Iran names Palestine most significant issue in Muslim World
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-14
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

Don\'t Expect to See Trump\'s Tax Returns Before the Election
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
Donald Trump claims that while he is president, his pre-presidency financial records can\'t be subpoenaed and he can\'t even be investigated for criminal conduct. The Supreme Court will decide by the end of June whether Trump is indeed beyond the …
globalresearch.ca/dont-expect-see-trump-tax-returns-before-election/5712890

Will Turkey Contract Its Militarism Because of Its Economic Problems?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
A report by New Economy found that \"Turkey had significant foreign exchange outflows\" because of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan\'s costly wars. The report also found that \"Turkey\'s probability of bankruptcy is extremely high,\" along with its three big banks …
globalresearch.ca/will-turkey-contract-militarism-because-economic-problems/5712732

EU Offers West Balkans €3.3 Billion as Forgiveness for Coronavirus Snub
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
The European Union promised ‚Ǩ3.3 billion to the West Balkan countries and provinces of Serbia, Montenegro Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia. In return, the European Union is demanding loyalty and renunciation of close ties with Moscow and Beijing. …
globalresearch.ca/eu-offers-west-balkans-billion-forgiveness-coronavirus-snub/5712802

Obamagate Shows Biden Is Inadequate in Challenging Trump
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
Former U.S. President Barack Obama is coming under increasing pressure, led by what President Donald Trump is calling \"Obamagate.\" This comes as Mexico has requested to finally clarify the affair with the secret sale of American weapons to Mexican drug …
globalresearch.ca/obamagate-shows-biden-inadequate-challenging-trump/5712924

Exigencias socialistas para la crisis del COVID-19
Editor | workers.org | 2020-05-14
A medida que la pandemia de COVID-19 continúa extendiéndose, la respuesta del gobierno a la crisis ha sido criminalmente negligente, mientras que los capitalistas prefieren arriesgar la salud de los trabajadores que detener la producción con fines de lucro. A medida que la clase dominante se muestra incapaz de abordar . . . | Continue reading Exigencias socialistas para la crisis del COVID-19 at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48587/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exigencias-socialistas-para-la-crisis-del-covid-19-2

India Is Intensifying Its U.S. Backed Hybrid War on China
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
Whether it\'s India\'s latest clashes with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), its selective embrace of \"economic nationalism\" to \"poach\" foreign companies from the People\'s Republic, or its forthcoming leadership of the World Health Assembly (WHA) where it …
globalresearch.ca/india-intensifying-american-backed-hybrid-war-china/5712884

When Patients Die Alone, How Do Families and Health Workers Cope, Relieve Suffering?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-14
We look at the tremendous emotional toll the coronavirus is taking on families when loved ones are forced to battle COVID alone in hospitals or at home, with Dr. Diane Meier, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care and a professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She helped start a 24-hour palliative care hotline for COVID-19 patients in New York City that served nearly 900 people in a four-week period.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/14/diane_meier_palliative_care

Coronavirus Pandemic Prompts Global Mental Health Crisis as Millions Feel Alone, Anxious & Depressed
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-14
Is the coronavirus pandemic generating a mental illness crisis? Millions face isolation, poverty and anxiety. We speak with psychology professor and author Andrew Solomon, as the United Nations calls on governments to put mental health \"front and center\" in their response to the crisis.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/14/andrew_solomon

US Imperialism\'s Decomposition Accelerates: Outsourcing \'Regime Change\'. Mercenary Incursions into Venezuela
Francisco Dominguez | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
On May 3rd a bunch of mercenaries, led by Rambo-like US soldiers of fortune attempted to disembark on the coastal town of Macuto in the La Guaira state in Venezuela\'s Caribbean coast, in a so-called Operation Gedeon. | Their leader, \'contractor\' …
globalresearch.ca/us-imperialism-regime-change/5712893

Massachusetts Contact Tracing Program Handed to Clinton-Linked NGO with Questionable Past
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-14
A new contact tracing program was recently unveiled in Massachusetts in partnership with Partners in Health, an NGO with links to US regime change operations, big pharma and the Clinton Foundation.
mintpressnews.com/massachusetts-contact-tracing-partners-in-health-clinton/267534/

The U.S. Military is Hell-Bent on Trying to Overpower China
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
On April 1, Admiral Philip Davidson–the head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command–told the U.S. Congress that he would like $20 billion to create a robust military cordon that runs from California to Japan and down the Pacific Rim of Asia. His proposal–titled \"Regain the Advantage\"–pointed to the…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/14/the-u-s-military-is-hell-bent-on-trying-to-overpower-china/

Despite pandemic, Colombia\'s public hospitals still granted to politicians\' buddies
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-14
While Colombia\'s Supreme Court is investigating at least 11 governors for corruption with coronavirus emergency funds, at least nine public hospitals fell in the hands of friends and allies of…
colombiareports.com/despite-pandemic-colombias-politicians-give-public-hospitals-to-buddies/

\'Unlawful & invalid\': Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down state\'s stay-at-home order
rt.com | 2020-05-14
Measures purportedly enacted to stop the spread of coronavirus in Wisconsin have been overturned by the state\'s Supreme Court, which ruled that the orders violate the law and cannot be enforced. | The state\'s highest court issued a 4-3 ruling describing the restrictions as \"unlawful, invalid, and unenforceable.\" The decision comes after Republican lawmakers sued Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm, after she unilaterally extended the state\'s \"Safer at Home\" emergency order in mid-April. The measures were first implemented in March and were set to expire on May 26. | Wisconsin has alrea…
rt.com/usa/488600-wisconsin-supreme-court-lockdown-unlawful/

Trump v. birth control case heard by Supreme Court
Sue Davis | workers.org | 2020-05-14
A March 2016 demonstration in support of birth control coverage in the Affordable Care Act in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C. Health care is the most pressing issue in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. So it\'s in keeping with the Trump administration\'s overall right-wing agenda to . . . | Continue reading Trump v. birth control case heard by Supreme Court at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48590/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trump-v-birth-control-case-heard-by-supreme-court

Hell No, You Can\'t be Safer at Home
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2020-05-14
Wisconsin Supreme Court, in act of \'blatant . . . judicial activism,\' strikes down state rules meant to curb spread of COVID-19.
progressive.org/dispatches/hell-no-you-cant-be-safer-at-home-conniff-200514/

Our Continuing Terror: the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
Jesse Jackson | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
Today there is a national outcry about the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. The public condemnation has forced a belated response. Those accused of his murder finally have been arrested. His murder has become a global embarrassment for whites. For blacks, however, it is another humiliation, a continuing terror. It is the normal silence, however, that condemns…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/14/our-continuing-terror-the-murder-of-ahmaud-arbery/

US further complicates prospects for peace in Colombia
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-14
The United States government further complicated the future of peace in Colombia on Wednesday, adding Cuba to its list of non-cooperative countries in counter-terrorism efforts for not extraditing ELN peace…
colombiareports.com/us-further-complicates-prospects-for-peace-in-colombia/

The 1930s and now: Looking back to move forward
Saul Foster | mronline.org | 2020-05-14
While there are great differences between the crises and political movements and possibilities of the 1930s and now, there are also important lessons that can be learned from the efforts of activists to build mass movements for social transformation during the Great Depression. My aim in this paper is to illuminate the challenges faced and …
mronline.org/2020/05/14/the-1930s-and-now-looking-back-to-move-forward/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-1930s-and-now-looking-back-to-move-forward

Paramilitary Panda: WWF Land Grabs Rooted in Covert Apartheid History
Michael Molitch-Hou | indybay.org | 2020-05-14
According to a BuzzFeed News series, the WWF has been tied to paramilitary violence in third world countries. What they completely ignored was that the WWF was previously involved in the murder of 6,000 anti-apartheid activists in South Africa a part of an \"anti-poaching\" mission in the 1980s. All evidence seems to suggest that the WWF was used as cover for an MI6 operation on behalf of powerful business interests in South Africa.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/12/18832991.php

Slovenian Left protests amendments to Nature Conservation Act
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-14
The amendments proposed by the Slovenian government make it more difficult for organizations to attain the status of a nature conservation organization in public interest. This is believed to be a step towards the sale of the country\'s resources…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/14/slovenian-left-protests-amendments-to-nature-conservation-act/

El Salvador: Pot-Banging Against Bukele\'s Pandemic Management
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-14
In San Salvador city\'s upper-class neighborhoods, residents banged pans and honked car horns on Wednesday to protest against President Nayib Bukele\'s handling of the pandemic. | RELATED: | El Salvador: White Cloths to Protest Hunger | Through social networks, citizens called to protest against the situation of people confined in containment centers, the arrests of t…
telesurenglish.net/news/El-Salvador-Pot-Banging-Against-Bukeles-Pandemic-Management-20200514-0001.html

FM spox chides US claims on Iran\'s non-cooperation in fighting terrorism
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-14
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

Headlines of Iranian dailies on May 14
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-14
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

Front pages of Iranian intl. dailies on May 14
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-14
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

Brian Hook threatens to trigger return of UN sanctions on Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-14
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

COVID-19: Why Iran Is Doing Better Than You Think
Karim Sharara | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
So Iran\'s going through its worst year and is hiding the true numbers of Coronavirus victims? It seems it\'s also been digging mass graves because it can\'t handle the increasing number of deaths, and people are collapsing on the street left and right because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Not only that but apparently the evil…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/14/covid-19-why-iran-is-doing-better-than-you-think/

Greenlighting War: Iran and Yemen
Charles Pierson | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
On May 7, Republicans proved yet again that most of them are perfectly happy allowing President Donald Trump unchecked discretion to make war. Senate Joint Resolution 68, introduced on January 9 by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Hillary Clinton\'s 2016 running mate, invoked the 1973 War Powers Resolution in an attempt to prohibit President Trump from…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/14/greenlighting-war-iran-and-yemen/

Depite delay, consignment of Iranian-made COVID-19 test kits sent to Turkey: Jahanpour
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-14
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

Iran destabilised by US amid COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
US sanctions have shattered the country\'s economy and blocked access to critical food, pharmaceutical and industrial supplies, making it more difficult for Iran to respond to the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/iran-m14.html

JCPOA none of US, Brian Hook\'s business: Zarif
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-14
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

Rouhani underscores improvement in economy, Iranians\' lives, hope for future
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-14
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

US reacts to Iran Navy vessel\'s mishap
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-14
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

Greenlighting War: Iran and Yemen
Charles Pierson | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
On May 7, Republicans proved yet again that most of them are perfectly happy allowing President Donald Trump unchecked discretion to make war. Senate Joint Resolution 68, introduced on January 9 by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Hillary Clinton\'s 2016 running mate, invoked the 1973 War Powers Resolution in an attempt to prohibit President Trump from…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/14/greenlighting-war-iran-and-yemen/

Gunpoint diplomacy: US to \'snap back\' all UN sanctions on Iran if expiring arms embargo isn\'t renewed
rt.com | 2020-05-14
Two years after spectacularly exiting the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the US has threatened to trigger a return of all UN sanctions

Iranian coastguards detain 4 trawlers, 8 foreign nationals in Hormozgan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-14
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

Covid-19 infects 114,533 in Iran: health min. spox
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-14
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

A World Health Crisis? So Ramp Up Confrontation and Deploy Nuclear Bombers against China, Russia, Iran and North Korea
Brian Cloughley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
The Pentagon is excelling itself in its enthusiastic march to war. There are countless thousands suffering from the effects of the Covid-19 virus, including hundreds of members of the U.S. armed services, while the world\'s despots are relishing their freedom …
globalresearch.ca/world-health-crisis-ramp-up-confrontation-deploy-nuclear-bombers/5712909

VIDEO: Iranian brown bears
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-14
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

Iran marks National Day of Ferdowsi, father of modern Persian language
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-14
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

Tehran, Moscow discuss economic ties amid Covid-19 pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-14
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

Africa: Lesotho Reports First COVID-19 Case
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-14
Lesotho Health Minister Nkaku Kabi announced on May 13 the first COVID-19 positive case in his nation. Lesotho is the latest African country to report the virus outbreak. | RELATED: | Cuba Rejects US Terrorism Accusations, as Habana Blacklisted | According to Kabi, 81 people were tested given their recent traveling chart. The positive patient is a Lesothan student who returned from Saudi Arabia via South Africa, with no visible symptoms. The health authorities decided to isolate…
telesurenglish.net/news/africa-lesotho-reports-first-covid19-case-20200514-0003.html

Brazilian Indigenous Peoples Confront Double Threat of COVID-19 and Bolsonaro\'s Policies
Gabriel Leà£o | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
After six days of fighting for his life in an intensive care unit in a Amazonas state hospital, a 15-year-old Yanomami teenage boy died in April 9 from complications caused by the novel coronavirus. The boy\'s death sounded the alarm for Brazil\'s Indigenous peoples who now face the fear of the virus alongside the stress…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/14/brazilian-indigenous-peoples-confront-double-threat-of-covid-19-and-bolsonaros-policies/

Brazilian Indigenous Peoples Confront Double Threat of COVID-19 and Bolsonaro\'s Policies
Gabriel Leà£o | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
After six days of fighting for his life in an intensive care unit in a Amazonas state hospital, a 15-year-old Yanomami teenage boy died in April 9 from complications caused by the novel coronavirus. The boy\'s death sounded the alarm for Brazil\'s Indigenous peoples who now face the fear of the virus alongside the stress of increasing criminal activities by land grabbers, illegal loggers, gold diggers, poachers, drug traffickers, hitmen and questionable \"guests\" like missionaries and tourists in their lands. Add to that the prospect of another potentially devasting dry season like last year\'s, which saw more than 8…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/14/brazilian-indigenous-peoples-confront-double-threat-of-covid-19-and-bolsonaros-policies/

To combat \"hunger pandemic\" MST has donated more than 600 tons of food
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-14
The \"We\'ll Need Everybody\" campaign, organized by diverse social movements in Brazil including the Landless Rural Workers\' Movement (MST), has already distributed more than 40,000 food baskets to poor neighborhoods. | These acts of solidarity organized by social movements from all over the country since the start of the pandemic, beyond helping those most vulnerable in society during the quarantine, are also ways of denouncing the absence of good governance. | Just like the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST), which…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/14/to-combat-hunger-pandemic-mst-has-donated-more-than-600-tons-of-food/

Reopening: A Chronicle of Needless Deaths Foretold
Gregg Gonsalves | thenation.com | 2020-05-14
Reopening: A Chronicle of Needless Deaths Foretold…
thenation.com/article/society/reopening-coronavirus-needless-deaths/

Army Forces in Lorestan stage \'Equality and Sincere Assistance Maneuver\'
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-14
KHORRAMABAD, May 14 (MNA)

Wearing \'smallpox blankets\' Lakota Dakota oppose casinos reopening
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-05-14
Wearing \'smallpox blankets,\' Standing Rock Lakota and Dakota opposed the plan to re-open casinos. This comes as two coronavirus cases were reported after group testing at Standing Rock.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833001.php

Beijing signals harsh counter-sanctions for US lawmakers & STATES targeting China over Covid-19 outbreak
rt.com | 2020-05-14
China will not submit to US lawsuits and legislation aimed at blaming Beijing for the coronavirus crisis, state media has warned, suggesting that counter-sanctions against officials and entire states are already in the works. | Numerous members of Congress and other officials will be put onto China\'s sanctions list for their involvement in efforts to demonize China for its alleged responsibility for the pandemic, the Global Times reported, citing analysts. | The \"painful\" countermeasures will likely target Senator John Haw…
rt.com/news/488638-china-us-sanctions-coronavirus-retaliation/

What on Earth is the U.S. Doing by Bombing Somalia?
Danny Sjursen | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
The Trump administration has quietly ramped up a vicious bombing–and covert raiding–campaign in Somalia amid a global coronavirus pandemic. Neither the White House nor the Pentagon has provided any explanation for the deadly escalation of a war that Congress hasn\'t declared and the media rarely reports. At stake are many thousands of lives. The public…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/14/122732/

Strong typhoon slams into pandemic-hit Philippines, making social distancing \'almost impossible\'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-14
A strong typhoon has hit the Philippines after authorities evacuated tens of thousands of people while trying to avoid the coronavirus (Covid-19) risks of overcrowding emergency shelters.The first typhoon to hit the country this year rapidly gained force as it blew from the Pacific then barged ashore in San Policarpio town in Eastern Samar province around noon local time, weather agency administrator Vicente Malano said.The typhoon came as the Philippines is trying to fight Covid-19 outbreaks largely by locking Filipinos in their homes and prohibiting gatherings that can set off infections. More than 11,600 infec…
thecanary.co/discovery/2020/05/14/strong-typhoon-slams-into-pandemic-hit-philippines-making-social-distancing-almost-impossible/

Number of Covid-19 confirmed Cases in world surpasses 4.43mn
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-14
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

German companies plan layoffs, attacks on wages and benefits amid coronavirus pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
The German government\'s response to the pandemic was conditioned from the outset by the interests of the major corporations and banks.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/geco-m14.html

After COVID-19 infection discovered, 300 workers walk out of Mississippi pillow factory
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
Concern over a possible plantwide spread of the virus was mounting for days when a worker at the plant told supervisors that her husband–also employed at the factory–had tested positive for coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/miss-m14.html

Hungary\'s govt could end emergency powers in late June, ease curbs in Budapest next week
rt.com | 2020-05-14
Hungary\'s government could end emergency powers obtained to fight the coronavirus pandemic in late June, Prime Minister Viktor Orban\'s chief of staff said on Thursday. The move will depend on the evolution of the pandemic, Gergely Gulyas added. | The government is considering an easing of restrictions in Budapest from next week due to a decline in infections, the official told an online press briefing. | The easing measures, which Gulyas did not specify, would take effect from Monday after discussions with the mayor of Budapest. Hotels outside the capital would be allowed to reopen from next week, Reuters quot…
rt.com/newsline/488644-hungary-end-emergency-powers/

Health leaders say it will take months for NHS services to fully resume
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-14
It will be months before the NHS is able to fully restart services in the face of coronavirus (Covid-19), health leaders say. | Experts from the Health Foundation, the King\'s Fund and the Nuffield Trust will tell MPs on 14 May of the significant challenges facing the health service as it tries to create a \"new normal\". | It comes as NHS waiting list data is due to be published which is expected to show the number of people waiting for treatment has swollen during the pandemic. | The waiting list for planned treatment stood at around 4.4 million before the coronavirus outbreak but is now expected to be much higher…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/14/health-leaders-say-it-will-take-months-for-nhs-services-to-fully-resume/

Global energy demand will collapse again if coronavirus makes a comeback, IEA warns
rt.com | 2020-05-14
A Second wave of Covid-19 cases is a major risk for the energy market, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned. The agency raised its outlook for oil demand, which will still see a record drop this year. | In its key monthly report published on Thursday, the Paris-based energy watchdog said it expects global oil demand to fall by 8.6 million barrels per day (bpd). That\'s around 700,000 bpd more than the IEA said in its previous report. | \"Major uncertainties remain. The biggest is whether governments can ease the lockdown measures without sparking a resurgence of Covid-19 outbreaks,\" the report said.
rt.com/business/488642-oil-market-collapse-iea/

There Is Only One Way to Prevent Mass Deaths in Prisons: Let Them Out
Daniel Fernandez | thenation.com | 2020-05-14
There Is Only One Way to Prevent Mass Deaths in Prisons: Let Them Out…
thenation.com/article/activism/coronavirus-prison-danbury/

China\'s politburo: Task to prevent rebound in local coronavirus cases \'remains arduous\'
rt.com | 2020-05-14
China\'s task to prevent rebound in local coronavirus cases remains arduous, the Communist Party\'s politburo said on Thursday. | The government should step up targeted prevention and control measures for clusters coronavirus cases in northeastern Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces, a state television report said, citing the politburo meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping. | China will also take more flexible measures to prevent imported coronavirus cases, the statement added. | The country will step up Covid-19 testing and screening to prevent a rebound of the coronavirus epidemic, the National Health Commissio…
rt.com/newsline/488649-china-politburo-prevent-rebound/

April 2020 Rockefeller Foundation Paper Urges Testing and Tracing Entire US Population
Makia Freeman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
A 2020 Rockefeller Foundation Paper now proposes the next phase of the solution to the coronavirus crisis

\'Don\'t give 2 rats\' a**es about your cops\': NYC police unions call on health commissioner to resign after refusal to provide masks
rt.com | 2020-05-14
Unions representing New York City police officers have demanded the dismissal of the city\'s health commissioner after she scoffed at a request to provide the force with surgical masks amid the coronavirus pandemic. | Dr. Oxiris Barbot refused to provide the city\'s police with 500,000 masks as Covid-19 began to spread in March, telling a high-ranking law enforcement official, NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan: \"I don\'t give two rats\' asses about your cops.\" The conversation, first reported by the New York Post, was confirmed to the media by the NYC Health Department. Barbot has since apologized to Monaha…
rt.com/usa/488598-nyc-police-health-commissioner-masks-resign/

We shouldn\'t mourn the loss of high street fashion giants. They represent some of the worst aspects of globalization
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-05-14
On both sides of the Atlantic major retail clothing chains have been struggling in the midst of coronavirus-related (Covid-19) shutdown measures. Economic commentators have been fretting about the potential fallout. Yet, although the inevitable loss of jobs is regrettable, we shouldn\'t mourn the decline of these \'fast fashion\' giants. In many respects, they represent all that is wrong and destructive ab…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/05/14/we-shouldnt-mourn-the-loss-of-high-street-fashion-giants-they-represent-some-of-the-worst-aspects-of-globalization/

Toothless Congress Fails to Limit Presidential War Powers
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-14
Some weeks ago, the world woke up to the fact that World War III had just started without anyone being invaded or shots fired. It began when American President Donald J. Trump declared himself to be a \"war president\" in the fight against the coronavirus, an assertion that now has been followed by a claim that the disease is actually \"…really the worst attack we\'ve ever had. This is w…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/14/toothless-congress-fails-to-limit-presidential-war-powers/

Russian aviation industry gets government lifeline to stay afloat during pandemic-related flight restrictions
rt.com | 2020-05-14
The Russian government has allocated 23.4 billion rubles ($316 million) to support domestic airlines, which are suffering tremendous losses as a result of coronavirus-related restrictions. | The subsidies were unveiled on the government website early Thursday following Russian President Vladimir Putin\'s call to support the troubled sector. | According to the document, air carriers will have to use at least 60 percent of the funds on wages for their employees. The rest can be spent on leasing payments (30 percent at most), payments for aircraft parking, as well as other operating activities. The companies will…
rt.com/business/488599-russia-airlines-support-coronavirus/

Transit union leaders, system heads seek further aid
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-14
NEW YORK–Saying U.S. mass transit systems are essential both to move \"essential\" workers to jobs now, and to economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and its subsequent forced closures, transit union leaders and top transit managers seek $32 billion-$33 billion to keep the buses, subways and commuter railroads going through the end of 2021. House …
peoplesworld.org/article/transit-union-leaders-system-heads-seek-further-aid/

Russia fills coffers with gold & adds $2.5 billion to forex reserves during coronavirus peak
rt.com | 2020-05-14
Russian gold and foreign currency holdings have hit $566 billion as of May 1, according to the latest data released by the country\'s central bank. International funds grew by $2.53 billion, or 0.4 percent, last month. | The regulator said that currency holdings decreased by 0.8 percent in April, to $440 billion. At the same time, the value of monetary gold rose by 5.2 percent, amounting to over $126 billion. | The state\'s international reserves are highly liquid foreign assets comprising stocks of monetary gold, foreign currencies and Special Drawing Right (SDR) assets, which are at the disposal of the Central…
rt.com/business/488550-russia-gold-reserves-coronavirus/

Confirmed known Covid-19 cases for 2,818 federal inmates
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-14
Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833003.php

Colombia\'s economic reactivation accelerated coronavirus infections
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-14
The gradual reactivation of the economy has accelerated the spread of the coronavirus in Colombia, according to the country\'s National Health Institute (INS). Since April 27, the number of confirmed…
colombiareports.com/coronavirus-infections-in-colombia-growing-exponentially-since-reactivating-economy/

Unless Duque changes course, Colombia could be heading for collapse
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-14
It took the 1918 Spanish Flu less than a month to collapse Bogota. A lockdown prevented the immediate collapse of Colombia by the coronavirus in March, but not indefinitely. President…
colombiareports.com/unless-duque-changes-course-colombia-could-be-heading-for-collapse/

The Timeliness of Albert Camus\' \"The Plague\"
William Hughes | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
We live in dangerous times! The number of people who have been infected and died from the Coronavirus Pandemic proves it. Our America is running at half-speed at the moment. As of today, over 80,000 deaths, and 1.3 million inflections have been reported by the authorities. The comments about the lethal virus have run from…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/14/the-timeliness-of-albert-camus-the-plague/

Japan lifts coronavirus-related state of emergency in most regions, Tokyo not included
rt.com | 2020-05-14
Most of Japan\'s prefectures, except Tokyo and seven others, will be lifting emergency restrictions imposed to battle the novel coronavirus outbreak, effective Thursday. | The decision comes as the number of new cases of infection has consistently fallen in 39 provinces, prompting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to say that the pandemic is \"currently not spreading widely.\" The regions mentioned account for 54 percent of Japan\'s total population. | Also on rt.com | | \'Impossible\' to hold Olympics unless pandemic is contained, Japan\'s PM Abe says | Japan declar…
rt.com/news/488637-japan-lift-coronavirus-emergency/

COVID-19 Response Fund: Cutting-edge technologies advance coronavirus fight
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-14
Imperial researchers are driving forward the fight against coronavirus with new healthcare innovations and data insights.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197517/covid-19-response-fund-cutting-edge-technologies-advance

Philippines evacuates 200,000 people as Typhoon Vongfong makes landfall
rt.com | 2020-05-14
Authorities in Philippines started moving 200,000 people away from their homes in coastal and mountainous areas because of fears of flooding and landslides as Typhoon Vongfong made landfall on Thursday. | The typhoon, the first to hit the country this year, slammed into the eastern Philippines packing winds of 155kph and gusts of up to 190kph, according to the state weather bureau. | Social distancing measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus are likely to complicate efforts to move thousands of people into evacuation centers, such as classrooms and school gymnasiums. | The Philippines has reported…
rt.com/newsline/488609-philippines-evacuates-typhoon-vongfong/

WHO warns Covid-19 may \'never go away\' as Trump clashes with Fauci over US reopening
rt.com | 2020-05-14
US President Donald Trump has pushed for reopening schools, against the advice of his chief epidemiologist. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization has warned that the coronavirus may become endemic and never really disappear. | After meeting with governors of Colorado and North Dakota in the White House on Wednesday, Trump said he won\'t consider any state fully open until the schools are back up and running. | \"I think you should absolutely open the schools. Our country has got to get back and it\'s got to get back as soon as possible, and I don\'t consider our country coming back if the schools are closed,\" T…
rt.com/usa/488590-who-coronavirus-never-trump-fauci/

Undocumented Workers in Coronavirus Crisis
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-05-14
Undocumented Workers in Coronavirus Crisis…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-undocumented-workers-california/

Trump attacks Dr. Fauci for cautioning against the premature opening of the country
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
President Trump went on the offensive to denigrate Dr. Fauci, a respected member of his coronavirus task force, for his candid assessment at Tuesday\'s Senate hearing.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/usco-m14.html

More than £30,000 raised for family of rail worker who died after being spat at
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-14
A fundraising campaign for the family of a rail worker who died with coronavirus after being spat at on a station concourse has topped £30,000 as her union issued demands over staff safety.The gofundme initiative has received more than 1,700 individual donations following the shocked reaction to the death of Belly Mujinga.British Transport Police has launched an investigation after Mujinga died a fortnight after the incident at London\'s Victoria station.(Gofundme/PA)The Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) said many of its members were now fearful for their safety.Officials contacted Mujinga\'s emplo…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/14/more-than-30000-raised-for-family-of-rail-worker-who-died-after-being-spat-at/

Trump\'s Advisers Have a Brazen Plot to Gut Social Security
Alex Lawson | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the policy Donald Trump is fixated on has nothing to do with ramping up testing, getting protective equipment to workers, or sending resources to nursing homes where tens of thousands of seniors are dying of COVID-19. Instead, he\'s obsessed with cutting payroll taxes, Social Security\'s dedicated revenue. Now,…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/14/trumps-advisers-have-a-brazen-plot-to-gut-social-security/

The jungle–pandemic edition
David Ruccio | mronline.org | 2020-05-14
Like nursing homes, the U.S. meatpacking industry has become one of the hotspots of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
mronline.org/2020/05/14/the-jungle-pandemic-edition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-jungle-pandemic-edition

We Can\'t Go Back to Normal: A Moral Respnse to Coronavirus Town Hall (PPC)
Poor People\'s Campaign & MoveOn | indybay.org | 2020-05-14
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833013.php

Pine Ridge locks down for 72 hours after two Lakotas test positive for coronavirus
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-05-14
The Oglala Sioux Nation locked down on Monday night for 72-hours after two Lakotas in Wounded Knee District tested positive for the coronavirus. In the bordertown of Rapid City, a WalMart employee tested positive for coronavirus.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/12/18832995.php

More than 70 servicemen who helped to tackle coronavirus in Italy return to Russia
rt.com | 2020-05-14
Il-76 planes belonging to the Russian Aerospace Forces have brought home more than 70 Russian servicemen who helped to tackle the novel coronavirus outbreak in Italy, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. \"Starting from May 8, more than 70 servicemen and 19 pieces of special-purpose military equipment, have been brought from… the Verona Villafranca Airport,\" it said. | A total of 10 Russian planes have already arrived from Verona. From March 22 to May 7, Russian specialists working with Italian military personnel fully disinfected care homes for elderly people and other facilities in around 100 comm…
rt.com/newsline/488631-servicemen-russia-return-italy/

Corruption and the Pandemic Bailout
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-05-14
(This piece was originally posted on my Patreon page.) Neil Irwin had an interesting New York Times piece on how concerns about moral hazard in the bailout may damage the recovery. The gist of the article is that the fear that bad actors will be wrongly rewarded will prevent us from spending enough money to …
cepr.net/corruption-and-the-pandemic-bailout/

America\'s Newest Wedge Issue and the Tale of the Bizarre 2020 Presidential Elections
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-14
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to dominate the news and life of the American Republic. With currently no end in sight it is not paranoid to wonder if and how the pandemic will affect the presidential elections coming up in November. Two World Wars, The Civil War, The Great Depression and the Spanish Flu were not enough to stop voting for some congressmen and the top executive of the United States as planned. Now for the first time there are rumors moving abo…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/14/america-newest-wedge-issue-and-tale-bizarre-2020-presidential-elections/

Investigation opened after photos of HITLER & HIMMLER uploaded to Russian online WWII victory celebration
rt.com | 2020-05-14
Russia\'s Investigative Committee has initiated a criminal case after pictures of Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler were found on the website Immortal Regiment Online, celebrating Soviet veterans of World War II. | Every May 9, Russia celebrates the triumph over Nazism in the Second World War with fireworks, ceremonies, and parties. Another tradition, introduced in 2012, is the \'Immortal Regiment\', a parade of ordinary Russian people who walk in the memory of their forefathers who fought in the war, often holding a sign with their picture. Originat…
rt.com/russia/488654-hitler-himmler-immortal-regiment-photo/

Southeast Asia Witnesses Significant Rise in COVID-19 Cases
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-14
The Southeast Asia region has reported a significant rise in COVID-19 related cases, as several countries, including many densely populated nations, have announced several infections among its people. | RELATED: | COVID-19 May Never Go Away, WHO Warns | Bangladesh reported 1,041 new COVID-19 cases, dipping slightly from Wednesday\'s high of 1,162, bringing the total number of the cases in the country to nearly 19,000. | The Afghan health authorities recorded 413 new COVID-19 cases across the country, the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Southeast-Asia-Witnesses-Significant-Rise-in-COVID-19-Cases-20200514-0005.html

McConnell\'s PATRIOT Act Expansion Would Hand Barr Unprecedented Spy Powers
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-14
Sen. Ron Wyden was joined by privacy advocates Wednesday in forcefully condemning a new proposed amendment to the PATRIOT Act put forward by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that would greatly expand the U.S. attorney general\'s surveillance powers under FISA. | McConnell\'s amendment, which the Senate began debating Wednesday as lawmakers took up the reauthorization of the 2001 PATRIOT Act, would explicitly permit the FBI to collect records of Americans\' internet search and browsing histori…
truthout.org/articles/mcconnells-patriot-act-expansion-would-hand-barr-unprecedented-spy-powers/

UK: COVID-19 confirmed among ASOS warehouse workers
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
The largest on-line fashion retailer in the UK has been allowed to keep its non-essential business open throughout the pandemic, including at its main warehouse and distribution centre in Barnsley, South Yorkshire…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/asos-m14.html

RT\'S 2020 KHALED ALKHATEB AWARDS FOR WAR JOURNALISM OPEN FOR ENTRIES
rt.com | 2020-05-14
MOSCOW, MAY 14

\'God Friended Me\' Was the Strangest Show on TV
Erin Schwartz | thenation.com | 2020-05-14
\'God Friended Me\' Was the Strangest Show on TV…
thenation.com/article/culture/god-friended-me-was-the-strangest-show-on-tv/

Why Xi Won\'t Repeat Ming Dynasty Mistakes
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-14
China has learned from its own rich history and is applying those lessons to re-emerge as a major 21st century power | Pepe ESCOBAR | With hybrid warfare 2.0 against China reaching fever pitch, the New Silk Roads, or Belt and Road Initiative, will continue to be demonized 24/7 as the proverbial evil communist plot for economic and geopolitical domination of the \"free\" world, boosted by a sinister disinformation campaign. | It\'s idle to discuss with simpletons. In the interest of an informed debate, what matters is to find the deeper roots of Beijing\'s strategy

U.S. global prison model: white supremacy on display
Mirinda Crissman | workers.org | 2020-05-14
The United States has institutionalized white supremacist violence at home and abroad through its use of police and prisons. This does not come as revelation, but as a call to action. Whether we examine photographs coming out of El Salvador\'s prisons, or surveillance software used by U.S. police and Immigration . . . | Continue reading U.S. global prison model: white supremacy on display at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48593/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-global-prison-model-white-supremacy-on-display-a-ww-commentary

3.5 billion people may face \'unlivable\' heat in 50 years
Ian Angus | mronline.org | 2020-05-14
Every degree of global warming will push a billion people out of the human survival zone.
mronline.org/2020/05/14/3-5-billion-people-may-face-unlivable-heat-in-50-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3-5-billion-people-may-face-unlivable-heat-in-50-years

Celebrated to Death: the Betrayal of the American Soldier
Erik Edstrom | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
\"Every day is a copy of a copy of a copy.\" That meme, from the moment when Edward Norton\'s character in Fight Club offers a 1,000-yard stare at an office copy machine, captures this moment perfectly

Nuclear Weapons: Stopping the War That No One Wants (livestream)
The Commonwealth Club | indybay.org | 2020-05-14
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/11/18832982.php

COVID-19: Mélenchon offers national unity with France\'s banks
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
Mélenchon hails the Sacred Union between the far-right and social democracy in World War I as a model to keep social cohesion despite mass COVID-19 deaths.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/fran-m14.html

You have to experience everything
Olujimi Alade | workers.org | 2020-05-14
My life today is completely different than it was four years ago: I am a college graduate and now a member of the workforce

Germany Split on Banning US Nuclear Weapons on Its Territory
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
NATO has a \"sharing\" treaty with Berlin where it delivers to Germany dozens of nuclear warheads, which are deposited in Buchel, at Ramstein Air Force Base. | The presence of these weapons in German territory has been controversial for a long …
globalresearch.ca/germany-split-banning-us-nuclear-weapons-territory/5712928

ASOS worker in UK speaks on unsafe conditions in warehouse
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
\"It all looks good on the outside (one-way system, tents with thermo-cameras), but inside they care less and less every day.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/aso2-m14.html

Michael McClure: Beat Poet and Playwright Helped Thaw Cold War American Culture
Jonah Raskin | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
\"I put mammalian consciousness into Beat literature. I expressed the biological aspect of humans. At the Six Gallery, I read about the slaughter of whales.\"

US sails guided-missile destroyer near Taiwan, a week before presidential inauguration
rt.com | 2020-05-14
The US Navy said on Thursday it had sailed a guided-missile destroyer through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, a week before Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is inaugurated for a second term in office. | The US Pacific Fleet said in a statement on its Facebook page that the USS McCampbell had traversed the narrow strait that separates Taiwan from mainland China on Wednesday. Taiwan\'s defense ministry said the ship had sailed south on what it termed an \"ordinary mission,\" Reuters reports. | In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said China \"paid close attention\" to the passage of the US ship. \"We hope t…
rt.com/newsline/488618-us-missile-destroyer-taiwan/

Ethical Human Rights: China criticizes New Zealand for supporting Taiwan
Anthony Ravlich | indybay.org | 2020-05-14
If my book was less suppressed the UN may well take a more positive view of Taiwan\'s wish to gain formal recognition in the World Health Organization. The UN seems to be following China\'s \'One-China policy\' by excluding Taiwan.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833000.php

PDF download of May 14 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-05-14
Download entire 12-page PDF here. Justice for Ahmaud Arbery. Kent State and Jackson State. Also: COVID‚Äë19: capitalism\'s end stage; workers resist. Editorial: Changing narrative in Michigan. World: China, Vietnam, Haiti, Ecuador. Tear down prisons: victory in PA; San Quentin caravan; No cages for migrants; Global prisons & white supremacy; Solidarity . . . | Continue reading PDF download of May 14 issue at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48613/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pdf-download-of-may-14-issue

Global investments pour into China as Covid-19 turmoil grips financial markets
rt.com | 2020-05-14
China has seen more capital flow into its stock markets as a result of market dislocations caused by the Covid-19 crisis. According to some strategists, this is part of a longer-term trend. | Allocation to Chinese stocks among more than 800 global funds reached nearly a quarter of their almost $2 trillion in assets under management, according to data from EPFR, a company which provides fund flow and asset allocation information to financial institutions around the world. That\'s up from about 20 percent a year ago. | The data covers funds that break down holdings into nine categories of stocks listed in mainlan…
rt.com/business/488608-global-funds-investments-china/

US sails guided-missile destroyer near Taiwan, a week before presidential inauguration
rt.com | 2020-05-14
The US Navy said on Thursday it had sailed a guided-missile destroyer through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, a week before Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen\'s inauguration for a second term in office. | The US Pacific Fleet said in a statement on its Facebook page the USS McCampbell had transited the narrow strait that separates Taiwan from mainland China on Wednesday. Taiwan\'s defence ministry said the ship had sailed south on what it termed an \"ordinary mission.\" | In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said China \"paid close attention\" to the passage of the US ship. \"We hope the US side can appropriat…
rt.com/newsline/488618-us-missile-destroyer-taiwan/

Beijing opposes \'US slander\' after it says \'China-linked hackers breaking into Covid-19 research\'
rt.com | 2020-05-14
China\'s Foreign Ministry, asked about alleged China-linked hackers breaking into US Covid-19 research, said Beijing opposed what it called slander from the US. | Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian added on Thursday that any action online to sabotage efforts against the disease should be condemned. | In a joint statement on Wednesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security said China-linked hackers are breaking into US organizations carrying out such research. | The FBI is investigating digital break-ins at US organizations by China-linked \'cyber actors\' that it had monitored \"a…
rt.com/newsline/488614-china-us-slander-hackers/

Revealed: Secretive British Unit Planning for \'Reconstruction\' of Venezuela
John McEvoy | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act have exposed a secretive Foreign Office unit aimed at the \'reconstruction\' of Venezuela. The files also reveal private discussions between Venezuelan opposition figures and UK officials, detailing proposals for the promotion of …
globalresearch.ca/british-unit-planning-reconstruction-venezuela/5712896

The Venezuela Kerfuffle and the Secret Team
Michael Doliner | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
The recent snafu of the covert Venezuela operation echoes the account of the Bay Of Pigs fiasco in Col L. Fletcher Prouty\'s repressed book, The Secret Team: The CIA and Its Allies in Control of the United States and the World first published in 1973. After good early sales,100 positive reviews and a printing of…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/14/the-venezuela-kerfuffle-and-the-secret-team/

Reserve army–pandemic edition
David Ruccio | mronline.org | 2020-05-14
In particular, the existence of a reserve army serves to discipline labor, keeping its wage demands in check, since employed workers are forced to compete with unemployed and underemployed workers for the available jobs.
mronline.org/2020/05/14/reserve-army-pandemic-edition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reserve-army-pandemic-edition

Argentine Senate Approves Government Decree to Face Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-14
Argentina\'s Senate approved on Wednesday a group of decrees issued by the government of President Alberto Fernández to address the Covid-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Argentina Debt Deadlock Remains, Fernandez Says Talks Continue | For the first time in history, the Senate held a virtual session this Wednesday. According to the reports, 71 out of 72 senators participated in the session, which was led by the Speaker of the Upper House, Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
telesurenglish.net/news/argentine-senate-approves-government-decrees-to-face-pandemic-20200514-0002.html

Ousted Vaccine Agency Director Will Testify That Our \"Darkest Winter\" Is Ahead
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-14
Rick Bright, the former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), is testifying before Congress today, and it\'s going to be 40 miles of bad road for Donald Trump. It is also going to be the hard, unvarnished truth the entire country needs to hear. | Earlier in the week, Trump had to suffer through the congressional testimony of his hostage, Anthony Fauci, who contradicted Trump\'s lethal happy talk about reopening the country while the COVID pandemic still…
truthout.org/articles/ousted-vaccine-agency-director-will-testify-that-our-darkest-winter-is-ahead/

Mounting worker opposition to Quebec\'s reckless back-to-work drive
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
Quebec\'s rightwing populist CAQ government is spearheading the drive of Canada\'s business elite to force a precipitous return to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/quco-m14.html

Turning point: What will be the post-pandemic \'new normal\'?
David Cavendish | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-14
Historians have long discussed the concept of \"turning points\" in history–that is a moment when things change in a significant way from what they had been. Over the centuries, scholars have described periods of human development and assigned dates for their beginning and end. Therefore, dates such as 1492, 1776, 1865, 1877, 1929, and 1945 have …
peoplesworld.org/article/turning-point-what-will-be-the-post-pandemic-new-normal/

Falling Consumer Prices, Except for Food
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
Food prices rose 2.6 percent in April, reflecting a large increase in store-bought food. The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell 0.8 percent in April, driven again by large price declines in sectors that were hit hard by pandemic-related shutdowns. Gas prices fell 20.6 percent, following a drop of 10.5 percent in March. They are…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/14/falling-consumer-prices-except-for-food/

Pandemic Policing Is Expanding the Use of Surveillance Technology
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-14
Last week\'s viral images of New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers handing out masks to crowds of white park-goers while violently attacking and arresting several Black and Latino residents for not properly distancing themselves has sparked widespread outrage. | A breakdown…
truthout.org/articles/pandemic-policing-is-expanding-the-use-of-surveillance-technology/

Delta Tunnel Forges Ahead in Pandemic: Agreement in Principal Reached for SWP Contract Amendment
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-05-14
It is very clear that the Department of Water Resources and water contractors don\'t really care what the public and the people most impacted by the Delta Tunnel think, based on their obsession with pushing the tunnel project through at this time.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833007.php

Stranded by COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of cruise ship workers suffer under horrifying conditions
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
While companies have since begun to slowly enact measures to repatriate their remaining employees in accordance with governmental guidelines, the conditions facing those workers still stuck on board has grown untenable.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/crui-m14.html

Sri Lanka\'s pseudo-left FSP and its phony defence of democracy
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
The working class can combat threat of a dictatorship only by the independent mobilisation of its political strength, not by pleading for \"reconvening parliament.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/fsps-m14.html

Working class democracy and centralism
Makasi Motema | workers.org | 2020-05-14
Painting shows V. I. Lenin speaking to soldiers and civilians. We are taught in school that the United States is a democracy, but this claim is completely divorced from the reality of class struggle. The wealthy ruling class, which owns the greater proportion of our economy through the stock market . . . | Continue reading Working class democracy and centralism at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48598/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=working-class-democracy-and-centralism-ww-commentary

Is COVID-19 Killing Democracy?
Guy Verhofstadt | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
Global media are so consumed by the public-health and economic consequences of COVID-19 that they have failed to pay adequate attention to growing political and institutional risks. In fact, if we are not careful, the biggest casualty of COVID-19 could …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-killing-democracy/5712915

German armed forces deploy 300 soldiers to EU mission \"Irini\" in Mediterranean
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
The mission\'s mandate includes stopping and searching ships suspected of transporting weapons to Libya.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/germ-m14.html

Sixteen migrant workers killed by goods train
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
The workers, aged between 20 and 35, were attempting to return to their home state of Madhya Pradesh, having previously worked at a steel plant in Maharashtra.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/inra-m14.html

Fruit pickers, garment workers strike as opposition grows to reopening US economy
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
Migrant workers in the state of Washington and garment workers at a Mississippi pillow-making factory are striking as the number of job actions demanding safe conditions surpasses 200.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/work-m14.html

The Other Americans: Trump is Spreading the Virus
Jeff Abbott | progressive.org | 2020-05-14
Deportations of migrants are exacerbating already weakened health care systems in Latin America.
progressive.org/dispatches/trump-is-spreading-the-virus-abbott-200514/

Adventures in Digital Organizing With Mariame Kaba
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-14
Kelly Hayes talks with Mariame Kaba about storytelling and building power. | Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final form. | TRANSCRIPT: | Kelly Hayes: Welcome to movement memos, a Truthout podcast about things you should know if you want to change the world. I\'m your host, Kelly Hayes. Today\'s guest is Mariame Kaba. Mariame is an abolitionist organizer, educator, and curator whose groundbreaking work has helped free countless people from jails, prisons a…
truthout.org/audio/adventures-in-digital-organizing-with-mariame-kaba/

Speak out against oil drilling in Brentwood
The hills are alive | indybay.org | 2020-05-14
Powerdrive Oil & Gas Company, LLC has submitted an application to drill for oil on agriculturally zoned land in unincorporated Brentwood. Contra Costa County officials have made an preliminary determination against requiring an EIR (Environment Impact Report).
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833008.php

Fed chief calls for more money for Wall Street and corporations
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
Powell\'s remarks effectively poured water on the claim that once lockdowns are lifted, as being demanded by the \"return to work\" advocates, the American economy will immediately snap back in a so-called V-shaped recovery.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/powe-m14.html

Local county officials in California bow before billionaire\'s demand to reopen Tesla factory
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
Earlier this week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk reopened his 10,000-employee factory in defiance of the orders of Alameda County health officials.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/tesl-m14.html

The Frontline Response: Local Latino Leaders Address COVID-19 (town hall)
Unidos US | indybay.org | 2020-05-14
Online via Zoom: unidosus.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8vJrGBs4SJuzlwnme6PktQ…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/12/18832997.php

It will \'take months for EU travel to return to normal,\' says Irish PM Varadkar
rt.com | 2020-05-14
It will be a matter of months, not weeks, before Covid-19 restrictions are lifted and travel around the European Union returns to normal, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Thursday. | Ireland is part of a Common Travel Area with the United Kingdom but is not a member of the European Union\'s Schengen free travel area. The country is considering strengthening public health requirements for visitors from abroad, Varadkar told parliament. | \"While it is our policy to resume normal travel for business, leisure, study and visits to friends and relatives (around the EU) as soon as it is safe to do so… it wi…
rt.com/newsline/488648-eu-travel-normal-ireland/

How dare you… use CHINESE drones!? US lawmakers \'grill\' feds over spying on lockdown-violating Americans
rt.com | 2020-05-14
A group of House Republicans has called on federal agencies to shed light on drones used by police across the country to surveil and enforce Covid-19 lockdowns, arguing that Chinese devices could compromise \"sensitive US data.\" | The 14 GOP representatives, all on the House Judiciary Committee, penned two letters to the Departments of Homeland…
rt.com/usa/488593-lawmakers-chinese-drones-spying/

India\'s calamitous COVID-19 lockdowns leave more than 120 million jobless
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
Egged on by big business, the BJP government is now pushing for a return to work, and cynically citing the suffering its lockdown has inflicted on India\'s working people to justify making them risk infection and death.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/injo-m14.html

The Future is Up for Grabs
Laura Flanders | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
When it comes to cashing in on Covid-19, the race has just begun. Whether you\'re talking about education or contact tracing or medicine or mind control, an anti-democratic, dystopian future is being charted while we the people are locked down, locked up and locked out. Naomi Klein\'s latest piece, \"Screen New Deal\" in the Intercept,…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/14/the-future-is-up-for-grabs/

ACLU of California Legislative Webinar: COVID-19, Current Bills, & Building Community
ACLU Northern California | indybay.org | 2020-05-14
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/12/18832990.php

Over 90,000 health care workers worldwide have been infected with COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
The International Council of Nurses estimates that over 260 health care workers have died from the virus, while acknowledging that the figures are a severe underestimate due to the refusal of governments worldwide to adequately track this data.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/care-m14.html

British journo branded \'vile\' after saying teachers should \'step up\' & show \'same bravery\' as health workers amid Covid-19 crisis
rt.com | 2020-05-14
British journalist Isabel Oakeshott has provoked a fiery backlash after claiming teachers must \"step up\" and show the \"same bravery\" as health workers by returning to school to educate kids as Covid-19 lockdown measures are eased. | Oakeshott

Dispatch from the Frontlines: Gender Inequality and COVID-19 (CPCC)
Congressional Progressive Caucus Ctr & others | indybay.org | 2020-05-14
Online livestream & Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833009.php

AI-Powered Medical \"Pre-Crime\" Is Officially Here To \"Fight COVID-19\"
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-14
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 (5/13/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/ai-powered-medical-pre-crime-officially-here-fight-covid-19/

21-Year-Old Dies in Santa Cruz County Jail
Santa Cruz Police News | indybay.org | 2020-05-14
The Santa Cruz Sheriff\'s Office says on Sunday evening, May 10, correctional officers discovered 21-year-old Tamario Smith was unresponsive in his cell at the County Jail. At about 6pm, paramedics administered medical aid, however Smith was pronounced deceased at the scene. According to the Sheriff\'s Office, Smith did not share a cell, and foul play is not suspected. The Sheriff\'s Office states there were no signs of trauma or visible injuries, and that Smith did not show signs of COVID-19 symptoms.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/11/18832983.php

The COVID-19 Chronicles: USA
Ulson Gunnar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
The US is claimed to be hardest hit by COVID-19 with, at the time of writing, over 80,000 deaths attributed to the virus. The nation is also suffering from socioeconomic disaster as lockdowns have driven millions of Americans into not …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-chronicles-usa/5712850

Bay Area car caravan: Stop state executions by COVID-19!
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-14
More than 80 cars drove around San Quentin prison in Marin County, California on Sat. May .
liberationnews.org/stop-state-executions-0509/

Your money, your right? France disputes PRIVILEGED ACCESS to Covid-19 vaccine for US
rt.com | 2020-05-14
Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi should not give the US first access to its Covid-19 vaccine, Secretary of State for Economy Agnes Pannier-Runacher has said, urging that the firm make the treatment available to all countries. | Headquartered in Paris, Sanofi received funding from the US government to develop a vaccine for Covid-19. As a result, the United States has \"the right to the largest pre-order because it\'s invested in taking the risk,\" the company\'s CEO, Paul Hudson, told Bloomberg News. | The French government has disputed this line of reasoning, insisting that no nation should be given priority once the v…
rt.com/news/488616-sanofi-france-vaccine-us-priority/

Australian Labor Party leader revives bogus \"fair go\" call
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
Albanese\'s post-COVID-19 \"vision statement\" came as workers are being ordered back into workplaces despite the Australian government saying further outbreaks are inevitable.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/labo-m14.html

Cuban Interferon Proven Effective Against COVID-19
Orfilio Peláez | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
Since the appearance, March 11, of the first cases of COVID-19 in Cuba, the country\'s Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) has reported that the inclusion of Recombinant Human Interferon Alpha 2b in treatment protocols for these patients has shown positive …
globalresearch.ca/cuban-interferon-proven-effective-against-covid-19/5712903

Imperial MBBS medics deliver action plans for London GPs and local communities
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-14
Third-year medical students have partnered with community, voluntary, health & social care leaders to respond to local needs in the era of COVID-19.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197237/imperial-mbbs-medics-deliver-action-plans

Illinois reports record COVID-19 death toll as businesses and politicians prepare to \"reopen\"
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
Record rates of infection and death are announced as state and local officials and business leaders are preparing to phase out shelter-in-place, sending workers back to their jobs in order to finance the bailout of Wall Street and the super-rich.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/chic-m14.html

DOZENS of babies born to Ukrainian surrogate mothers left stranded in Kiev hotel due to Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-05-14
It has emerged that nearly 50 infants waiting to be delivered to their foreign would-be parents are stuck in Ukraine\'s capital due to border closures, adding to worries about the country becoming a supplier of surrogate babies. | The news, broken by a handful of local media outlets, revolves around a video appeal issued by Biotexcom, which describes itself as a \"center for human reproduction.\" It shows 46 newborn babies lying in their cradles at a hotel called \'Venice\' or being taken care of by the clinical staff. | Foster parents, the clinic lamented, \"do not have the opportunity to pick up their newborns\" as…
rt.com/news/488634-ukraine-surrogate-babies-stranded/

Former Georgian President Saakashvili becomes advisor to the Ukrainian government
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
The political return of the vociferously anti-Russian and cartoonish Saakashvilli to Ukraine is a sign of a profound crisis of the Ukrainian oligarchy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/ukra-m14.html

Fearsome storm ravages Siberian city, ripping roofs from buildings, tossing cars down street (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-05-14
A powerful storm has battered the Siberian city of Chita, raining roof tiles and lumber down upon the city streets while tossing cars and mobile garages alike down the road with terrifying ease. At least three people were injured. | The Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that winds of between 25 and 30 meters per second upended trees and crushed multiple vehicles with a barrage of flying debris, with the tempest eventually causing a citywide power outage. | Eyewitness footage shows the sheer ferocity of the wind as beleaguered residents sought shelter wherever they could. | | Thankfully no-one was c…
rt.com/russia/488602-fearsome-storm-ravages-siberia-city/

Political Fantasies Versus Economic and Health Realities
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
Late last week in an article titled \"When are the jobs coming back?\" Joseph Brusuelas, the chief economist at consulting firm RSM, blew up the blather of election-year politicians, saying:…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/14/political-fantasies-versus-economic-and-health-realities/

UK: Johnson government readies post-lockdown onslaught against working class
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
The offensive is being prepared as the government is attempting to force millions back to work in unsafe conditions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/ukte-m14.html

U.S. Sanctions: The Weaponization of the Global Financial System
IFCSS | indybay.org | 2020-05-14
Zoom Meeting ID: 873 3950 1810 | Password: 795705 | Join Zoom meeting: | us02web.zoom.us/j/87339501810?pwd=cXJtNkwzYTBUUjI3eEphOW1BejZhZz09 | Call in: +1 669-900-9128 | Look up int\'l numbers: zoom.us/u/kcOFhaNgyn…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833018.php

US Government Fails to Prevent a Worsening Economic Downturn
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
As leaders of the Democratically-controlled House of Representatives in the United States attempt to pass new legislation introduced on May 12 costing $3 trillion which is aimed at providing assistance to state and local governments, households and healthcare workers, the …
globalresearch.ca/government-fails-prevent-worsening-economic-downturn/5712870

Beginning of the End of German Support for NATO
MISH | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
Make way for the Greens and the Leftists. They do not want US nuclear weapons on German soil. |

Angela Merkel will soon be gone. The next German coalition already shares new ideas in many areas including NATO.

| Three Consequences | Germany | …
globalresearch.ca/end-german-support-nato/5712911

Unholy Shambles: Johnson\'s COVID Response Falling Apart at the Edges
Ian Dunt | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
As soon as they had to do anything, the whole thing fell down. From the slogan, to the statement, to the guidance, it is an unholy shambles, a near-ceaseless demonstration of cack-handed inadequacy. | It\'s not like they didn\'t have time …
globalresearch.ca/johnson-covid-response-falling/5712841

Intersection of the Climate Crisis & Social Justice Webinar (PPC & CRP)
Poor People\'s Campaign, Climate Reality Proj. | indybay.org | 2020-05-14
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833015.php

UN economic commission backs guaranteed minimum income in Colombia
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-14
The United Nations\' Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) supports an urgent guaranteed minimum income (GMI) as proposed in Colombia\'s senate. The proposal was coined by some…
colombiareports.com/un-economic-commission-backs-guaranteed-minimum-income-in-colombia/

Britain\'s Political-media Complex in the COVID-19 War
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
It is not as if the battle of information warfare has not been going on for some time now. It was amply demonstrated in the runup to Brexit, throughout the three years to last December and is now fully deployed …
globalresearch.ca/britain-political-media-complex-covid-19/5712905

Selected Articles: More on COVID-19, Economic Crisis and NATO
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-14
To say that the public has become disillusioned and wary of constant doomsday media reports and news coverage is a gross understatement

Trump Administration Won\'t Guarantee Universal Access to COVID-19 Vaccine
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-13
Despite hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars flowing to private drug companies for vaccine development, top health officials coordinating the Trump administration\'s COVID-19 response indicated to Congress on Wednesday that they cannot guarantee universal access to vaccines for the highly contagious disease once they are developed. | Speaking remotely over videoconference during a widely anticipated Senate health committee hearing, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) pressed the officials to guara…
truthout.org/articles/trump-administration-wont-guarantee-universal-access-to-covid-19-vaccine/

Iraq in the balance between Iran and the USA
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-13
Iran and the US have been at war since 1979, when the \"Islamic Republic\" took power. This war will continue as long as the US seeks to defeat Iran, which in turn seeks to force the US out of the Middle East. Occasionally, the war manifests as direct clashes between the two countries, but usually it takes place on the territory of Iran\'s allies. These allies are becoming stronger and powerful enough to be reckoned with. This growth is imposing Iran as a regional power with influence in several countries around the Middle East–from Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen to Iraq, where direct US-Iran confrontati…

Iraq in the balance between Iran and the USA

The \"Zionist Virus\" and the Future of Palestine
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
To me, an American-Palestinian, the world tainted by the corona virus is analogous to Israel tainted by the evil it contains. | Every day for the past few days, I have been listening to New York Governor Cuomo give his daily …
globalresearch.ca/governor-cuomo-virus-nakba-me/5712787

Jeremy Corbyn discovers the class struggle–and opposes it
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
The Socialist Campaign Group acknowledge the \"class war\" only in order to complain that Johnson is waging it rather than acting in the \"national interest.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/corb-m13.html

COVID-19: Global Pandemic & Climate Disruption With Mike Davis
Speak Out Now | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
Online Zoom meeting, see details here: speakoutsocialists.org/townhall-davis-5-16/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/10/18832968.php

Wall Street Will Likely Be the Only Winners in the Pandemic Housing Crisis
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-13
For most Americans, the $1,200 stimulus check didn\'t even cover rent and a third of American renters have even paid rent yet this month, meaning an ongoing de facto rent strike is likely already taking place.
mintpressnews.com/wall-street-likely-only-winners-coronavirus-pandemic-mortgage-crisis/267501/

Wall Street Will Likely Be the Only Winners in the Pandemic Housing Crisis
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-13
For most Americans, the $1,200 stimulus check didn\'t even cover rent and a third of American renters have even paid rent yet this month, meaning an ongoing de facto rent strike is likely already taking place. | MPN– The coronavirus pandemic and the shutdown it has precipitated is having a profound effect on the economy of the United States and the rest of the world. Roberto Azevedo, Director-General of the World Trade Organization warned that…

Wall Street Will Likely Be the Only Winners in the Pandemic Housing Crisis

American Weapons Manufacturers Are Thriving Even as the US Economy Suffers
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-13
The economy has crashed. A nationwide pandemic that has (officially) claimed some 84,000 Americans has also resulted in an estimated 36 million filing for unemployment insurance and millions frequenting food banks for the first time. Yet business is booming for one unlikely industry; weapons manufacturers are busier than ever and are even advertising for tens of thousan…
mintpressnews.com/american-weapons-manufacturers-thriving-even-as-us-economy-suffers/267510/

A Close Look at Efforts of Pro-NATO Propaganda Units Behind the Scenes of South Front Censorship
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
Pro-NATO propaganda units have broadcasted a new episode of their censorship excuse series. | On May 5th, the Atlantic Council\'s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), published a new piece designed to label SouthFront as official Russian propaganda. ( LINK…
globalresearch.ca/efforts-pro-nato-propaganda-units-south-front-censorship/5712741

Soros Thinks That Germany Is A Greater Threat To His Plans Than COVID, Trump, Or China
Andrew Korybko | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-13
Billionaire philanthropist and infamous Color Revolution financier George Soros recently elaborated on his views of International Relations in the midst of World War C during an interview with the UK\'s \"Independent\", unexpectedly concluding that Germany\'s recent court ruling against the European Central Bank\'s purchase of national bonds poses an \"existential threat\" to the bloc and therefore also to his \"precious\" vision of an \"open society\", even more so than the alleged ones posed by COVID, Trump, or China that he previously fearmongered about. | International Relations are in the midst of multitudinous paradig…

Soros Thinks That Germany Is A Greater Threat To His Plans Than COVID, Trump, Or China

Screen New Deal: Naomi Klein on How Companies Like Google Plan to Profit in High-Tech COVID Dystopia
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-13
In her new report for The Intercept on the \"Screen New Deal,\" Naomi Klein looks at how the coronavirus pandemic is more high-tech than previous disasters

Naomi Klein: Healthcare Industry Sees \"Potential Bonanza\" of Profits in COVID-19 Crisis
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-13
As the top infectious disease expert testifies to the Senate that needless death and suffering could result from reopening too quickly, author and journalist Naomi Klein says a \"pandemic shock doctrine\" is beginning to emerge. \"The fact that a large sector of the economy, the healthcare industry, sees a potential bonanza here … that\'s a win for them.\"
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/13/naomi_klein_coronavirus_healthcare

The Health Care Industry Could Profit From the COVID-19 Crisis
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-13
As the top infectious disease expert testifies to the Senate that needless death and suffering could result from reopening too quickly, author and journalist Naomi Klein says a \"pandemic shock doctrine\" is beginning to emerge. \"The fact that a large sector of the economy, the healthcare industry, sees a potential bonanza here … that\'s a win for them.\" | TRANSCRIPT | : | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. | AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The Quaranti…
truthout.org/video/the-health-care-industry-could-profit-from-the-covid-19-crisis/

Pompeo in Israel
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
At a time of COVID-19 related lockdowns and social distancing in most countries, Pompeo showed up in Israel Tuesday. | He came to meet with and bolster Netanyahu ahead of his upcoming trial to start later this month for bribery, fraud, …
globalresearch.ca/pompeo-israel/5712754

The Longterm Social Impacts from Economic Collapse and COVID-19 Outbreaks
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
Economic collapse that\'s harming most ordinary people in the US, West, and elsewhere

Russia Ready to Assist the US in the Taliban Peace Agreement
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Russia\'s Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country is ready to help the United States and the Taliban overcome difficulties in implementing the Doha Peace Agreement. | RELATED: | At Least 14 People Killed in Afghanistan Hospital Attack | …
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Ready-to-Assist-the-US-in-the-Taliban-Peace-Agreement-20200513-0001.html

Russia Ready to Assist the US in the Taliban Peace Agreement
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Russia\'s Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country is ready to help the United States and the Taliban overcome difficulties in implementing the Doha Peace Agreement. | RELATED: | At Least 14 People Killed in Afghanistan Hospital Attack | …
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Ready-to-Assist-the-US-in-the-Taliban-Peace-Agreement-20200513-0001.html

US: Twitter Announces Work-From-Home Strategy Extension
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey announced on May 12 Company allowed employees to work indefinitely from home. | RELATED: | Russia Ready to Assist the US in the Taliban Peace Agreement | \"We were uniquely positioned to respond quickly and allow folks to work from home given our emphasis on decentralization and supporting a distributed workforce capable of working from anywhere,\" Twitter representatives stated. | The social network administration was one of the first t…
telesurenglish.net/news/twitter-announces-home-working-strategy-extension–20200513-0012.html

Outsourcing \'regime change\': US imperialism\'s decomposition accelerates
Francisco Dominguez | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-13
On May 3rd a bunch of mercenaries, led by Rambo-like US soldiers of fortune attempted to disembark on the coastal town of Macuto in the La Guaira state in Venezuela\'s Caribbean coast, in a so-called Operation Gedeon.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/13/outsourcing-regime-change-us-imperialisms-decomposition-accelerates/

[UPDATED] Venezuelan Oil Sector Continues Slump Amid Pandemic, US Sanctions
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-13
The Maduro government is working to repair refineries with Chinese and Iranian assistance to tackle fuel shortages.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14874

Secret UK Plan to Intervene in Venezuelan Politics Revealed
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
U.K. news portal The Canary published this Wednesday an investigation by journalist John McEvoy which reveals a secret unit between the British Foreign Ministry and the Venezuelan opposition to overthrow Venezuela\'s Constitutional President Nicolas Maduro. | RELATED: | Venezuela Arrests Another Man Involved in Failed Incursion Plan | According to documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, journalist McEvoy points out that in the last 16 months, the British Govern…
telesurenglish.net/news/Secret-UK-Plan-to-Intervene-in-Venezuelan-Politics-Revealed-20200513-0015.html

From Lebanon to Syria, the Arab World is Failing Palestinian Refugees
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-13
Heinous racism. That is how the Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor described a recent decision by Lebanese authorities to bar Palestinian refugee expats from returning to Lebanon. | Lebanon\'s restrictions on its ever-diminishing population of Palestinian refugees is nothing new. However, this event is particularly alarming as it may be linked to a long-term official policy regarding the residency status of Palestinian refugees in this Arab country. | Many were ta…
mintpressnews.com/lebanon-syria-arab-world-failing-palestinian-refugees/267521/

Vowing to Be \'Fully Accountable\' to Movement, Ocasio-Cortez Joins Biden\'s Climate Crisis Task Force
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-13
Following her call for former Vice President Joe Biden to reach out to progressives in order to win the 2020 general election against President Donald Trump, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accepted an invitation to co-chair the Biden campaign\'s \"unity task force\" on the climate. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1209895367_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/13/vowing-be-fully-accountable-movement-ocasio-cortez-joins-bidens-climate-crisis-task?cd-origin=rss

The U.S. Military is hell-bent on trying to overpower China
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-05-13
The absence of a strong world peace movement with the capacity to prevent this buildup by the United States is of considerable concern for the planet. The need for such a movement could not be greater.
mronline.org/2020/05/13/the-u-s-military-is-hell-bent-on-trying-to-overpower-china/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-u-s-military-is-hell-bent-on-trying-to-overpower-china

Don\'t Expect to See Trump\'s Tax Returns Before the Election
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-13
Donald Trump claims that while he is president, his pre-presidency financial records can\'t be subpoenaed and he can\'t even be investigated for criminal conduct. The Supreme Court will decide by the end of June whether Trump is indeed beyond the reach of the law. | On May 12, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about whether Trump can block subpoenas for his tax and other financial records that predate his presidency. Although prior presidents made their tax returns public, Trump has steadfastly refused to re…
truthout.org/articles/dont-expect-to-see-trumps-tax-returns-before-the-election/

The Murder of Ahmaud Arbery—And Our Continuing Terror
Jesse Jackson | commondreams.org | 2020-05-13
People stand six feet apart before participating in a 2.23 mile walk for Ahmaud Arbery on May 8. Arbery was shot and killed while running in Brunswick, Georgia on Feb. 23. (Photo: Nicole Hester/Mlive.com) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-05-13_at_12.06.02_pm.png …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/13/murder-ahmaud-arbery-and-our-continuing-terror?cd-origin=rss

We Need a Centralized Medical System Too
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-13
The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare two fundamental flaws in the American healthcare system. Number one: There\'s a reason that other rich countries treat healthcare as a taxpayer-financed social program. Employer-based health insurance was stupid pre-COVID-19 because our economy was already steadily transitioning from traditional full-time W-2 jobs to self-employment, freelance and gig work. The virus has…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/13/we-need-a-centralized-medical-system-too/

Assange\'s extradition: September 7 set for resumption of delayed hearing, WikiLeaks says
rt.com | 2020-05-13
\"A date of September 7 has been set for the resumption of Julian Assange\'s delayed extradition hearing,\" WikiLeaks tweeted on Wednesday. A court location has yet to be determined, it said. | A London court said on May 4 that the US extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Assange would resume in September. It had been postponed from later this month because of the coronavirus outbreak. | Assange is wanted by US authorities to stand trial for conspiring to hack government computers and espionage. The extradition case began in February for a week before being adjourned until May 18 for another three weeks of a…
rt.com/newsline/488530-assange-extradition-september-date/

Something About Julian Assange You Should Know
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-13
It is not just our family who suffers from the infringement of Julian\'s rights. If our family and Julian\'s lawyers are not off-limits, then nothing is. The person responsible for allegedly ordering the theft of Gabriel\'s DNA is Mike Pompeo, who last month threatened the family members of lawyers working at the International Criminal Court.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/13/something-about-julian-assange-you-should-know/

\'They will not silence us\': Michigan activists undeterred after Facebook removes anti-lockdown group with 380,000 members
rt.com | 2020-05-13
Facebook has shuttered a popular group for Michiganders who oppose their governor\'s extreme lockdown measures, fueling debate about free speech during the coronavirus crisis. | \'Michiganders Against Excessive Quarantine\' had more than 380,000 members, with media reports describing it as one of the largest anti-lockdown groups in the nation. It\'s not clear if Facebook has provided an explanation for the group\'s removal. Visiting the page gives the following message: \"Sorry, this content isn\'t available right now.\" | Garrett Soldano of Mattawan, Michigan created Michiganders Against Excessive Quarantine in Apri…
rt.com/usa/488513-michigan-lockdown-group-removed-facebook/

Paramilitary Panda: WWF Land Grabs Rooted in Covert Apartheid History
Michael Molitch-Hou | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
According to a BuzzFeed News series, the WWF has been tied to paramilitary violence in third world countries. What they completely ignored was that the WWF was previously involved in the murder of 6,000 anti-apartheid activists in South Africa a part of an \"anti-poaching\" mission in the 1980s. All evidence seems to suggest that the WWF was used as cover for an MI6 operation on behalf of powerful business interests in South Africa.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/12/18832991.php

Lebanon Shuts Down Activities Due to New Coronavirus Outbreak
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Lebanon will begin an almost total shutdown on Wednesday afternoon in the face of growing contagion from COVID-19, which raises fears of a second wave of the pathogen. | RELATED: | Lebanon: Banks Targeted During Second Day of Protests | The country recorded 11 new infections according to figures released on Tuesday, bringing the number of people infected to 870 with 26 deaths. | Meanwhile, the number of people on the streets wearing transparent masks to prevent infection is growing. | T…
telesurenglish.net/news/lebanon-recloses-activitys-due-to-new-coronavirus-outbreak-20200513-0011.html

Michigan Anti-Lockdown Protesters Spread COVID-19 to Rural Areas
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-13
Some protesters who descended on the Michigan state capitol to demand the state reopen the economy in spite of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have spread infections in rural areas where they live, Gov. Gretchen Whi…
truthout.org/articles/michigan-anti-lockdown-protesters-spread-covid-19-to-rural-areas/

Class Struggles and Social Distancing
Scott Tucker | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-13
On the day after armed protestors stormed the Capitol building in Michigan to demand that the whole economy be re-opened, the news included reports that Michigan has the highest current death rates in the United States from the novel coronavirus. That is a serious problem. Voluntary good will in avoiding risks of infection during a…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/13/class-struggles-and-social-distancing/

Bolivian coup regime deploys military to suppress anti-government protests
Tanya Wadhwa | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-13
Since May 11, hundreds of Bolivians have been mobilizing against the coup-installed government led by far-right Jeanine àÅñez and its mismanagement of the health and economic emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, the de-facto government has deployed police and military forces in the working-class neighborhoods of La Paz, El Alto and Cochabamba to suppress these anti-government protests. | Former Bolivian President Evo Morales has condemned the interim government for this extreme measure. \"Tanks in the streets, military in the neighborhoods, warplanes in our skies, exposing soldiers to the…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/13/bolivian-coup-regime-deploys-military-to-suppress-anti-government-protests/

Fifty Years Ago: The Lessons of Kent State. Open Fire on Unarmed Student Anti-War Protesters
Donald Monaco | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
May 4, 2020 was the 50th anniversary of the Kent State University massacre that saw Ohio National Guardsmen open fire on a group of unarmed student anti-war protestors killing 4 and injuring 9 on campus. Not satisfied with the …
globalresearch.ca/lessons-kent-state/5712734

What\'s Next for Asia\'s Social Movements?
Nithin Coca | thenation.com | 2020-05-13
What\'s Next for Asia\'s Social Movements?
thenation.com/article/activism/protests-pandemic-asia/

San Quentin Gets Car Caravan Protest
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
Protesters demand end to \"Covid-19 death camps.\"
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/09/18832943.php

El Salvador: White Cloths to Protest Hunger
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Salvadoran communities are demanding the government provide food and medical aid due to the economic problems caused by the Covid-19 impact in the Central American nation. | RELATED: | El Salvador: Bukele Vetoes Aid to COVID-Vulnerable Citizens | The residents of Tonacatepeque and Ilopango communities hung white cloths on the facades of their homes as a sign of protest due to food scarcity. | El Salvador\'s President, Nayib Bukele, decreed and emergency quarantine on March 2…
telesurenglish.net/news/el-salvador-white-cloths-to-protest-hunger-20200513-0005.html

El Salvador: White Cloths to Protest Hunger
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Salvadoran communities are demanding the government provide food and medical aid due to the economic problems caused by the Covid-19 impact in the Central American nation. | RELATED: | El Salvador: Bukele Vetoes Aid to COVID-Vulnerable Citizens | The residents of Tonacatepeque and Ilopango communities hung white cloths on the facades of their homes as a sign of protest due to food scarcity. | El Salvador\'s President, Nayib Bukele, decreed and emergency quarantine on March 2…
telesurenglish.net/news/el-salvador-white-cloths-to-protest-hunger-20200513-0005.html

\"World Telecommunication Day\" to be held online amid COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

Police busts one ton of drugs in Saravan County
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
Zahedan, May 13 (MNA)

Iranian, Turkish researchers carry out 22 joint projects
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Russia may start talks with Iran in future over selling armament to country: Kabulov
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Iran, Afghanistan to comment joint investigations on Herat incident
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

White House hosting worst US administration, Pompeo knows nothing about ABC\'s of politics
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Iran approves to grant a five-year residence permit to foreign investors: official
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Iran, Georgia seek improvement of customs coop. amid coronavirus pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Iranian photographer goes to Kharkiv Fest in Ukraine
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA)

89,428 Iranians recover from Covid-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Iran, Russia stress coop. in fight against coronavirus
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Iran delivers homegrown corona diagnostic kits to Germany: IRICA
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Iran to give harsh response to any military escapade by US: Envoy
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

L\'Irak dans la balance entre l\'Iran et les USA
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-13
L\'Iran et les USA sont en guerre depuis 1979, lorsque la ´ République islamique ª a pris le pouvoir. Cette guerre se poursuivra tant que les USA chercheront à vaincre l\'Iran, qui voudrait bien pour sa part forcer les USA à quitter le Moyen-Orient. Cette guerre se manifeste parfois par des affrontements directs entre les deux pays, mais elle se déroule généralement sur le territoire des alliés de l\'Iran. Ces alliés ont maintenant acquis suffisamment de force et de puissance pour être pris au sérieux. Cette montée en force impose l\'Iran comme une puissance régionale dont l\'influence s\'étend à plusieurs p…

L’Irak dans la balance entre l’Iran et les USA

Front pages of Iran international dailies on May 13
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

How Huxley\'s X-Club Created Nature Magazine and Sabotaged Science for 150 Years
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-13
Amidst the storm of controversy raised by the lab-origin theory of COVID-19 extolled by such figures as Nobel prize winning virologist Luc Montagnier, bioweapons expert Francis Boyle, Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith and the head of Iran\'s Revolutionary Guard, an elaborate project was undertaken under the nominal helm of NATURE Magazine in order to refute the claim once and for all under the report \'The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2\'. | This project was led by a team of evolutionary virologists using a line of reasoning that \"random…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/13/how-huxleys-x-club-created-nature-magazine-sabotaged-science-150-years/

Ulyanov reacts to US allegations of Moscow\'s support for JCPOA
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Tehran, Kuala Lumpur ready to exchange experiences on Covid-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Conflict between Russia, Iran over Syria psychological war: Nasrallah
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Trade exchange vol. between Iran, Germany to hike by 15% in coming months
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

UNICEF dispatches dressings for EB patients in Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13

Al-Kazemi calls for Iran\'s help to overcome Iraq\' economic challenges: envoy
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Iranian embassy calls on Japan to support UNSCR 2231
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Oops! FBI accidentally reveals name of Saudi diplomat who helped 9/11 hijackers after years of \'national security\' stonewalling
rt.com | 2020-05-13
The FBI has accidentally revealed the name of a Saudi official believed to have aided two Al-Qaeda hijackers involved in the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, after going to absurd lengths to keep it secret for years. | The name was unintentionally left unredacted in a court filing unsealed last week in the ongoing lawsuit by 9/11 victims\' families against the Saudi government, which they accuse of complicity in the terrorist attacks. The \'error\' was reported by Yahoo News on Tuesday

Iraq\'s New Government–MES EP.53
Marwa Osman | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-13
Iraq\'s parliament has approved a new government, after six months without one, as parties bickered until the last minute over cabinet seats in backroom deals. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq\'s intelligence chief and a former journalist, will head the government but will begin his term without a full cohort of ministers after several candidates were rejected. To discuss this issue with us from Beirut is Mohamad Obeid, political commentator. | In the meantime, The Syrian Arab Army and their allies from the National Defense Forces squared off with ISIS terrorists in the Al-Mayadeen District of Deir Ezzor, re…

Iraq's New Government–MES EP.53

German Foreign Policy Is a CIA Front
Aidan O\'Brien | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
On March 30 Germany declared the important Lebanese political group, Hezbollah, to be a \"terrorist\" organization and banned it from German soil. By doing so it gratuitously increased the tension in the eastern Mediterranean and exposed Berlin\'s lack of credibility …
globalresearch.ca/german-foreign-policy-cia-front/5712571

Venezuela Denounces US at UN Security Council
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Venezuela denounced on Wednesday, before the Security Council and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the armed terrorist attacks against the nation. The attack carried out on May 3 off the coast of La Guaira, was organized and financed by mercenaries and protected by the Governments of Colombia and the United States, announced the Minister of Foreign Relations, Jorge Arreaza. | RELATED: | Secret UK Plan to Intervene in Venezuelan Politics Revealed | Earlier in the day, S…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Denounces-US-at-UN-Security-Council-20200513-0017.html

Cuba Rejects US Terrorism Accusations, as Habana Blacklisted
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Cuba rejected on Wednesday accusations of terrorism by the United States, as President Donald Trump blacklisted the Caribbean island, claiming that it had not fully cooperated against terrorism. | RELATED: | Cuba Asks the US for Answers on the Attack on Its Embassy | While the U.S. Department blacklists Cuba with countries that do not cooperate in the fight against terrorism, it does not prevent or condemn the terrorist attack of April 30 on our embassy in Washington, Cuba\'s Foreign…
telesurenglish.net/news/Cuba-Rejects-US-Terrorism-Accusations-as-Habana-Blacklisted-20200513-0018.html

US anti-ISIS chief says his goal in Syria is to create a \'quagmire\' for Russia, not battle terrorism
rt.com | 2020-05-13
James Jeffrey, the US special envoy for Syria and defeating the Islamic State, has made quite a frank confession of how he sees his job and that of US troops there: to create a new Vietnam or Afghanistan for Moscow. | \"Our military presence, while small, is important for overall calculations. So we urge the Congress, the American people, the president to keep these forces on, but again this isn\'t Afghanistan, this isn\'t Vietnam, this isn\'t a quagmire,\" Jeffrey said on Tuesday, during a video event hosted by the Hudson Institute. | My job is to make it a quagmire for the Russians. | Asked why the American publ…
rt.com/news/488491-us-syria-russia-quagmire/

With Brazil on course to become new COVID-19 epicenter, Bolsonaro escalates back-to-work campaign
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
Auto factories have already restarted production even as every region in the country is breaking daily records of cases and deaths.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/braz-m13.html

Mysterious Murder of Coronavirus Chinese Scientist in US Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
Last week, Chinese scientist Bing Liu was shot and killed inside his home in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, USA. The researcher was a doctor of computer science at the National University of Singapore and lived and worked in the US, more …
globalresearch.ca/mysterious-murder-chinese-scientist-us-leaves-many-questions-unanswered/5712723

We are vulnerable and scared, say tragic railway worker\'s colleagues
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-13
Colleagues of railway worker Belly Mujinga have described feeling \"scared\" and \"vulnerable\" after the Victoria station staff member died with coronavirus a fortnight after being spat at while on duty.It came as the government was urged to extend its coronavirus compensation scheme, offering £60,000 to families of NHS frontline staff and social care workers who die from the disease during the pandemic, to the transport sector.A police investigation is under way, launched more than a month after Mujinga and a colleague were attacked by a man claiming to be infected with Covid-19 on the concourse at the London…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/13/we-are-vulnerable-and-scared-say-tragic-railway-workers-colleagues/

The Coronavirus Is Hitting Tribal Schools Hard
Mary Retta | thenation.com | 2020-05-13
The Coronavirus Is Hitting Tribal Schools Hard…
thenation.com/article/society/the-coronavirus-is-hitting-tribal-schools-hard/

FDA orders Bill Gates-funded program to HALT at-home Covid-19 self-testing
rt.com | 2020-05-13
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered a Seattle-based Covid-19 testing project funded by Bill Gates to stop screening for the virus, putting the program on ice as it provided hundreds of at-home test kits each day. | The billionaire Microsoft icon announced the initiative in a blog post this week

Wearing \'smallpox blankets\' Lakota Dakota oppose casinos reopening
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
Wearing \'smallpox blankets,\' Standing Rock Lakota and Dakota opposed the plan to re-open casinos. This comes as two coronavirus cases were reported after group testing at Standing Rock.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833001.php

Row erupts between BoJo and Labour, as Covid-19 guidance saying care homes \'unlikely\' to become infected re-emerges
rt.com | 2020-05-13
Downing Street and the Labour Party have become embroiled in a spat over official UK government guidance issued in February over the risk Covid-19 poses to care homes, with each side accusing the other of misleading the public. | During PMQs in the House of Commons on Wednesday, Labour leader Keir Starmer quoted from the Public Health England (PHE) document

Oglala Lakota enforce coronavirus border checkpoints after South Dakota Governor\'s threats
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
On Pine Ridge, Oglala Lakota Police and Lakota warriors are manning protective roadblocks at the tribal border entrances today on Mother\'s Day, as South Dakota State threatens Native Nations over their coronavirus roadblocks.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/10/18832965.php

Why you need to keep your child\'s vaccine schedule during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
Millions of children may be at risk of missing or delaying their routine childhood vaccines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic family medicine specialist, says she understands being thoughtful about taking your children outside the home for doctor\'s visits during this time. \"The current situation with the novel coronavirus shows us how scary …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/why-you-need-to-keep-your-childs-vaccine-schedule-during-covid-19/

COVID-19 May Never Go Away, WHO Warns
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Speaking at a briefing Wednesday, WHO emergencies director Dr. Mike Ryan warned against trying to predict when the virus would disappear. | RELATED: | Three COVID-19 Vaccines Are Under Clinical Testing, WHO confirms | He added that even if a vaccine is found, controlling the virus will require a \"massive effort\". | Almost 300,000 people worldwide are reported to have died of coronavirus, and more than 4.3m cases recorded. | \"It is important to put this on the table: this virus may become ju…
telesurenglish.net/news/COVID-19-May-Never-Go-Away-WHO-Warns-20200513-0016.html

Night of Decree observed in Yazd amid pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
YAZD, May 13 (MNA)

HUD allocates relief funds to protect public housing & Section 8 tenants
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/10/18832971.php

Mexico Records Its Most Deadly Day Since the Start of COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Mexico recorded on Tuesday its most deadly day since the start of the pandemic by confirming the death of 353 people due to the coronavirus. | RELATED: | Mass Grave Found in Mexico With Remains of at Least 25 People | The total number of deaths from Covid-19 in the country rose to 3,926. | The number of people infected rose to 38,324, with 1,997 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours. | The largest number of cases of Covid-19 is concentrated in Mexico City, with 10,529, almost…
telesurenglish.net/news/mexico-records-its-most-lethal-day-since-the-start-of-covid19-20200513-0003.html

\'What are those white crosses?\': Badges to \'scare off\' coronavirus cause dress-code debate in Russian parliament
rt.com | 2020-05-13
With the Russian State Duma in session despite the Covid-19 pandemic, some MPs went beyond the obligatory face masks and rubber gloves, leaving their colleagues and citizens baffled by unusual means to fend off the virus. | \"For several sessions in row, I\'ve seen MPs wearing white crosses on their chests,\" Igor Molyakov of the Fair Russia party said on Wednesday, asking his colleagues to clarify the unusual accessory. State Duma deputies usually wear an official badge, which is shaped as a Russian tricolor. | Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin stepped up to educate his colleague and dispel the \"white cross\" mystery fo…
rt.com/russia/488587-covid-badge-state-duma/

Coronavirus will have bigger impact on world\'s most disadvantaged and vulnerable
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-13
The coronavirus pandemic will have a greater impact on the world\'s most disadvantaged and vulnerable populations, according to an Imperial report.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197498/coronavirus-will-have-bigger-impact-worlds

Ecuador Faces Wave of Corruption Amid Pandemic
teleSUR-ag-la | telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Amid the coronavirus crisis, Ecuador, one of the South American countries most affected by the pandemic, faces the corruption virus that takes advantage of the difficult situation. | RELATED: | Ecuador Registers 29,071 COVID-19 Cases and 1,717 Deaths | The Prosecutor\'s Office recorded that masks are being sold in the country for $12 USD, when they should have cost $4 USD. The same is happening with body bags, which are being sold for more than $148 USD and should be worth $12 USD. | M…
telesurenglish.net/news/ecuador-faces-wave-of-corruption-amid-pandemic-20200513-0007.html

Patriotic Vaccines: The Divided Coronavirus Cause
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-13
When it comes to the politics of medicine and disease, the United States has always attempted to steal the limelight, while adding the now faded colouring of universal human welfare. In 1965, Washington pledged financial and technical support to the international effort to eradicate smallpox, though the initiative had initially been spurred by the Soviet…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/13/patriotic-vaccines-the-divided-coronavirus-cause/

UK\'s Health Ministry says confirmed Covid-19 death toll has risen by 494 to 33,186
rt.com | 2020-05-13
A total of 33,186 people who tested positive for the new coronavirus have died in the United Kingdom, a rise of 494 in a 24-hour period, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. | Those figures reflect the situation as of 5pm (1600 GMT) on May 12. Including deaths due to suspected cases, Britain\'s fatality count is over 40,000, according to Reuters. | Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that increasing rates of infection in other countries which have relaxed some rules to tackle the coronavirus outbreak were a warning to Britain not to move too fast. | \"It is very notable that in some other countries…
rt.com/newsline/488546-uk-confirmed-rises-johnson/

\'Our Food System Is Very Much Modeled on Plantation Economics\' – CounterSpin interview with Ricardo Salvador on the coronavirus food crisis
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-05-13
Janine Jackson interviewed the Union of Concerned Scientists\' Ricardo Salvador about the coronavirus food crisis for the May 8, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/our-food-system-is-very-much-modeled-on-plantation-economics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-food-system-is-very-much-modeled-on-plantation-economics

Swedish PM says face masks for Covid-19 offer \'false sense of security\' to wearers
rt.com | 2020-05-13
The Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Lofven has advised against wearing face masks to ward off Covid-19, as they may lead people to assume they are safe from the virus when there is still a risk of transmission. | Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Lofven said donning masks could lead the wearer to neglect social distancing guidelines and become complacent about safety precautions. | \"There is a risk of a false sense of security, that you feel you can\'t be infected if you have a face mask,\" he said. He advised those displaying even very mild symptoms to stay at home, stay socially distant, and to cont…
rt.com/news/488567-sweden-pm-face-masks-coronavirus/

\'What are those white crosses?\' Badges to \'scare off\' coronavirus cause dress-code debate in Russian parliament
rt.com | 2020-05-13
With the Russian State Duma in session despite the Covid-19 pandemic, some MPs went beyond the obligatory face masks and rubber gloves, leaving their colleagues and citizens baffled by unusual means to fend off the virus. | \"For several sessions in row, I\'ve seen MPs wearing white crosses on their chests,\" Igor Molyakov of the Fair Russia party said on Wednesday, asking his colleagues to clarify the unusual accessory. State Duma deputies usually wear an official badge, which is shaped as a Russian tricolor. | Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin stepped up to educate his colleague and dispel the \"white cross\" mystery fo…
rt.com/russia/488587-covid-badge-state-duma/

Survey on COVID-19 Economic Impacts: More than 50% of German Companies Expect Major Revenue Drop in 2020
Jastra Ilic | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
The coronavirus outbreak has caused a significant impact on European companies, confronting them with the worst market declines in the last few decades. As one of the most-affected countries in Europe, Germany is set to witness a significant collapse in …
globalresearch.ca/more-than-50-german-companies-expect-major-revenue-drop-2020/5712766

Lockdown\'s silver lining? NYC marks record-breaking 58 straight days without pedestrian deaths
rt.com | 2020-05-13
New York City\'s stay at home order has been criticized as unsustainable, but the policy has one apparent benefit: it has helped reduce the number of pedestrian deaths to zero for nearly 60 days in a row. | Like many other cities across the world, the Big Apple chose to close non-essential businesses and prohibit most outdoor activity in a bid to reduce the spread of coronavirus, which has struck New York particularly hard. While there is still debate about the effectiveness and sustainability of such measures, keeping people indoors has resulted in 58 consecutive days since a pedestrian was fatally struck by a…
rt.com/news/488549-new-york-city-pedestrian-deaths-coronavirus/

Egypt and Ethiopia: Could it be war?
Abdel Bari Atwan | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-13
A showdown over Nile waters is looming as the world looks the other way | While the world is diverted by the coronavirus crisis, Ethiopia is just weeks away from starting to fill the reservoir of its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, to the great dismay of Egypt whose vital supply of water stands to be severely reduced. | Last week, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri sent a letter to all members of the UN Security Council setting out the country\'s perspective on developments in the long-running dispute over the dam, detailing its efforts to reach an equitable solution, and warning of t…

Egypt and Ethiopia: Could it be war?

Travel giant TUI plans to axe 8,000 jobs despite government bailout
rt.com | 2020-05-13
Multinational travel firm TUI Group has announced that it will slash 10 percent of its workforce worldwide in an effort to cut costs amid the coronavirus pandemic. | In its half-year financial results presented on Wednesday, the company said it will have to reduce operational costs to cope with the fallout from the pandemic, \"the greatest crisis the tourism industry and TUI has ever faced.\" | \"We are targeting to permanently reduce our overhead cost base by 30 percent across the entire Group. This will have an impact on potentially 8,000 roles globally that will either not be recruited or reduced,\" CEO Fritz J…
rt.com/business/488512-tui-cuts-8000-jobs/

Violent evictions in Bogotá, Colombia amid the coronavirus pandemic
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-13
Many question the motivation of the city government to evict the community amid the pandemic as they have been occupying the land for the last 20 years…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/13/violent-evictions-in-bogota-colombia-amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic/

Trump ally Lindsey Graham seeks China sanctions over coronavirus probe: report
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Pharmacist Boots looking to recruit hundreds of unpaid Covid-19 testers
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-13
UPDATE: This article was updated at 5.40pm on 13 May to include a comment from Boots.High street pharmacist Boots is advertising to recruit an army of hundreds of unpaid volunteers to test people for coronavirus.An advert on the company\'s website said it is looking for 1,000 current staff and volunteers to work at least 32 hours a week as Covid-19 swab testers across the UK.The advert has sparked criticism with unions saying it took the \"notion of volunteering way too far\".It emerged as coronavirus testing dropped below the government\'s key 100,000 a day target, despite hitting it again on Sunday.Business Secreta…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/13/pharmacist-boots-looking-to-recruit-hundreds-of-unpaid-covid-19-testers/

Tunisia relaxes curfew after 3 days without new coronavirus cases
rt.com | 2020-05-13
Tunisia has announced a reduction of its nightly curfew hours after three consecutive days without recording any new coronavirus cases, state media reported on Wednesday. | The North African democracy imposed the curfew in March in a bid to slow the spread of the virus, combined with a lockdown that shuttered all but key shops and services. President Kais Saied has cut the curfew hours to 11pm to 5am instead of 8pm to 6am, 10 days after the start of a gradual reopening of the bureaucracy and economy. | The government announced that no new coronavirus cases have been recorded for three days in a row, with 1,032…
rt.com/newsline/488547-tunisia-relaxes-nightly-curfew/

Pennsylvania Health Sec under fire after moving own mum OUT of nursing home while sending sick Covid-19 patients INTO them
rt.com | 2020-05-13
As Pennsylvania\'s health secretary faces harsh criticism and calls to resign over her policy ordering Covid-19 patients to return to nursing homes after leaving hospital, she has admitted to moving her own mum out of a care home. | Dr Rachel Levine revealed when asked by reporters that her mother was moved out of her personal care home when the pandemic began

New York City education department, backed by teachers union, downplayed virus threat
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
An exposé in the journal the City demonstrates that New York City officials systematically downplayed the threat of the coronavirus to New York City students and educators…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/newy-m13.html

White House Coronavirus Task Force member warns of \"really serious\" consequences of premature reopening
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
The testimony was a devastating indictment of Trump\'s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and made clear that the back-to-work campaign risks countless lives.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/covi-m13.html

Authoritarians Using Coronavirus Fear to Destroy America
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-13
Ron PAUL | A Fresno, California waffle restaurant dared to open its doors for business this weekend to the delight of a long line of customers, who waited up to two hours for the \"privilege\" of willingly spending their money in a business happy to serve them breakfast on Mother\'s Day. This freedom of voluntary transaction is the core of what we used to call our free society. But in an America paralyzed by fear

Holding Healthcare Hostage: The Making of a Ventilator Crisis
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
When coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) began dominating headlines, it was accompanied by fears of potential shortages of critical medical equipment including personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilators. | Nations like Russia had large stockpiles of affordable ventilators on hand

Night of Destiny rituals observed in Tehran\'s Modarres hospital
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Pharmacist Boots looking to recruit hundreds of unpaid Covid-19 testers
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-13
High street pharmacist Boots is advertising to recruit an army of hundreds of unpaid volunteers to test people for coronavirus.An advert on the company\'s website said it is looking for 1,000 current staff and volunteers to work at least 32 hours a week as Covid-19 swab testers across the UK.The advert has sparked criticism with unions saying it took the \"notion of volunteering way too far\".It emerged as coronavirus testing dropped below the government\'s key 100,000 a day target, despite hitting it again on Sunday.Business Secretary Alok Sharma told the daily Downing Street press briefing on Tuesday that 85,293 te…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/13/pharmacist-boots-looking-to-recruit-hundreds-of-unpaid-covid-19-testers/

Hundreds of workers report employers for furlough fraud
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-13
Hundreds of workers have reported their employers over claims that they are fraudulently taking furlough money from the government. | HMRC confirmed it has received 795 reports of potential fraud related to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. | It said it will now be \"assessing\" these cases in line with its usual procedures. | The scheme was introduced from March, with the government pledging to pay 80% of the wages of workers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, in a bid to protect jobs. | On Tuesday, chancellor Rishi Sunak outlined plans to extend the furlough scheme until the end of October. | One stipulation…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/13/hundreds-of-workers-report-employers-for-furlough-fraud/

Beep! Beep! Union car caravan to demand Vegas casinos open safely
PAI | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-13
LAS VEGAS (PAI)–Beep! Beep! That will be the sound of dozens of horns honking from union members\' cars to be driven down the Las Vegas Strip at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 14, demanding the city\'s hotels and casinos reopen safely as they start up again from coronavirus-caused shutdowns. So far, the hotels and casinos …
peoplesworld.org/article/beep-beep-union-car-caravan-to-demand-vegas-casinos-open-safely/

Lavrov slams US\' baseless accusations against Russia, China amid coronavirus pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

The Boston-Newark Megalopolis: Death Certification Agencies are Jacking-up their C-19 Body-counts
William Walter Kay | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
On January 9, 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) alerted authorities worldwide of a potential novel coronavirus outbreak. Three weeks of investigations and conferences later (January 30) WHO declared a global public health emergency. Regions which subsequently posted extraordinarily high …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-democratic-boston-newark-megalopolis/5712576

Cheyenne River Lakota won\'t back down at checkpoints after South Dakota Gov\'s threats
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
Cheyenne River Lakota Chairman Harold Frazier said the South Dakota Governor never contacted him, but made fiery statements in the media. Regardless of the threats, Lakota here maintain their checkpoints and are focused on saving lives and halting the spread of coronavirus.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/10/18832967.php

Border wall construction ramps up during coronavirus pandemic
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-13
\"The Sierra Club is joining its partners in the borderlands to call for the immediate halt of border wall construction during the coronavirus pandemic.
nationofchange.org/2020/05/13/border-wall-construction-ramps-up-during-coronavirus-pandemic/

HR 6666: The Testing, Reaching and Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act. Towards a Totalitarian State?
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
And so it begins with the first Congressional effort to codify what may be the first of many unconstitutional legislative attempts to create a totalitarian One World Government under the guise of attacking the coronavirus COVID 19. | Some weeks ago …
globalresearch.ca/hr-6666-first-legislative-effort-codify-cv-response/5712581

Trump Pressures CDC to Lower COVID Death Count by Changing Calculation Method
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-13
President Donald Trump has privately expressed doubts about the coronavirus death toll in the United States, telling aides he believes the number is too high and overcounted. | Earlier this month, Axios reported that Trump had been mulling over the numbers, which he\'s suggested are inflated. A number of aides surrounding the president have expressed agreement with him. | \"The numbers ha…
truthout.org/articles/trump-pressures-cdc-to-lower-covid-death-count-by-changing-calculation-method/

Return of the Brown Shirts? US Federal and State Governments to Hire Contact Tracers to \'Hunt Down New Covid-19 Cases
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
The US federal and state governments are now hiring \"Contact Tracers\" to track those who are infected with the Coronavirus. The Daily Beast, a liberal online news site claims that in order to reopen businesses and institutions, the government needs …
globalresearch.ca/us-federal-state-governments-hire-contact-tracers-hunt-down-new-covid-19-cases/5712782

Was Jared Kushner Testing the Waters for Cancelling Elections in November?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-13
Jared Kushner created a stir on Tuesday evening when an interview with him was published online in which he expressed how the Trump administration was possibly considering delaying the 2020 presidential election date due to the coronavirus pandemic. | In an interview with TIME magazine, when questioned whether the general election would still be held on November 3, Kushner gave an ambiguous answer. | \"I\'m not sure I…
truthout.org/articles/was-jared-kushner-testing-the-waters-for-cancelling-elections-in-november/

Lockdown Will Kill an Additional 18,000 Cancer Patients That Wouldn\'t Have Died Otherwise, Cancer Doctors Calculate
Denis Campbell | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-13
Almost 18,000 more people with cancer in England could die after the coronavirus pandemic led hospitals to suspend treatment and deterred patients from seeking NHS care, research has found. | Cancer experts claim that an extra 6,270 people in England who have been newly diagnosed with the disease could die from it over the next 12 months as a direct result of the disruption caused by [insane response to the] coronavirus, and the additional toll taking into account all those living with ca…
anti-empire.com/lockdown-will-kill-an-additional-18000-uk-cancer-patients-that-wouldnt-have-died-otherwise-researchers-find/

The economic impact of coronavirus: analysis from Imperial experts
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-13
Academics and researchers from Imperial College London have provided analysis of the economic impact of COVID-19.
imperial.ac.uk/news/196514/the-economic-impact-coronavirus-analysis-from

Starmer\'s Labour Party just descended further down the toilet
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-05-13
Keir Starmer\'s leadership of the Labour Party has already been mired in controversy. Now, his and its response to the Tories\' latest coronavirus (Covid-19) plan has been chaotic at best. But the actions of MPs and a notorious peer, plus the party\'s official line, raise yet more cause for concern. | Send them back!: | Boris Johnson announced on Sunday 10 May that he wanted schools to reopen. As BBC News reported: He hoped the next step \'at the earliest by 1 June\' would be for some primary pupils to return to school in Engl…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/05/13/starmers-labour-party-just-descended-further-down-the-toilet/

Beijing denounces \'immoral\' US Senate bill threatening China with sanctions over Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-05-13
Beijing has lashed out at US legislation which seeks to impose sanctions on China if it fails to cooperate with Washington\'s investigation into the coronavirus pandemic. | The bill would require the president to notify Congress within 60 days that China had \"provided a full and complete accounting\" to any US-led probe into the coronavirus outbreak. The rule would also apply to investigations carried out by American allies and UN agencies such as the World Health Organization (WHO). | The legislation also demands that China shutter all \"wet markets\" which can pose a risk to human health. It also calls for the i…
rt.com/news/488528-china-us-sanctions-coroavirus-probe/

\'Example of infodemic\': Moscow slams FT & NYT reports that put Russian Covid-19 death toll 70 percent higher than official data
rt.com | 2020-05-13
Russia\'s Foreign Ministry will send letters to the Financial Times and New York Times demanding they retract reports which claim the actual death toll from Covid-19 in the country is much higher than the official figures. | The editors-in-chief of those outlets will be handed the letters on Thursday through the Russian embassies in the UK and the US, ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said during a briefing. | Moscow will also address the UN, OSCE and UNESCO on the situation, as the reports in the FT and NYT represent \"an example of that very \'infodemic\' that the UN General Secretary, Antonio Guterres, urged…
rt.com/russia/488577-coronavirus-death-toll-russia-nyt/

Scenes From a Pandemic: 7
José Orduña | thenation.com | 2020-05-13
Scenes From a Pandemic: 7…
thenation.com/article/politics/coronavirus-essential-workers/

Confirmed known Covid-19 cases for 2,818 federal inmates
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833003.php

Standoff in South Dakota: Cheyenne River Sioux refuse governor\'s demand to remove COVID checkpoints
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-13
The Cheyenne River Sioux and Oglala Sioux tribes say the checkpoints are the best way to protect against the coronavirus entering their communities, which are not equipped to handle an outbreak.
nationofchange.org/2020/05/13/standoff-in-south-dakota-cheyenne-river-sioux-refuse-governors-demand-to-remove-covid-checkpoints/

German politicians and media laud right-wing demonstrations against coronavirus restrictions
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
The ruling elite is now mobilising the right-wing dregs of society in the \"corona\" demonstrations to intimidate the population and enforce their back-to-work campaign.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/demo-m13.html

As Coronavirus Spreads in Meat Plants, Nearly 200 USDA Inspectors Test Positive
Lillianna Byington | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
As coronavirus has spread rapidly among meat plants across the country, it\'s not just the workers that are getting infected. Many people have strongly criticized the industry\'s response for waiting too long to implement safety precautions and close processing plants …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-spreads-meat-plants-200-usda-inspectors-test-positive/5712644

Pine Ridge locks down for 72 hours after two Lakotas test positive for coronavirus
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
The Oglala Sioux Nation locked down on Monday night for 72-hours after two Lakotas in Wounded Knee District tested positive for the coronavirus. In the bordertown of Rapid City, a WalMart employee tested positive for coronavirus.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/12/18832995.php

Cybersecurity Companies Selling Hyper-control Technology to Governments to \"Prevent Pandemics\"
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
The fear that the global pandemic of the new coronavirus will be used to justify a new world order based on a hyper-surveillance system becomes increasingly real. All over the world, multiple projects abound to build a global surveillance and …
globalresearch.ca/cybersecurity-companies-selling-hyper-control-technology-governments-prevent-pandemics/5712788

Democrats\' $3 trillion stimulus includes hazard pay, PPE; Republicans say no
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-13
WASHINGTON–House Democrats released a new $3 trillion stimulus bill on May 12, designed to cope with the continuing economic collapse that coronavirus-caused closures have caused. There\'s money for protective personal equipment (PPE), hazardous duty pay for front-line workers, and a number of other pro-worker provisions. The 1,815-page measure is tentatively scheduled for a May 15 …
peoplesworld.org/article/democrats-3-trillion-stimulus-includes-hazard-pay-ppe-republicans-say-no/

We call frontline workers \"heroes,\" but do we value them like heroes?
Tim Libretti | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-13
On one level, the coronavirus pandemic holds out the potential to shift America\'s dominant cultural mentality to finally re-think–indeed come to terms with–how our political, economic, and moral systems value the work on which our lives most depend. Presumably, the pandemic conditions are making clear to us Americans what kinds of work are most essential, …
peoplesworld.org/article/we-call-frontline-workers-heroes-but-do-we-value-them-like-heroes/

We call frontline workers \'heroes,\' but do we value them like heroes?
Tim Libretti | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-13
On one level, the coronavirus pandemic holds out the potential to shift America\'s dominant cultural mentality to finally rethink–indeed come to terms with–how our political, economic, and moral systems value the work on which our lives most depend. Presumably, the pandemic conditions are making clear to us Americans what kinds of work are most essential, …
peoplesworld.org/article/we-call-frontline-workers-heroes-but-do-we-value-them-like-heroes/

Poland to reopen hairdressers, restaurants on May 18 as \'epidemic contained to some extent\'
rt.com | 2020-05-13
Poland will reopen restaurants and hairdressers on May 18 as it begins easing coronavirus-linked restrictions, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday. | \"At least to some extent we have contained the epidemic, therefore we can gradually unfreeze the economy,\" Morawiecki told reporters. | The statement came a day after Poland saw its largest spike in coronavirus cases in a single day, Reuters reported. | Schools will partially reopen to provide day care for children in the first three years of primary school, the prime minister added.
rt.com/newsline/488556-poland-reopen-hairdressers-restaurants/

Even the mainstream media\'s now suggesting UK death toll could surpass 50,000
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2020-05-13
The BBC has published an article suggesting that the number of coronavirus (Covid-19) related deaths in the UK could be \"nearly twice as high\" as the official figure. This follows similar analysis by the Financial Times (FT). | Both media outlets expose the blatant dishonesty of the daily figures quoted by Boris Johnson\'s government. | More than 50,000 deaths?: | The government, according to the BBC, says there have been just over 28,0…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/05/13/even-the-mainstream-medias-now-suggesting-uk-death-toll-could-surpass-50000/

The HEROES Act Is a Vital Step Toward Ending COVID, So of Course It Is Doomed
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-13
There are two ways the COVID-19 story ends for the United States. | The nation can embrace scientific and medical facts as the way back home, make business secondary to life and health, and use our vast financial resources to support the populace even as we roll out a comprehensive testing program to speed a return to whatever passes for normal in this thundercloud of a country. | Or we can burn on the pyre of heedlessly rapacious capitalism. It really, truly is just that simple. As it stands…
truthout.org/articles/the-heroes-act-is-a-vital-step-toward-ending-covid-so-of-course-it-is-doomed/

#WearOrange for National Gun Violence Awareness Day 2020 (virtual)
MDAEFG | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
Social media…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/09/18832941.php

Africa: COVID Crisis Could Lead to Increase in AIDS Deaths
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
WHO and UNAIDS representatives warned on May 12 that an AIDS treatment could increase the total sum of HIV-related deaths by up to 500,000 in Africa. | RELATED: | Lebanon to Enter 4-Day Lockdown After Jump in COVID-19 Cases | According to the UNAIDS modeling group preclusion, the COVID-19 crisis could cause antiretroviral drug scarcity and treatment to cease if African HIV patients are not prioritized during the COVID spread. UN and WHO forecasts show a possible half million peo…
telesurenglish.net/news/africa-covid-sanitary-crisis-could-lead-to-hiv-death-increase-20200513-0002.html

U.S. Officials Chart a Course for Greenland\'s Future
Edward Hunt | progressive.org | 2020-05-13
Trump\'s talk of buying the island fits a broader pattern of efforts to keep the island under U.S. influence.
progressive.org/dispatches/us-officials-course-for-greenland-future-hunt-200513/

Senate votes down anti-surveillance amendment, as both parties back warrantless spying on Americans\' browser history
rt.com | 2020-05-13
The US Senate has voted down an amendment that would limit surveillance of Americans\' internet records. Apparently, the true divide in Washington is not between Democrat and Republican, but those for or against the police state. | The US Senate met on Wednesday to debate the reauthorization of some provisions of the USA Freedom Act, an expansive domestic surveillance bill that expired in March. As Majority Leader Mitch McConnell brought the Act to the floor, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced an amendment that would explicitly bar law enforcement from snooping on Americans\' internet browsing and search…
rt.com/usa/488586-senate-blocks-surveillance-amendment/

US agencies drum up allegations of Chinese hacking of vaccine research
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
The claims of Chinese hacking of vaccine research are not only part of the Trump\'s anti-China propaganda war but will be used to justify US cyber warfare against Beijing.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/usch-m13.html

Essential For Survival: The Need Of Global Solidarity
The People\'s Collective | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
People are dying, every day. Many people are dying too early. People are dying through war, poverty, disease, lack of healthcare or lack of food. People are dying of starvation. Now, in the year 2020, a new disease is spreading around the globe, killing hundreds of thousands and affecting everybody\'s life.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/11/18832973.php

Mayo Clinic receives $26 million from BARDA for COVID-19 convalescent plasma expanded access program
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
Mayo Clinic was awarded a $26 million contract today from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The financial support is for the Expanded Access Program (EAP) for convalescent plasma to fight COVID-19. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-receives-26-million-from-barda-for-covid-19-convalescent-plasma-expanded-access-program/

78 Percent of Mountain Areas Are Undergoing a Snow Decline
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Italy\'s applied research center EURAC holds that the snow surface of the world\'s mountain areas has decreased by 78 percent as a result of global warming. | RELATED: | Hole in the Ozone Layer Over Arctic Is Closed, WMO Confirms | Using data from 2000 to 2018, this scientific institution created a map of global snow coverage using high-resolution satellite imagery, field measurements, and simulation models. | The result reveals a worrying situation because the duration of the snow s…
telesurenglish.net/news/78-Percent-of-Mountain-Areas-Are-Undergoing-a-Snow-Decline-20200513-0006.html

Why China\'s President Xi Won\'t Repeat Ming Dynasty Mistakes
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
With hybrid warfare 2.0 against China reaching fever pitch, the New Silk Roads, or Belt and Road Initiative, will continue to be demonized 24/7 as the proverbial evil communist plot for economic and geopolitical domination of the \"free\" world, boosted …
globalresearch.ca/why-chinas-president-xi-wont-repeat-ming-dynasty-mistakes/5712722

78 Percent of Mountain Areas Are Undergoing a Snow Decline
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Italy\'s applied research center EURAC holds that the snow surface of the world\'s mountain areas has decreased by 78 percent as a result of global warming. | RELATED: | Hole in the Ozone Layer Over Arctic Is Closed, WMO Confirms | Using data from 2000 to 2018, this scientific institution created a map of global snow coverage using high-resolution satellite imagery, field measurements, and simulation models. | The result reveals a worrying situation because the duration of the snow s…
telesurenglish.net/news/78-Percent-of-Mountain-Areas-Are-Undergoing-a-Snow-Decline-20200513-0006.html

Imposing Sanctions Is A War Crime Amid Pandemic
commondreams.org | 2020-05-13
______________________________…
commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/13/imposing-sanctions-war-crime-amid-pandemic?cd-origin=rss

Elon Musk and the economics of class war
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
With his decision to illegally restart production at Tesla\'s factory in Fremont, California, Musk is forcing 10,000 workers to return to work under unsafe conditions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/pers-m13.html

Watch as Ellis Howard breaks down, then tears apart, Boris Johnsons \"stay alert\" announcement
Ellis Howard | thecanary.co | 2020-05-13
Watch more from Ellis, as well as other great Canary TV content, on our YouTube Channel. | By Ellis Howard…
thecanary.co/video/2020/05/13/watch-as-ellis-howard-breaks-down-then-tears-apart-boris-johnsons-stay-alert-announcement/

Mayo Clinic launches radio campaign to encourage recovered patients of COVID-19 to donate plasma
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Entercom Communications to launch a radio campaign that raises awareness in Detroit, New York City, Miami and Chicago of the federally-sponsored national Expanded Access Program (EAP) for Convalescent Plasma. The Food and Drug Administration announced Mayo Clinic as the lead site for the EAP program to speed access and increase availability of investigational convalescent plasma for hospitalized patients …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-launches-radio-campaign-to-encourage-recovered-patients-of-covid-19-to-donate-plasma/

Floods Leave at Least 237 Dead and 807,000 Displaced in Kenya
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Kenya\'s Decentralization Minister Eugene Wamalwa Thursday reported that at least 237 people have died and 807,000 residents have been forced to flee their homes due to flooding from the heavy rains that have been falling for the past four weeks. | RELATED: | Nothing Left\': Kenyan Mother\'s Fields Stripped by Locust Swarm | \"So far, 237 Kenyans have lost their lives because of the floods. That is a very high number compared to the 40 people who have died due to COVID-19,\" Wamalwa s…
telesurenglish.net/news/Floods-Leave-at-Least-237-Dead-and-807000-Displaced-in-Kenya-20200513-0010.html

A 21st century lynching: Justice for Ahmaud Arbery!
Dianne Mathiowetz | workers.org | 2020-05-13
May 11– In the early afternoon of Feb. 23, shots rang out on the tree-lined streets of Satilla Shores, a predominantly white neighborhood bordering the port city of Brunswick on Georgia\'s Atlantic coast, some 40 miles north of Jacksonville, Fla. Afterward, a 25-year-old Black man, Ahmaud Arbery, lay dead on . . . | Continue reading A 21st century lynching: Justice for Ahmaud Arbery! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48575/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-21st-century-lynching-justice-for-ahmaud-arbery

Watch as Ellis Howard breaks down, then tears apart, Boris Johnson\'s \"stay alert\" announcement
Ellis Howard | thecanary.co | 2020-05-13
Watch more from Ellis, as well as other great Canary TV content, on our YouTube Channel. | By Ellis Howard…
thecanary.co/video/2020/05/13/watch-as-ellis-howard-breaks-down-then-tears-apart-boris-johnsons-stay-alert-announcement/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The \"Quarantine 15\"
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
It\'s being called the \"Quarantine 15\" online

Nuclear Weapons: Stopping the War That No One Wants (livestream)
The Commonwealth Club | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/11/18832982.php

Trump Blasts Into a New Frontier…for War
Jim Hightower | commondreams.org | 2020-05-13
If all this seems like silliness from a satirical sitcom, it is. (Photo: Chris Millter/@chrizmillr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/spaceforce.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/13/trump-blasts-new-frontierfor-war?cd-origin=rss

China reacts with zero tolerance for racist incidents
Joshua Hanks | workers.org | 2020-05-13
Reports surfaced in April of cases of discrimination against African workers in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong as pictures appeared on the internet of a sign refusing service to Africans at a McDonald\'s restaurant and allegations that Africans were being evicted from hotels. Ambassador Liu Yuxi, head of Mission . . . | Continue reading China reacts with zero tolerance for racist incidents at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48572/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=china-reacts-with-zero-tolerance-for-racist-incidents

Ethical Human Rights: China criticizes New Zealand for supporting Taiwan
Anthony Ravlich | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
If my book was less suppressed the UN may well take a more positive view of Taiwan\'s wish to gain formal recognition in the World Health Organization. The UN seems to be following China\'s \'One-China policy\' by excluding Taiwan.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833000.php

Mayo Clinic expert discusses potential neurological effects of COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can take a severe toll on the respiratory system. However, recent research suggests that the virus may also infect the nervous system. A study of patients with COVID-19 out of Wuhan, China found that possible neurological signs and symptoms caused by COVID-19 can include loss of taste and smell, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-expert-discusses-potential-neurological-effects-of-covid-19/

Does China need US or does US need China? RT\'s Boom Bust finds out
rt.com | 2020-05-13
As part of the \'phase one\' trade deal, Beijing on Tuesday issued a new list of US products to be exempt from trade tariffs. This came as the US threatened to terminate the deal if China fails to meet its purchase commitments. | …
rt.com/business/488537-us-china-trade-deal/

China reacts with Zero tolerance for racist incidents
Joshua Hanks | workers.org | 2020-05-13
Reports surfaced in April of cases of discrimination against African workers in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong as pictures appeared on the internet of a sign refusing service to Africans at a McDonald\'s restaurant and allegations that Africans were being evicted from hotels. Ambassador Liu Yuxi, head of Mission . . . | Continue reading China reacts with Zero tolerance for racist incidents at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48572/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=china-reacts-with-zero-tolerance-for-racist-incidents

Corporate Media don\'t think Americans paid to invade Venezuela Count as mercenaries
Joshua Cho | mronline.org | 2020-05-13
When an attempted invasion of Venezuela launched from the shores of Colombia was foiled on May 3, after armed commandos were intercepted at Venezuela\'s coastline of La Guira, it seemed undeniable that the heavily armed men, possessing satellite phones and uniforms with the U.S. flag emblazoned on them, had been paid to take part in …
mronline.org/2020/05/13/corporate-media-dont-think-americans-paid-to-invade-venezuela-count-as-mercenaries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=corporate-media-dont-think-americans-paid-to-invade-venezuela-count-as-mercenaries

Venezuela Arrests Another Man Involved in Failed Incursion Plan
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Venezuelan security forces reported the capture on Wednesday of another mercenary involved in the failed incursion into the South American country, called Operation Gideon, on May 3. | RELATED: | Mercenary Ratifies US Govt. Link With Failed Raid in Venezuela | The capture was made in the mountainous area of Petaquirito, in the state of La Guaira, by members of the Eighth Brigade of Sea Commands of the Bolivarian Navy (AB), one of the five components of the Bolivarian National…
telesurenglish.net/news/venezuela-arrests-another-man-involved-in-failed-incursion-plan-20200513-0013.html

Revealed: Secretive British unit planning for \'reconstruction\' of Venezuela
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2020-05-13
Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act have exposed a secretive Foreign Office unit aimed at the \'reconstruction\' of Venezuela. The files also reveal private discussions between Venezuelan opposition figures and UK officials, detailing proposals for the promotion of British business after a planned coup.UK support for coup attempt in Venezuela: Over the past 16 months, the UK government has consistently supported Venezuelan opposition figure Juan…
thecanary.co/exclusive/2020/05/13/revealed-secretive-british-unit-planning-for-reconstruction-of-venezuela/

\"Making It Up As They Go Along:\" Boris Johnson and COVID-19
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-13
As I write (the weekend of 9-10 May), the UK\'s death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has reached 31,855. The UK, unlike the US, has started counting deaths in care homes. This toll is the highest in Europe, and the second in the world after the US. The UK has a fifth of the US\'s population, so translating the UK figure into US terms would amount to 160,000 US deaths from the virus (the US\'s death toll as of this weekend is a little more than 80,000).
counterpunch.org/2020/05/13/making-it-up-as-they-go-along-boris-johnson-and-covid-19/

Packing on pounds during COVID-19 and how to turn it around
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
If you\'ve gained weight during the COVID-19 pandemic, you aren\'t alone. The \"Quarantine 15\"

Poverty Forces Chileans to Cook in \'the Common Pot\'
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Chile\'s economic crisis unleashed by President Sebastian Piñera\'s neoliberal policies and exacerbated by the pandemic revived images that had not been seen in Chile since the time of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990). | RELATED: | Chile Records Highest Number of COVID-19 Cases in 24 Hours | Thousands of people living in poor neighborhoods eat ev…
telesurenglish.net/news/Poverty-Forces-Chileans-to-Cook-in-the-Common-Pot-20200513-0004.html

Mayo Clinic reopens orthopedics and sports medicine facility in downtown Minneapolis
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
MINNEAPOLIS

Spring cleaning takes on a new importance during COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released reopening guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting public spaces, workplaces, businesses, schools and homes. Dr. Gregory Poland, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases expert, suggests taking a practical approach to spring cleaning. If no one in your household has been infected, he says standard spring cleaning practices …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/spring-cleaning-takes-on-a-new-importance-during-covid-19-pandemic/

What COVID-19 does to your lungs
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
m __________________________________________________ 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.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/what-covid-19-does-to-your-lungs/

UK: Exercise Cygnus leak confirms Tory government\'s criminal inaction over pandemic threat
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
The publication of a version of the report in the Guardian makes clear that the Johnson government tried to hide evidence of its criminal lack of preparation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/cygn-m13.html

A For-Profit Postal Service Would Slam Small Businesses
Sarah Anderson | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-13
Like most Americans, Julie Buckles, the owner of Honest Dog Books in tiny Bayfield, Wisconsin, has had to be flexible in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. \"Overnight, we went from hosting music, literary discussions, and poetry readings to shipping books all over the country,\" she told me. With her bookstore shuttered, Buckles is now…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/13/a-for-profit-postal-service-would-slam-small-businesses/

Masking your kids during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
Do you or don\'t you wear a mask? If you do, what material is best? And what about children? Questions around masks during the COVID-19 pandemic abound, especially in light of the recent recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that all Americans wear masks in public settings. \"The direction around face masks has …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/masking-your-kids-during-covid-19/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Cancer treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
Because cancer treatments can weaken the immune system, cancer patients are at increased risk of complications from COVID-19. Despite these concerns, cancer patients often still need treatment, including going to the clinic or to the hospital, and many have questions about whether cancer should be treated differently during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the Mayo Clinic …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-cancer-treatment-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/

Who\'s in a Catch-22?
Joseph Natoli | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-13
The pandemic has put President Trump and his beloved market in a Catch-22 situation, one that not all of us are in. The mutually conflicting conditions on a first level of observation are these: 1. Open to pre-pandemic business level, give wage earners wages and give businesses consumers, and, 2. Shelter in place until deaths diminish and testing and tracing are on top of things.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/13/whos-in-a-catch-22/

Delta Tunnel Forges Ahead in Pandemic: Agreement in Principal Reached for SWP Contract Amendment
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
It is very clear that the Department of Water Resources and water contractors don\'t really care what the public and the people most impacted by the Delta Tunnel think, based on their obsession with pushing the tunnel project through at this time.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833007.php

Australian university union agrees to unprecedented pay and job cuts
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
The agreement shatters the NTEU\'s claim that it volunteered sacrifices of wages and conditions to \"protect jobs\" from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/nteu-m13.html

New York state to begin reopening in certain regions this weekend
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
Three regions within New York state are set to resume some economic activity May 15, under a plan that leaves significant room for a deadly second wave of the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/plan-m13.html

Sri Lankan president \"reopens economy\" despite pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
The Rajapakse regime is seeking to overcome the economic crisis at the expense of the health and lives of working people.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/slco-m13.html

Science Saturday: Regenerative approaches could foster healing from COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
Regenerative Medicine aims not only to repair or restore the function of cells, tissues or organs, but also the whole person. The latter is particularly important amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Regenerative approaches draw on the body\'s natural abilities to heal, focus on establishing the healing environments and building new, healthy ways of functioning. These aspects of regenerative …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/science-saturday-regenerative-approaches-could-foster-healing-from-covid-19/

Why is Mike Pompeo risking a One-day Trip to Israel Amid the Pandemic?
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-13
As part of its battle against Covid-19, Israel has closed it borders to foreigners and imposed a two-week quarantine on anyone entering the country. There are also strict requirements to wear masks in public places. Israel, however, has thrown the rules

Slack goes down GLOBALLY, crippling remote work amid Covid-19 pandemic
rt.com | 2020-05-13
The chat application and virtual workplace Slack has gone dark, experiencing a major outage worldwide as countless remote workers rushed to check their email inboxes and migrate to other platforms. | The outage was reported by Slack on Tuesday, noting it was investigating the cause of the glitch, though was unable to provide an estimate of when it might be resolved. | pic.twitter.com/SqAD3aOxoQ– Christine (@cabregoart) May 13, 2020 | So sorry for the trouble! We don\'t have an…
rt.com/news/488490-slack-down-global-outage/

New York police brutality continues unabated in midst of pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
Sections of the Democratic Party and the media in New York City are attempting to portray brutal attacks by the NYPD on workers and youth exclusively in racial terms.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/nypd-m13.html

Class divide: Nearly TWO-THIRDS of British working class unable to do jobs from home amid Covid-19 crisis, new data reveals
rt.com | 2020-05-13
New research suggests that the Covid-19 pandemic is exposing the class divide in the UK with almost two-thirds of British working class households unable to do their jobs from home, compared to under 30 percent of middle classes. | Research published by YouGov

\'Mayo Clinic Anxiety Coach\' e-tool to help children with mental health concerns
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
ROCHESTER, Minn.

At San Quentin: \'No state execution by COVID-19!\'
Judy Greenspan | workers.org | 2020-05-13
May 9

Right-wing Facebook groups threaten to assassinate Michigan Governor Whitmer
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
Extreme right-wing members of private Facebook groups have made threats to assassinate the Michigan governor in response to her \"stay home, stay safe\" executive order.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/whit-m13.html

IndustriALL questions violations of worker rights by Shell in Nigeria
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-13
82% of oil giant Shell\'s workforce in Nigeria is sourced through labor contractors. As per IndustriALL, the workers \"live in poverty with no job security, poor healthcare and little regard for health and safety.\"
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/13/industriall-questions-violations-of-worker-rights-by-shell-in-nigeria/

IndustriALL questions violations of worker rights by Shell in Nigeria
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-13
82% of oil giant Shell\'s workforce in Nigeria is sourced through labor contractors. As per IndustriALL, the workers \"live in poverty with no job security, poor healthcare and little regard for health and safety.\"
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/13/industriall-questions-violations-of-worker-rights-by-shell-in-nigeria/

Afghanistan: Pregnant Women and Babies Attacked in Kabul Hospital
commondreams.org | 2020-05-13
______________________________…
commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/13/afghanistan-pregnant-women-and-babies-attacked-kabul-hospital?cd-origin=rss

India\'s 2nd ship of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan docks at Shahid Beheshti port
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Communities violently evicted in Colombia amid lockdown
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-13
Altos de la Estancia is a park area in the Ciudad Bolívar district which is occupied by homeless locals, migrants, peasants, indigenous people and unemployed workers. Nearly 700 poor families live in precarious conditions in the slums built on the land.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/13/communities-violently-evicted-in-colombia-amid-lockdown/

Russia, S Arabia agree to stabilize oil market
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Can we simultaneously oppose Bayer/Monsanto\'s biotechnology and support Cuba\'s Interferon Alpha 2B?
Don Fitz | mronline.org | 2020-05-13
Technology reflects social factors throughout its development and use. Genetically engineered crops allow mega-corporations to patent seeds, lure farmers into buying them with visions of high yields, and then destroy small farmers. Cuba\'s drugs are shared throughout the world. Making a distinction between the biotechnology of agro-industry and Cuba requires understanding the difference between bioimperialism …
mronline.org/2020/05/13/can-we-simultaneously-oppose-bayer-monsantos-biotechnology-and-support-cubas-interferon-alpha-2b/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-we-simultaneously-oppose-bayer-monsantos-biotechnology-and-support-cubas-interferon-alpha-2b

Anger simmers over restart of production by Detroit automakers
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
The reckless attempt to restart the North American auto industry is meeting with determined resistance by workers unwilling to risk their lives for corporate profits.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/auto-m13.html

Speak out against oil drilling in Brentwood
The hills are alive | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
Powerdrive Oil & Gas Company, LLC has submitted an application to drill for oil on agriculturally zoned land in unincorporated Brentwood. Contra Costa County officials have made an preliminary determination against requiring an EIR (Environment Impact Report).
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833008.php

Billionaires Are the Biggest Threat to Public Schools
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2020-05-13
For education \"disruptors\" like Bill Gates and Betsy DeVos, COVID-19 isn\'t a crisis–it\'s an opportunity.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/billionaires-threat-public-schools/

Pity they don\'t work against Covid-19: US drives RECORD global spending on atomic weapons, report shows
rt.com | 2020-05-13
The world\'s nuclear powers are increasingly pouring money into their atomic arsenals, a new report shows, with Washington leading the way. The US has also exited a major arms control treaty and deployed a new tactical weapon. | Nine nuclear-armed nations spent an estimated $72.9 billion on their 13,000-plus atomic weapons in 2019, according to a new paper by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear We…
rt.com/news/488581-nuclear-weapons-spending-spree/

New clues on formation of life found in traces of fluid inside space rock 4.5 BILLION years old
rt.com | 2020-05-13
A team of researchers are peering into what the solar system may have looked like in its earliest stages, unlocking answers about the formation of amino acids

PSY-OP COVID-19: Under House Arrest!
Dr. Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
Are we lab rats? Milgram-Asch-Laborit | In this article, I refer to the experience of countries that are confined in an authoritarian and arbitrary manner, with more than 3 billion human beings under the authority of a few people and under …
globalresearch.ca/psy-op-covid-19-under-house-arrest/5712701

If we must die, don\'t let it be from COVID-19
Tanuke Smith | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-13
Not much has changed in the Black community. The strategy of controlling wealth, access to healthcare, and the demise of African Americans is still as calculated as ever. The mainstream media reports daily on the death rate in Black communities, stemming from crime, police brutality, or COVID-19. As April arrived, the cruel face of reality …
peoplesworld.org/article/if-we-must-die-dont-let-it-be-from-covid-19/

Why Are \"Progressive Democrats\" Siding With Amazon in Seattle?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-13
Right now in Seattle, Washington, Amazon

Results of tens of thousands of Covid-19 tests disappear into \'black hole\'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-13
The results of tens of thousands of Covid-19 tests carried out by the government\'s network of testing centres are not being shared locally, stalling efforts to control the outbreak, it has emerged. | A leaked email, seen by the Health Service Journal (HSJ), said data from a new testing programme of non-NHS labs

Republicans Can\'t Seem to Make Up Their Minds About Mail and Voting
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-13
One laudable side effect of the COVID-19 panic is a nationwide effort to promote \"vote by mail\" as a universal alternative to standing in line at polling places. One reason that effort is laudable is that it would likely decrease vote fraud. Yes, I said \"decrease.\" And Republicans were saying the same thing until recently.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/13/republicans-cant-seem-to-make-up-their-minds-about-mail-and-voting/

Virologist Luis Villarreal: \"Leery\" of COVID-19 Models, Vaccine Possible Year\'s End
Suzan Mazur | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-13
Somewhat exasperated by the Covid-19 models publicly showcased over the last two months, I decided to ring up virologist Luis Villarreal for his perspective. Luis Villarreal is founding director of University of California, Irvine\'s Center for Virus Research and UCI Professor Emeritus, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Villarreal told me he takes these models…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/13/virologist-luis-villarreal-leery-of-covid-19-models-vaccine-possible-years-end/

The Frontline Response: Local Latino Leaders Address COVID-19 (town hall)
Unidos US | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
Online via Zoom: unidosus.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8vJrGBs4SJuzlwnme6PktQ…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/12/18832997.php

Germany to keep quarantine requirement in place for non-EU visitors as border control measures relaxed from May 16
rt.com | 2020-05-13
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has advised his country\'s states to keep quarantine restrictions in place for non-EU visitors as national border control measures are set to ease from May 16. | Berlin will begin relaxing national border controls implemented to curb the spread of Covid-19 from Saturday, with measures expected to be completely lifted by June 15. | As it stands, guidelines from Berlin are that anyone returning to Germany must spend 14 days in self-isolation when they re-enter the country. That rule will now be lifted for EU visitors. | Speaking on Wednesday, Seehofer said border crossings…
rt.com/news/488535-germany-easing-travel-restrictions/

Connecting Patients: COVID-19 and transplant patients
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
Mayo Clinic Connect is an online community where you can share your experiences and find support from people like you. You can also read Mayo Clinic expert blogs and take part in educational events. COVID-19 and Transplant Patients \"As a kidney transplant recipient I have been extra vigilant/worried about protecting myself as COVID-19 spreads. Like …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/connecting-patients-covid-19-and-transplant-patients/

ACLU of California Legislative Webinar: COVID-19, Current Bills, & Building Community
ACLU Northern California | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/12/18832990.php

The Covid-19 Stimulus Debate Is a Pivotal Climate Story
Mark Hertsgaard | thenation.com | 2020-05-13
The Covid-19 Stimulus Debate Is a Pivotal Climate Story…
thenation.com/article/environment/covid-stimulus-climate-change/

33 London bus drivers killed by COVID-19: \"We are expendable like diesel\"
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
Workers fear infections will soar following Sunday night\'s \"phased exit\" announced by the Johnson government…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/lond-m13.html

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 research at Mayo Clinic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
Thanks to its combination of practice, education, and research, Mayo Clinic has a strong foundation to respond quickly to a medical crisis such as COVID-19. As the SARS-CoV-2 virus spread worldwide, a research task force was formed at Mayo Clinic to review and approve research proposals related to the virus and the disease it causes. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-covid-19-research-at-mayo-clinic/

Lebanon reimposes lockdown after spike in COVID-19 cases
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-13
The country recorded over hundred fresh cases within three days this week. It had recorded zero new cases last week, which had led the government to relax lockdown norms imposed since March 15…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/13/lebanon-reimposes-lockdown-after-spike-in-covid-19-cases/

California nurses denounce lack of access to PPE
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
\"We don\'t know how many medical workers have died here because of COVID-19 because neither the hospital nor the union tells us.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/nurs-m13.html

Colombia\'s health workers unprotected, patients without treatment: watchdogs
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-13
Colombia\'s inspector general and ombudsman on Tuesday urged government action to protect health workers and continue providing healthcare to patients not suffering Covid-19. The watchdogs confirmed healthcare organizations\' complaints that…
colombiareports.com/colombias-health-workers-unprotected-patients-without-treatment-watchdogs/

New Zealand government removes more COVID-19 restrictions
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
The Labour Party-led government is moving to appease big business and ignoring calls from scientists for an extension of lockdown measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/nzpo-m13.html

Russia BANS usage of ventilators suspected of causing deadly fires killing six Covid-19 patients
rt.com | 2020-05-13
Russia has indefinitely suspended the usage of Aventa-M artificial lung ventilation machines. The recently produced ventilators are suspected of causing two deadly fires in the past week, killing six people. | The ventilators, made in Ural\'s Instrument Making Plant, have been manufactured since April 1, 2020, in response to Russia\'s ever-growing number of Covid-19 patients. | According to Russia\'s health watchdog Roszdravnadzor, the ventilators were used to provide medical care to patients at the S. I. Spasokukotsky City Clinical Hospital in Moscow and St. George\'s Hospital in St. Petersburg, where fires occur…
rt.com/russia/488552-russia-ban-ventilator-fire/

National Nurses Day: Not all heroes wear capes
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
Photo and article are courtesy of Mayo Clinic News Center andMayo Clinic Employee Facebook. Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear scrubs, protective equipment and step out in difficult times to be there for others. As COVID-19 continues to spread and people heed notices to socially distance themselves and hunker down in their homes, there …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/national-nurses-day-not-all-heroes-wear-capes/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Possible neurological effects of COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
Originally identified as a respiratory disease, some COVID-19 patients exhibit neurologic symptoms including stroke, loss of consciousness, headache, and even the loss of taste and smell. What\'s unknown is whether these are direct effects of the virus entering the nervous system, or consequences of the disease\'s effect on the body. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-possible-neurological-effects-of-covid-19/

Mayo Clinic\'s comprehensive COVID-19 research
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-13
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinics-comprehensive-covid-19-research/

\'Major concern\': Nearly 100 New York children treated for mysterious inflammatory illness thought to be linked to Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-05-13
At least 93 children in New York state have been diagnosed with a rare and poorly understood inflammatory disease thought to be tied to Covid-19, Governor Andrew Cuomo said, suggesting an uptick in the mysterious ailment. | Calling the situation \"truly disturbing,\" on Tuesday Cuomo said state health officials are investigating the spate of new patients who\'ve come down with \"pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome,\" which has already killed three children in New York. | \"New York State is now investigating about 100 cases of an inflammatory illness in children that may be related to Covid-19,\" the governor…
rt.com/usa/488492-new-york-children-mystery-syndrome/

Failure to halt COVID-19 spread leads to mass deaths in Swedish elder care homes
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
Sweden\'s high fatality rate is due to official opposition to a lockdown and mass testing, and to decades-long austerity policies that devastated health care and other key services.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/swed-m13.html

Trump\'s \"Lightning Fast\" COVID-19 Test May Be Seriously Flawed, New Study Shows
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-13
President Donald Trump has frequently bragged about the amount of testing being conducted across the United States in response to COVID-19

\'Summer cancelled\': Los Angeles County to extend stay-at-home order another 3 MONTHS, stoking fears of civil unrest
rt.com | 2020-05-13
LA County will likely extend its Covid-19 containment measures until the end of July, a top public health official said, triggering a wave of outrage as residents declare \"summer cancelled\" and even predict riots in the streets. | The three-month extension to the county\'s \"safer at home\" order was announced by Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Tuesday. Though she stopped short of issuing an official order, Ferrer said the timetable would not shift until officials see a \"dramatic change to the virus and tools at hand,\" stressing the need for increased testing capacity. | Our hope is that by using the dat…
rt.com/usa/488489-la-county-lockdown-extended/

COVID-19: An Ocean of Fears and Lies
Dr. Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
\"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.\"

21-Year-Old Dies in Santa Cruz County Jail
Santa Cruz Police News | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
The Santa Cruz Sheriff\'s Office says on Sunday evening, May 10, correctional officers discovered 21-year-old Tamario Smith was unresponsive in his cell at the County Jail. At about 6pm, paramedics administered medical aid, however Smith was pronounced deceased at the scene. According to the Sheriff\'s Office, Smith did not share a cell, and foul play is not suspected. The Sheriff\'s Office states there were no signs of trauma or visible injuries, and that Smith did not show signs of COVID-19 symptoms.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/11/18832983.php

Dispatch from the Frontlines: Gender Inequality and COVID-19 (CPCC)
Congressional Progressive Caucus Ctr & others | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
Online livestream & Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833009.php

UK COVID-19 related deaths top 60,000, according to Financial Times
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
Yesterday, the government reported another 627 deaths in its daily briefing, taking the manipulated official fatalities toll to 32,490.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/couk-m13.html

The COVID-19 Crisis in the U.S.: How Many More Innocent People Have to Die?
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
The COVID-19 is sweeping the U.S. land leaving behind mountains of dead bodies. This is just incredible. Soon, millions of persons may be inflicted. God knows how many more lives will be sacrificed. | What is frightening is the disorderly easing …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-crisis-u-s-how-many-more-innocent-people-have-die/5712773

Why Herd Immunity to COVID-19 Is Reached Much Earlier Than Thought
Nic Lewis | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-13
A study published in March by the COVID-19 Response Team from Imperial College (Ferguson20 [1]) appears to have been largely responsible for driving government actions in the UK and, to a fair extent, in the US and some other countries. Until that report came out, the strategy of the UK government, at least, seems to have been to rely on the build up of \'herd immunity\' to slow the growth of the epidemic and eventually cause it to peter out. | The \'herd immunity threshold\' (HIT) can be esti…
anti-empire.com/why-herd-immunity-to-covid-19-is-reached-much-earlier-than-thought/

Confirmed worldwide Covid-19 death toll passes 293,000
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-13
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

The World Order Is Rapidly Changing
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
As every day reveals yet another failure of the state to tackle the COVID-19 crisis and it merges into the next, it is becoming apparent that this government does not really understand the scale of damage being done to the …
globalresearch.ca/world-order-rapidly-changing/5712762

Belgium to partially reopen schools, markets, museums & zoos from Monday
rt.com | 2020-05-13
Belgian schools will partially reopen and markets, museums and zoos will also be allowed to operate again from next Monday, PM Sophie Wilmes said on Wednesday. | With a population of 11.5 million, Belgium is among the European nations worst hit by Covid-19, but it began a phased easing of the restrictions at the start of May. Belgium has so far reported 53,981 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 8,843 deaths, according to Reuters. | Wilmes said the reopening of non-food shops this week had proceeded smoothly even if there were now queues outside some stores. \"Improvements are coming, but we must be patient. We can…
rt.com/newsline/488561-belgium-reopen-schools-markets/

6.3 Million Will Develop Tuberculosis as a Result of COVID-19 Lockdown, 1.4 Million Will Die
Liz Ford | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-13

\"TB kills 1.5 million people a year, more than any other infectious disease\"

| The head of a global partnership to end tuberculosis (TB) said she is \"sickened\" by research that revealed millions more people are expected to contract the disease as a result of Covid-19 restrictions. | Up to 6.3 million more people are predicted to develop TB between now and 2025 and 1.4 million more people are expected to die as cases go undiagnosed and untreated during lockdown. This will set back global efforts to end TB by five to eight years. | \"The fact that we\'ve rolled back to 2013 figures and we have so…
anti-empire.com/6-3-million-will-develop-tuberculosis-as-a-result-of-covid-19-lockdown-1-4-million-will-die/

The Mind-blowing History at Fort Detrick
Ceng Jing | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
Since the Trump administration declared national emergency in mid-march over the rapid spread of COVID-19, the task of developing a vaccine has fallen on the U.S. Army\'s top virus research lab in Fort Detrick, located in suburban Maryland some 50 …
globalresearch.ca/mind-blowing-history-fort-detrick/5712760

Kawasaki-like disease afflicting young children and teens after infection with SARS-CoV-2
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
Around 100 children in New York may have been afflicted by complications of COVID-19 infection, now called Pediatric Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome, with possibly five dead.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/pmis-m13.html

Contact Tracing, Immunity Cards and Mass Testing: Are We on The Fast Track to a National ID?
John Whitehead | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-13
CHARLOTTESVILLE ( Rutherford) —- No one is safe. No one is immune. No one gets spared the anguish, fear and heartache of living under the shadow of an authoritarian police state. | That\'s the message being broadcast 24/7 with every new piece of government propaganda, every new law that criminalizes otherwise lawful activity, every new policeman on the beat, every new surveillance camera casting a watchful eye, every sensationalist news story that titillates and distracts, every new prison or detention center built to house troublemake…
mintpressnews.com/contact-tracing-immunity-cards-mass-testing-national-id/267488/

NASA quietly buys additional Soyuz seat as SpaceX prepares for historic manned space flight
rt.com | 2020-05-13
NASA has inked a deal with Russia\'s space agency Roscosmos to allow a US astronaut to travel into space aboard a Soyuz rocket in the fall, even as SpaceX gears up for its first manned launch later this month. | \"A contract was signed today on providing a seat for a US astronaut onboard a Soyuz MS manned spaceship to be launched to the ISS in the autumn of 2020,\" Roscosmos told Tass on Tuesday. | Though the agency refused to disclose the sum Washington paid for the seat, calling it \"a commercial secret,\" NASA spokespeople told reporters the deal was valued at $90.25 million, which includes the cost of the fligh…
rt.com/news/488494-nasa-roscosmos-deal-soyuz/

Break or retirement? Russia\'s \'Angelina Jolie\' of curling Anastasia Bryzgalova puts competitive career on hold
rt.com | 2020-05-13
Russian curling stunner Anastasia Bryzgalova who became a viral hit during the 2018 PyeongChang Games, drawing comparisons with Angelina Jolie, has put her competitive career on ice. | The 27-year-old curling star who is taking a break from competitions will focus on training mixed-double duets serving as a second team coach in the Russian national team. | READ MORE: Bryzgalova or Jolie? Hottest Russian curler takes up role of Tomb Raider (PHOTOS) | \"I wanted to take a break right after the Winter O…
rt.com/sport/488576-curling-anastasia-bryzgalova-career-break/

Chechen leader Kadyrov BANNED from Instagram AGAIN, loses account with 1.4 MILLION followers
rt.com | 2020-05-13
For many in the 21st century, losing social media access would be a devastating blow. However, for Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, it\'s just another day. For the third time in three years, Kadyrov has been banned from Instagram. | According to Instagram\'s owners, Facebook, the ban was in relation to US sanctions against the Chechen leader. | Since 2017, Kadyrov has been sanctioned by the United States under the terms of the Magnitsky Act. Signed by President Barack Obama in 2012, and later expanded in 2016, the Magnitsky Act enables the US government to sanction foreign government officials implicated in allege…
rt.com/russia/488533-kadyrov-banned-instagram-again/

Flynn \'unmasking\' documents show involvement of senior Obama administration officials, including Joe Biden
rt.com | 2020-05-13
A newly published list of US officials who were interested in National Security Agency (NSA) records on Trump adviser Michael Flynn includes President Barack Obama\'s chief of staff, as well as Vice President Joe Biden. | Biden is listed as requesting the unmasking on January 12, 2017, the same day the Washington Post published a story claiming that Flynn had misreported his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, based on leaked NSA information. | Flynn unmasking documents f… by
rt.com/usa/488579-flynn-unmasking-obama-administration/

Merkel cites \'hard evidence\' she was victim of \'Russian hackers\', says it doesn\'t help mend ties with Moscow
rt.com | 2020-05-13
Germany\'s chancellor has lamented what she claimed was irrefutable proof of a Russian \"hacking attack\" on her Bundestag office but said she is working day and night to fix relations with Moscow despite the \"painful\" incident. | Chancellor Angela Merkel accused Russia of carrying out an online intrusion into her Bundestag constituency office back in 2015, as she spoke to MPs on Wednesday. | \"I can honestly say that it hurts me,\" she said of the alleged hack attack, claiming…
rt.com/news/488541-merkel-russia-hacking-evidence/

Only Three Countries Control Over 80% of Global Diamond Reserves
Justinas Baltrusaitis | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
Only three countries are in control of more than three quarters of the world\'s diamond reserves globally. Data gathered and calculated by Learnbonds.com indicates that Russia, Congo, and Botswana combined account for at least 80.6% of the world diamond reserves….
globalresearch.ca/only-three-countries-control-over-80-global-diamond-reserves/5712816

Russian Arctic sea route shipping exceeds 10 million tons in Q1
rt.com | 2020-05-13
Freight transportation via Russia\'s Northern Sea Route (NSR) grew 4.5 percent year-on-year from January to April, exceeding 10 million tons, the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transportation, Rosmorrechflot, said. | The agency\'s representative, Nikolai Monko, earlier told TASS that the growth of freight transportation would be moderate in 2020. | According to Rosmorrechflot, 31.5 million tons were transported in 2019, up from 21.1 million tons in the previous year. Transit carriages rose by almost 41.9 percent last year to 697,200 tons. Cargo handling was mainly conducted at the ports of Sabetta (20.5 m…
rt.com/business/488519-northern-sea-route-freight/

Democrats and unions seek to suppress resistance by Amazon workers
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
Seeking to contain the outrage of workers over deadly working conditions, the Democratic Party and trade unions have embarked on a campaign among \"essential\" workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/amaz-m13.html

In Lockdown, India is No Country for Old Men
Sanket Jain | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-13
At this time, Shamshuddin Mulla would have been in the fields

Who Are You Kidding? The Democratic Party and the Joe Biden Fiasco
Gabriel Kuhn | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-13
The accusations against the projected Democratic Party presidential nominee, Joe Biden, trouble and confuse U.S. liberals. As a result, they say surprising and, at times, outrageous things. I suppose this is the consequence of deeming Joe Biden to the most likely candidate to oust Donald Trump from office, something so important that you\'re ready to sacrifice both reason and compassion.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/13/who-are-you-kidding-the-democratic-party-and-the-joe-biden-fiasco/

Low-Balling the Unemployed in the Era of the 2020 Great Recession
Jack Rasmus | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-13
This past Friday, May 8, the US Labor Dept. released its latest jobless figures. The official report was 20 million more unemployed and an unemployment rate of 14.7%. Both mainstream and progressive media reported the numbers: 20 million more jobless and 14.7%. But those numbers, as horrendous as they are, represent a gross under-estimation of…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/13/low-balling-the-unemployed-in-the-era-of-the-2020-great-recession/

On Asparagus and Bombers
Victor Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-13
In late spring an age-old tradition places asparagus

History of Ghana: The Tragedy of One-time Military Ruler Ignatius Acheampong: Visionary and Kleptocrat
Adeyinka Makinde | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
\"Beloved Ghana, born with a deep sense of pride, nurtured with unshakeable courage, has said goodbye forever to reaction, to timidity and hypocrisy in Government, and to the suppression of the interests and welfare of the people. Together we shall …
globalresearch.ca/ignatius-acheampong-visionary-kleptocrat/5712728

The Worst Is Yet to Come: Contact Tracing, Immunity Cards and Mass Testing
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
\" The things we were worried would happen are happening.\"–Angus Johnston, professor at the City University of New York | No one is safe. | No one is immune. | No one gets spared the anguish, fear and heartache of living under …
globalresearch.ca/worst-yet-come-contact-tracing-immunity-cards-mass-testing/5712744

Trump\'s Political Hoax Won\'t Revive US Economy, Retrieve Jobs
Azhar Azam | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was a hardliner Republican before Trump appointed him the head of American premier civilian intelligence service, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and later on to serve as the top US foreign diplomat. | Although …
globalresearch.ca/trump-political-hoax-wont-revive-us-economy-retrieve-jobs/5712768

Australia: Greasing the Revolving Door: Palantir Recruits Down Under
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
When he announced at the end of April that he would be retiring, thereby vacating the federal seat of Eden-Monaro, the Australian Labor Party\'s Mike Kelly (image below) welled up. He noted persistent \"health issues\" from his time in the …
globalresearch.ca/palantir-recruits-down-under/5712749

What\'s Changed Since the Virus Arrived?
Carly Larsson | thenation.com | 2020-05-13
What\'s Changed Since the Virus Arrived?
thenation.com/article/society/whats-changed-since-the-virus-arrived/

Biden campaign reacts to Flynn unmasking revelations by attacking journalist & denouncing Republicans
rt.com | 2020-05-13
After Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden was named as one of the Obama administration officials who asked for NSA information on General Michael Flynn, his campaign first targeted the messenger, then lashed out at the GOP. | The bombshell list of more than a dozen officials who asked the US spy agency for information about Flynn between the 2016 election of President Donald Trump and his inauguration included President Barack Obama\'s chief of staff, as well as Biden. It was a troubling disclosure for the candidate who has just denied any knowledge of the Flynn investigation, in a TV interview on Tuesday.
rt.com/usa/488588-biden-campaign-flynn-unmasking/

Florida College Student Arrested After Mass Shooting Threats
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
A 36-year-old student from the University of Florida was arrested after threatening to carry out a mass shooting at the Virginia State Polytechnic University campus. | RELATED: | US: Four Dead in a Shooting at Pensacola Naval Air Base | James Robert Kelly threatened to perform the attack if a journalist for the Independent Florida Alligator college newspaper made no changes to an article about him. | According to that publication, Kelly presented an ultimatum to society and threatened…
telesurenglish.net/news/Florida-College-Student-Arrested-After-Mass-Shooting-Threats-20200513-0014.html

The Global Guardians: I am the happiest seeing my patients smile
Lisa Chiu | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-13
See what it\'s like for a nurse working on the coronavirus frontlines in Turkey.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/13/the-global-guardians-i-am-the-happiest-seeing-my-patients-smile

Zimbabwean president: Our doctors can learn from China\'s experience
Lisa Chiu | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-13
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Tuesday that his country could learn from China\'s experience in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic to a visiting medical team from China who shared knowledge and experience battling the virus.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/13/zimbabwean-president-our-doctors-can-learn-from-chinas-experience

Restaurants reopening in West Virginia
Jim Spellman | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-13
Two months ago, most businesses in the state of West Virginia closed as COVID-19 spread in the U.S.. Rich Schaffer is the owner of the Rabbit Hole restaurant. Schaffer says he received 110-thousand dollars from the federal government, but that money is running out. West …
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/13/restaurants-reopening-in-west-virginia

Selected Articles: COVID-19: An Ocean of Fears and Lies
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
Return of the Brown Shirts? US Federal and State Governments to Hire Contact Tracers to \'Hunt Down New Covid-19 Cases | By Timothy Alexander Guzman, May 13, 2020 | The US federal and state governments are now hiring \"Contact Tracers\" t…
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-face-masks-pose-serious-risks-healthy/5712795

Coronavirus and Dodgy Death Numbers
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
Not only are the coronavirus models being used by WHO and the most national health agencies based on highly dubious methodologies, and not only are the tests being used of wildly different quality, that only indirectly confirm antibodies of a …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-death-numbers/5712605

Bernie Sanders\' interview with the Washington Post: The thin gruel of Democratic Party politics
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
Sanders glossed over the reality of the health and economic catastrophe facing millions of workers and made no mention of the corporate bailouts for which he has voted in the Senate.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/sand-m12.html

The Bernie Sanders Movement, Its Historical Antecedents, and Its Legacy
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
Online ZOOM Meeting. | LOG-IN INFORMATION AT OUR WEBSITE | ICSSMARX.ORG | OR EMAIL CUYLERUYLE [at] MAC.COM…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/08/18832926.php

Fake Coronavirus Data, Fear Campaign. Spread of the COVID-19 Infection
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
Do not let yourself be misled by the fear campaign, pointing to a Worldwide coronavirus calamity with repeated \"predictions\" that hundreds of thousands of people are going to die. | According to the WHO, the death rate pertaining to Seasonal Influenza globally is between 6 to 12 times higher than COVID-19.
globalresearch.ca/fake-coronavirus-data-fear-campaign-spread-of-the-covid-19-infection/5708643

On May Day, the \"Opposition\" Again Acted Foolishly and Irresponsibly
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-12
May Day in Hong Kong, and here it happened again! Several media outlets reported that \"hundreds of protesters did gather in small groups at a shopping mall in the town of Sha Tin, chanting slogans and holding protest flags\". A few other groups of rioters were spotted at various other locations in the city. They …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/on-may-day-the-opposition-again-acted-foolishly-and-irresponsibly/

Authoritarians Using Coronavirus Fear to Destroy America
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
A Fresno, California waffle restaurant dared to open its doors for business this weekend to the delight of a long line of customers, who waited up to two hours for the \"privilege\" of willingly spending their money in a business …
globalresearch.ca/authoritarians-using-coronavirus-fear-destroy-america/5712628

COVID-19: Global Pandemic & Climate Disruption With Mike Davis
Speak Out Now | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
Online Zoom meeting, see details here: speakoutsocialists.org/townhall-davis-5-16/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/10/18832968.php

US lowers threat perception on Iran
M. K. Bhadrakumar | iranian.com | 2020-05-12
The drawdown of US military presence in the Middle East, especially from Saudi Arabia, may not be an automatic open sesame

Video: Al-Qaeda Launches Large-scale Attack in Northwestern Hama Under Cover of Ceasefire Deal
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
The southern part of the Idlib zone has once again turned into a hot point with the Syrian Army and al-Qaeda militants openly clashing with each other. | On May 10, fierce clashes erupted between the Syrian Army and forces of …
globalresearch.ca/video-al-qaeda-launches-large-scale-attack-northwestern-hama/5712557

Germany Wants to Replace Poland\'s \"Patriotic Government\" with \"Europhile Puppets\"?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
The former Polish Minister of Defense accused Germany of conspiring with a few other foreign actors to replace the patriotic Polish government with Europhile puppets, arguing that the country\'s latest political controversy over the date of its presidential elections is …
globalresearch.ca/germany-wants-replace-patriotic-polish-government-europhile-puppets/5712637

\"Losing the Fabric of the City\": COVID-19 Took Chicago Black Lives First & Exposed Structural Racism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-12
We look at the coronavirus pandemic\'s disproportionate toll on African Americans through the story of Chicago\'s first 100 recorded deaths. A report by ProPublica found that 70 of the first 100 people to die were African American. Black people account for 30% of Chicago\'s population and 72% of COVID-19 deaths. We speak with ProPublica reporter Adriana Gallardo, who contributed to the report \"COVID-19 Took Black Lives First. It Didn\'t Have To.\" She says the story paints a picture of \"sophisticated structural racism\" in Chicago.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/12/chicago_70_black_people_dead_first

Los New Yorkers: Essential, Underprotected Undocumented Immigrants Struggle to Survive in Epicenter
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-12
As the coronavirus continues to devastate New York City communities, we hear the voices of undocumented New Yorkers about how they are surviving the pandemic. Their stories are told in a new ProPublica story headlined \"Los New Yorkers: Essential and Underprotected in the Pandemic\'s Epicenter.\" We speak with one of the story\'s reporters, Adriana Gallardo.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/12/los_new_yorkers_essential_undocumented_workers

Pivot To Peace Must Replace US Pivot To War With China
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-12
US and Chinese Fists and Weapons face-off (from the Financial Times) The Trump administration, in seeking to divert attention from its bungled response to the COVID-19 pandemic and mishandling of the economic collapse, is escalating the bipartisan anti-China policy, which has a long history. This increases the potential of military conflict and economic war between …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/pivot-to-peace-must-replace-us-pivot-to-war-with-china/

SND Live with Vanessa Beeley
Vanessa Beeley | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-12
Independent journalist and complete badass, Vanessa Beeley, joins us from Damascus to discuss her recent work shedding light on how the West\'s response to Covid is providing cover for further atrocities in Syria. We also discussed the continuing genocide in Yemen and the UN\'s role in facilitating it, what hybrid warfare is, and who is determining the roll out of the UK\'s \"new normal\".

SND Live with Vanessa Beeley

Syria spinmeisters fumble attempts to narrative manage OPCW leaks
Caitlin A. Johnstone | mronline.org | 2020-05-12
It\'s been over 72 hours since The Grayzone published new leaks further exposing how the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been lying about its investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria two years ago.
mronline.org/2020/05/12/syria-spinmeisters-fumble-attempts-to-narrative-manage-opcw-leaks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syria-spinmeisters-fumble-attempts-to-narrative-manage-opcw-leaks

Strained China-US Relations. Renewed Trade War Ahead? New Cold War?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
Sino/US relations are more dismal than at any time since Nixon\'s 1972 meeting with Mao during his weeklong visit to China. | Are bilateral differences irreconcilable? Is the breach between both countries too great to restore more cooperative relations? | Is a …
globalresearch.ca/sino-us-relations-renewed-trade-war-ahead-new-cold-war/5712600

Trump Regime Hardliners Want Social Security and Medicare Eliminated
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
Social Security and Medicare are insurance programs, not welfare

President Ghani orders Afghan troops to switch to \'offensive mode\' after new attacks
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani ordered the military to move to \"offensive mode\" on Tuesday, shifting away from a defensive stance it had taken as part of efforts to reduce violence as the US tries to broker peace talks. | \"In order to provide security for public places and to thwart attacks and threats from the Taliban and other terrorist groups, I am ordering Afghan security forces to switch from an active defense mode to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemies,\" Ghani said in a televised speech. | The comments followed a violent day in which gunmen killed 16 people at a maternity cl…
rt.com/newsline/488461-ghani-afghan-troops-offensive/

Leaders from sanctioned countries condemn U.S. sanctions amid COVID-19 pandemic
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-12
Minneapolis, MN – Over 1000 people attended an online panel hosted by the United National AntiWar Coalition, May 9. In a panel entitled, \"U.S. Sanctions During the COVID-19 Pandemic, a Global Threat\" leaders representing six countries facing harsh U.S. sanctions highlighted the leading role of the United States in undermining the healthcare infrastructure of sovereign states in order to foment regime change. | U.S. imposed economic sanctions currently impact 39 countries, representing one third of the global population. These sanctions result in chronic shortages of basic necessities and have inhibited the abilit…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/12/leaders-sanctioned-countries-condemn-us-sanctions-amid-covid-19-pandemic

President Maduro Extends State of Alarm in Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, signed this Tuesday the renewal of the decree of the state of constitutional alarm for 30 more days \"to continue protecting our people\" from Covid-19. | RELATED: | Venezuela to Repatriate Citizens Stranded in Peru and Ecuador | The president stressed that the quarantine could not be relaxed in the country to avoid a Covid-19 outbreak, as has happened in other countries. In Venezuela, food production will be maintained as a priority of…
telesurenglish.net/news/President-Maduro-Extends-State-of-Alarm-in-Venezuela-20200512-0018.html

Israel to Annex the United States
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
As the Beatles once put it, \"I read the news today, oh boy…\" One might argue that the \"oh boy\" has been part and parcel of one\'s morning media review ever since 9/11, but depending on one\'s own inclinations, the …
globalresearch.ca/israel-annex-united-states/5712625

Iraq Will be Hit Harder by Falling Oil Prices Than COVID-19 or ISIS
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-12
The shadowy figures of well-armed Isis gunmen can be seen making an attack in the plains of northern Iraq on an outpost held by paramilitary fighters loyal to the Iraqi government. Some four of the latter are killed by a roadside bomb. Isis specialises in publicising its successful military actions online to show that it remains a force to be feared, despite the destruction of the so-called caliphate and the killing last year of its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/12/122647/

Iraq Will be Hit Harder by Falling Oil Prices Than COVID-19 or ISIS
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-12
The shadowy figures of well-armed Isis gunmen can be seen making an attack in the plains of northern Iraq on an outpost held by paramilitary fighters loyal to the Iraqi government. Some four of the latter are killed by a roadside bomb. Isis specialises in publicising its successful military actions online to show that it remains a force to be feared, despite the destruction of the so-called caliphate and the killing last year of its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/12/iraq-will-be-hit-harder-by-falling-oil-prices-than-covid-19-or-isis/

Trump wins! Completing Obama\'s Pivot to Asia and the Confrontation with China
Ajamu Baraka | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-12
Even before becoming the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump had one consistent foreign enemy

The US military is hell-bent on trying to overpower China
Vijay Prashad | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-12
On April 1, Admiral Philip Davidson–the head of the US Indo-Pacific Command–told the US Congress that he would like $20 billion to create a robust military cordon that runs from California to Japan and down the Pacific Rim of Asia. His proposal–titled \"Regain the Advantage\"–pointed to the \"renewed threat we face from Great Power Competition. … Without a valid and convincing conventional deterrent, China and Russia will be emboldened to take ac…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/12/the-us-military-is-hell-bent-on-trying-to-overpower-china/

Justice Thomas Said Forcing Trump to Release His Taxes Weakens the President
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-12
The United States Supreme Court heard two different cases on a single matter: who may (or may not) have the legal right to access President Donald Trump\'s financial and tax records. | The two cases involve investigations at the Congressional level as well as within the state Trump once called his home, New York. | The District Attorney from Manhattan, Cyrus Vance Jr., is seeking to obtain…
truthout.org/articles/justice-thomas-said-forcing-trump-to-release-his-taxes-weakens-the-president/

[Research Paper] Mapping of variations in child stunting, wasting and underweight within the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2000–2017
ISDBICC | thelancet.com | 2020-05-12
CGF indicators have improved in India, but there are substantial variations between the districts in their magnitude and rate of decline, and the inequality between districts has increased in a large proportion of the states. The poor correlation between the national surveys for CGF estimates highlights the need to standardise collection of anthropometric data in India. The district-level trends in this report provide a useful reference for targeting the efforts under NNM to reduce CGF across India and meet the Indian and global targets.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30061-4/fulltext?rss=yes

Cuba Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Its Fight Against COVID-19
Orinoco Tribune | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
The French organization Cuba Linda has recommended awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Cuban medical brigades for their efforts to eradicate COVID-19. | \"The international community is witnessing the solidarity of health professionals who leave their country to provide services and | …
globalresearch.ca/cuba-nominated-nobel-peace-prize-fight-against-covid-19/5712594

Action Alert: Call Your Rep to Cut Pentagon Spending
Paul Kawika Martin | peaceaction.org | 2020-05-12
☎️🗣Call your Reps. to ✂ Pentagon spending Over the last few weeks, we\'ve alerted you that the Pentagon is trying to direct funds for COVID-19 relief into its own bloated coffers. In the last three years alone

Duque used Colombia\'s peace funds to pay for presidential approval poll
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-12
Colombia\'s President Ivan Duque used money meant for the implementation of peace policies to pay for a poll over public approval of his peace policy, local media reported on Monday….
colombiareports.com/duque-used-colombias-peace-funds-to-pay-for-presidential-approval-poll/

NATO Chief Urges Berlin to \'Protect Peace and Freedom\' by Stationing US Nukes
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-12
The appeal comes as leaders from the SPD, Germany\'s second-largest party and member of Chancellor Merkel\'s governing coalition, demand the withdrawal of US nuclear weapons from the country\'s airbases.
sputniknews.com/military/202005121079280137-nato-chief-urges-berlin-to-protect-peace-and-freedom-by-stationing-us-nukes/

Paramilitary Panda: WWF Land Grabs Rooted in Covert Apartheid History
Michael Molitch-Hou | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
According to a BuzzFeed News series, the WWF has been tied to paramilitary violence in third world countries. What they completely ignored was that the WWF was previously involved in the murder of 6,000 anti-apartheid activists in South Africa a part of an \"anti-poaching\" mission in the 1980s. All evidence seems to suggest that the WWF was used as cover for an MI6 operation on behalf of powerful business interests in South Africa.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/12/18832991.php

U.S. hand in recent assaults on Cuba, Venezuela
W. T. Whitney Jr. | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-12
Secretary of State Pompeo loudly condemns Iranian border guards who abused Afghans crossing into Iran. He castigates China\'s supposed failings with the COVID 19 pandemic. He and President Trump rail against dictatorship they see in Venezuela. They protest Cuba\'s \"slave doctors\"

U.S. hand in recent assaults on Cuba, Venezuela
W. T. Whitney Jr. | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-12
Secretary of State Pompeo loudly condemns Iranian border guards who abused Afghans crossing into Iran. He castigates China\'s supposed failings with the COVID-19 pandemic. He and President Trump rail against dictatorship they see in Venezuela. They protest Cuba\'s \"slave doctors\"

Lebanon to Enter 4-Day Lockdown After Jump in COVID-19 Cases
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
Lebanon will reimpose a four-day nationwide stay at home order, the government announced Tuesday, after a jump in coronavirus cases over the past week. | RELATED: | Lebanese Army Denies Torturing Detained Protesters Despite Reports | The lockdown will go into force Wednesday and end Monday authorities said, while the country\'s information minister Manal Abdel-Samad said that all businesses will be closed, with the exception of those in the medical, industrial, and agricultural sectors.
telesurenglish.net/news/Lebanon-to-Enter-4-Day-Lockdown-After-Jump-in-COVID-19-Cases-20200512-0021.html

Lebanon to Enter 4-Day Lockdown After Jump in COVID-19 Cases
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
Lebanon will reimpose a four-day nationwide stay at home order, the government announced Tuesday, after a jump in coronavirus cases over the past week. | RELATED: | Lebanese Army Denies Torturing Detained Protesters Despite Reports | The lockdown will go into force Wednesday and end Monday authorities said, while the country\'s information minister Manal Abdel-Samad said that all businesses will be closed, with the exception of those in the medical, industrial, and agricultural sectors.
telesurenglish.net/news/Lebanon-to-Enter-4-Day-Lockdown-After-Jump-in-COVID-19-Cases-20200512-0021.html

Kent State 50th with Mickey Huff
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-05-12
50 years have passed since Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War. Four students were killed and nine wounded. On this week\'s…
projectcensored.org/kent-state-50th-with-mickey-huff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kent-state-50th-with-mickey-huff

Germany: Far-Right Encourages Radical Anti-Confinement Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
Germany\'s Julius Gumbel Research Center (EJGF) Director Gideon Botsch Tuesday warned that far-right groups are benefiting from the potential radicalization of protests against confinement and physical distancing measures. | RELATED: | Germany to Fine up to $54 Million to Online Hate Speech | \"While the mobilization effect goes far beyond the far-right\'s world, the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) is a major promoter of radical protests,\" Botsch said. | \"The warming dynamic has been…
telesurenglish.net/news/Germany-Far-Right-Encourages-Radical-Anti-Confinement-Protests-20200512-0004.html

Why Unemployment under Trump is way worse than Numbers Suggest
John Buell | zcomm.org | 2020-05-12
\"If the protesters really wanted to protect workers, wouldn\'t they be demanding laws that replaced lost wages? Other developed countries have passed exactly those sorts of measures, putting their economies into a holding pattern as the pandemic passes.\"
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-unemployment-under-trump-is-way-worse-than-numbers-suggest/

Bolivia Police Repress Protesters That Can\'t Afford Lockdown
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
Hundreds of people were violently repressed by security forces Monday in the Bolivian K\'ara K\'ara community located in Cochabamba city, as they took to the streets to demand that the de facto government eases the COVID-19 lockdown as they cannot afford it anymore. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Citizens Protest Against De Facto Government | Videos circulating on social media showed demonstrators fiercely attacked by the police and army who did not hesitate to use tear gas and rubber bullets, inj…
telesurenglish.net/news/Hunger-Protests-in-Bolivia-Fiercely-Repressed-by-Security-Forces-20200511-0016.html

Unions in UK protest bid by P&O Ferries to lay off 1,100 workers
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-12
P&O Ferries, owned by Dubai-based DP World, has announced plans to cut 1,100 jobs in the UK citing the crisis in the ferry industry due to the COVID-19 lockdown…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/12/unions-in-uk-protest-bid-by-po-ferries-to-lay-off-1100-workers/

Bolivia: Inmates Riot Due to COVID Outbreak in Prison
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
Bolivian police forces repressed May 11 an inmate riot in Palmasola prison, in Santa Cruz city. Convicts protested due to a Covid-19 outbreak among the prison population. | RELATED: | Bolivia De-Facto Govt Repress Protesters That Can\'t Afford More Lockdown | The authorities at the Palmasola penitentiary said two inmates who died last week after presenting respiratory distress. Local news media reported first deceased autopsy revealed he was COVID positive and was buried acco…
telesurenglish.net/news/bolivia-inmates-riot-due-to-covid-prison-outbreak-20200512-0002.html

San Quentin Gets Car Caravan Protest
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
Protesters demand end to \"Covid-19 death camps.\"
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/09/18832943.php

Rejection to Genetically Modified Seeds Grows in Bolivia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
The Coordinator of the Six Federations of the Tropic of Cochabamba in Bolivia rejected Tuesday Supreme Decree 4,232 that allows the use of genetically modified (GM) seeds in the South American country. | RELATED: | Bolivia De-Facto Govt Repress Protesters That Can\'t Afford More Lockdown | The joint statement from agricultural organizations in the Cochabamba region states that the de-facto President Jeanine Añez went beyond her powers as an interim official violating the count…
telesurenglish.net/news/Rejection-of-Genetically-Modified-Seeds-Grows-in-Bolivia-20200512-0014.html

Iran coronavirus updates: 1,401 new coronavirus cases, 48 deaths
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Sanctions = Health terrorism
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-12
A timely international webinar, sponsored by SanctionsKill.org on May 9, featured representatives from Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, Syria and Venezuela, plus a statement from Zimbabwe addressing the deadly impact of U.S. sanctions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 1,000 people from nearly every continent, including multiple U.S. cities, viewed the event. The . . . | Continue reading Sanctions = Health terrorism at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48562/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sanctions-health-terrorism

Envoy urges EU for \'practical support\' to JCPOA, multilateralism
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Eid al-Fitr prayers to be held in Tehran if permitted: governor
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

FM spox rejects US claims over Tehran\'s delay in prisoner swap
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Funeral processions of 19 martyrs of Iranian Navy
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
KONARAK, May 12 (MNA)

World Council of Churches calls for lifting US sanctions against Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

VIDEO: Inverted tulips in Zanjan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
ZANJAN, May 12 (MNA)

Headlines of Iranian dailies on May 12
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

MPs chant \'Down with Israel\' after initial endorsement of anti-Zionism motion
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Iran unveils nano-test kit for coronavirus
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Lebanon buys copyright of Iranian book \'Boxer\'
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Iranian researchers attain knowledge of producing corona drugs
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Iran Parl. to address motion against Israeli regime\'s hostile measures
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

UNICEF delivers flood relief cargo to Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Iranian futsal winger Tayyebi on Benfica\'s radar
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Iranian police seize over 22 tons of narcotics in a week
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Iran urges US to correct its behavior instead of making excuses
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Iran sends 1st medical aid to Tajikistan to fight coronavirus
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Police bust 4.2 tons of opium in Iranshahr
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
ZAHEDAN, May 12 (MNA)

Need to be prepared for post-corona period by taking constructive plan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA)

Coronavirus restrained in many parts of Iran: health min
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) –Iranian Minister of Health and Medical Education Saeed Namaki said on Tuesday that coronavirus has been restrained in many parts of Iran.
en.mehrnews.com/news/158624/Coronavirus-restrained-in-many-parts-of-Iran-health-min

Front pages of Iran international dailies on May 12
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Israeli regime acting against Iran\'s interests amid Covid-19 pandemic: MP
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA)

UNICEF ships fifth cargo of protective supplies to Iran amid COVID-19 outbreak
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Saudi Arabia Takes Austere Economic Measures Amid COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
Saudi Arabia will triple its value-added tax rate and suspend the cost-of-living allowance for state employees, the country\'s Finance Ministry said Monday, seeking to shore up finances affected by low oil prices. | RELATED: | COVID-19 Mideast Updates: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel | The cost-of-living allowance will be suspended as of June 1, and the value-added tax will be increased to 15 percent as of July 1, according to Finance Minister Mohammed al-Khanadaan. | \"These measu…
telesurenglish.net/news/saudi-arabia-takes-austere-economic-measures-amid-covid19-20200512-0007.html

19 Iranian sailors killed in live-fire exercise
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
The Iranian military\'s accidental missile strike on one of its own ships came amid mounting tensions over US Navy deployments in the Persian Gulf.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/iran-m12.html

Iran, Pakistan discuss border security on phone
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

EU must take decisive action to maintain JCPOA balance: envoy
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Arms embargo on Iran to expire on Oct.: Ulyanov
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Trump administration\'s incompetence putting intolerable burden on nurses
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

Serbian president calls for expanding economic relations with Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Turkey says 5 states forming \'alliance of evil\' as they denounce Ankara\'s policies in E. Mediterranean, Libya
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Turkey accused Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, France and the United Arab Emirates of seeking to form an \"alliance of evil\" on Tuesday, after they issued a joint declaration denouncing Ankara\'s policies in the eastern Mediterranean and Libya. Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said the five countries were pursuing \"regional chaos and instability.\" | The foreign ministers of the five countries held a teleconference on Monday to discuss the situation in the eastern Mediterranean

College forced to apologize after trying to CENSOR professor over \'offensive\' questions about \'Islamic terrorism\'
rt.com | 2020-05-12
A public college in Arizona has been forced to backtrack on plans to censor a professor\'s quiz content on \'Islamic terrorism\' which had \"offended\" students, after a legal warning was sent by an academic freedom organization. | The uproar began when Professor Nicholas Damask, who chairs the political science department at Scottsdale Community College (SCC) and teaches a module called \'Islamic Terrorism\', included questions on a quiz about how terrorism is justified by some in the Islamic faith

Jacksonville demands justice for Ahmaud Arbery, justice for all victims of racist terror
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-12
Jacksonville, FL

After 18 Memorial Days of the \"War on Terror,\" Will We Ever Learn?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-12
\"Every day is a copy of a copy of a copy.\" That meme, from the moment when Edward Norton\'s character in Fight Club offers a 1,000-yard stare at an office copy machine, captures this moment perfectly

What If Armed Terrorists Threatened the Prime Minister of Canada?
Maria Paez Victor | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-12
Fortunately, Canada is not a country that has suffered continuous threats of coup d\'etats as Venezuela has these last 21 years. The Motive Be that as it may, as a matter of clarification and discernment, let us imagine the following: suppose a powerful foreign power

At Least 14 People Killed in Afghanistan Hospital Attack
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
The Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, suffered a terrorist attack that killed at least 14 people and injured 15 others. | RELATED: | COVID-19 May Exacerbate Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan | The attack was carried out by armed men wearing military camouflage fatigues who entered the hospital after an initial detonation by a suicide bomber. | According to the authorities, some of the attackers were cornered inside the hospital and allegedly started th…
telesurenglish.net/news/at-least-14-people-die-in-afghanistan-hospital-attack-20200512-0005.html

Hundreds of Children Brain Damaged by the Swine Flu Vaccine to Receive $90 Million in Financial Compensation from UK Government
Mike Adams | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
First published in April 2015. The H1N1 vaccine fiasco ordered by the (corrupt) WHO Director General is of relevance to the current debate on a COVID-19 vaccine. | **** | The 2009 swine flu vaccine caused severe brain damage in over 800 …
globalresearch.ca/hundreds-of-children-brain-damaged-by-the-swine-flu-vaccine-to-receive-90-million-in-financial-compensation-from-uk-government/5444329

Pharmacologic Treatments for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Sanders JM, Monogue ML, Jodlowski TZ, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-12
This narrative review summarizes what is currently known about how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells and causes disease as a basis for considering whether chloroquine, remdisivir and other antivirals, or other existing drugs might be effective treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764727

America\'s Percentage of World\'s Coronavirus Cases Is Now Declining, but America\'s libertarian policies on coronavirus remain catastrophic
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-12
Eric ZUESSE | At the start of the day on May 2nd, the U.S. had 4.2% of the world\'s population and 33.3%, or one-third, of all coronavirus-19 cases. | At the start of the day on May 10th, the U.S. had 32.9% of cases. The decline from 33.3% to 32.9% is .4% down, or a decline of slightly over 1% of the 33.9%, in 8 days. It\'s virtually certain never to go down to the 4.2% of global coronavir…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/12/americas-percentage-of-worlds-coronavirus-cases-is-now-declining/

Spanish govt orders 2-week quarantine for incoming travelers on May 15-24
rt.com | 2020-05-12
The government in Madrid has ordered a two-week quarantine for all travelers coming into Spain from May 15 in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. | Incoming travelers will have to remain indoors and will only be allowed to go outside for grocery shopping, health center visits and in \"situations of need,\" according to an official order published on Tuesday. | The quarantine has been enforced for all travelers entering the country between May 15 and at least May 24, when the state of emergency is due to end. | The quarantine order can be extended jointly with possible state of emergency extensions…
rt.com/newsline/488421-spain-quarantine-incoming-travelers/

Nicaragua Requests OAS Lift Sanctions Due to COVID Crisis
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
Nicaragua\'s representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) demanded on May 11 that sanctions cease against Cuba, Venezuela, and his nation. | RELATED: | Nicaragua: VP Rosario Murillo Grateful for UNICEF Donation | Nicaraguan diplomat Luis Alvarado participated in the first session of the Weekly Forum on the Challenges Facing Inter-American Law in the Time of the Coronavirus. He referred to COVID-19\'s social and economic worldwide impact. Alvarado stated solidarity and cooperation are paramount to cope with sequels…
telesurenglish.net/news/nicaragua-requested-oas-to-lift-sanctions-due-to-covid-crisis-20200512-0006.html

Learning All the Wrong Lessons From the 2008 Financial Crisis – NYT should not fixate on debt as governments respond to the coronavirus pandemic
Nina Eichacker | fair.org | 2020-05-12
I recently wrote a piece for FAIR ( 4/25/20) about how I felt more optimistic about media reporting on the economic aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite what I saw as a failure to clearly call out capitalist market reliance. The New York Times was calling for people to remember FDR\'s Four Freedoms, and even the Financial Times was encouraging readers to think about Beveridge\'s Full Employment in a Free Society. N…
fair.org/home/learning-all-the-wrong-lessons-from-the-2008-financial-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=learning-all-the-wrong-lessons-from-the-2008-financial-crisis

\'I don\'t think you are the end-all\': Rand Paul calls out Fauci over Covid-19 policy based \'one wrong prediction after another\'
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Republican Senator Rand Paul has challenged National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr Anthony Fauci on the nation\'s Covid-19 policy, suggesting the US is waiting too long to reopen. | Paul, who also has a medical degree, called for \"a little bit of humility in our belief that we know what\'s best for our economy,\" questioning Fauci\'s support for a prolonged economic shutdown during a Senate hearing on the government\'s coronavirus response on Tuesday. | Sen. Paul argues school decisions should be made district by district, tells Dr. Fauci: \"I don\'t think you\'re the end all.\" | Fauci: \"I\'…
rt.com/usa/488470-fauci-paul-coronavirus-senate-clash/

COVID-19 Pandemic: Time for Bold programs from the Left to Help the People
Farooque Chowdhury | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-12
Fred Magdoff, Professor Emeritus of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont and author of many articles and books on ecology, agriculture and economy, frequent Monthly Review contributor and closely associated with struggles of the working people, discusses the coronavirus pandemic in light of capitalism and agriculture in the following interview conducted on …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/covid-19-pandemic-time-for-bold-programs-from-the-left-to-help-the-people/

Canada teams up with Chinese scientists to co-produce potential Covid-19 vaccine and test it on humans
rt.com | 2020-05-12
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has struck a deal with a Chinese biotechnology company developing one of the \"most advanced\" vaccine candidates against the novel coronavirus to produce and test in Canada. | A vaccine named Ad5-nCoV, which may prove effective against Covid-19, has been developed by China\'s CanSino Biologics company together with the Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, part of the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences. It was already approved for the first phase of clinical trials in China in mid-March and is now expected to be tested in Canada too. | Also on rt.com | |
rt.com/news/488471-canada-china-covid-vaccine-candidate/

The COVID-19 Pandemic in the US: A Clinical Update
Omer SB, Malani P, del Rio C. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-12
This Viewpoint provides a summary update of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the US, discussing case-fatality rates, interpretation of polymerase chain reaction test results, duration of immunity, reinfection, and…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764366

While coronavirus spreads, lockdowns lifted across Europe
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
The mass return to work underway across Europe is in line with the criminal policy being pursued by the Trump administration in the United States.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/euro-m12.html

Biden Ridin\' the Pandemic to the White House, Trump to Take Hit for Neoliberalism\'s Failures
Roger Harris | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-12
The world is amidst the COVID-19 crisis and in our corner of the planet a presidential campaign is reduced to a single issue: Trump/not Trump. Pick your poison. At a time that calls for national leadership or least debate on the issues, Congress unanimously passed the two-trillion-dollar Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/12/biden-ridin-the-pandemic-to-the-white-house-trump-to-take-hit-for-neoliberalisms-failures/

U.S. Dishonors Navajo with Death Penalty
Stephen Cooper | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-12
Amidst the coronavirus devastation, it\'s important not to overlook the fact that, at the end of April, two federal appellate judges called out the U.S. government for continuing to dishonor the Navajo Nation

Singapore plans coronavirus tests for all migrant workers as some businesses reopen
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Singapore plans to test all 323,000 migrant workers living in cramped dormitories that have become a hotbed for coronavirus in the city-state, the government said on Tuesday. The island\'s tally of 24,671 infections is one of Asia\'s highest, with the vast majority among migrant workers squeezed into often unsanitary dormitories. | \"The taskforce has drawn up a plan to allow migrant workers residing in the dormitories… to be progressively cleared so they can be safely returned to work when the time comes,\" Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said. | Infections in the dormitories had \"stabilized,\" Gan added, with the…
rt.com/newsline/488436-singapore-tests-migrant-workers/

Coronavirus may put an end to EU: George Soros
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Medical Students and Public Health Service for the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bauchner H, Sharfstein J. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-12
Over the next few months it is likely that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that has surged in New York City, Seattle, New Orleans, and Detroit will move from city to city and state to state. After the initial peak, absent highly effective medical interventions, the US will likely experience outbreaks of lingering disease for months and potentially years to come. As the US enters the next phase of COVID-19, critical questions will involve the nation\'s capacity to respond to outbreaks, protect high-risk populations, and limit community spread.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764427

Everything that\'s wrong with centrist politics today, in one anti-Corbyn rant
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-05-12
On 11 May, Jeremy Corbyn challenged Boris Johnson\'s controversial coronavirus (Covid-19) speech the day before. In particular, he focused on how the government\'s easing of restrictions would disproportionately affect working-class people the most, stressing that it would \"make the ine…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/05/12/everything-thats-wrong-with-centrist-politics-today-in-one-anti-corbyn-rant/

Russia becomes world\'s second hardest-hit country with 230,000+ confirmed Covid-19 cases, surpassing Spain & UK
rt.com | 2020-05-12
With 10,899 more coronavirus infections reported across the country on Tuesday morning, Russia now trails only the United States in terms of people known to have contracted Covid-19. | Nationwide, 232,243 confirmed cases have been discovered since the start of the outbreak, national disease response officials said. This figure is higher than those recorded by Spanish (227,436), British (224,332) and Italian (219,814) authorities. | However, it\'s worth noting that Russia has over twice the population of those countries and has carried out far more tests. | At the same time, Russia has had considerably fewer dea…
rt.com/russia/488419-russia-second-world-cases-coronavirus/

King Lear Under COVID-19 Lockdown
Sinha A. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-12
This Arts and Medicine feature draws lessons from William Shakespeare\'s King Lear about our collective disorientation and obligations to each other in the midst of the first-wave coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764654

Cheyenne River Lakota won\'t back down at checkpoints after South Dakota Gov\'s threats
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
Cheyenne River Lakota Chairman Harold Frazier said the South Dakota Governor never contacted him, but made fiery statements in the media. Regardless of the threats, Lakota here maintain their checkpoints and are focused on saving lives and halting the spread of coronavirus.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/10/18832967.php

A Cornish charity helping Grenfell survivors is responding brilliantly to the coronavirus crisis
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-05-12
A Cornish charity set up to help the survivors and firefighters from the Grenfell fire tragedy is now helping care workers during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. | Cornwall Hugs was set up to provide free holidays in Cornwall, matching people in need with holiday homes. Since the project began: Over 480 Grenfell Tower survivors, bereaved, close neighbours or firefighters have now come on holiday to Cornwall through the project. Over a third of all tower survivors have come. 250+ accommodation providers…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/05/12/a-cornish-charity-helping-grenfell-survivors-is-responding-brilliantly-to-the-coronavirus-crisis/

VIDEO: 1,100 foodstuff packages distributed in Quchan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Shock at low US confidence in Trump\'s coronavirus narrative ignores decades of governments abusing Americans\' trust
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Just over a third of Americans trust President Donald Trump\'s information about the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new poll. But given decades of crises mishandled by the government, the only surprise is that it isn\'t lower. | A CNN poll showing that just 36 percent of Americans trust Trump for reliable information about the coronavirus was held up triumphantly by the president\'s critics on Tuesday as proof his credibility is circling the drain. But it\'s more likely to be the fallout not just from Trump, but from the two preceding presidential administrations\' misrepresentation of crises, that has created e…
rt.com/usa/488459-americans-distrust-government-trump-coronavirus/

Biden attacks Trump for \"hampering\" the reopening of business
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
In an op-ed column by Joe Biden posted on the Washington Post\'s website on Monday, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate criticizes Donald Trump\'s handling of the coronavirus pandemic entirely from the standpoint of disaffected sections of business.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/bide-m12.html

Fire erupts at Saint Petersburg Covid-19 hospital after ventilator malfunctions, 5 dead
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Five patients have perished in a major fire at a Saint Petersburg hospital on Tuesday morning with 150 people evacuated to safety. The facility has been designated to treat patients with coronavirus. | Emergency services were alerted to the blaze at the Saint George Hospital in Russia\'s second city at around 6: 30am local time. Plumes of smokes were observed coming from the building\'s sixth floor. | Officials told local media that there were five fatalities. Citing sources, local reporters said the victims were receiving artificial lung ventilation. | The institution was repurposed to care for coronavirus su…
rt.com/russia/488411-st-petersburg-coronavirus-hospital-fire/

2nd virus wave in Denmark is \'unlikely\' says expert, as govt plans increased testing
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Denmark is \"very unlikely\" to be hit by a second wave of coronavirus, the country\'s chief epidemiologist said on Tuesday. Kare Molbak made the statement after the government laid out plans for increased testing and a contact tracing system. | The Nordic country, which has suffered 533 coronavirus-related deaths, was the first in Europe to relax its coronavirus lockdown almost a month ago. The infection rate and the number of deaths have continued to drop. Denmark began the second phase of relaxing its lockdown this week, which will include reopening restaurants and shopping malls. | \"No country has seen an act…
rt.com/newsline/488426-denmark-wave-unlikely-testing/

\'Europe needs a break\': EU may open borders closed by Covid-19 lockdowns for tourism as industry faces \'grave danger\'
rt.com | 2020-05-12
The European Union is considering opening borders for tourists as part of a plan to roll back coronavirus-related lockdown measures. But leisure travel will be allowed only between states with similar Covid-19 situations. | On Wednesday, the EU is expected to present a three-phase plan

Mosser Company is among the landlords facing a rent strike in Oakland
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/09/18832930.php

Why you need to keep your child\'s vaccine schedule during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
Millions of children may be at risk of missing or delaying their routine childhood vaccines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic family medicine specialist, says she understands being thoughtful about taking your children outside the home for doctor\'s visits during this time. \"The current situation with the novel coronavirus shows us how scary …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/why-you-need-to-keep-your-childs-vaccine-schedule-during-covid-19/

Oil giant Saudi Aramco profits crash amid coronavirus-driven energy market rout
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Falling crude prices amid an unprecedented global demand slump have taken a big bite out of Saudi Aramco\'s net income in the first three months of this year, according to the financial results released by the oil giant. | In a release published Tuesday, Saudi Aramco reported that its net income plunged to 62.5 billion riyals ($16.6 billion) in the first quarter of 2020 from 83.3 billion riyals ($22 billion) a year earlier. The results are below analysts\' estimates, who expected the company to report a $17.8 billion profit. | Aramco said the drop was mainly caused by lower crude oil prices, \"as well as declinin…
rt.com/business/488417-saudi-aramco-profit-falls/

Pine Ridge locks down for 72 hours after two Lakotas test positive for coronavirus
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
The Oglala Sioux Nation locked down on Monday night for 72-hours after two Lakotas in Wounded Knee District tested positive for the coronavirus. In the bordertown of Rapid City, a WalMart employee tested positive for coronavirus.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/12/18832995.php

Even White House documents show Trump is lying
Combined Sources | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-12
As President Trump publicly claims that the numbers of COVID-19 infections are \"going down almost everywhere,\" documents from his own White House suggest that infection rates are dramatically increasing in areas that form the base of his political support. A Coronavirus Task Force report from May 7 obtained by NBC suggests that cases are mounting …
peoplesworld.org/article/even-white-house-documents-show-trump-is-lying/

Covid-19 Has Made Our Broken School System Worse
Belle Chesler | thenation.com | 2020-05-12
Covid-19 Has Made Our Broken School System Worse…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-public-school-doe/

Crime doesn\'t pay but prison does, even amidst a pandemic
Robin McDowell, Margie Mason | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-12
MINNEAPOLIS (AP)

\'I don\'t think you are the end-all\': Rand Paul calls out Fauci over Covid-19 policy based \'one wrong prediction after another\'
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Republican Senator Rand Paul has challenged National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr Anthony Fauci on the nation\'s Covid-19 policy, suggesting the US is waiting too long to reopen. | Paul, who also has a medical degree, called for \"a little bit of humility in our belief that we know what\'s best for our economy,\" questioning Fauci\'s support for a prolonged economic shutdown during a Senate hearing on the government\'s coronavirus response on Tuesday. | Sen. Paul argues school decisions should be made district by district, tells Dr. Fauci: \"I don\'t think you\'re the end all.\" | Fauci: \"I\'…
rt.com/usa/488470-fauci-paul-coronavirus-senate-clash/

No HEROES here: Democrats seek tax breaks for rich donors & lobbyists in $3 TRILLION Covid-19 wishlist bill
rt.com | 2020-05-12
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\'s proposed $3 trillion coronavirus aid bill contains massive tax breaks for wealthy Democrat donors and lobbyists but precious little for working Americans, and has an odd preoccupation with cannabis. | Dubbed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, the bill is gargantuan in scope and size

Restaurants could go bust & leave millions without jobs if government fails to help, award-winning chef tells Boom Bust
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Restaurants are one of the hardest-hit sectors by the coronavirus pandemic and even after the outbreak is over the industry will still struggle to survive, according to restaurateur Andrew Zimmern. | Despite some operators

During COVID-19 pandemic the California Guitar Trio releases a new music video
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/08/18832928.php

Kremlin spokesman tests positive for coronavirus
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Trump lawyer brands CNN\'s Stelter \'propagandist\' as pair clash over fiery Covid-19 press conference
rt.com | 2020-05-12
US President Donald Trump abruptly ending a Covid-19 press conference after tense exchanges with journalists provided fuel for supporters and critics alike, with his lawyer firing strong verbal barbs at a critical CNN host. | One of Trump\'s most vocal supporters following his contentious Monday press conference has been Jenna Ellis, the president\'s senior legal adviser. Liberal critics have meanwhile gone after Trump for his treatment of the press, with some even screaming racism over an exchange with CBS News\' Weijia Jiang. | After Jiang asked what is the importance of saying the US is first in Covid-19 testi…
rt.com/usa/488455-trump-asian-american-stelter-coronavirus/

Worldwide COVID-19 infections climbs to 4.2mn
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) –According to the latest reports on Tuesday, the number of people around the world confirmed to have the coronavirus has risen to 4,256,579, and 287,354 have lost their lives, while 1,527,789 people have recovered.
en.mehrnews.com/news/158618/Worldwide-COVID-19-infections-climbs-to-4-2mn

US reports record $738 BILLION budget deficit in April due to Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-05-12
The US Treasury Department has announced a budget deficit of $737.9 billion in April thanks to spending measures put in place to battle the economic effects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. | Emergency relief spending by the US government has reached around $3 trillion, with $2.3 trillion approved in late March by Congress for a relief package for US citizens. | The latest deficit figure is another bad sign for the US economy as April is typically a month which sees a surplus, thanks to US citizens filing their taxes on April 15. However, that filing deadline was extended into the summer because of the pan…
rt.com/usa/488478-us-record-deficit-reported-coronavirus/

View Intl. Quds Day\'s rally online via Instagram program, other social platforms in English from S. Africa
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

The Media Is \'Both-Sides\'-ing the Coronavirus Disaster
Tom Tomorrow | thenation.com | 2020-05-12
The Media Is \'Both-Sides\'-ing the Coronavirus Disaster…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-trump-media/

Rising number of COVID-19 deaths in Germany\'s retirement and care homes
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
As the German government is effectively ending its coronavirus lockdown, reports about people dying of COVID-19 in retirement and care homes are increasing.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/germ-m12.html

COVID-19 Took Chicago Black Lives First and Exposed Structural Racism
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-12
We look at the coronavirus pandemic\'s disproportionate toll on African Americans through the story of Chicago\'s first 100 recorded deaths. A report by ProPublica found that 70 of the first 100 people to die were African American. Black people account for 30% of Chicago\'s population and 72% of COVID-19 deaths. We speak with ProPublica reporter Adriana Gallardo, who contributed to the report \"COVID-19 Took Black Lives First. It Didn\'t Have To.\" She says the story paints a picture of \"sophisticated struct…
truthout.org/video/covid-19-took-chicago-black-lives-first-and-exposed-structural-racism/

Oglala Lakota enforce coronavirus border checkpoints after South Dakota Governor\'s threats
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
On Pine Ridge, Oglala Lakota Police and Lakota warriors are manning protective roadblocks at the tribal border entrances today on Mother\'s Day, as South Dakota State threatens Native Nations over their coronavirus roadblocks.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/10/18832965.php

Police officer rants about \'tyrannical\' & \'unconstitutional\' Covid-19 measures… gets in trouble for \'insubordination\' (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-05-12
A US police officer has urged fellow cops to stop enforcing coronavirus lockdown measures, slamming them as \"unconstitutional.\" While his call to action landed him in trouble, other officers have started to speak out as well. | Port of Seattle Officer Greg Anderson was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation after he appeared in a viral video last weekend arguing the lockdown measures are violating the US Constitution and \"trampling on people\'s liberties,\" questioning the restrictions and whether enforcing them is \"the right thing\" to do. | I want to remind you that regardless of where you stan…
rt.com/usa/488383-police-speak-out-lockdowns/

Empowering local services is key to fighting virus, says public health expert
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-12
A leading public health expert has urged the government to drop its top-down \"command-and-control\" response to coronavirus (Covid-19) to give the UK the best chance to fight future spikes in infections. | Andrew Lee said empowering local services is the key to tackling the further outbreaks he expects as the country learns to live with Covid-19, but said these surges will be geographically specific. | Dr Lee, who is reader in global public health at Sheffield University, said the key to controlling these outbreaks is speed of response and the current centralised system is too slow to react. | He said: \"We just ha…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/12/empowering-local-services-is-key-to-fighting-virus-says-public-health-expert/

HUD allocates relief funds to protect public housing & Section 8 tenants
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/10/18832971.php

New study says herd immunity is a myth and countries relying on it, including Sweden, chose the wrong strategy
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Herd immunity may be an unrealistic tactic for dealing with Covid-19, new research has warned, calling into question the strategy of several countries

Wrecking Entire Economies: Lockdowns May Be Causing More Harm Than Good Worldwide, and Especially in India
Ramesh Thakur | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-12

Homeless people line up for free food distributed by Assam Police during lockdown to curb the spread of new coronavirus, in Gauhati, India, Monday, April 27, 2020. India last week eased the lockdown by allowing shops to reopen and manufacturing and farming activities to resume in rural areas to help millions of poor, daily-wage earners. But the economic costs of the nationwide lockdown continue to mount in a country of 1.3 billion people. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

| Locking up healthy people in their homes and putting wholesale populations under house arrest is perverse. Coronavirus panic merchan…
anti-empire.com/wrecking-entire-economies-lockdowns-may-be-causing-more-harm-than-good-worldwide-and-especially-in-india/

\'Humans are not herds\': WHO thrashes \'brutal arithmetic\' of herd immunity to beat Covid-19 pandemic
rt.com | 2020-05-12
In the absence of a vaccine, the increasingly discussed idea of beating the novel coronavirus pandemic through achieving so-called herd immunity could be a disastrous miscalculation, a senior WHO official has warned. | \"This is a really dangerous, dangerous calculation,\" Michael Ryan, head of the World Health Organization\'s health emergencies program, said at a briefing on Monday. | This idea that maybe countries that had lax measures and haven\'t done anything will all of a sudden magically reach some herd i…
rt.com/news/488403-who-herd-immunity-covid-19/

Norway dipping into its massive piggy bank to battle Covid-19 crisis
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Norway is set to withdraw $41 billion from its sovereign wealth fund to cushion the blow to the economy from the coronavirus crisis that has resulted in falling oil prices and the highest unemployment in the country in 75 years. | Known officially as the Government Pension Fund, it is the world\'s biggest wealth fund, worth over $1 trillion. The government announced on Tuesday that it will have to sharply increase spending from the fund, to avoid \"sharper downturn and to help healthy companies through the crisis.\" | According to the Finance Ministry\'s mid-year fiscal review, the revised budget calls for the use…
rt.com/business/488429-norway-wealth-fund-cash-withdrawal/

Why America Cannot Afford to Let the U.S. Postal Service Go Bankrupt
Tom Conway | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-12
Bill Boone was a fresh-faced 23-year-old in 1952 when he cast his first ballot for U.S. president, while proudly serving aboard an aircraft carrier off the coast of Korea. The U.S. Postal Service carried that vote untold miles to the election board in Boone\'s hometown of Benton, Arkansas, and he\'s considered \"the mail\" an essential…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/12/why-america-cannot-afford-to-let-the-u-s-postal-service-go-bankrupt/

Bitcoin ready for \'big bull run & best is yet to come,\' director of business development tells RT\'s Keiser Report
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Bitcoin has undergone its latest \'halving\' event, which occurs every four years and reduces the reward miners receive for mining new coins to help control inflation. It\'s the third halving in the cryptocurrency\'s 11-year history. | Keiser Report spoke to Dan Held of Kraken.com about the event, and what it means for this hardening to happen in an age of infinite fiat. | Bitcoin was purpose-built to be a new sound money, says Held, noting: \"That message resonates really loudly with this sort…
rt.com/business/488431-bitcoin-big-bull-run/

The Scourge of Authoritarianism in the Age of Pseudoscience
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-12
Following the court decision in the US to award in favour of Dewayne Johnson (exposure to Monsanto\'s Roundup weed killer and its active ingredient, glyphosate, caused Johnson to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma), attorney Robert Kennedy Jr said at…
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/the-scourge-of-authoritarianism-in-the-age-of-pseudoscience/

Essential For Survival: The Need Of Global Solidarity
The People\'s Collective | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
People are dying, every day. Many people are dying too early. People are dying through war, poverty, disease, lack of healthcare or lack of food. People are dying of starvation. Now, in the year 2020, a new disease is spreading around the globe, killing hundreds of thousands and affecting everybody\'s life.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/11/18832973.php

The Fed Wants to Become a Financial Central Planner, Will Be Selecting Winners and Losers on a Grand Scale
Alexander W. Salter | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-12

\"In this case, Fed policy permanently impedes the ability of financial markets to operate smoothly. Expect political considerations, rather than market discipline, to play an increasingly large role in the allocation of credit for the foreseeable future\"

| Of all the policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve\'s is the most extraordinary. Many people are unaware of the Fed\'s recent behavior. Monetary policy is not the most visible of government actions, after all. But this time, the public cannot afford to ignore what the Fed is doing. In short, the US central bank has compl…
anti-empire.com/the-fed-wants-to-become-a-financial-central-planner/

World Health Organization warns premature return to work risks resurgence of pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated his warnings Monday that a premature return to work without adequate measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic risks a second wave of infections.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/viru-m12.html

Fragile Economic System: It Is Much Worse Than You Are Being Told
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
For a long time I warned that our economic bubble would burst and that we would plunge into a nightmarish economic collapse. Now it has happened, and it turns out that fear of COVID-19 was the \"black swan event\" that …
globalresearch.ca/fragile-economic-system-it-is-much-worse-than-you-are-being-told/5712607

\'Home Before Dark\' and fading patriarchal power
Dennis Broe | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-12
It\'s the first masterful series from Apple TV+, after a horrible slip out of the gate with the clumsy, awkward The Morning Show. Home Before Dark details the efforts of a nine-year-old reporter to get to the bottom of a disappearance and supposed murder that has wracked a small town in the state of Washington. …
peoplesworld.org/article/home-before-dark-and-fading-patriarchal-power/

Polish government forced to call off presidential elections at last minute
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
Polish media reports suggest that panic and chaos now reign in Warsaw.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/pola-m12.html

Mayo Clinic receives $26 million from BARDA for COVID-19 convalescent plasma expanded access program
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
Mayo Clinic was awarded a $26 million contract today from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The financial support is for the Expanded Access Program (EAP) for convalescent plasma to fight COVID-19. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-receives-26-million-from-barda-for-covid-19-convalescent-plasma-expanded-access-program/

In Times of Emergency: No Sacrifices of the Public Interest
Adam M. Sowards | zcomm.org | 2020-05-12
Trump isn\'t the first to try to use emergencies to implement regressive policies, and history shows that the people can fight back

Black US journalists & public figures shamed into dropping out of Huawei-sponsored Covid disinfo panel
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Chinese tech giant Huawei\'s \'woke\' PR stunt has ended up in a disaster after the host and all the announced participants of its panel on Covid-19 misinformation dropped out under a barrage of mockery and shaming. | The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) was scheduled to host a webinar on Wednesday aimed at discussing whether Covid-19 disinformation disproportionately affects ethnic minorities in the US. But many online social justice warriors saw red over the fact that the Chinese telecommunication company Huawei would be the sponsor. | Long before the Covid-19 pandemic originated in China, Huawe…
rt.com/usa/488485-huawei-covid-disinformation-panel-shamed/

Women, Migrants & Blacks Most Affected by COVID-19 in Latam
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
The COVID-19 pandemic will make a bad economic situation worse for women, Indigenous, black people and migrants in Latin America, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) warned Tuesday. | RELATED: | Universal Basic Income to Help Most Affected by COVID-19: ECLAC | The agency of the United Nations said in a report that unequal access to potable water, sanitation, healthcare, and housing could also mean higher rates of infection and death among these…
telesurenglish.net/news/Women-Migrants–Blacks-Most-Affected-by-COVID-19-in-Latam—20200512-0020.html

Despite Gains, Progress Toward TB Elimination Has Slowed
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-12
Although the US incidence of tuberculosis (TB) reached an all-time low in 2019, CDC researchers expressed concern in a recent report that the rate of decline has slowed in recent years.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765744

\"Operation Volute\": Covert UK Propaganda Efforts in Syria May Have Broken UK Law
Ian Cobain | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
The UK\'s covert propaganda programmes in war-torn Syria were poorly planned, probably illegal and cost lives, according to a scathing internal review of the initiative that has been seen by Middle East Eye. | Using news agencies, social media, poster campaigns …
globalresearch.ca/british-propaganda-efforts-syria-may-have-broken-uk-law/5712623

Women, Migrants & Blacks Most Affected by COVID-19 in Latam
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
The COVID-19 pandemic will make a bad economic situation worse for women, Indigenous, black people and migrants in Latin America, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) warned Tuesday. | RELATED: | Universal Basic Income to Help Most Affected by COVID-19: ECLAC | The agency of the United Nations said in a report that unequal access to potable water, sanitation, healthcare, and housing could also mean higher rates of infection and death among these…
telesurenglish.net/news/Women-Migrants–Blacks-Most-Affected-by-COVID-19-in-Latam—20200512-0020.html

The \'See-No-Evil\' Phase of Russiagate
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-12
The media spinfest following the collapse of this conspiracy theory suggests our troubled republic simply cannot accept its errors, leaving us unable to learn from them. | Patrick LAWRENCE | The long, destructive conspiracy theory known as Russiagate, the mother of them all, at last evaporates into thin air. No shred of it remains as of back-to-back disclosures over the past couple of weeks. Where does this leave us? What is to come of this momentous turn of events? | Among those not inclined toward hysteria or copious quaffs of Democratic Party Kool–Aid, it has long been a question how those who concocted…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/12/the-see-no-evil-phase-of-russiagate/

Switzerland Bends the Knee to Swedish Model, Dismantles Lockdown a Month Ahead of Schedule
Daniel Wighton | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-12
The Swiss government brought forward a plan to ease lockdown restrictions in the country meaning pubs, restaurants gyms and other sites can reopen sooner than expected so the country \"can learn to live with the virus.\" | In a press conference on Wednesday, Prime Minister Simonetta Sommaruga and Health Minister Alain Berset announced the easing of restrictions which began on April 27th. | While some of these had been announced previously,…
anti-empire.com/switzerland-bends-the-knee-to-swedish-model-dismantles-lockdown-a-month-ahead-of-schedule/

Boris Johnson Shifts COVID-19 Blame Game to the Public
Rob Woodward | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
Many are very angry at Boris Johnson\'s pre-recorded speech last night to the nation, not least, his own cabinet who were essentially left out of the discussion prior to recording. I\'ve also spoken with a few members of the Tory …
globalresearch.ca/boris-johnson-shifts-covid-19-blame-game-public/5712616

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The \"Quarantine 15\"
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
It\'s being called the \"Quarantine 15\" online

The War Against the Wolves of Alaska
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-12
Southeast Alaska is home to the Tongass National Forest, the largest national forest of north America. Tongass has old-growth and temperate rainforests, which shelter abundant wildlife and biodiversity. However, both the forests of Tongass and wildlife have been under attack for decades. Loggers, miners, and developers and corrupt state and federal agencies look at these ancient trees and see primarily dollars. These are the same people who practically extinguished the old-growth forests of northern California. These are the same people who are the enemies of the natural world and welcomed Trump to the White Hous…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/12/the-war-against-the-wolves-of-alaska/

Nuclear Weapons: Stopping the War That No One Wants (livestream)
The Commonwealth Club | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/11/18832982.php

How the four UK nations and Ireland are approaching lockdown
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-12
Despite the UK government\'s preference for a \"four nations approach\" towards softening the lockdown, clear differences have emerged between the countries. | The devolved governments in the north of Ireland, Scotland and Wales have diverged from England, notably in keeping the \"stay at home\" slogan after prime minister Boris Johnson unveiled his new \"stay alert\" message on Sunday. | Here is a look at how the four UK nations

Gunmen attack MSF-backed hospital in Kabul, witnesses report suicide bombing & civilians trapped inside
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Explosions and gunfire have been heard from inside a hospital in western Kabul, where Doctors Without Borders (MSF) operates a maternity ward. Medical staff are said to be trapped inside as the battle rages on. | The 100-bed hospital is located in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of the Afghan capital. At least two powerful explosions have been heard at the scene, TOLO News reported. | The Afghan Interior Ministry said a special police unit has arrived at the scene. Security troops have encircled the site, media reports said. | ⁄Øÿ≤ÿßÿ±ÿ¥‚ÄåŸ&aa…
rt.com/news/488415-gunmen-storm-msf-hospital-kabul/

Democratic Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf begins unsafe reopening of 37 counties
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
Wolf, presented as a more rational leader than his Republican counterparts, is restarting the economy as the virus is still killing workers across the state in nursing homes, food-processing plants and warehouses.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/penn-m12.html

Mayo Clinic launches radio campaign to encourage recovered patients of COVID-19 to donate plasma
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Entercom Communications to launch a radio campaign that raises awareness in Detroit, New York City, Miami and Chicago of the federally-sponsored national Expanded Access Program (EAP) for Convalescent Plasma. The Food and Drug Administration announced Mayo Clinic as the lead site for the EAP program to speed access and increase availability of investigational convalescent plasma for hospitalized patients …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-launches-radio-campaign-to-encourage-recovered-patients-of-covid-19-to-donate-plasma/

#WearOrange for National Gun Violence Awareness Day 2020 (virtual)
MDAEFG | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
Social media…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/09/18832941.php

\'I feel terrible\': Bill Gates says he warned Trump of pandemic threat in 2016, regrets not doing more
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Microsoft founder and multi-billionaire Bill Gates said he tried to warn President-elect Donald Trump of the dangers of a major viral outbreak soon after the 2016 race, but feels guilty for not being more vocal. | \"I chose, when I met with people all the way up to the top, in Europe, in the US, around the world, to talk about this pandemic risk,\" he told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Monday, explaining that he even made the case to the US president during a December 2016 meeting at Trump Tower. | I feel terrible. The whole point of talking about it was that we could take action and minim…
rt.com/usa/488409-bill-gates-trump-pandemic-warning/

British propaganda efforts in Syria may have broken UK law
The Alternative World | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-12
Ian Cobain, Alice Ross- Internal assessment concluded UK government\'s covert support of \'moderate opposition\' was shallow, lacked coherence and cost lives | MEE- The UK\'s covert propaganda programmes in war-torn Syria were poorly planned, probably illegal and cost lives, according to a scathing internal review of the initiative that has been seen by Middle East Eye. | Using news agencies, social media, poster campaigns and even children\'s comics, communications companies working under contract to the British government attempted to undermine both the Assad government and the Islamic State group and bolster elemen…

British propaganda efforts in Syria may have broken UK law

In a world gone mad, China must build MORE NUKES to make disarmament possible
Scott Ritter | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-12
As the US threatens to withdraw from the New START treaty over Chinese non-participation, domestic pressure from inside China builds for a larger strategic nuclear arsenal. Could this be a good thing? | In an op-ed published in Chinese newspaper Global Times, its editor-in-chief Hu Xijin, argued that China should seek to upgrade its strategic nuclear arsenal from its current level of about 200 antiquated weapons to a modernized force comprising more than 1,000 nuclear weapons, including more than 100 modern mobile DF-41 inter…

In a world gone mad, China must build MORE NUKES to make disarmament possible

Oil is back in demand as drivers return to the roads
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Oil demand is on the rise as countries across the globe begin easing lockdown restrictions and commuters head back to work. | From China and Spain to the United States, people are gradually returning to driving their cars as countries and US states re-open for business. People feel safer commuting in their own vehicles than they do using public transportation as social distancing is still on their minds despite the re-opening of economies.The uptick in commuter driving and expectations of increased road trips at the expense of flying for vacations this summer is set to support a gradual recovery of oil demand…
rt.com/business/488448-oil-demand-drivers-roads/

China lifts tariffs on US goods despite Trump\'s threat to rip up trade deal
rt.com | 2020-05-12
A new list of US products to be exempt from trade tariffs has been announced by China\'s finance ministry on Tuesday. It said the new waivers will take effect on May 19 and expire on May 18, 2021. | The exemptions cover 79 products in total, including rare earth mineral ores, aircraft radar equipment, semiconductor parts, medical disinfectants, and a range of precious metals, chemical and petrochemical products. | Importers in China will have to apply to the General Administration of Customs within six months of the announcement to be considered for waivers, which are effective from May 19. | The first batch of…
rt.com/business/488418-china-tariff-waivers-us-imports/

China responds to US allegations about Covid-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

France\'s Earlier Detection of COVID-19 Raises Questions on Global Origin
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-12
The emergence of Covid-19 was first reported by the authorities in China on December 31, as acknowledged by the World Health Organization. But that emergence does not necessarily mean the pandemic originated in China. | By January 30, 2020, a WHO situation report cited nearly 8,000 cases of the respiratory disease globally in 18 different countries. The vast majority of the infections at that stage were in China. It has since exploded to four million cases in virtually all 194 nations with the United States hostin…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/12/frances-earlier-detection-covid-19-raises-questions-global-origin/

China Might be a \"Silver Bullet\" for Countries in the Middle East. Might Jeopardize Relations with Washington
Azhar Azam | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
As the Arab states in the Gulf embrace Beijing to ease off their over-reliance on hydrocarbons and diversify economy by seeking Chinese investment and technology, A US official threatened that the shift could jeopardize their relationship with Washington. | Giving a …
globalresearch.ca/china-silver-bullet-countries-middle-east/5712635

Mayo Clinic expert discusses potential neurological effects of COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can take a severe toll on the respiratory system. However, recent research suggests that the virus may also infect the nervous system. A study of patients with COVID-19 out of Wuhan, China found that possible neurological signs and symptoms caused by COVID-19 can include loss of taste and smell, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-expert-discusses-potential-neurological-effects-of-covid-19/

China to test ENTIRE POPULATION of Wuhan for Covid-19 after disease reemerges
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Chinese authorities plan to test all of Wuhan\'s 11 million residents for Covid-19 in a little over a week. After more than a month without newly-recorded cases, the disease has suddenly reappeared in the city. | All districts in the city were ordered to submit a plan on how they will conduct testing of all residents in their areas within 10 days, local media reported, citing a document from the authorities. The officials were told to prioritize the testing of vulnerable groups and places like residential compounds. | The measure was announced as a response to the six new locally-transmitted cases that were rec…
rt.com/news/488416-wuhan-mass-testing-china/

France\'s Earlier Detection of COVID-19 Raises Questions on Global Origin
Finian Cunningham | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-12
Determining the origin of Covid-19 will not be made by politicized probes that presume China\'s fault for the pandemic. | The emergence of Covid-19 was first reported by the authorities in China on December 31, as acknowledged by the World Health Organization. But that emergence does not necessarily mean the pandemic originated in China. | By January 30, 2020, a WHO situation report cited nearly 8,000 cases of the respiratory disease globally in 18 different countries. The vast majority of the infections…

France’s Earlier Detection of COVID-19 Raises Questions on Global Origin

Leader condoles on martyrdom of navy sailors
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

The Pandemic\'s Catastrophic Hit to the Labor Market
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-12
Temporary layoffs make up 78.3 percent of unemployment. As expected, the April jobs report showed a catastrophic hit to the labor market stemming from the pandemic. The economy lost another 20,500,000 jobs in April after losing 870,000 jobs in March. This is an order of magnitude higher than any previous two-month decline on record. The…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/12/the-pandemics-catastrophic-hit-to-the-labor-market/

South Africa: COVID-19 Crisis Unmasks Dangers of Profit Oriented Healthcare
Salimah Valiani | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
The pandemic has shown the need for medical care and interventions that have nothing to do with profit. But not even SA\'s proposed National Health Insurance would fit the bill. | *** | Covid-19 has been linked to a number of truth …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-dangers-commodified-healthcare/5712640

Finding Hope in Times of Despair: New World is Possible
Dan Kovalik | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-12
\"For me, I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.\"

Science Saturday: Regenerative approaches could foster healing from COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
Regenerative Medicine aims not only to repair or restore the function of cells, tissues or organs, but also the whole person. The latter is particularly important amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Regenerative approaches draw on the body\'s natural abilities to heal, focus on establishing the healing environments and building new, healthy ways of functioning. These aspects of regenerative …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/science-saturday-regenerative-approaches-could-foster-healing-from-covid-19/

Trump Is Using COVID-19 As An Excuse To Let Polluters Destroy The Earth
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-12
Trump\'s former coal lobbyist EPA administrator is letting oil, gas, and coal take advantage of the global pandemic.
therealnews.com/stories/trump-is-using-covid-19-as-an-excuse-to-let-polluters-destroy-the-earth

Masking your kids during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
Do you or don\'t you wear a mask? If you do, what material is best? And what about children? Questions around masks during the COVID-19 pandemic abound, especially in light of the recent recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that all Americans wear masks in public settings. \"The direction around face masks has …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/masking-your-kids-during-covid-19/

Consumer Price Index Plunges 0.8 Percent, Core Falls 0.4 Percent
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-05-12
Food prices rose 2.6 percent in April, reflecting a large increase in store-bought food. The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell 0.8 percent in April, driven again by large price declines in sectors that were hit hard by pandemic-related shutdowns. Gas prices fell 20.6 percent, following a drop of 10.5 percent in March. They are …
cepr.net/prices-2020-05/

Fight Mass Incarceration Amidst the Pandemic
NationAction | thenation.com | 2020-05-12
Fight Mass Incarceration Amidst the Pandemic…
thenation.com/article/activism/fight-mass-incarceration-amidst-the-pandemic/

US nursing students discuss impact of the pandemic on medical education
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
With overwhelmed hospitals and the immense pressures now exerted on health care workers, the quality of the education of medical and nursing students has been greatly affected.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/nurs-m12.html

\'Mayo Clinic Anxiety Coach\' e-tool to help children with mental health concerns
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
ROCHESTER, Minn.

\'It couldn\'t have happened,\' says head of Chinese lab accused by US of leaking Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-05-12
A Chinese virologist in charge of the lab pinpointed by US officials as the likely source of the Covid-19 pandemic says he is certain no virus could have escaped from his facility. | \"Our lab not only has a high level of biosafety infrastructure, we also have established a set of rigorous biosecurity protocols to ensure the lab operates safely and efficiently,\" Yuan Zhiming the head of the National Biosafety Laboratory (NBL), told a Chinese newspaper. | The NBL operates several laboratories including the so-called \'Wuhan P4 Lab\', which was completed in 2015 in cooperation with France and is the only publicly k…
rt.com/news/488424-wuhan-lab-leak-impossible/

Fight Mass Incarceration Amid the Pandemic
NationAction | thenation.com | 2020-05-12
Fight Mass Incarceration Amid the Pandemic…
thenation.com/article/activism/fight-mass-incarceration-amidst-the-pandemic/

The Pandemic is the Time to Resurrect the Public University
Corey Robin | zcomm.org | 2020-05-12
Sending students, professors, and workers back to campus, amid a pandemic, because colleges and universities need the cash, is a statement of bankruptcy more profound than any balance sheet could ever tally…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-pandemic-is-the-time-to-resurrect-the-public-university/

Italy Includes 11 Women in Its Main COVID-19 Advisory Teams
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
Italy\'s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte Tuesday announced that his government will add eleven women to the two teams that advise him in the fight against the pandemic. | RELATED: | Italy to Start Lifting COVID-19 Lockdown on May 4 | This incorporation is the consequence of the harsh criticism the Italian government has received because of the low number of women…
telesurenglish.net/news/Italy-Includes-11-Women-in-Its-Main-COVID-19-Advisory-Teams-20200512-0008.html

Mayo Clinic reopens orthopedics and sports medicine facility in downtown Minneapolis
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
MINNEAPOLIS

How pandemics are related to ecological crises
Bharat Dogra | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-12
In recent years, many new diseases have been linked to transmission of microbes from animals, birds and other forms of life to human beings, in ways that the virus will cause severe disease among them. Diseases such as MERS, SARS, the avian flu and swine flu are examples of such diseases, called zoonotic diseases, and COVID-19 is yet another instance of this. | While the growing frequency of zoonotic diseases is widely debated, one important reason for their spread almost certainly relates to the ecological crisis and biodiversity loss that has been exacerbated across the plant. According to the United Nations…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/12/how-pandemics-are-related-to-ecological-crises/

Video: Plandemic Documentary: The Hidden Agenda Behind COVID-19
Dr. Judy Mikovits | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
Humanity is imprisoned by a killer pandemic. People are being arrested for surfing in the ocean and meditating in nature. Nations are collapsing. Hungry citizens are rioting for food. The media has generated so much confusion and fear that people …
globalresearch.ca/video-plandemic-documentary-hidden-agenda-behind-covid-19/5712013

Minnesota Nurses Association plans to march on the State Capitol to demand safety for nurses
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-12
St. Paul, MN – As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise across Minnesota, members of the Minnesota Nurses Association have announced that they will march on May 20 from Allina Health United Hospital to the Minnesota State Capitol to demand that management of United Hospital and other hospitals provide proper PPE, training, and safety, as well as transparency to keep nurses and other healthcare workers safe. They will also be delivering a petition with over 10,000 signatures to the Minnesota Department of Health demanding a Pandemic Bill of Rights to keep Minnesotans safe. Social distancing guidelines will be followe…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/12/minnesota-nurses-association-plans-march-state-capitol-demand-safety-nurses

Covid-19: Russia Is Second Most Affected Country in the World
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
The COVID-19 pandemic recorded more than 10,000 cases in Russia in the last 24 hours, for a total of 232,000 people who tested positive for the illness, making Russia the second most affected country in the world in terms of the number of infections. | RELATED: | Russia: Putin Calls for Unity in Tribute to WWII Heroes | The number of infections in Russia is only exceeded by the United States, according to the Johns Hopkins University balance sheet, updated on Tuesday. | \"In the last…
telesurenglish.net/news/covid19-russia-is-second-most-affected-country-in-the-world–20200512-0003.html

What COVID-19 does to your lungs
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
m __________________________________________________ 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.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/what-covid-19-does-to-your-lungs/

Universal Basic Income to Help Most Affected by COVID-19: ECLAC
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said Tuesday that to face the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, governments must guarantee immediate temporary monetary transfers to satisfy basic needs, sustain the consumption of households and achieve a solid and relatively rapid recovery in the region. | RELATED: | COVID-19 Will Lead to Biggest Economic Hit in Latam\'s History | ECLAC\'s Executive Secretary Alicia Barcena presented at a vi…
telesurenglish.net/news/ECLAC-Basic-Income-to-Help-Most-Vulnerable-by-COVID-19s-Effects-20200512-0017.html

COVID-19 deaths among nurses: U.S. 91, Canada 0. Why?
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-12
OAKLAND, Calif.–There\'s a yawning gap between the number of U.S. nurses the viral pandemic has killed so far in the U.S. and the number of Canadian nurses killed. The count as of May 11: U.S. 91, Canada, 0. That prompted National Nurses United President Zunei Cortez, RN, of California and her Canadian counterpart, Linda Silas, …
peoplesworld.org/article/covid-19-deaths-among-nurses-u-s-91-canada-zero-why/

Herd immunity for Covid-19 is a \'dangerous\' concept says World Health Organisation
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-12
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has condemned the \"dangerous\" concept of herd immunity for Covid-19. | Herd immunity is an epidemiological term usually reserved to describe how the population as a whole is protected from a disease depending on the levels of people vaccinated. | For instance, when 90%-95% of the population is vaccinated against measles, this should be enough to protect others who are unable to get an inoculation

President Trump\'s Assault On Inspectors General Threatens Our Civil Liberties
Kate Oh | aclu.org | 2020-05-12
One recent Friday night, President Trump quietly nominated a replacement inspector general (IG) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). But this was no ordinary nomination. If confirmed by the Senate, it will force out the acting IG after her office released a survey of hospitals that, to Trump\'s vocal displeasure, underscored his administration\'s botched handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. , , The ouster is also only the late…
aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/president-trumps-assault-on-inspectors-general-threatens-our-civil-liberties

Australian Labor Party exploits pandemic to scapegoat foreign workers
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
Labor\'s call for immigration cuts lines up directly behind the drive by governments around the globe, personified by US President Trump, to promote toxic nationalism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/labo-m12.html

Biden attacks Trump for \"hampering\" the reopening of business
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
In a Washington Post column Joe Biden criticizes Trump\'s handling of the pandemic from the standpoint of disaffected sections of business.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/bide-m12.html

Spring cleaning takes on a new importance during COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released reopening guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting public spaces, workplaces, businesses, schools and homes. Dr. Gregory Poland, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases expert, suggests taking a practical approach to spring cleaning. If no one in your household has been infected, he says standard spring cleaning practices …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/spring-cleaning-takes-on-a-new-importance-during-covid-19-pandemic/

We don\'t need empty praise: Nurses\' unions demand better protection, rights
Anish R | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-12
May 12 is globally observed as International Nurses Day. The day marks the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, who revolutionized healthcare and introduced modern nursing. This year, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses have come out to tell us that they have been left behind. | A virtual press conference held by Public Services International (PSI), on the eve of the Nurses Day, had unions from different parts of the Asia-Pacific region talk about the monumental challenges during the pandemic. According to the South-East Asian Regional Office (SEARO) of the World Health Organization, at this time, the Asia-P…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/12/we-dont-need-empty-praise-nurses-unions-demand-better-protection-rights/

COVID-19 deaths among nurses: U.S. 91, Canada zero. Why?
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-12
OAKLAND, Calif.–There\'s a yawning gap between the number of U.S. nurses the viral pandemic has killed so far in the U.S. and the number of Canadian nurses killed. The count as of May 11: U.S. 91, Canada, zero. That prompted National Nurses United President Zunei Cortez, RN, of California and her Canadian counterpart, Linda Silas, …
peoplesworld.org/article/covid-19-deaths-among-nurses-u-s-91-canada-zero-why/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Cancer treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
Because cancer treatments can weaken the immune system, cancer patients are at increased risk of complications from COVID-19. Despite these concerns, cancer patients often still need treatment, including going to the clinic or to the hospital, and many have questions about whether cancer should be treated differently during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the Mayo Clinic …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-cancer-treatment-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/

Pandemic Causes Loss of 20,500,000 Jobs, Unemployment at 14.7 Percent
Dean Baker | zcomm.org | 2020-05-12
The good news here is the large percentage of workers who expect to be called back by their employer, but the steps by the government to contain the pandemic and support the recovery are less encouraging…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/pandemic-causes-loss-of-20500000-jobs-unemployment-at-14-7-percent/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Maintaining routine vaccine schedules during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the World Health Organization(WHO) says more than 117 million children in 37 countries may be missing out on the lifesaving measles vaccine. The WHO had issued some guidelines to help countries sustain immunization activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-maintaining-routine-vaccine-schedules-during-covid-19/

Saharawi political prisoner Bachir Khada: \"I only dream of my freedom\"
Bahia Mahmud Awah | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-12
The story of Saharawi journalist Bachir Khada, political prisoner condemned to more than 20 years in Morocco because of his participation in the struggle to free Western Sahara. Today he is one of the thousands of prisoners that demands to be freed amid the pandemic…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/12/saharawi-political-prisoner-bachir-khada-i-only-dream-of-my-freedom/

Political Prisoners Teach-In: Mumia, migrant rights and cages
Teresa Gutierrez | workers.org | 2020-05-12
These slightly edited remarks were made April 24 at the \"U.S. Empire vs. Political Prisoners\" teach-in webinar sponsored by Mobilization4Mumia and held in honor of the 66th birthday of political prisoner and revolutionary Mumia Abu-Jamal, incarcerated for 38 years by the U.S. state. Teresa Gutierrez First of all, happy . . . | Continue reading Political Prisoners Teach-In: Mumia, migrant rights and cages at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48559/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=political-prisoners-teach-in-mumia-migrant-rights-and-cages

Political Prisoners Teach-In: Mumia, migrant rights and cages
Teresa Gutierrez | workers.org | 2020-05-12
These slightly edited remarks were made April 24 at the \"U.S. Empire vs. Political Prisoners\" teach-in webinar sponsored by Mobilization4Mumia and held in honor of the 66th birthday of political prisoner and revolutionary Mumia Abu-Jamal, incarcerated for 39 years by the U.S. state. Teresa Gutierrez First of all, happy . . . | Continue reading Political Prisoners Teach-In: Mumia, migrant rights and cages at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48559/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=political-prisoners-teach-in-mumia-migrant-rights-and-cages

Survival of our public postal service threatened
Dave Welsh | workers.org | 2020-05-12
Fifty years ago, wildcatting postal workers shut down the U.S. mail for a week in the 1970 Great Postal Strike over poverty-level wages. President Nixon tried to use Army and National Guard soldiers to break the strike

Thousands Flee Violence in Nigeria, Seek Refuge in Niger: UNHCR
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
An estimated 23,000 Nigerians fled their country since April, seeking asylum in neighboring Niger as the security situation continues to deteriorate amid brutal violence in northwest Nigeria, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Tuesday. | RELATED: | HIV Deaths Could Double in Sub-Saharan Africa Due to COVID-19 | \"We are working closely with authorities in Niger to relocate at least 7,000 refugees to safety … where water, food, shelter, access to he…
telesurenglish.net/news/Thousands-Flee-Violence-in-Nigeria-Seek-Refuge-in-Niger-UNHCR-20200512-0015.html

Nigeria: COVID-19 compounds economic recession provoked by oil price slump
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
Medical and other experts are against the easing of restrictions, with the National Medical Association and the Federal Capital Territory Youth Task Force on COVID-19 both asking Buhari not to ease the lockdown.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/nige-m12.html

Deadly suicide attack targets funeral in Afghanistan\'s Nangarhar
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

Afghanistan\'s Ghani, Abdullah reach power-sharing agreement: report
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

\'Is it Kylie Jenner?\' Mexico star accidentally posts NAKED snaps with topless model (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-05-12
LA Galaxy midfielder Jonathan Dos Santos posted a naked photo of himself and 21-year-old Greek-Ecuadorian model Amanda Trivizas on Instagram, swiftly deleting the racy shot from his story after fans had captured the evidence. | Trivizas kissed Dos Santos\'s shoulder between the sheets in the saucy photo seen by some of the former Barcelona player\'s following of more than 2.3 million on the site, where Trivizas leaves little to the imagination for her audience of more than 823,000. | The Los Angeles-based model has been linked to American playboy Dan Bilzerian but said she could not talk about her relationship w…
rt.com/sport/488474-jonathan-dos-santos-instagram-photos-topless-model/

Minneapolis vigil honors Carlos Ernesto Escobar-Mejia, first person to die of COVID-19 in ICE detention
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-12
Minneapolis, MN – After dark on Monday, May 11, the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) held a candlelight vigil at the Minneapolis Federal Courthouse to remember Carlos Ernesto Escobar-Mejia. He is the first person reported to die of COVID-19 while in jail detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The speakers at the vigil called on people to remember Carlos and called on government officials to free all ICE detainees. | Because of COVID-19, all vigil participants wore a mask and maintained social distance. | During the vigil, Escobar-Mejia\'s name was also projected on a large wall o…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/12/minneapolis-vigil-honors-carlos-ernesto-escobar-mejia-first-person-die-covid-19-ice-detent

Yemen govt forces \'to confront armed rebellion\' in south after separatists declared self-rule
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Yemen\'s forces will confront an \"armed rebellion\" by separatists in the south, the government said Tuesday. it said that the group had refused to de-escalate the situation after declaring self-rule last month. The Southern Transitional Council (STC) declared self-rule in Aden and nearby areas on April 25, threatening to renew a conflict with the Saudi-backed government, its nominal ally in a coalition fighting Yemen\'s Houthis. | Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Hadhrami said the STC had refused calls from the government and the international community to reverse its declaration. The army will do \"everything necess…
rt.com/newsline/488432-yemen-armed-rebellion-separatists/

New California oil permits rose 7.8% in 2020\'s first quarter as oil prices plunged
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
From January 1 to March 31, 2020, the same time that the Newsom Administration approved 1,623 new permits, the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), the largest and most powerful corporate lobby in California, spent $1,089,702 lobbying state officials during the period. | Chevron spent even more: $1,638,497 in the fifth quarter of the 2019-20 legislation session to influence legislators, the Governor\'s Office and other state officials. The two oil industry giants combined to spend a total of $2,728,199 lobbying in the session\'s fifth quarter.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/09/18832938.php

House Unveils New COVID-19 Relief Package Draft With Loopholes for Fossil Fuel Corporations
commondreams.org | 2020-05-12
______________________________…
commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/12/house-unveils-new-covid-19-relief-package-draft-loopholes-fossil-fuel?cd-origin=rss

The Censorship of Inequality in the Covid-19 Era: How Corporate and Market-Based Metrics Rule the News, and Why it Matters
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-05-12
By Anthony DiMaggio The old adage that \"the more things change the more they stay the same\" seems particularly appropriate to media coverage in the Covid-19 crisis. Old patterns of media…
projectcensored.org/the-censorship-of-inequality-in-the-covid-19-era-how-corporate-and-market-based-metrics-rule-the-news-and-why-it-matters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-censorship-of-inequality-in-the-covid-19-era-how-corporate-and-market-based-metrics-rule-the-news-and-why-it-matters

The Important \"Plandemic\" Documentary that Has Justifiably Gone \"Viral\"
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
The powers-that-be behind the banning of \"Plandemic\" and the disparaging and slandering of Dr Judy Mikovitz are obviously afraid of something that will expose them for planning something evil. Tyrannical corporate forces, starting with Google and YouTube and the CDC …
globalresearch.ca/important-plandemic-documentary-gone-viral/5712666

Trump crony appointed as new head of US Postal Service
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
Louis DeJoy, the recently appointed US postmaster general, has donated millions of dollars to the Republican Party and reaped immense profits from sitting atop private logistics corporations and investment firms.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/usps-m12.html

Can We Simultaneously Oppose Bayer/Monsanto\'s Biotechnology and Support Cuba\'s Interferon Alpha 2B?
Don Fitz | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-12
Genetically engineered crops are a form of food imperialism. This technology allows mega-corporations like Bayer/Monsanto to patent seeds, lure farmers into buying them with visions of high yields, and then destroy the ability of small farmers to survive. Genetic engineering produces an artificial combination of plant traits which often results in foods with less nutritional …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/can-we-simultaneously-oppose-bayer-monsantos-biotechnology-and-support-cubas-interferon-alpha-2b/

Last Year America\'s CEOs Said They Cared About Us…They Lied
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-12
Last August, the nabobs of Corporate America

Dallas County Officials are Leaving Vulnerable People to Catch COVID-19 in Jail
Andrea Woods | aclu.org | 2020-05-12
Wykivia and Ideare Bailey were taking every precaution. Worried for their asthmatic daughter due to the spread of COVID-19, the couple was meticulous in cleaning, sanitizing, and social distancing to reduce every possible threat. However, when Ideare was arrested for property theft and booked into the Dallas County Jail on April 6, there was no way to adhere to those precautions. Held in a crowded intake room, he could not maintain six feet of distance from other people. Forced to live in a dormitory with 60 other people

New York City\'s Budget Must Stop Robbing Our Children to Pay the NYPD
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-12
It\'s that time of year again

Screen New Deal
Naomi Klein | mronline.org | 2020-05-12
Under Cover of Mass Death, Andrew Cuomo Calls in the Billionaires to Build a High-Tech Dystopia.
mronline.org/2020/05/12/screen-new-deal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=screen-new-deal

COVID-19 Scientific Statements Contradict Government Lockdown Policies
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
There exists a huge disconnect between publicly available real scientific evidence and government policy surrounding the Covid crisis. Consider the following scientific \"admissions\" and how they contradict government \"lockdown\" policies: | In the first video, the UK\'s Chief Medical Officer (CMO), …
globalresearch.ca/admissions-against-interest-covid-19/5712569

Test or 2-week quarantine: Iceland plans to ease restrictions on international visitors\' arrivals
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Iceland expects to start easing restrictions for visitors arriving from overseas no later than June 15, the government said on Tuesday. | Under a plan still being developed by the authorities, travelers would be given a choice between a test for Covid-19 upon arrival in Iceland or a two-week quarantine, Reuters reported. | \"Iceland\'s strategy of large-scale testing, tracing and isolating have proven effective so far,\" Tourism Minister Thordis Kolbrun Reykfjord Gylfadottir said in a statement. | Iceland has reported three new Covid-19 infections in May.
rt.com/newsline/488456-iceland-ease-visitors-arrivals/

The Challenge of Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Correctional Facilities
Rubin R. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-12
This Medical News feature examines steps that correctional facilities are taking to minimize the spread of COVID-19.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764379

Mountains Of Evidence Show COVID-19 Was All Over The World Oct/Nov 2019, Why Is It Being Ignored?
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-12
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 (5/12/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/mountains-evidence-show-covid-19-was-all-over-world-oct-nov-2019-why-being-ignored/

Latinx Communities & Accessing Reproductive Health Care During COVID-19
PPAFVL | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
Online via Instagram livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/09/18832939.php

The Frontline Response: Local Latino Leaders Address COVID-19 (town hall)
Unidos US | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
Online via Zoom: unidosus.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8vJrGBs4SJuzlwnme6PktQ…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/12/18832997.php

ACLU of California Legislative Webinar: COVID-19, Current Bills, & Building Community
ACLU Northern California | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/12/18832990.php

\'Current health crisis revealed ideological bankruptcy of our leaders\': Marine Le Pen slams govt as France eases quarantine
rt.com | 2020-05-12
The head of the French right-wing opposition party National Rally, Marine Le Pen, has blasted the government for its \"series of failures\" as it began to relax the Covid-19 quarantine restrictions. | \"This health crisis has revealed the ideological bankruptcy with which our leaders have been leading our country: the bankruptcy of the profit logic in public policy, the bankruptcy of ultra-liberalism, Europeanism, and globalism,\" Le Pen told RFI radio. | We\'ve seen an uninterrupted series of inconsistencies and failures since the start of the crisis, and this is still the case with transport management! But that…
rt.com/news/488437-france-le-pen-criticism/

UK Government Causes Widespread Confusion with New COVID-19 Guidelines
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
It was a moment the UK public had been waiting for days, ever since it was reported in several British newspapers that lockdown restrictions were to be lifted from Monday. But although people may be weary after seven weeks of …
globalresearch.ca/uk-government-causes-widespread-confusion-covid-19-guidelines/5712632

Serbian housing rights collective organizes relief work for COVID-19
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-12
Serbian housing rights collective Zdru≈æena Akcija Krov nad Glavom (Joint Action Roof Over Your Head) has initiated a relief campaign for the distribution of food and other essentials to people in distress…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/12/serbian-housing-rights-collective-organizes-relief-work-for-covid-19/

\"COVID-19 Has Been Racialized\"
Jill Nelson | zcomm.org | 2020-05-12
The president is \"telling us that as people of color, and older people, we should just die. It\'s ridiculous.\"
zcomm.org/znetarticle/covid-19-has-been-racialized/

Halting conflict globally is the only way to effectively tackle COVID-19, says report
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-12
According to the report published by international NGO, Oxfam, global military expenditure in 2019 stood at USD 1.9 trillion – an amount several times over what is required to pay for the UN-led efforts to fight the COVID-19 crisis in developing countries…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/12/halting-conflict-globally-is-the-only-way-to-effectively-tackle-covid-19-says-report/

La transformation des sociétés à l\'occasion du Covid-19 annonce la militarisation de l\'Europe
Thierry Meyssan | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-12
Nous reproduisons une discussion entre Thierry Meyssan et un groupe d\'étudiants. Il y explique que les réponses politiques au Covid-19 n\'ont pas d\'objet médical. Un groupe transnational partiellement identifiable s\'est saisi de l\'occasion fournie par l\'épidémie pour tenter d\'imposer une transformation profonde des sociétés européennes, comme il avait utilisé les attentats du 11 septembre 2001 pour transformer les États-Unis. Il est encore temps de s\'opposer à la hiérarchisation du monde à venir. | Question : Selon vous, qui a fabriqué le Covid-19 ? | Thierry Meyssan : Mon analyse est exclusivement politique. Je n…

La transformation des sociétés à l’occasion du Covid-19 annonce la militarisation de l’Europe

Spain to Close Sea and Air Borders within the Schengen Area
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
Spain\'s government announced the closure of the sea and air borders from next Friday, according to an order signed by the Interior\'s Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska. | RELATED: | Hondurans Stranded in Spain Ask to Return to Their Country | The decision is part of the measures taken to control the Covid-19 epidemic in the country. | It will last until May 24th. During the restriction, only Spanish citizens, cross-border workers, and those who can prove, with documents, causes of…
telesurenglish.net/news/spain-to-close-sea-and-air-borders-within-the-schengen-area-20200512-0011.html

During COVID-19 Crisis, We Must Prioritize the Release of Pregnant People
Lauren Kuhlik | aclu.org | 2020-05-12
This piece was first published on USA Today., , Andrea Circle Bear was 30 years old and had only recently given birth when she died of COVID-19. Circle Bear was incarcerated for a drug-related charge at the time of her death. She spent the final weeks of her pregnancy in a local jail and then a federal prison, spaces that are known hotbeds for virus transmission…
aclu.org/news/prisoners-rights/during-covid-19-crisis-we-must-prioritize-the-release-of-pregnant-people

Mayo Clinic\'s comprehensive COVID-19 research
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinics-comprehensive-covid-19-research/

Governments worldwide respond to COVID-19 by saving profits, not lives
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
The ruling elite\'s efforts to enforce a return to work–and impose a massive restructuring of class relations to pay for the bailout of Wall Street–will encounter enormous opposition from the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/joek-m12.html

Chief Medical Officer for 40-Hospital UPMC Network Trashes the Case for Continued Lockdown in Senate Hearing
Dr. Steven Shapiro | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-12
Dr. Steven Shapiro, UPMC\'s chief medical and scientific officer, participated in a virtual roundtable convened by U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee on Health Care, on May 6 to explore the issue of reopening the economy. Following are his remarks: | I would like to thank Senator Toomey and the committee members for the opportunity to share a typical health care experience of COVID-19 through the lens of UPMC, whose hospitals span urban, community and rural areas comprising the largest academic health system in the country and a health plan with 3.8 million su…
anti-empire.com/chief-medical-officer-for-40-hospital-upmc-network-trashes-the-case-for-continued-lockdown-in-senate-hearing/

Trump Is Using COVID-19 As An Excuse To Let Polluters Destroy
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-12
counterpunch.org/2020/05/12/trump-is-using-covid-19-as-an-excuse-to-let-polluters-destroy/

Connecting Patients: COVID-19 and transplant patients
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
Mayo Clinic Connect is an online community where you can share your experiences and find support from people like you. You can also read Mayo Clinic expert blogs and take part in educational events. COVID-19 and Transplant Patients \"As a kidney transplant recipient I have been extra vigilant/worried about protecting myself as COVID-19 spreads. Like …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/connecting-patients-covid-19-and-transplant-patients/

Corona: US military develops rapid Covid-19 test
Monique Ryser | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
\"Our test would be an absolute breakthrough,\" says Ringeisen. It would massively improve the diagnosis of infected persons and enable them to be quickly quarantined so that they do not infect other people. The test should be introduced as soon as possible. He specifies mid-May as the date.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/09/18832931.php

21-Year-Old Dies in Santa Cruz County Jail
Santa Cruz Police News | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
The Santa Cruz Sheriff\'s Office says on Sunday evening, May 10, correctional officers discovered 21-year-old Tamario Smith was unresponsive in his cell at the County Jail. At about 6pm, paramedics administered medical aid, however Smith was pronounced deceased at the scene. According to the Sheriff\'s Office, Smith did not share a cell, and foul play is not suspected. The Sheriff\'s Office states there were no signs of trauma or visible injuries, and that Smith did not show signs of COVID-19 symptoms.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/11/18832983.php

In criminal pursuit of profits, Tesla CEO Elon Musk restarts production at California facility
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
In open defiance of local public health authorities, Musk sent 10,000 workers back to work Monday, dramatically increasing the likelihood of the spread of COVID-19 throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/tesl-m12.html

Cuba to Begin Mass-Scale COVID-19 Testing
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
Dr. Francisco Durán, national director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, reported on Sunday that a considerable part of the population will be given tests to detect possible positive cases of COVID-19. | Durán explained that a …
globalresearch.ca/cuba-begin-mass-scale-covid-19-testing/5712578

UK COVID-19 death rate far higher in working class
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
Millions of workers employed in what the ONS terms \"elementary\" jobs, including cleaners and low-skilled construction workers, had the highest risk of death.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/depr-m12.html

No Stimulus for the Weary: The US is Now Sitting on an Inflation Time Bomb
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-12
The White House budget office doesn\'t know if the $2.2 Trillion-dollar stimulus package and Trump\'s $1,200 stimulus checks might cause an inflationary spiral. But many economists have no doubt it will.
mintpressnews.com/economy-stimulus-covid-19-inflation-time-bomb/267446/

Over 5 million people now suffering food insecurity in lockdown
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-12
The UK has been in official COVID-19 lockdown since March 23 and, just like in other countries, the disruption to the economy has hit people already in a more vulnerable position the hardest. These include people on low incomes or in precarious work situations; or who are dealing with long-term physical or mental health conditions. This issue of …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/over-5-million-people-now-suffering-food-insecurity-in-lockdown/

Detroit autoworkers oppose rush to reopen plants as COVID-19 death toll rises
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
Auto parts suppliers reopened plants in Michigan and other states Monday as GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler prepare to recall nearly 200,000 autoworkers to their North American factories by May 18.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/auto-m12.html

Cuba Asks the US for Answers on the Attack on Its Embassy
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
Cuba\'s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez accused the U.S. government of criminal negligence because the attack on his country\'s embassy in Washington could have been avoided and asked that the attacker\'s links with anti-Cuban, Florida-based groups be investigated. | RELATED: | Cuba to Begin Mass-Scale COVID-19 Testing | \"Twelve days after the attack, the State Department is complicit…
telesurenglish.net/news/Cuba-Asks-the-US-for-Answers-on-the-Attack-on-Its-Embassy-20200512-0010.html

The Transformation of Societies on the Occasion of Covid-19 Heralds the Militarisation of Europe
Thierry Meyssan | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-12

| We reproduce a discussion between Thierry Meyssan and a group of students. He explains that the political responses to Covid-19 have no medical purpose. A partially identifiable transnational group seized the opportunity provided by the epidemic to try to impose a profound transformation of European societies, just as it had used the attacks of 11 September 2001 to transform the United States. There is still time to oppose the hierarchisation of the world to come. | Question: Who do you think manufactured Covid-19? | Thierry Meyssan : My analysis is exclusively political. I don\'t give an opinion on me…

The Transformation of Societies on the Occasion of Covid-19 Heralds the Militarisation of Europe

Russian court keeps historian of Stalinist massacres jailed amid COVID-19 outbreak
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
The vendetta against Dmitriev is part of the campaign by Russia\'s state and ruling oligarchy to suppress all efforts to uncover the truth about the crimes of Stalinism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/russ-m12.html

The Face of Post-COVID Geo-Politics
Wayne Madsen | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-12
Just as the Black Death altered the course of world history, so too might Covid-19, Wayne Madsen writes.

The Face of Post-COVID Geo-Politics

The world order is rapidly changing
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-12
By TruePublica Editor: As every day reveals yet another failure of the state to tackle the COVID-19 crisis and it merges into the next, it is becoming apparent that this government does not really understand the scale of damage being done to the very fabric of Britain\'s society. It is a fair question to ask …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/the-world-order-is-rapidly-changing/

Disease capitalism and COVID-19: Hunger in the belly of the beast
Prabir Purkayastha | mronline.org | 2020-05-12
For capital, profits come from disease, not peoples\' health. COVID-19 shows the consequence of disease capitalism in a globalized world, the rich–countries or individuals–will not be spared either.
mronline.org/2020/05/12/disease-capitalism-and-covid-19-hunger-in-the-belly-of-the-beast/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=disease-capitalism-and-covid-19-hunger-in-the-belly-of-the-beast

Etazini vle depà≤te yon gwo asasen an Ayiti
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-05-12
ayiboPost Al gade nan atik sou sit orijinal la An Anglè Pandan pandemi COVID-19 la, prèske tout fwontyè ak ayewopà≤ nan mond lan fèmen men avyon Imigrasyon leta Ameriken (ICE) kontinye vole. Chak 2 a 3 semèn, yon và≤l depà≤tasyon konpayi Swift Air, LLC opere, ateri nan ayewopà≤ Pà≤toprens. Apre youn nan và≤l sa yo …
cepr.net/etazini-vle-depote-yon-gwo-asasen-an-ayiti/

We need a radically different model to tackle the COVID-19 crisis
James K. Galbraith | zcomm.org | 2020-05-12
Disaster capitalism is being tried, and the worst case is now the likely case. But there is a scale beyond which disaster capitalism cannot go. At a certain point, the carnage becomes too great to neglect, impossible to avoid and lethal to overlook. At a certain point, ordinary people will stand up and refuse to be bullied any…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/we-need-a-radically-different-model-to-tackle-the-covid-19-crisis/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Possible neurological effects of COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
Originally identified as a respiratory disease, some COVID-19 patients exhibit neurologic symptoms including stroke, loss of consciousness, headache, and even the loss of taste and smell. What\'s unknown is whether these are direct effects of the virus entering the nervous system, or consequences of the disease\'s effect on the body. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-possible-neurological-effects-of-covid-19/

National Nurses Day: Not all heroes wear capes
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
Photo and article are courtesy of Mayo Clinic News Center andMayo Clinic Employee Facebook. Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear scrubs, protective equipment and step out in difficult times to be there for others. As COVID-19 continues to spread and people heed notices to socially distance themselves and hunker down in their homes, there …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/national-nurses-day-not-all-heroes-wear-capes/

Madagascar Slams WHO for Not Endorsing Its Herbal Cure
Felix Tih | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has slammed the World Health Organization for not endorsing its COVID-19 herbal cure. | Last month, the Malagasy president officially launched Covid-Organics (CVO), an organic herbal concoction, claiming that it can prevent and cure patients suffering from …
globalresearch.ca/madagascar-slams-who-not-endorsing-herbal-cure/5712617

Six big lies you have been told about \'Russiagate\'
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Russian \'meddling\' in the 2016 US presidential election has become an article of faith, not just among Democrats but many Republicans as well, thanks to the endless repetition of vague talking points, none of which hold water. | It all began with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) claiming in June 2016 that Russia hacked their computers, after documents were published revealing the party\'s rigging of the primaries. This was followed by Hillary Clinton accusing her rival for the presidency Donald Trump that he…
rt.com/usa/488488-biggest-lies-of-russiagate/

Obama\'s halo is slipping, and that\'s a good thing
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-05-12
One of the major chapters in the so-called \'Russiagate\' saga recently came to an end, sparking the beginning of what has become known by some as \'Obamagate\'. US president Donald Trump has been reacting in his usual manner. But on this occasion, as with many others, Bar…
thecanary.co/us/us-analysis/2020/05/12/obamas-halo-is-slipping-and-thats-a-good-thing/

Six big lies you have been told about Russiagate
rt.com | 2020-05-12
\'Russian meddling\' in the 2016 US presidential election has become an article of faith, not just among Democrats but many Republicans as well, thanks to the endless repetition of vague talking points, none of which hold water. | It all began with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) claiming in June 2016 that Russia hacked their computers, after documents were published revealing the party\'s rigging of the primaries. This was followed by Hillary Clinton accusing her rival for the presidency, Donald Trump, of \"co…
rt.com/usa/488488-biggest-lies-of-russiagate/

Trump Labor Dept. Pushes States to Help Employers Report Workers Who Stay Home
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-12
With the stated goal of rooting out \" waste and fraud\" in the unemployment insurance system, President Donald Trump\'s Department of Labor is openly encouraging ongoing state efforts to help employers report workers who refuse to return to their jobs out of fear of contracting the cor…
truthout.org/articles/trump-labor-dept-pushes-states-to-help-employers-report-workers-who-stay-home/

Ignoring Trump and Right-Wing Think Tanks, Red States Expand Vote by Mail
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-12
On April 23, during the same week that Kentucky\'s Republican secretary of state said he was contemplating a \"significant expansion\" of vote by mail, the Public Interest Legal Foundation emailed one of his employees under the subject line \"28 MILLION ballots lost.\" | \"Putting the election in the hands of the United States Postal Service would be a catastrophe,\" wrote J. Christian Adams, president of PILF, a conservative organization that has long complained about voter fraud. His missive contended…
truthout.org/articles/ignoring-trump-and-right-wing-think-tanks-red-states-expand-vote-by-mail/

Pharmaceutical Company Pushes New, Unproven COVID Treatment Drug
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-12
The patient arrives in the emergency department breathing three to four times faster than normal

Cardinal George Pell and the Victims of Child Sexual Abuse in Victoria
Kenneth Good | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-12
In the long and still unfinished search for justice, two agencies have been outstanding. The Victorian Police performed dogged investigatory work, and the Royal Commission over five years compiled damning evidence. On 12 November 2012, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox called for the establishment of a Royal Commission. He was a 30-year veteran in Newcastle,…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/12/cardinal-george-pell-and-the-victims-of-child-sexual-abuse-in-victoria/

The Wet-Bulb Peril Has Arrived… Way Too Early
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-12
The human body has limits. If \"temperature plus humidity\" is high enough, even a healthy person seated in the shade with plentiful water to drink will suffer severely or likely die. It\'s the Wet-Bulb Temperature WBT effect. There is an upper limit to human capacity to adapt to excessive global heat when combined with excessive…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/12/the-wet-bulb-peril-has-arrived-way-too-early/

Hondurans Stranded in Spain Ask to Return to Their Country
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
At least 235 Honduran citizens with few economic resources are trapped in Spain and living in a very critical situation. | RELATED: | Honduras: Quarantine and Curfew Extended Until May 3rd | \"Most came to work in Spain but lost their jobs because their immigration status was irregular,\" Honduran Pablo Jose Perez said on behalf of the group. | …
telesurenglish.net/news/Hondurans-Stranded-in-Spain-Ask-to-Return-to-Their-Country-20200512-0001.html

Genocide and Military Occupation: The five most important keys to the Guaidó-Silvercorp contract
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-12
Finally, the complete content of the contract signed by Juan Guaidó, Sergio Vergara and J.J. Rendón with the American mercenary firm Silvercorp, led by former military officer Jordan Goudreau, has been released.
mronline.org/2020/05/12/genocide-and-military-occupation-the-five-most-important-keys-to-the-guaido-silvercorp-contract/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=genocide-and-military-occupation-the-five-most-important-keys-to-the-guaido-silvercorp-contract

The Lockdown Crisis Is Driving the EU to the Brink
Philipp Bagus | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-12
The eurozone is a gigantic machine of monetary redistribution. Several independent governments can finance their expenditures through deficits that are monetized directly or indirectly by one printing press. | More specifically, the European Central Bank (ECB) may buy eurozone government bonds directly from market participants or accept them as collateral in its lending operations, effectively increasing the monetary base. Through this monetization, a government can externalize the costs of its deficit partially onto the citizens of other eurozone countries…
anti-empire.com/the-lockdown-crisis-is-driving-the-eu-to-the-brink/

Workers\' lives at risk Tesla to resume production in defiance of lockdown rules
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-12
Elon Musk, the chief executive office of US electric car maker Tesla, even dared the authorities to arrest him and threatened to shift the factory outside Fremont, California…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/12/workers-lives-at-risk-tesla-reopens-production-in-defiance-of-lockdown-rules/

Will the Current Serious Economic Recession Evolve into a Full-fledged Global Economic Depression?
Prof Rodrigue Tremblay | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
\"I was 21 and looking for work in 1932, one of the worst years of the Great Depression, and I can remember one bleak night in the Thirties when my father learned on Christmas Eve that he\'d lost his job. …
globalresearch.ca/could-current-serious-economic-recession-evolve-full-fledged-global-economic-depression/5712677

Who\'s Protecting the Moon?
Nina Beety | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
\"Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth,\"

The Diabolical \"Game\" with Fear as an Instrument of Domination. The Reflex of Obedience
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
Anxiety is a widespread phenomenon that often accompanies people from the earliest days of childhood until old age. It is part of life and has many causes. When unscrupulous despots

Low-Balling the Unemployed in the Era of the 2020 Great Recession
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
This past Friday, May 8, the US Labor Dept. released its latest jobless figures. The official report was 20 million more unemployed and an unemployment rate of 14.7%. | Both mainstream and progressive media reported the numbers: 20 million more jobless …
globalresearch.ca/low-balling-unemployed-era-2020-great-recession/5712585

The Sadness… Continues!
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
For this writer there are events and incidents that transcend the usual causes of sadness for many of us. Yes, we all have a myriad of memories of sadness. Perhaps when a loved one or pet becomes ill or passes …
globalresearch.ca/sadness-continues/5712567

Last Process: 700 Postees: 2020-05-14 17:53 GMT (13:53 EST)