Paul Street (2020-05-11). A Late-Breaking Bulletin From PBS: \"For Many Americans, Health Insurance is Tied to a Job\" counterpunch.org I would like to nominate the \"Public\" Broadcasting System\'s (\"P\"BS) \"NewsHour\" and its economics reporter Paul Solomon for the 2020 Piss Down Our Backs and Tell Us Its Raining Prize in broadcast journalism. Last Thursday, \"P\"BS \"NewsHour\" viewers got to see the show\'s longtime economics correspondent (Paul Solomon) give a chilling account of how newly unemployed people are disastrously losing their health insurance in the middle of a pandemic.

Aaron Maté (2020-05-11). Bombshell: Crowdstrike admits \'no evidence\' Russia stole emails from DNC server. thegrayzone.com Crowdstrike, the firm behind the Russian email hacking allegation at the core of Russiagate, makes a bombshell admission: \"We did…

Lawrence Wittner (2020-05-11). Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, America\'s Billionaires Thrive and Prosper. counterpunch.org Although most Americans currently face hard times, with unemployment surging to the levels of the Great Depression and enormous numbers of people sick or dying from the coronavirus pandemic, the nation\'s super-rich remain a notable exception. Financially, they are doing remarkably well. According to the Institute for Policy Studies, between March 18 and April 28,

Alan Macleod (2020-05-11). New Facial Recognition Software Predicts You\'re a Criminal Based on your Face. mintpressnews.com The latest technological development appears to be an updated, \"algorithmic phrenology,\" repackaging a dangerous idea for the 21st century, all the more noteworthy because they are trying to sell it to law enforcement as an unbiased tool helping society.

Alan Macleod (2020-05-11). World\'s Super Rich Buying Pandemic Escape Mansions in New Zealand. mintpressnews.com A number of the planet\'s richest people, including billionaire co-founder of Paypal Peter Thiel, are escaping to New Zealand to shelter in luxury bunkers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alan MacLeod (2020-05-11). Victory in Europe Day: These American Corporations Aided Nazi Germany. globalresearch.ca May 8 marks the 75th anniversary of the Allied armies\' victory in Europe, the day when they accepted the formal surrender of Nazi Germany after a bitter, six-year-long struggle that saw tens of millions killed in fighting, famines or …

Ramzy Baroud (2020-05-11). \'Justice is Indivisible\': Placing Palestine Back at the Center of Muslim Discourse in the West. counterpunch.org It was nearly twenty years ago at a Muslim conference in Washington D.C. that I heard the distressing argument that Palestine should not be made a central topic in the American Muslim political agenda. The point, which took many by surprise, was enunciated by a young American Pakistani Muslim academic, whose name is not important

Zero Hedge (2020-05-11). Leaked UK Doc Shows Mandated Remote-Working Plan for Obese Brits. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-05-11). Fake Coronavirus Data, Fear Campaign. Spread of the COVID-19 Infection. globalresearch.ca 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.

Telesur (2020-05-11). Venezuela: Full Silvercorp Contract Unveiled, Guaido Involved. globalresearch.ca According to the Washington Post, the document was provided by Venezuelan opposition officials on the condition that one of the attachments be redacted. Nonetheless, the text showcases the extent of the intervention financed by Juan Guaido and his supporters. | Some …

Martha Grevatt (2020-05-11). COVID-19 strike wave enters third month. workers.org Workers at 50 locations across Florida struck McDonald\'s, Starbucks and other fast-food restaurants on May 6. What united them was the failure of these multibillion-dollar enterprises to correct hazardous working conditions that put workers at risk of contracting COVID-19. Some of these McDonald\'s workers are also part of a statewide . . . |

Prof. Vijay Prashad (2020-05-11). A Dirty Military Incursion into Venezuela. globalresearch.ca In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 3, speedboats left the Colombian coastlines and headed toward Venezuela. These boats had no authorization to cross the maritime border. They landed on the Venezuelan coastline at La Guaira. This was clearly …

RT (2020-05-11). Trump responsible for deaths in US and globally because of Covid-19 response, says Chomsky. rt.com Donald Trump is culpable for deaths in the US and beyond due to his Covid-19 pandemic response, according to Noam Chomsky, from making states deal with the crisis individually to cutting the World Health Organization funding. | The progressive activist and author is less than pleased with the president\'s coronavirus response, and insists his small government attitude and slashing of healthcare and research funds has put the US in a poor position to handle a pandemic. | \"That\'s something that Trump has been doing every year of his term, cutting it back more. So [his plan is] let\'s continue to cut it back, let\'s…

Newsclick (2020-05-11). No greater hypocrisy than Indian Govt\'s pronouncements on migrants: Sitaram Yechury. peoplesdispatch.org Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), talks about the Indian government\'s failure to prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic, the hypocrisy in its policy on migrants and the steps it needs to take to address the crisis. He also talks about how the pandemic has led to a greater realization of the failures of capitalism and will spur fresh struggles for a more just system.

Eugene E Ruyle (2020-05-11). The Bernie Sanders Movement, Its Historical Antecedents, and Its Legacy. indybay.org Online ZOOM Meeting. | LOG-IN INFORMATION AT OUR WEBSITE | ICSSMARX.ORG | OR EMAIL CUYLERUYLE [at] MAC.COM…

Staff (2020-05-11). Trump Death Clock: Creator Eugene Jarecki Says \"Reckless Mishandling\" of COVID-19 Must Be Quantified. democracynow.org As the death toll from COVID-19 in the United States surpasses 80,000, an unusual new billboard called the Trump Death Clock in New York City\'s Times Square keeps tally of lives lost to government inaction. \"What we found was that there was an amazing and very dark truth underlying the numbers that spoke to reckless mishandling of a pandemic by the president and his team, and we felt that ought to be quantified,\" says Eugene Jarecki, the award-winning documentary filmmaker, author and activist behind the project.

Staff (2020-05-11). \"COVID-19 Has Been Racialized\": Black Scholar Jill Nelson Arrested for Chalking \"Trump = Plague\" democracynow.org Black and Brown communities are being disproportionately targeted and policed in New York City\'s response to the spread of COVID-19. We speak with author and activist Jill Nelson, who was herself arrested by NYPD in April for writing \"Trump = Plague\" in chalk on an abandoned building in her Washington Heights neighborhood. The 67-year-old scholar was handcuffed, taken to the police station and held for five hours. Now she is speaking out. The president is \"telling us that as people of color, and older people, we should just die,\" says Nelson. \"It\'s ridiculous.\"

Staff (2020-05-11). \"Weaponized and Racialized\": Police Departments Use COVID-19 to Target Black & Brown Communities. democracynow.org Viral images have shone a spotlight on uneven policing. Some show police officers distributing masks to White residents in crowded New York City parks — and apparently arresting no one. Meanwhile, videos have emerged of violent crackdowns on social distancing measures in Black and Latinx neighborhoods. We continue our look at how Black and Brown communities are being disproportionately targeted and policed in New York City\'s enforcement measures during the pandemic, and also discuss how officers have ordered protesters to disband, citing executive orders from the mayor and the governor that ban \"any non-ess…

Staff (2020-05-11). Headlines for May 11, 2020. democracynow.org COVID-19 Cases Mount as States Reopen Economies, NY Investigating Deaths of at Least 3 Children Linked to COVID-19, Bronx Hospital Investigating Nurse Who Shared Video of Medical Staff Speaking Out About Lack of PPE, Cheyenne River Sioux Defies South Dakota Order to Remove Coronavirus Checkpoints, Another COVID-19 Case Confirmed at White House as Barack Obama Blasts Trump\'s \"Chaotic\" Response, Hunger-Striking Immigrant Women Released from California Prison, U.S. Continues to Deport Haitian Immigrants, Including Those with COVID-19 Infections, WSJ: Trump Planning to Ban H-1B Visas, Three Prisoners Die at Chino Fac…

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-11). Indifference Toward Public Health and Welfare in America. The COVID-19 Healthcare Fiasco. globalresearch.ca The US is the only developed nation without some form of universal healthcare coverage. | The world\'s richest country is indifferent toward the rights, needs, and welfare of its ordinary people in more normal times. | It\'s much the same at times …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-11). Trump Regime Further Escalates War on China by Other Means. globalresearch.ca In early April, China\'s official People\'s Daily broadsheet slammed the Trump regime\'s unacceptable restrictions imposed on the country\'s journalists in the US. | It called hostile US actions a \"clumsy performance (that) further exposed the hypocrisy of the self-styled advocate of …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-11). Effects of US Lockdowns v. Lifting Them. globalresearch.ca A University of Pennsylvania Wharton School model isn\'t encouraging. | Its analysis is world\'s apart from what the Trump regime suggests. | Wharton warned that if US lockdowns are lifted nationwide, businesses reopen, and pre-COVID-19 activities resume, eight million cases and 350,000 …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-11). Reinventing History a US Specialty. The Role of the Soviet Union In Defeating Nazi Germany. globalresearch.ca The power of endlessly repeated propaganda gets most people to believe almost anything — especially when pounded into the public consciousness by press agent establishment media. | In the US, they\'re mouthpieces for monied interests and the imperial state. Following government …

Andrew Korybko (2020-05-11). Geopolitical Corridors: Did Iran Inadvertently Sacrifice \"The India Chabahar Corridor\" for the Sake of Afghan Border Security? globalresearch.ca The recent political crisis that exploded between Iran and Afghanistan after the former\'s security forces were accused of forcing over 50 of the latter\'s illegal immigrants into a river on their shared border (where the majority of them are thought …

Joshua Hanks (2020-05-11). How Vietnam has won again — this time vs. the virus. workers.org As of May 11, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has not recorded any new cases of COVID-19 in 25 straight days, a remarkable achievement for the southeast Asian nation of nearly 100 million people. The number of confirmed cases remains at just 288, with 148 of those originating outside the . . . |

Editor (2020-05-11). Changing the narrative in Lansing, Mich. workers.org On May 7, a breath of fresh air entered Lansing, Mich., the first since ultrarightist gangs — with the blessing of the Trump administration — held an armed demonstration and invaded the State Capitol April 30. To justify such brazen aggression, the Capitol assaulters hid behind the Second Amendment — . . . |

G. Dunkel (2020-05-11). In Haiti/ICE is spreading COVID-19. workers.org Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency charged with deporting people from the United States, scheduled five deportations to Haiti on May 11 from the Pine Prairie Detention Center in Louisiana. The agency claims the five individuals have either tested positive for COVID-19 or show signs of having the disease. (Miami . . . |

Zero Hedge (2020-05-11). Pompeo Likens Iran To Nazis On 2nd Anniversary Of US Nuclear Deal Exit. iranian.com Perhaps attempting to ensure the anti-Iran \'maximum pressure\' campaign remains front and center, even in the midst of a pandemic and historic unemployment, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has resorted to the one of the most common — and we might note laziest — labels for America\'s \'enemies\'. In official statements Saturday, and on the same day Russia and …

sputniknews (2020-05-11). Afghanistan Not to Release More Taliban Prisoners Until Reciprocated by Armed Group. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): The Afghanistan government and the Taliban signed a US-mediated peace pact in February. As part of the agreement both sides agreed to release prisoners — the government would release 5,000 Taliban and the armed group would release 1,000 pro-government captives.

yenisafak (2020-05-11). Bosnia report exposes institutions, individuals who deny Srebrenica genocide. yenisafak.com Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday released a report on denial of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, in which over 8,300 Muslims were killed by Serbian forces. | The report, written by historian Monica Hanson Green, includes many details about the war in Bosnia in 1992-1995, subsequent war crimes trials, and the media outlets and people who deny the genocide. | Emir Suljagic, head of the Srebrenica Memorial Center, which published the report, said that the problem of genocide denial is very important. | \"We took a new responsibility to raise awareness of the genocide. This report is the first step in this,\" said Suljagi…

Ted Kelly (2020-05-11). Black prisoners win victory vs. racist officials. workers.org Through strength and perseverance, Eric McGill and Leonttay Pratt have won a meaningful victory against the racist officials at the Lebanon County Correctional Facility in Pennsylvania. Held in solitary confinement for refusing to cut their dreadlocks, McGill and Pratt — both adherents of the Rastafarian faith — have been released . . . |

Editor (2020-05-11). Los fascistas hacen trabajo sucio para los jefes. workers.org La aparición de alimañas neofascistas debajo de sus rocas para exigir negocios de \"reapertura\", una demanda querida por los gobernantes capitalistas súper ricos, hace imperativo que la izquierda desarrolle un plan para contrarrestar la amenaza fascista, una amenaza que ha re aparecido constantemente en la historia de los Estados Unidos. . . . |

RT (2020-05-11). Lockheed Martin declares Mission (almost) Accomplished, brings F-35\'s 100+ safety flaws down to 8… and hundreds of lesser issues. rt.com The maker of the troubled F-35 fighter jet claims to have solved \"most\" of the safety issues that plagued the $1.5 trillion plane — but flaws that could injure pilots are still present, on top of hundreds of software issues. | Lockheed Martin has fixed all but eight of the 111 \'Category 1\' flight safety issues found during a January 2018 analysis of the fighter jet program, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing the Government Accountability Office analyst in charge of monitoring the pricey plane\'s development. Category 1 issues are those that can \"injure or kill pilots or otherwise jeopardize the plane\'s…

RT (2020-05-11). Manhunt underway after man shot near Melbourne, Australia — reports. rt.com One person has been reportedly shot dead in Endeavour Hills, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. A police operation is underway in the area, with helicopters circling in the sky. | The shooting victim was discovered by police responding to reports of gunshots in the neighborhood, which is located some 30 km southeast from the CBD, Melbourne\'s central business district, according to local media reports. | \"I was just here with my kids when I heard the shot. Shortly afterwards, all the police started to arrive at the street. It\'s terrifying,\" a local resident told the Herald Sun. | The man is said to have died fro…

Ronald Blum (2020-05-11). Women\'s soccer players won\'t go down without a fight, demand equal pay appeal. peoplesworld.org (AP)—American women\'s soccer players want to delay a trial until after an appellate court reviews last week\'s decision to throw out their claim of unequal pay while allowing allegations of discriminatory work conditions to move forward. Lawyers for the women filed a motion Friday night asking U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner in Los Angeles to …

Richard D. Wolff (2020-05-11). Mass Unemployment Is a Failure of Capitalism. counterpunch.org The difficulties caused to workers by record unemployment during the pandemic are a product of capitalism. Most of the time, employers decide to hire or fire workers depending on which choice maximizes employers\' profits. Profit, not the full employment of workers nor of means of production, is \"the bottom line\" of capitalism and thus of capitalists. That is how the system works. Capitalists are rewarded when their profits are high and punished when they are not. It\'s nothing personal; it\'s just business.

RT (2020-05-11). Don\'t fear the mutant: Coronavirus may be \'adapting to humans,\' warns MSM. Haven\'t they been paying attention? rt.com The MSM is pushing a narrative that the coronavirus presents an existential threat to humans, jumping on findings that the coronavirus is mutating as evidence for this. But in reality, mutations are anything but alarming. | Over the weekend, the Guardian published a

Eds. (2020-05-11). U.S. ratchets up Hybrid Warfare in Venezuela. mronline.org Nino Pagliccia examines the recent mercenary incursion into the Venezuelan territory.

RT (2020-05-11). Covid-19 crisis leaves 700,000 children without sufficient food in Italy — report. rt.com The coronavirus pandemic and ensuing economic hardship has left 700,000 children under 15 years of age in Italy without enough food, the country\'s biggest farming organization has warned. | \"The number of children under the age of 15 who need help to get milk or food to eat has risen to 700,000,\" the farmers organization Coldiretti said in a statement released on Sunday, which was Mother\'s Day in Italy. | The \"critical\" situation has been \"aggravated in many families by the closure of schools and school restaurants\" which were where many children received a guaranteed hot meal every day, the union said. | The…

RT (2020-05-11). \'We are at war. Make no mistake\': WH official kicks anti-China rhetoric up a notch. rt.com The US is currently \"at war\" with China, White House official Peter Navarro said, insisting it owes compensation for the \"damage\" caused by Covid-19 as Washington heats up tensions with Beijing over the pandemic. | \"We are at war, make no mistake about that. The Chinese unleashed a virus on the world,\" the Trump adviser told Fox & Friends on Monday. | Navarro also said China will owe the US \"some form of compensatory damage\" following the pandemic. | Peter Navarro: \"It crossed me that Disneyland in Shanghai is opening this morning, while my own Disneyland in my own homeland in Orange County, in Anaheim, where…

RT (2020-05-11). China urges US to reverse decision to limit journalist visas, warns of possible \'countermeasures\'. rt.com The US\' decision to limit visas for Chinese journalists puts political pressure on Chinese media and Beijing will be forced to retaliate if Washington does not correct its \"mistake,\" the Foreign Ministry spokesperson says. | Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian addressed the US\' decision to limit visas for Chinese journalists to a maximum of 90 days in a press conference on Monday. | Journalist visas for Chinese media representatives within the US previously had no expiration date, making the 90-day limit a significant restriction. | Zhao accused the US of \"suppressing\" Chinese media and warned th…

Pepe Escobar (2020-05-11). Why Xi won\'t repeat Ming Dynasty mistakes. thealtworld.com China has learned from its own rich history and is applying those lessons to re-emerge as a major 21st century power | 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 — what the Chinese learned from their own rich history and how…

RT (2020-05-11). \'European virus\': Cuomo goes all-in on Covid-19 language gymnastics in standoff with Trump. rt.com New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called Covid-19 the \"European virus,\" to zero pushback from the press that gave President Donald Trump no end of trouble back when he called it a \"Chinese virus.\" | Outlining a plan to reopen some parts of the state for business — while keeping New York City and its environs under strict lockdown — at a press conference on Monday, Cuomo argued that the virus came to New York from Europe, not China, and even referred to it as the \"European virus\" multiple times. | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is now describing the coronavirus pandemic that originated in Wuhan, China as…

RT (2020-05-11). Surfer KILLED by great white shark after riding the waves at beach CLOSED during COVID-19 pandemic (VIDEO). rt.com Ben Kelly was brought to shore but could not recover from injuries sustained in an attack that is thought to have made him the first victim of a giant great white shark off the Manresa State Beach since 2004. | Authorities had kept the beach closed during the day as part of attempts to curb the spread of COVID-19, but experienced surf addict Ben Kelly could not resist heading off the shore of the North Carolina coast — despite footage showing schools of sharks in the vicinity just days earlier. | Rescuers could not save the 26-year-old Santa Cruz resident, who was around 100 yards from land when he was at…

RT (2020-05-11). Trudeau makes Covid-19 aid intended to \'save Canadian jobs\' conditional on meeting climate change goals. rt.com Adding insult to the injury of Covid-19 closures, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that businesses seeking emergency payroll funding will have to demonstrate their compliance with \'climate change\' guidelines. | Citing the need to protect \"Canadian middle-class jobs and safeguard our economy,\" Trudeau on Monday rolled out the expansion of the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF), intended to provide bridge liquidity to companies unable to meet their payroll due to the shutdown. | We know Canadians are worried about their jobs as a result of the pandemic. Today, we\'re announcin…

RT (2020-05-11). Get your kit off: World Naked Bike Ride organizers say all-day exposure for NUDE cycling is 'best thing that could happen' (VIDEO). rt.com As mass activities worldwide fall victim to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers of the world\'s foremost bare-biking gathering are planning to turn their annual stripped cycle into a day-long event open to even more pedaling nudists. | While the Tour de France was forced to postpone its launch by more than two months as mass gatherings were outlawed to meet health guidelines around the COVID-19 pandemic, another key date for cycling enthusiasts will go ahead on the tour\'s original start date of June 27 — albeit in slightly altered form. | Portland\'s edition of the World Naked Bike Ride is the flagbearer for…

RT (2020-05-11). US coronavirus death toll tops 80,000- Reuters tally. rt.com Deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic in the US have topped 80,000, just as some states have begun relaxing lockdown measures and President Donald Trump tweeted the numbers are \"looking much better.\" | WH officials had previously predicted a death total of 100,000 to 240,000 from the virus. Some states have already begun slowly reopening, including New York, which has been the hardest hit state in the US. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday some non-essential businesses will be allowed to reopen on Friday, declaring a partial victory over the virus, saying, \"we are on the other side of the mountain.\" | The p…

RT (2020-05-11). What\'s in the UK government\'s Covid-19 lockdown easing plan? Here are the main points. rt.com Downing Street has finally published a detailed plan for easing the Covid-19 lockdown in England amid widespread confusion following PM Boris Johnson\'s address to the nation on Sunday, which was slammed for lacking clarity. | The 50-page

Joe Bernick (2020-05-11). Right wing on the defensive in Arizona elections. peoplesworld.org TUCSON—Arizona\'s right-wing governor and state legislature are taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic in an attempt to defeat progressive change. The Republicans in this state are terrified that Arizona will flip to the Democrats in the 2020 elections. They are scared of the fightback by striking teachers, miners, and all working people, and of the rising militancy …

Ian Goodrum (2020-05-11). Lab lies: U.S. continues disinformation campaign about Wuhan virus lab. peoplesworld.org As COVID-19 maintains its devastating spread throughout the world, it has found an unlikely ally: The United States government. Case and fatality counts in the U.S. continue to rise—nearly 1.4 million infected and over 80,000 dead as of May 11—but rather than take stock of its disastrous response and chart a new course, the U.S. …

Juan Cole (2020-05-10). Your Crazy Uncle Sam strikes again, Vetoing Global Peace to own the ChiComs. zcomm.org On Friday, the US used its veto power to block a United Nations resolution calling for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic…

Howie Hawkins (2020-05-10). Fight COVIF-19 Not Venezuela. dissidentvoice.org The Keystone Cops have nothing on the rag-tag group of soldiers of fortune who failed earlier this week in their implausible plot to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, trigger a military coup, and install the US puppet, Juan Guaidó, in the presidency. We know all about the hair-brained scheme due to a falling out of …

Eugene E Ruyle (2020-05-10). The Bernie Sanders Movement, Its Historical Antecedents, and Its Legacy. indybay.org Online ZOOM Meeting. | LOG-IN INFORMATION AT OUR WEBSITE | ICSSMARX.ORG | OR EMAIL CUYLERUYLE [at] MAC.COM…

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-10). The End of World War II. From the Scourge of Fascism to America\'s Imperial \"Fantasy Democracy\" globalresearch.ca WW II had nothing to do with defeating the scourge of fascism, far from it. | Its belligerent face in the US, West, Israel, and their imperial allies resembles earlier versions in Germany, Japan and Italy with nationality and cultural differences….

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-10). Trump Regime Blocks UN Security Council Resolution for \"Global Ceasefire\" During COVID-19 Epidemic. globalresearch.ca Run by warlord members from both right wings of the one-party state, the US geopolitical agenda prioritizes permanent wars against invented enemies to enforce their will on humanity by brute force and other hostile actions. | At a time when containing …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-10). Latest Failed Coup Attempt Against Venezuela Made in the USA? globalresearch.ca UN Charter Article 2(4) states the following: | \"All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the …

RT (2020-05-10). Former India PM Singh in hospital over \'chest pains\' — reports. rt.com Manmohan Singh, the former prime minister of India, is getting medical care after suffering from chest pains and uneasiness, media reports say. | Singh, 87, was taken to All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on Sunday and was under observation in the cardio-thoracic ward where he was being treated by a cardiologist. He is currently not in critical condition and away from the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital in a private room. | Singh served as the 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014, and he currently serves in the Upper House of Parliament. | The former prime minister…

RT (2020-05-10). Why this oil rally won't last. rt.com Oil prices have rallied as traders believe the depths of demand destruction may be coming to an end with economies beginning to reopen. But some analysts are warning that the oil price rally may be premature. | WTI prices have doubled from $12 to $24 in a little over a week. There is evidence that demand has bottomed out and has begun to rise from recent lows. US gasoline On the supply side…

Juan Arreseigor (2020-05-10). Bank of England Is Predicting the Biggest Contraction Since the 1709 \'Great Frost,\' Here Is What Happened Then. anti-empire.com In the first months of 1709, Europe froze and stayed that way for months. People ice-skated on the canals of Venice, church bells broke when rung, and travelers could cross the Baltic Sea on horseback. This freakish winter ultimately claimed the lives of a vast number of Europeans and disrupted two major wars—but to this day, there is no conclusive theory for its cause. | IT HAPPENED LITERALLY overnight in the first few days of 1709. On January 5, temperatures plummeted—not, perhaps, a surprise in European winter. But 1709 was no ordinary cold snap. Dawn broke the next morning on a continent that had…

Vincent Tsai and Camden Goetz (2020-05-10). New York pandemic spending favors wealthy over workers. liberationnews.org New York politicians have recently barreled forward with plans for massive cuts to public spending.

Elijah Magnier (2020-05-10). UNIFIL Serves Israel, So The Hezbollah Deterrence Will Remain. thealtworld.com Every year, before renewing the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mandate, voices are heard from Israel and the US administration asking to expand the term and duties of UNIFIL in order to serve Israel\'s goals. The US administration stands shoulder to shoulder with Israel in trying to achieve by other means what it could not accomplish through military confrontation. The aim is always to cripple Hezbollah and limit its social and military capabilities. Until this goal is achieved, the UNIFIL mandate is annually renewed until the time comes when Israel no longer needs these \"peacekeeping forces\" in…

RT (2020-05-10). \'Without preconditions\': Iran says it\'s ready to discuss full prisoner exchange with US amid talks of new swap. rt.com An Iranian government spokesperson has said that the country is prepared to negotiate a complete prisoner swap with the US. The news comes after reports of talks about exchanging two detainees infected with Covid-19. | \"We are ready to exchange all prisoners and we are prepared to discuss this issue without any preconditions, but the US has not responded yet,\" Ali Rabiei said, as cited by Khabaronline. | We are worried about the safety and health of Iranians in jail… We hold America responsible for Iranians\' safety amid the new coronavirus outbreak. | It follows a recent New York Times report about the ongoi…

Adriaan Alsema (2020-05-10). Colombia\'s military attache to Washington removed over spying scandal. colombiareports.com One of Colombia\'s military attaches to Washington DC is among the 12 army officials who have been sacked over a major spying scandal, newspaper El Tiempo reported Saturday. According to…

RT (2020-05-10). Trump to blame — again! Atlanta mayor pins controversial shooting of Ahmaud Arbery on WH \'rhetoric\' giving \'permission to racists\'. rt.com Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has used the controversial shooting of Ahmaud Arbery to attack the \"rhetoric\" being used by US President Donald Trump and his administration. | \"It\'s 2020 and this was a \'lynching\' of an African American man,\" Bottoms told CNN on Sunday about the case of Arbery, a black jogger who was allegedly chased and killed by two white men in Georgia at the end of February. | Arbery\'s case has gained national attention mainly due to the fact that murder charges were not filed until a cellphone video showing the 25-year-old man being confronted went viral in recent days. Gregory McMichae…

RT (2020-05-10). Russia breaks 200,000 mark on total Covid-19 cases with over 11,000 newly registered infections. rt.com A total of 11,012 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Russia on Sunday afternoon. Officials in Moscow say the surge in the numbers there is due to increased testing. | The country has now seen the daily number of newly-recorded coronavirus infections exceed 10,000 for eight consecutive days. Overall, there are 209,688 patients who have tested positive for the deadly disease. | Almost two thirds of the new cases reported on Sunday were registered in Moscow area, which remains the country\'s worst infection hotspot. | Some 88 people have died across Russia over the past 24 hours, bringing the Covid-19 death to…

RT (2020-05-10). Over 1,000 line up for FREE FOOD in Geneva amid coronavirus lockdown (PHOTOS). rt.com More than 1,000 people queued up in Geneva to get free food parcels. The anti-coronavirus measures that have been in place since mid-March have taken a heavy toll on the country\'s poor. | Hundreds of people turned out to get free food from charities in one of the world\'s leading financial centres, typically associated with wealth, on Saturday. As those gathered had to follow the social distancing rules, the procession stretched for more than 1.5km (a mile). | | © AFP / Fabrice Coffrini | Those most eager to receive food assistance began lining up in a file starting as early as at 5: 00 am, according to t…

The Canary (2020-05-10). Government\'s new coronavirus slogan draws widespread scorn. thecanary.co The government\'s new slogan for the next phase in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19)has drawn a lot of scorn, and a certain amount of praise.After the successful bluntness of the shutdown message of \"stay at home, save lives, protect the NHS\", Britons are now set to be asked to \"stay alert, control the virus, save lives\".Top-selling Harry Potter author JK Rowling immediately hit out by saying: \"Is Coronavirus sneaking around in a fake moustache and glasses? If we drop our guard, will it slip us a Micky Finn? What the hell is \'stay alert\' supposed to mean?\" | Is Coronavirus sneaking around in a fake moustach…

The Canary (2020-05-10). Doctor with passion for photography captures hospital\'s coronavirus experience. thecanary.co A doctor on the coronavirus front line has refocused his passion for photography to document his hospital\'s battle with the virus.Tuck Goh, who always carries a small camera in his pocket, has been capturing candid shots of his colleagues in the emergency department of the Ulster Hospital near Belfast as they respond to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis.Goh, an associate specialist who has worked in the hospital\'s ED for 23 years, has travelled extensively pursuing his lifetime love of street photography.At the outset of the pandemic, as the hospital undertook a major reconfiguration in preparation for the virus\'

RT (2020-05-10). BoJo introduces Covid-19 \'alert levels\' for UK as part of \'roadmap\' out of lockdown (VIDEO). rt.com The UK will not lift its Covid-19 lockdown this month, but will roll out an alert system to help judge when and where that easing of restrictions can begin, UK PM Boris Johnson said in a video address. | In a pre-recorded message broadcast Sunday, the PM announced a plan for a new system of alert levels that will be used to implement anti-coronavirus measures based on the rates at which the virus is spreading. | \"That Covid Alert Level will tell us how tough we have to be in our social-distancing measures — the lower the level, the fewer the measures,\" Johnson explained. \"The higher the level, the tougher…

Marko Marjanoviƒá (2020-05-10). Belarus Telegraph Agency — This Is How Sensible, Non-Sensationalist Reporting on Coronavirus Looks Like. anti-empire.com An update from the 6,050 coronavirus recoveries reported in Belarus: | MINSK, 9 May (BelTA) — As many as 6,050 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered and have been released from hospitals as of 9 May, the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry told BelTA. | As many as 22,052 people in Belarus have tested positive for COVID-19. As many as 251,771 coronavirus tests have been performed so far. | As many as 126 patients, who tested p…

Ben Lewis (2020-05-10). Imperial College\'s COVID-19 Coding Is Unintelligible, \"Quite Possibly the Worst Production Code I Have Ever Seen\" anti-empire.com It may be surprising to those outside the bubble, but it is no great secret within the academic community that the quality of most computer codes used is very poor. Prof. Neil Ferguson\'s group at Imperial have now What is even more alarming is that the published code has supposedly been improved over a number of weeks to be less dire. So what it looked like back in March when Prof. Ferguson was predicting hundreds of thousands of deaths is anyone\'s guess. | But…

RT (2020-05-10). Elon Musk resorts to insults in RUSSIAN to defend capitalism. rt.com As Elon Musk sues Californian authorities for stopping a Tesla factory from reopening, he has found a somewhat novel way of dealing with his critics — dismissing them with short Russian insults. | The target of Musk\'s Cyrillic ire is Robert Reich, an economist and labor secretary under the Clinton administration. A well-known proponent of fairer distribution of wealth, Reich shared a story about the Tesla CEO\'s plans for legal action in the Golden State with the comment: \"Elon Musk threatens to take away people\'s jobs unless he\'s allowed to risk their health. Capitalism at its worst.\" | t.co/Faiv…

Project Veritas (2020-05-10). Funeral Directors in Covid-19 Epicenter Doubt Legitimacy of Deaths Attributed to Pandemic, Fear Numbers Are \'Padded\'. anti-empire.com Judge Calls Bullsh*t on Relative\'s COVID-19 Cause of Death | Funeral Home: To Me all You\'re Doing is Padding the Statistics…Making the Death Rates in New York City Higher than Estimated | Staten Island Funeral Director Questions Mayor DeBlasio\'s Role and Adds: I Think It\'s Political | Brooklyn Funeral Director: They Are Padding Numbers; Medical Examiners Too Busy to Investigate | Brooklyn Funeral Director: 40-year-old Died in Home with No Symptoms Other Than Fever, Toe-Tagged as COVID-19 Victim | www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5f_6ltv7oI | Project Veritas today released another video featuri…

RT (2020-05-10). 'How?!' Golf model Lucy Robson wows fans with overhead trick-shot putt (VIDEO). rt.com British golfer and Instagram favorite Lucy Robson has clearly been honing her trick-shot skills in lockdown, amazing her fans with an unconventional backswing putt into a cup. | Robson has already treated fans to a trip into her \"womancave\" earlier during the Covid-19 pandemic, giving her 742,000 followers a sneak peak at the newly-installed golf simulator at her Florida home. | Also on rt.com | | And whi…

RT (2020-05-10). \'Aggressive confrontation\' between Indian & Chinese troops causes injuries on both sides, reports claim. rt.com More than a hundred soldiers were involved in a confrontation along the contentious Indian-Chinese border in the Himalayas, Indian media reported. The encounter allegedly left injuries on both sides. | Citing two high-ranking military sources, the Hindustan Times \"Four Indian so…

RT (2020-05-10). India rolls out red carpet for hundreds of American firms that Washington wants out of China — report. rt.com As trade tensions escalate between Washington and Beijing, India is boosting efforts to lure more than 1,000 US businesses out of China, reportedly offering to ease tax and labor laws, and allowing easier access to land. | Among those companies the Indian government reached out to were medical equipment producers, food processing units, and textiles, leather and auto part makers, Bloomberg reported, citing Indian officials. The talks, which began in April and were set up through overseas missions, reportedly involved Medtronic Plc and drug maker Abbott Laboratories, which has recently developed \"rapid\" coronav…

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-10). The Great Russiagate Hoax Exposed. Geopolitical Transition to Chinagate… globalresearch.ca Hoaxes are easy to detect. When accusations lack credible supportive evidence, they baseless. | Not a shred of evidence about alleged Russian US election meddling was ever presented by Washington\'s intelligence community, the House, Senate, or farcical Robert Mueller probe. | Russiagate …

yenisafak (2020-05-10). Portugal to take up to 60 unaccompanied migrant children from Greek camps. yenisafak.com Portugal is to take up to 60 unaccompanied children from Greek refugee camps, according to Socialist Party lawmaker Isabel Santos, as concern mounts over the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the vulnerable group.The children are expected to arrive in Portugal within the next few weeks, Santos was cited by local news agency Lusa as saying during an online conference to celebrate Europe Day. The member of the European Parliament did not specify a date.At least 5,200 unaccompanied minors live in Greece, many of them under harsh conditions in camps on islands in the Aegean.Human Rights Watch said the Greek autho…

sputniknews (2020-05-10). Drones, Documentaries, Death: Silvercorp\'s Contract to Take Down Maduro in Full. sputniknews.com A 13-strong group of US citizens and dissident Venezuelans attempted to infiltrate Venezuela via the coastal state of La Guaira from Colombia in the early hours of the morning, their aim being to precipitate a nationwide rebellion against the government of Nicolas Maduro.

yenisafak (2020-05-10). Taliban blamed for extorting food aid in Afghanistan. yenisafak.com The insurgents extorted five trucks loaded with fresh food items in Faryab province\'s restive Sheren Tagab district, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said in a statement.\"During Ramadan, when the country is in dire need of food aid and people are suffering from a deadly disease [coronavirus] under quarantine, the commission expresses concerns over the holding of this aid, urge the Taliban to stop hindering delivery of humanitarian aid, and to keep their promises in this regard,\" it read.Naqibullah Fayeq, the governor of Faryab province, received the aid at the Aqina dry port at the border with…

RT (2020-05-10). NYC more than doubles number of \'social-distancing ambassadors\' after cops\' enforcement of Covid-19 rules causes backlash. rt.com Following troubling viral videos of arrests and concerns about racial disparity in enforcing Covid-19-related social distancing, Mayor Bill De Blasio says he is increasing \"ambassadors\" in the city from 1,000 to 2,300. | \"Enforcement has always been the last resort,\" the mayor said at a press conference Sunday. | His comment comes in the wake of the city having come under increased scrutiny thanks to a viral video, of what some have flagged as police brutality, showing NYPD officers arresting several people suspected of breaking social-distancing rules, and also to statistics showing the last few months have s…

Brendan O\'Neill (2020-05-10). Lockdown Fanatics Scare Me Far More Than Covid-19. anti-empire.com I know I\'m meant to be scared of The lockdown fanatics were out in force yesterday. No sooner had there…

RT (2020-05-10). Trump WON\'T bail out states, but could help cover \'unexpected\' costs of Covid-19 lockdown — adviser. rt.com US President Donald Trump is open to compensating hard-hit states for expenses incurred in their Covid-19 responses — but isn\'t looking at complete bailouts, his economic adviser said, after Congress was asked to send aid. | \"Of course if we go to a phase-four deal, I think President Trump has signaled that, while he doesn\'t want to bail out the states, he\'s willing to help cover some of the unexpected Covid expenses that might have come their way,\" White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett told CNN. | In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the federal government…

graham (2020-05-10). Something about Julian Assange you should know. truepublica.org.uk Anyone watching the current events surrounding Julian Assange will know that justice in Britain is not the driving motivation behind his incarceration. His treatment by the state is truly shameful, immoral and reprehensible. What you are witnessing in real-time is the abuse and oppression of a journalist all funded by the taxpayer to further the …

Leon Kunstenaar (2020-05-10). San Quentin Gets Car Caravan Protest. indybay.org Protesters demand end to \"Covid-19 death camps.\"

Dr. Gary G. Kohls (2020-05-10). Women\'s Rights and Social Justice: Julia Ward Howe\'s 1870 Anti-War Mother\'s Day Proclamation, A Day of Peace. globalresearch.ca Julia Ward Howe was a humanist who cared about suffering people, a feminist, a social justice activist & suffragette, and it was because of her anti-war commitment that she wrote the famous \"Mother\'s Day Proclamation\" 5 years after the Civil War, which resulted in 600,000 dead American soldiers…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-10). COVID-19 Has Exposed Collapse of American Dream: V. peoplesdispatch.org As the world struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic and distancing becomes the new normal, loneliness and the lack of touch has emerged as one of the greatest losses, says activist and playwright V…

Santa Cruz News (2020-05-10). Prodded by Right Wingers, Santa Cruz Businesses Operate Outside of Health Restrictions. indybay.org The \"Committee to Reopen Santa Cruz,\" a group founded recently by right wing extremists who believe the COVID-19 Pandemic is a hoax, is prodding local businesses to open early. The group has announced that the Om Gallery on Pacific Avenue is opening to two shoppers at a time from 1-5pm on Friday, May 8, by appointment. The Committee to Reopen Santa Cruz also plans to do \"guerrilla yoga\" at a studio that will secretly open its doors for the group. \"Some studios are opening the back door for the cool kids club. No Snitches,\" a flyer for a May 8 \"Freedom Friday\" protest states. On May 6, the Santa Cruz County Health…

sputniknews (2020-05-10). US Man Wears Swastika in Protest Against \'Festering in Lockdown\' Days After Another Sports KKK Hood. sputniknews.com Dustin Hart, who filmed himself in a San Diego grocery store, explains in the video that the stunt was meant to explicitly put forward his rage over the prolonged quarantine measures in the state of California.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-10). Rouhani congratulates Iraq\'s new PM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani forwarded a message of felicitation to the newly-elected Iraq Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi, calling for cooperation of two countries in all fields.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-10). Victory Day and the continuing battle against Fascism. peoplesdispatch.org Victory Day marks the surrender of Nazi Germany during World War II. However, today, Neo-Nazi movements continue to thrive in Europe even as there are concerted attempts to deny the role of the Soviet Union in the defeat of Germany. The people, however, are in the forefront of the struggle against these groups.

news.un (2020-05-10). Ensure city poor and vulnerable are fed, amidst lockdown hunger risk, urges UN. news.un.org The UN food agency, FAO, warns that hunger and fatalities could rise significantly in urban areas, without measures to ensure that poor and vulnerable residents have access to food. In Latin America, cities are finding ways to keep food supplies flowing, despite the current restrictions on movement and supplies.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-10). Mayo Clinic receives $26 million from BARDA for COVID-19 convalescent plasma expanded access program. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 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. …

Edward S. Herman (2020-05-10). U.S. Plans and Actions: \"Foreign Engagement\" versus Aggression. globalresearch.ca This article first appeared on GR on June 2016. | The double standard in the media\'s treatment of U.S. plans and actions (\"us\") and those of our allies, on the one hand, and enemy/target plans and actions (\"them\"), on the other …

MDAEFG (2020-05-10). #WearOrange for National Gun Violence Awareness Day 2020 (virtual). indybay.org Social media…

James A. Lucas (2020-05-10). U.S. Regime Has Killed 20-30 Million People Since World War II. globalresearch.ca Originally published on March 22, 2018. May 8, 2020 commemorates the defeat of Nazi Germany, May 8, 1945, 75 years ago. | Introduction | After the catastrophic attacks of September 11 2001 monumental sorrow and a feeling of desperate and understandable anger …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-10). Mayo Clinic launches radio campaign to encourage recovered patients of COVID-19 to donate plasma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 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 …

John Bowden (2020-05-10). Chinese Ministry Warned President Xi Jinping of Armed Confrontation with US: Report. globalresearch.ca A report from China\'s top intelligence ministry presented to President Xi Jinping reportedly warned of growing anti-Chinese sentiment around the world and raised the possibility of military conflict with the U.S. |

news.un (2020-05-10). Moving towards 100% renewable power (with a little help from sheep). news.un.org The US island state of Hawaii has committed to generating 100 per cent of its power using renewable energy by 2045, demonstrating to other US states and island communities across the world, that sustainable energy can be a reality. UN News travelled to Hawaii with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to talk to a power company executive and a sheep farmer to find out how they are contributing to that goal.

Paul Craig Roberts (2020-05-10). The Cost of Big Pharma\'s Covid-19 Vaccine Will Be Paid in Lives and in Billions of Dollars. thealtworld.com Big Pharma and its minions such as Anthony Fauci and Robert Redfield are determined to use Covid-19 to vaccinate us all at the expense our lives and pocketbooks. They are using the media, grant-dependent professionals, medical journals, and the presstitute media to conduct a campaign of disinformation about an inexpensive and successful treatment in order to pave the way for a likely unsuccessful, possibly dangerous, but very profitable vaccine. | The successful treatment is hydroxychloroquine-azithromycin and zinc. Hydroxychlorquine has been used for decades to treat malaria, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis and…