believed Her Then & I Believe Her Now. democracynow.org Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden denied sexual assault allegations against him on MSNBC\'s \"Morning Joe\" on Friday, breaking his silence after weeks of mounting pressure to respond to claims put forward by former staffer Tara Reade, who says he sexually assaulted her in 1993. In a statement, Biden said, \"I want to address allegations by a former staffer that I engaged in misconduct 27 years ago. They aren\'t true. This never happened.\" Tara Reade first came forward with her allegations in March, saying Biden pushed her up against a wall and digitally penetrated her. In a Democracy Now! broadcas…

Susan Price (2020-05-01). May Day 2020: Build a better future for people in times of multiple crises. greenleft.org.au Build a better future for w…

pip.hinman (2020-05-01). COVID-19: When schools reopen, it needs to be on a radically different basis. greenleft.org.au

pip.hinman (2020-05-01). Workers must fight back: 10 demands to make sure no worker is left behind. greenleft.org.au

pip.hinman (2020-05-01). May Day car convoy calls for no worker to be left behind. greenleft.org.au

RT (2020-05-01). Forget #BelieveWomen, \'I Believe Biden\' is trending! Democrats rush to defend sex assault denial — but they won\'t like the results. rt.com Joe Biden on Friday finally addressed a sexual assault allegation leveled against him by former staffer Tara Reade, prompting \'#IbelieveBiden\' to trend on Twitter. But the messages were far from an endorsement of the Democrat. | \"I\'m saying unequivocally: it never, never happened,\" the presidential hopeful said of the allegations, during a The performance was enough to get Democr…

Ramzy Baroud (2020-05-01). Hating Arabs as a Common Ground: Why Israel\'s Coalition Government is Likely to Survive. counterpunch.org Shortly after an agreement to form a \"national emergency government\" in Israel, leader of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) party, Benny Gantz, tweeted triumphantly that \'democracy\' in Israel has been \'safeguarded\'. But how is a deal that would grant Israel\'s right-wing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a veto power over the very judicial system which

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-01). Harvard Postpones Commencement Indefinitely? Tele-Education and Tele-Medicine. globalresearch.ca Founded in 1636, Harvard commencements began in 1642, a handful of graduates alone in its early years, nine in 1642. | There were few college entrants at that time. In the 17th century after the school\'s founding, there were no graduates …

Tyler Olson (2020-05-01). Case Asking Supreme Court to Halt Enforcement of \"Stay-at-home Order\". Justice Alito Orders Pennsylvania Government to Respond. globalresearch.ca

Alan Macleod (2020-05-01). Experts Warn of New Nuclear Arms Race After Trump Signals US Withdrawal from START Treaty. mintpressnews.com While much of the corporate press has blamed Russia and China for the sudden failure of multiple longstanding nuclear treaties, experts put the blame on squarely on the Trump administration.

graham (2020-05-01). NHS ordered to hand over security keys of NHS data to GCHQ. truepublica.org.uk By Rob Woodward — TruePublica: Britain\'s NHS has become the latest target for big tech to stick its money funnel into and harvest our most personal and private data. It was bad enough that the state illegally and secretly stole our privacy, captured our secrets, recorded our conversations, filmed our private moments, took images of …

Staff (2020-05-01). COVID-19 Underscores Why We Need to Make May Day Radical Again. truthout.org Millions of Americans have lost their jobs and health care in the midst of the pandemic lockdown and people are, reasonably, looking for someone or something to blame for their hardship. Meanwhile, right-wing media, Republican politicians and their

teleSUR (2020-05-01). Colombia: Medical Team to Assist Villavicencio Prison Inmates. telesurenglish.net Colombia\'s National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (INPEC) Thursday decided to send a medical team to the Villavicencio prison, a public facility located in the Meta department that has 1,738 inmates and at least 421 COVID-19 cases. | RELATED: | \"They will have to ensure that the social isolation protocol is respected,\" the INPEC Director Norberto Mujica said. | He also explained that the Penitentiary Services Unit will be in charge of hi…

Andrew Levine (2020-05-01). How To Make the Best of the Mess Our Ruling Class Has Made. counterpunch.org It seems like eons ago, though, according to the calendar, it has been barely more than two months, since social distancing, compulsive hand washing, and other manifestations of acute germaphobia stopped being colorful eccentricities or, in extreme cases, signs of mental illness, rather than unavoidable underpinnings of daily life; and since, on the political scene,

Tom Engelhardt (2020-05-01). Trump\'s Pandemic Response Signals That American Lives Are More Disposable Than Ever. thenation.com Trump\'s Pandemic Response Signals That American Lives Are More Disposable Than Ever…

Natasha Lennard (2020-05-01). Millions Unable to Pay for Housing Next Month, Rent Strike in NYC. globalresearch.ca Want a grim picture of the state of American dissent during the coronavirus pandemic? Take an overview of media coverage from the last week. The press focused disproportionate attention on a

IMEMC News (2020-05-01). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians Near Ramallah. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, three young Palestinian men in Beit Sira village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after invading and violently searching several homes causing excessive damage. Kifaya Anqawi, the mother of Yousef Anqawi, 20, who was killed by Israeli soldiers along with …

Leonard Stokes (2020-05-01). The Grim Reality of Our Leadership. thenation.com The Grim Reality of Our Leadership…

Peter Bolton (2020-05-01). Leading scholar says current pandemic could be a tipping point in the climate crisis. thecanary.co The coronavirus (Covid-19)

Rob Woodward (2020-05-01). Surveillance System and Privacy: Britain\'s NHS Ordered to Hand Over Security Keys of NHS Data to UK Intel and Security Authority GCHQ. globalresearch.ca Britain\'s NHS has become the latest target for big tech to stick its money funnel into and harvest our most personal and private data. It was bad enough that the state illegally and secretly stole our privacy, captured our secrets, …

commondreams (2020-05-01). \'Reckless\' to Restart US-UK Trade Talks in Midst of Pandemic, Campaigners Say. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Finian Cunningham (2020-05-01). Draft Dodger Trump Charts Course for War With China. thealtworld.com China and the renowned stoicism of its leaders are not going to sit idly by as Washington dips into their sovereign coffers and begins looting trillions of dollars out of some deluded sense of victimhood. | It\'s a grim number. This week sees the United States\' death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic exceeding the total number of American troops that were killed during the decade-long Vietnam War — some 58,000. | In a matter of just a few weeks, U.S. deaths from the disease make that nation the world\'s leader, in a macabre way not imagined by preening \"American exceptionalism\". | But never mind, Americans c…

Fight Back (2020-05-01). Recent Unemployment Insurance claims top 30 million. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Thursday, April 30, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that more than 3.8 million new claims for unemployment insurance or UI were filed in the previous week ending April 25. This means that over the last six weeks more than 30 million claims have been filed. This means that the actual unemployment rate is about 25%, a level similar to the worst of the Great Depression of the 1930s. | The number of people who are getting Unemployment Insurance benefits as of a week earlier, or April 18, reached 18 million, the highest ever. Since 27 million people had applied for benefits as of that time, mor…

Project Veritas Action (2020-05-01). \"They\'re Writing COVID On All the Death Certificates\": NYC Funeral Directors Doubt Legitimacy of Deaths Attributed to Pandemic. globalresearch.ca Project Veritas today released another video featuring conversations with funeral home directors and their staff throughout New York City questioning the number of deaths officially attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. | *** | Project Veritas today released another video featuring conversations with …

Marc Norton (2020-05-01). The Tenderloin Containment Zone: A Photo Essay. counterpunch.org San Francisco — Sunday morning, April 26, 2020. San Francisco is openly violating its own Department of Public Health guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic, turning the sidewalks of the Tenderloin into a containment zone for the homeless — in a 20,000 person neighborhood right next to City Hall, while keeping large public spaces like Civic

CJ Hopkins (2020-05-01). The Truth Behind \"Refrigerated Morgue Truck\" Stories — Or How to Manufacture Mass Hysteria by Burying the Details. globalresearch.ca By now, everyone has seen the stories about the \"refrigerated morgue trucks\" and \"ice rink morgues in Madrid.\" If you dig down into some of those stories, you will discover a rather mundane, but perfectly understandable explanation for these improvised …

IMEMC News (2020-05-01). Soldiers Assault And Abduct A Father And His Three Sons In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers assaulted and abducted, on Friday evening, a Palestinian father and his three sons in Bab al-\'Amoud area, in occupied East Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped the father and his three sons, from the Salayma family, while walking near Bab al-\'Amoud, before repeatedly assaulting them, and abducted them. …

Martha Rosenberg (2020-05-01). Meat/Mental Health Story Latest in Fake Nutritional Science. counterpunch.org \"Meat Improves Mental Health\" mainstream media blasted out this week, without mentioning the \"study,\" published in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, was funded by an \"unrestricted research grant from the Beef Checkoff, through the National Cattlemen\'s Beef Association.\" Such fake science from the meat industry is becoming more common as people drop meat. Whereas only

teleSUR (2020-05-01). CARICOM Observer Team for Guyana Elections Recount Arrives. telesurenglish.net The three-member team is led by Ms. Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies (UWI), and includes Mr. John Jarvis, Commissioner of the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission and Mr. Sylvester King, Deputy Supervisor of Elections of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Jane McAlevey (2020-05-01). Celebrating May Day Starts by Taking Workers Seriously. thenation.com Celebrating May Day Starts by Taking Workers Seriously…

Abdul Rahman (2020-05-01). ILO: Nearly half of all world\'s workers may lose their jobs due to COVID-19 pandemic. peoplesdispatch.org In the absence of strong support measures by governments across the world, the estimated loss of mostly informal jobs would result in rising poverty, starvation and inequality, an ILO report says…

Marshall Auerback (2020-05-01). Why the Oil and Gas Industry Will Never be the Same. counterpunch.org When a staple commodity collapses to negative value it signals that something is clearly amiss in the global economy. When it is a global energy source like crude oil, it does not just signal pain in the oil patch, but an economic dislocation evocative of the Great Depression. Rare is the time when a commodity

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-01). How to Think Post-Planet Lockdown. strategic-culture.org Pepe ESCOBAR | Between unaccountability of elites and total fragmentation of civil society, Covid-19 as a circuit breaker is showing how the king — systemic design — is naked. | We are being sucked into a What we already know for sure, as Shoshana Zuboff detailed in The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, is that \"industrial capitalism followed i…

graham (2020-05-01). The radical right is weaponising COVID-19 online. truepublica.org.uk By Bethan Johnson: In the last four months, Coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread across every populated continent and infected more than two million people, with estimates of many more to come. More than just a tragic outbreak of an infectious disease, COVID-19 is proving to be something of a social and political Rorschach Test. Before movement …

teleSUR (2020-05-01). US: Workers Must Risk Infection or Lose Unemployment Payments. telesurenglish.net Some, among the millions of American workers laid off because of the COVID-19, are beginning to face a tough choice — return to work and risk infection, or stay home and risk losing unemployment payments, The Associated Press reported Thursday. | RELATED: | The decision is most pressing in states where governors have started allowing businesses such as restaurants to reopen with social-distancing r…

Gary Olson (2020-05-01). The Youth and the Looming Economic Crisis: Prospects for Radical Change. counterpunch.org History shows us that economic crises do not become political crises that severely threaten the ruling order until a critical mass of people come to the realization that the system itself is rotten, unbearable and incapable of meaningful reform. — Glen Ford, Executive Editor, Black Agenda Report The estimated 73 million Millennials (those born between

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-01). We, the food workers, will sustain Zimbabwe. peoplesdispatch.org Edgar Riusere of the United Food and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe talks about the COVID-19 situation in the country, the issues faced by workers and the steps the union is taking to organize at a time of distancing…

Peter Linebaugh — David Roediger (2020-05-01). \'The Merry Month of May:\' a Summons to Grasp the Spirit of the Time. counterpunch.org Death by plague is personified in this quote: \"Men, women, & children dropt downe before him: houses were rifled, streetes ransack, beautifull maidens throwne on their beds and ravisht by sickness: rich mens cofers broken open, and shared amongst prodigall heirs and unthrifty servants: poore men used poorely, but not pittifully; he did much hurt, yet some say he did very much good.\"

Elie Mystal (2020-05-01). McConnell\'s Stimulus Scam: Vaccinate Businesses, Expose Workers. thenation.com McConnell\'s Stimulus Scam: Vaccinate Businesses, Expose Workers…

Fight Back (2020-05-01). Chicago Tribune lends its press to racism. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – The headline in the Chicago Tribune Wednesday, April 19 blared: \"Two charities have bailed scores of felony defendants out of Cook County Jail. Some were soon charged with new crimes.\" The headline could have said, with equal validity, that \"Millions of Chicagoans were not arrested last year. Some were charged with new crimes.\" | The article is filled with racist \'dog whistles\' about [Black and brown] people with guns and hysteria regarding violent crime. In actual fact, in the past three years the rate of violent crime in Chicago has declined significantly. The Tribune is blowing the racist \'get to…

David Rosen (2020-05-01). Coronavirus and the Increase in Domestic Violence. counterpunch.org Americans are paying dearly as they suffer through the coronavirus epidemic. The costs of inadequate testing, poor medical care and even death in isolation are only compounded by the nation\'s staggering economy, mounting unemployment rate and uncertainty of recovery. Making matters worse, there has been an increase in domestic violence. \"My husband won\'t let me

Ana Laura Palomino García (2020-05-01). Dr. Anthony Fauci: COVID-19 \"May Turn Out to be Like a Bad Flu Season\". His Peer Reviewed Article Versus His Public Statements. globalresearch.ca Dr. Anthony Fauci and two co-authors published an article on March 26, 2020 in the New England Journal of Medicine. | Anthony Fauci is head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. In the article, linked below, he states …

Anonymous Mother in Tennessee (2020-05-01). What Happened When I Needed an Abortion During the Pandemic. aclu.org I am a 30-year-old woman and mother of three kids living in Tennessee. My oldest is just over two years old. My two girls are nine-month-old twins. Because the twins were born prematurely, they have significant medical needs. I have no family living nearby, and very little caregiving support. I tried to get my son into daycare earlier this year, but the childcare facility — anticipating that they might have to shut down temporarily because of COVID-19 — declined to accept new enrollments., , After my girls were born, I knew I could not handle another child; I am already stretched almost to the brea…

Michael T. Klare (2020-05-01). Covid-19\'s Third Shock Wave: The Global Food Crisis. thenation.com Covid-19\'s Third Shock Wave: The Global Food Crisis…

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-01). Trump vs. Biden: Who\'s More Awful? strategic-culture.org For a few days there, Democrats were feeling good about themselves and the upcoming election — deceptively so as it turns out. Trump had been his usual rambunctious self at his daily coronavirus briefings, taunting the press, quarreling with his own medical advisers, pushing for states to go back to work and then declaring that maybe they shouldn\'t because it was too early. | But then, on Thursday, Apr. 24, he offered some advice on how to treat Covid-19 in what will no doubt go down as the most famous words of his presidency: | \"So supposing we hit the body with a tremendous — whether it\'s ultraviole…

Christopher D. Cook (2020-05-01). Get Ready for Mass Strikes Across the U.S. This May Day. commondreams.org Militant labor actions are set to engulf the country this May Day. (Photo: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1208650161_850_570.jpg …

teleSUR (2020-05-01). US: FEMA Ordered 100,000 Body Bags. telesurenglish.net The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requested 100,000 more body bags amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. The agency ordered a similar amount in early April. | RELATED: | E.M. Oil Transport Inc. of Montebello, California, received the new body bags batch order. The company advertises construction vehicles, building materials, and electronics on its website. According to local news media, the delivery would a…

IMEMC News (2020-05-01). Army To Demolish The Home Of A Palestinian Suspected Of Carrying Out A Stabbing Attack. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, Tulkarem refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and stormed the home of a wounded Palestinian, who is suspected of carrying out a stabbing, Tuesday, and handed the family a demolition order for their home. Media sources said several army …

Todd Smith (2020-05-01). Surgeon General Links COVID-19 to 9/11. dissidentvoice.org \"This will be our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment.\" That was U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on April 5, touring the Sunday morning shows to warn of the worst week yet for pandemic death in the United States. During these interviews, the Surgeon General also managed to show off his mask-making skills, an unwitting …

commondreams (2020-05-01). Statement: Ana Maria Archila Responds to Biden Sexual Assault Allegations. commondreams.org ______________________________…

John Feffer (2020-05-01). The Black Death Killed Feudalism. What Does COVID-19 Mean for Capitalism? commondreams.org The coronavirus crisis has thrown the global economy into cardiac arrest, and now you are acutely aware of the very markets that you had previously just assumed would function as normal. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/shutterstock_537944389-722×482.jpg …

Jonathan Cook (2020-05-01). Welcome to the Era of the Great Disillusionment. counterpunch.org This is a column I have been mulling over for a while but, for reasons that should be immediately obvious, I have been hesitant to write. It is about 5G, vaccines, 9/11, aliens and lizard overlords. Or rather, it isn\'t. Let me preface my argument by making clear I do not intend to express any

news.un (2020-05-01). Millions of missing airmiles: How the UN civil aviation agency is helping airlines take off again. news.un.org In normal times, the world\'s airlines would be carrying nearly 2 billion international passengers this year. That\'s 5.7 million a day. But with the COVID-19 pandemic gripping the planet, these are not normal times. In its latest analysis of the economic impact of novel coronavirus on global commercial aviation, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) warns of a potential overall reduction of 872 million to just over 1.3 billion international passengers — if signs of recovery emerge in late May.

Anthony Cartalucci (2020-05-01). Criminal Big-Pharma Put in Charge of Covid-19 \"Vaccine\" thealtworld.com Big-Pharma — guilty of lying, cheating, stealing, bribery, and a history of exposing the public to dangerous and even deadly drugs — is being given billions to develop a Covid-19 \"vaccine.\" Would you trust your health to these criminals? | Coronavirus Disease 2019 or

teleSUR (2020-05-01). UK: Indian Students Starving and Unable to Return Home. telesurenglish.net The closure of borders in India left thousands of students stranded in the United Kingdom. Now they depend on food donations from charity institutions to survive. | RELATED: | According to local media, most Indian college students work part-time in low-paying jobs to support their studies in this European country. | \"The confinement forced by COVID-19 has caused many of them to lose their jobs,\"

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-01). Back to the Future: \'Evil Communist\' Bogeyman Returns. strategic-culture.org U.S. pundits and politicians have with gusto taken to dusting off an old bogeyman — \"evil communism\" — in reference to China over the Covid-19 pandemic. Such retrograde rhetoric shows how politically bankrupt Washington is. | Leading the charge is Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who hardly ever now refers to China simply as \"China\" in media interviews. He continually and feverishly equates the nation with the \"Chinese Communist Party\". In recent weeks, going by the number of times the word \"communist\" has been heard across U.S. media one would be forgiven for thinking that we have been transported back…

IMEMC News (2020-05-01). Israeli Soldiers Injure Two Palestinians Near Qalqilia. imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot, Friday, two young Palestinian, south of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Local sources said the two young men, identified as Khaled Khalil Zamari, 23, and Haitham Mansour, 21, were on Palestinian land, near the illegal Annexation Wall, south of Qalqilia. There were …

news.un (2020-05-01). Vaccine bottlenecks from COVID lockdown put children\'s lives at stake: UNICEF. news.un.org Help is needed urgently to distribute vaccines worldwide amid dramatic shortages because of COVID-19 restrictions, the UN Children\'s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. It has warned that youngsters\' lives \"are at stake\" owing to the dramatic decline in commercial flights and limited availability of charters.

Fight Back (2020-05-01). NYPD kicks homeless people off subways in new crackdown. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – The New York City Police Department (NYPD) reported Tuesday, April 28 that they kicked over 100 homeless people off of the subways in just one day. The police commissioner claims this new crackdown is about \"rules violations\" and keeping the subways clean in light of COVID-19. When discussing the large numbers of homeless people sleeping on the subways in his daily news briefing, Governor Cuomo said: \"That is disgusting what is happening on those subway cars. It\'s disrespectful to the essential workers.\" | These comments are ridiculous, considering that the homeless people sleeping on the subways d…

Bharath Syal (2020-05-01). Why Keir Starmer cosying up to India\'s far-right government is utterly unacceptable. thecanary.co On 30 April, UK Labour leader Keir Starmer

Joan Walsh (2020-05-01). \'If Not Now, When?\' Behind the Growing Push for a Black Woman VP Nominee. thenation.com \'If Not Now, When?\' Behind the Growing Push for a Black Woman VP Nominee.

David Armiak , Alex Kotch (2020-05-01). ALEC Leading Right-Wing Campaign to Reopen the Economy Despite COVID-19. commondreams.org Recent polling shows ALEC\'s aggressive position on resuming commercial activity to be outside the mainstream of public opinion. (Photo: CC) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/untitled-55-900×508.jpg …

commondreams (2020-05-01). Physicians\' Group Welcomes Emergency Medicare Expansion Proposal During Crisis. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Ayat S. Karokaro (2020-05-01). For World\'s Rarest Great Ape, COVID-19 Is Latest in a Litany of Threats. globalresearch.ca The COVID-19 pandemic has become the latest threat to the Tapanuli orangutan in Indonesia, the rarest great ape species of all and one already under severe pressure from a range of human threats. | The

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-05-01). Scuttling New START Treaty: Trump\'s China Distraction. globalresearch.ca \"If we want to preserve strategic stability using arms control as a counterpart of that, as a tool in that toolkit, then China should be in as well.\" — US Defence Secretary Mark Esper,

imperial.ac.uk (2020-05-01). Millions in philanthropic gifts to accelerate coronavirus vaccine. imperial.ac.uk More than £4 million of donations to Imperial\'s COVID-19 Response Fund is providing crucial support in the race for a vaccine against coronavirus.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-01). Cuba denounces attack on diplomatic mission in the US. peoplesdispatch.org On April 30, in the early hours of the morning, a terrorist attack was perpetrated against the embassy of the Republic of Cuba to the United States in Washington. According to the statement by the Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, an unknown man shot several times at the embassy\'s building using an assault rifle. | At the moment of the attack, ten Cuban officials and diplomats were inside the building. Fortunately, none of the diplomatic officials or any other staff members were injured. The aggressor was arrested by local authorities and is currently in their custody. | Cuba\'s foreign minister…

teleSUR (2020-05-01). Africa: Comoros Registers its First COVID-19 Case. telesurenglish.net Comoros\' President Azali Assoumani Thursday announced the first COVID-19 case in this South-Eastern African nation. | RELATED: | \"While other countries who were hit earlier are preparing to go back to normality, our country is entering a critical phase,\" Assoumani warned.‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã | The COVID-19 patient is a Comoran citizen who was in contact with a 50-year-o…

commondreams (2020-05-01). Medicare Crisis Program: We Need Immediate Action Now. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Liza Featherstone (2020-05-01). Should We Be Kind to the Rich? thenation.com Should We Be Kind to the Rich?

Tony Cartalucci (2020-05-01). Big-Pharma Put in Charge of COVID-19 \"Vaccine\" globalresearch.ca Big-Pharma is being given billions to develop a Covid-19 \"vaccine.\" Would you trust your health to these profit driven criminals? | Coronavirus Disease 2019 or \"Covid-19‚Ä≥ hysteria is sweeping the globe — with mass media-induced public panic paralyzing entire nations, gutting …

news.un (2020-05-01). \'Rights and dignity\' of older people must be respected during COVID-19 and beyond. news.un.org The COVID-19 fatality rate for people over 80-years-old, is five times the global average, the UN Secretary-General said on Friday, launching a new policy initiative to address this and many other challenges faced by the elderly, during and after the biggest public health crisis to hit the world in a century.

Nicole Regalado (2020-05-01). McDonald\'s Employees are Working through the COVID-19 Pandemic. So Why Don\'t They Have Access to Paid Sick and Family Leave? aclu.org Essential workers are on the front-lines during the COVID-19 pandemic, and have suffered

commondreams (2020-05-01). TIME\'S UP Now: \"By No Means Is This Conversation in America Over\" commondreams.org ______________________________…

CP Editor (2020-05-01). Neil Young with Crazy Horse — Shut It Down 2020. counterpunch.org …

Robert L. Kendrick (2020-05-01). Virtual Liberation in Italy. counterpunch.org For most years in Italy, April 25th would be a day of commemoration and sociability. It marks the 1945 call from the anti-Nazi Committee of National Liberation (CLN) for the final uprising against the German occupiers and Mussolini\'s puppet regime, and is thus Liberation Day, with special emphasis on the Italian Resistance of 1943-45. It

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-01). It\'s going to be Amazon vs the People: Chris Smalls. peoplesdispatch.org Chris Smalls was fired from his job at Amazon\'s Staten Island facility in the US shortly after he raised issues regarding the lack of safety measures for workers during the COVID-19 pandemic…

ACLU (2020-05-01). A COVID-19 Balancing Act: Public Health and Privacy. aclu.org Some states are officially loosening their stay at home restrictions, and more will join in the coming months as Americans attempt to inch their way back to pre-COVID-19 life. Some of us will return to work, gather in small groups, and maybe even dine at a neighborhood restaurant. , , As we proceed, what will it take to keep us safe and prevent new spikes in infections? Many experts say we won\'t be out of the woods until there\'s a vaccine, but how would a national vaccination plan even work? At the same time, technological solutions are being proposed, especially related to contact tracing, the process b…

Diana Block (2020-05-01). What Cuba Has to Teach, in Pandemic Times and Beyond. counterpunch.org In July 2019, I visited the Cuban Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) as part of the 50th Anniversary Venceremos Brigade. We were impressed by the many scientific advances that the Institute had achieved, including the development of interferons to successfully fight viral diseases such as dengue and ebola. Little did we imagine that

Eve Ottenberg (2020-05-01). The Small Business Loan Racket. counterpunch.org A scandal blew up over the small business loan fund recently. The first, $350 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was created to help small business — walloped by Covid-19 lockdowns — keep paying employees. But the banks were in charge of disbursing these loans. And it turned out these banks doled out $365 million in forgivable loans to big, publicly traded chains like Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Shake Shack and Quantum Corp.

Priti Gulati Cox — Stan Cox (2020-05-01). The Recent History of GDP Growth, CO2 Emissions, and Climate Policy Paralysis, All in One Table-Runner. counterpunch.org Note: I began designing this table-runner just before the COVID-19 pandemic blew up in the United States. In the time I have been embroidering it, rates of death and misery have soared while wealth generation and carbon emissions (the two subjects of this work) have ended their decades-long rise and have plummeted. A deadly virus

IMEMC News (2020-05-01). Israeli Soldiers Injure Six Palestinians, Including Two Children, In Kufur Qaddoum. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession against the Annexation Wall and colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and injured six Palestinians, including two children. Morad Eshteiwi, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, …

Project Censored (2020-05-01). Episode 81 — The Biden Veepstakes and The Media\'s COVID War Rhetoric and Bernie Coverage with Dr. Robin Andersen. projectcensored.org Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today\'s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-01). Our health over their profits: France\'s CGT in the thick of struggle. peoplesdispatch.org Patrick Correa of the CGT Metalworkers\' union of France talks to Peoples Dispatch on the impact of COVID-19 on the workers of the country.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-01). In India, lockdown is being used to attack workers\' rights. peoplesdispatch.org On the occasion of International Workers\' Day, president of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions K. Hemalatha talks about the conditions of Indian workers who are bearing the brunt of the lockdown…

teleSUR (2020-05-01). Hole in the Ozone Layer Over Arctic Is Closed, WMO Confirms. telesurenglish.net The United Nations RELATED: | \"The ozone depletion levels were worse than those detected in 2011, but it has already returned to normal, due to weather factors, and the ho…

Romana Rubeo (2020-05-01). Coronavirus: How Are European Countries Treating Refugees Amid the Pandemic? mintpressnews.com Neglecting the refugees while fighting coronavirus is as foolish as it is inhumane. The last few months have taught us that self-centered strategies do not apply in the cases of global healthcare crises.

news.un (2020-05-01). Journalists provide \'antidote\' to COVID-19 misinformation, UN chief says ahead of World Press Freedom Day. news.un.org The UN Secretary-General is calling for greater protection of journalists who are providing the \"antidote\" to what he has characterized as a pandemic of misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 crisis.

news.un (2020-05-01). Global health experts advise WHO to identify animal source of COVID-19 virus. news.un.org International experts have advised the World Health Organization (WHO) to work to identify the animal origins of the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic and its transmission to humans, the UN agency said on Friday.

Ali Salam (2020-05-01). Israeli Forces Demolish Palestinian Carwash and Agricultural Nursery near Bethlehem. imemc.org The Israeli army demolished, Thursday morning, a Palestinian car wash near Bethlehem, while it was under construction, a local official reported. Iyad Abu Sarra, from al-Khader municipality, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that soldiers destroyed the car wash for construction without a permit. The military also demolished an agricultural nursery …

graham (2020-05-01). COVID-19 study: Who are you — \'the accepting\', \'the suffering\' or \'the resisting\'? truepublica.org.uk Lots of things have changed in what seems an age over the COVID-19 lockdown. Eating habits have changed, shopping and what we consume through media online. Drinking alcohol and tea has changed and so have other things like exercise. It remains to be seen how much changes in the long-term. A study by Kings College …

Ryan Cristián (2020-05-01). France Says COVID Was Already \'Silently Circulating\' & DARPA\'s \"Implantable Nanoplatform\" Vaccines. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/30/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

Pam Martens, Russ Martens (2020-05-01). This Chart Shows How the Fed Manipulated Junk Bonds to Help the Dow. counterpunch.org Thus far, the highly controversial corporate bond buying programs that the Federal Reserve first announced on March 23 have yet to spend a dime according to a spokesperson for the New York Fed, the regional Fed bank that is overseeing almost all of Wall Street\'s emergency bailout programs today as well as during the financial

Charlotte Dennett (2020-05-01). So We\'re All in This Together…Really? What About Big Oil? counterpunch.org What are we make of the fact that the price of oil tanked to below zero per barrel on April 22, the greatest drop in history? The price has gone up slightly since then, hovering around $16 a barrel on April 25th, but it is still severely depressed. Who will suffer from this? And perhaps more importantly, who will gain?

imperial.ac.uk (2020-05-01). Imperial community pays tribute to Lord Robert May (1936-2020). imperial.ac.uk Colleagues remember a \'towering figure in UK science\', with a \'sharp, penetrating mind\' and a passion for croquet.

teleSUR (2020-05-01). Brazil: Manaus Collapses as COVID-19 Hits Indigenous People. telesurenglish.net The rising number of infections and deaths due to COVID-19 has caused a collapse in the health system in Manaus, the capital city of the Amazonas state. | RELATED: | Manaus is experiencing a very complex epidemiological emergency with 3,091 people infected, 135 of whom are in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). | Since hospitals do not have enough beds to admit critical patients, local authorities are about to open a \"fie…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-01). Arab League warns Israel against plans to annex occupied Palestinian territories. peoplesdispatch.org A new national unity government in Israel, headed by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced plans to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank with US support…

splcenter (2020-05-01). Weekend Read: Even as Southern states continue honoring Confederate holidays, monuments are being removed. splcenter.org With a recent stroke of his pen, Gov. Ralph Northam put Virginia at the forefront of efforts across the South to remove symbols of white supremacy from public spaces.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-05-01). COVID-19 pandemic could significantly increase HIV, TB and malaria cases. imperial.ac.uk Some regions may see deaths related to HIV, TB and malaria increase by up to 10, 20 and 36% respectively over five years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tehran Times (2020-05-01). Iran to build houses on Persian Gulf islands. iranian.com The Iranian islands of the Persian Gulf will be turned into residential areas, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Chief Alireza Tangsiri announced on Wednesday. Tangsiri said the decision came according to an order issued by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The announcement was made as Iran marked the National …

Tasnim News (2020-05-01). Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Rules Out Extension of UN Arms Embargo on Iran. iranian.com Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said renewing a UN arms embargo against Iran which is to expire in October 2020 is out of the question. \"For us, the case of the existing ban on arms deliveries to and from Iran was closed with the adoption of Resolution 2231. The embargo regime expires in October …

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2020-05-01). \"I\'ll Never Lie to You,\" Vows Trump\'s New Press Secretary at First Regular Briefing in Over a Year—Then Starts Lying. commondreams.org \"To start with these words is a 100% guarantee that you WILL be lied to on an EPIC scale.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/mcenany.jpg …

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-05-01). 2 Weeks After Nova Scotia Massacre, Canada Bans Assault Weapons. 7 Years After Sandy Hook in the US—And Still Nothing. commondreams.org Telling the Canadian public that they \"deserve more than thoughts and prayers\" less than two weeks after a series of shootings in Canada that killed 13 people, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced a ban on \"assault-style\" semi-automatic weapons in the country. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1210468669_1.jpg …

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2020-05-01). Echoing Praise for Charlottesville Neo-Nazis, Trump Calls Armed Anti-Lockdown Fanatics \'Very Good People\'. commondreams.org \"Trump is using a tactic of authoritarians who pretend that they have no influence over the actions of private militias or thug squads. This is failed state stuff right here.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/michigan_2.jpg …

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-05-01). As Millions Stripped of Health Coverage Amid Covid-19, House Dems Unveil Bill for Emergency Expansion of Medicare and Medicaid. commondreams.org Just a day after the U.S. Labor Department announced that more than 30 million people have applied for unemployment benefits since mid-March, over 30 House Democrats came together to introduce legislation that would guarantee healthcare coverage to all Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12108885731.jpg …

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-05-01). \'A New Low\': Betsy DeVos Sued for Garnishing Wages of Nearly 300,000 Student Loan Borrowers During Pandemic. commondreams.org A home health aide who earns just under $13 per hour is the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, whose department has continued collecting garnished wages from hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers during the coronavirus pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/betsy_devos_3_0.jpg …