RT (2020-03-14). Iraqi military confirms attack on Taji base, says it shouldn't be pretext for foreign ops on its soil. rt.com A military base in Iraq housing US troops has been targeted in a rocket attack that severely injured Iraqi soldiers, the nation\'s military confirmed. It also warned that the strike does not warrant a retaliation by foreign powers. | As many as 33 Katyusha rockets have been launched at the Taji base north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The strike left several Iraqi air defense soldiers \"critically injured,\" according to the military statement. It is unclear if any US personnel have been affected. | The military urged all foreign forces to implement the national parliament\'s resolution, passed after the US killi…

RT (2020-03-14). Two US soldiers seriously injured after rocket attack on military base outside Baghdad — Pentagon. rt.com Two of the three US military personnel injured in the latest rocket attack on Camp Taji base north of Iraq\'s capital are being treated at a military hospital in Baghdad, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said Saturday. | Earlier in the day, Iraqi military said a number of the nation\'s soldiers had also been \"critically injured\" in the incident. | The Taji base has come under rocket attacks twice in less than a week. On Wednesday, three soldiers, two from the US and one from the UK, were killed at the military installation, while a dozen others were injured. The US military blamed that attack on Iraqi Shia mi…

RT (2020-03-14). Western media sends Russian career politician TO SPACE in rush to write about Putin & constitutional reform. rt.com The head of Russian Parliament\'s upper chamber had hidden a glorious space-faring past until the Daily Mail blew the lid off her secret. Or it might just be a fantasy tale propelled by a rush for clicks instead of a Soyuz rocket.

RT (2020-03-14). British media launches Russian senate speaker INTO SPACE in latest battle with \'difficult\' foreign names. rt.com The head of Russian Parliament\'s upper chamber had hidden a glorious space-faring past until the Daily Mail blew the lid off her secret. Or it might just be a fantasy tale propelled by a rush for clicks instead of a Soyuz rocket.

RT (2020-03-14). Russia\'s number of confirmed coronavirus cases reaches 59. rt.com Some 14 new coronavirus patients were identified in Russia on Saturday with the total number of infected reaching 59. Moscow leads with the number of new cases, with 9 infected with Covid-19 detected in the capital. So far, the coronavirus has not claimed any lives in Russia. | Over 145,000 coronavirus patients have been registered worldwide, and more than 5,400 of them died. While the majority of cases have originated in the pandemic\'s ground zero — Wuhan, China — and countries such as Iran and South Korea have been heavily hit, the World Health Organization (WHO) said this week that the hotspot o…

RT (2020-03-14). WH confirms Trump \'SHARED TABLE\' with Brazilian envoy, 3nd official to test positive for coronavirus after US visit. rt.com US President Donald Trump shared a table with a Brazilian official that has since tested positive for Covid-19, the White House confirmed, after two others present for the same visit were found to carry the illness. | Trump came into contact with the official during a meeting with a Brazilian delegation at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida last weekend, Trump\'s physician Sean Conley said in a statement published by the White House late on Friday night. | \"This evening we learned of another dinner guest, this one sharing the table with the president and White House delegation, who was symptom-free until this mor…

RT (2020-03-14). WH confirms Trump \'SHARED TABLE\' with Brazilian envoy, 3rd official to test positive for coronavirus after US visit. rt.com US President Donald Trump shared a table with a Brazilian official that has since tested positive for Covid-19, the White House confirmed, after two others present for the same visit were found to carry the illness. | Trump came into contact with the official during a meeting with a Brazilian delegation at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida last weekend, Trump\'s physician Sean Conley said in a statement published by the White House late on Friday night. | \"This evening we learned of another dinner guest, this one sharing the table with the president and White House delegation, who was symptom-free until this mor…

RT (2020-03-14). Pakistan agrees to discuss regional Covid-19 strategy after Modi calls for cooperation, ending 4-year hiatus with South Asian bloc. rt.com Islamabad has signaled willingness to partake in a joint response to the coronavirus with a bloc of South Asian nations, after Indian PM Narendra Modi broke years of stalemate with the regional body and called for coordination. | Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aisha Farooqui said on Friday that the country\'s Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Zafar Mirza would participate in a joint teleconference with leaders from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to formulate a combined action plan to contain the outbreak. | \"The threat of #COVID-19 requires coordinat…

RT (2020-03-14). \'Nationalize factories & industries!\' De Blasio kicks panic up to 11 calling coronavirus \'war-like situation\'. rt.com New York City Mayor and failed presidential candidate Bill de Blasio jumped on MSNBC to compare the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic to war and claim \"nationalization\" would fix the US\' \"Mar-a-Lago attitude\" toward the disease. | \"Here\'s the reality, this is a war-like situation,\" De Blasio told MSNBC\'s Joy Reid on Saturday morning when criticizing the federal government\'s response to the coronavirus. The mayor claims he has been \"pleading for weeks\" for coronavirus test kits to be more available to citizens. | \"We\'re in a war-time scenario with a Mar-a-Lago attitude being used by the federal government,\" he cont…

RT (2020-03-14). Police in Indian city put on \'high alert\' after 5 coronavirus suspects FLEE hospital, sparking chase. rt.com Police in the Indian city of Nagpur have been hunting down patients who fled the isolation ward of a local hospital where they were interned after showing flu-like symptoms. Three out of five runaways have been tracked down. | The patients, two women and three men, were placed in a special isolation ward in Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (Mayo) in the western Maharashtra state late on Friday after they complained of symptoms similar to those reported by people stricken with the deadly Covid-19 virus. All of them came to the medical facility of their own volition, the Times of India repor…

Dr. Jordan Schlain (2020-03-14). Leading health experts warn that U.S. is past coronavirus containment. peoplesworld.org Editor\'s note: The University of California at San Francisco Hospital is considered a leading health institution in the U.S. with specialization in treatment and handling of infectious disease. Like many other institutions of this type, it has put together one or more panels of experts to study the current crisis and to make proposals to …

RT (2020-03-14). Defeated by Covid-19? NATO\'s biggest war drill 'Defender 2020' is at risk of being sneezed off. rt.com NATO had been preparing to stage its biggest military exercise in decades when it encountered a foe it was not apparently ready to face — coronavirus. Now, the drill is in jeopardy, while its true aim comes to the surface. | A large-scale exercise with the pompous name \'Defender Europe 2020\' was expected to become the Alliance\'s biggest in a quarter of a century. Up to 20,000 US troops, together with some 17,000 more soldiers from 17 other NATO members, were scheduled to take part in the drill, which was about to be held in Germany, Poland and the Baltic states. | To be staged mainly between April and Ma…

Steve Sweeney (2020-03-14). China sends medical experts to support Italy\'s fight against coronavirus. peoplesworld.org China has sent a team of medical experts and aid to support Italy in its fight against coronavirus after Rome blasted the European Union for ignoring its pleas for help. A charter flight with a nine-member Chinese medical-aid team and tons of supplies arrived in Rome the evening of March 12. Organized by the National …

RT (2020-03-14). Guatemala bars travel from US & Canada as Washington reluctant to halt deportations despite coronavirus concerns. rt.com Guatemala has expanded a travel ban on those arriving from countries hit hardest by Covid-19 to include the United States and Canada, the country\'s president said, amid worries that deportations from the US are driving the crisis. | After stepping up measures to contain the outbreak earlier this week — deploying stricter health screenings at its border ahead of the arrival of a migrant caravan bound for the US — Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei announced on Friday that travelers arriving from the US and Canada would no longer be granted entry, as the disease toll continues to climb in both c…

RT (2020-03-14). Spain to enter nationwide LOCKDOWN as coronavirus crisis prompts \'drastic\' measures. rt.com Spain is imposing a nationwide lockdown in a bid to tackle the coronavirus, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has confirmed. It prevents citizens from leaving their homes except to buy food and medicine and for work or emergencies. | The government announced the new measures at a news conference on Saturday and they are set to come into effect on Monday morning. | The measures, which Sanchez called \"extraordinary\" and \"drastic\" will last for 15 days as part of the state of emergency and may be extended further with a decision from the Spanish Congress of Deputies. Sanchez acknowledged that the lockdown will have a…

RT (2020-03-14). Do-nothing Mitch? McConnel takes flak for keeping Senate in recess after House passes coronavirus aid bill. rt.com Senate majority leader Mitch McConnel is taking heavy fire for keeping the chamber in long recess even after House approval of a bipartisan bill on emergency relief to coronavirus epidemics. | McConnel took a hands-off approach to this week\'s work on federal response to the disease, allowing Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to negotiate what a bipartisan approach to the emergency would look like. He agreed to cancel Senate recess next week, but gave senators a long weekend. | I fully support H.R. 6201: Families First CoronaVirus Response Act, which will be voted on in the House this evening. This Bill will fo…

RT (2020-03-14). 'We'll probably pull the plug': Florida officials set to defy Vince McMahon and cancel WWE WrestleMania. rt.com Vince McMahon\'s galaxy of burly superstars appear to be no match for the spread of the deadly coronavirus, as the 2020 host state Florida looks set to cancel the annual WrestleMania event – despite McMahon insisting otherwise. | WrestleMania 36, which is set to take place in Tampa, Florida on April 5th, looks certain to be latest sporting domino to fall in the wake of the spread of COVID-19. The annual showcase event the centerpiece of the WWE\'s annual calendar, with storylines often set into motion a year or more before the event. | Or, so is the case in a regular year. The onset of the deadly pandemic has le…

The Canary (2020-03-14). Experts advise on precautions we should take to stop spreading coronavirus. thecanary.co Since the coronavirus outbreak, health officials and experts have advised washing hands regularly for 20 seconds at a time.— Why is hand-washing so important? Germs, including viruses like Covid-19, exist on surfaces in our everyday living spaces says Wendy Graham, professor in the department of infectious disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).Graham said hands are one of the most common means by which germs are transferred from surface to surface. For example via door handles and taps, and potentially then to other parts of the body like the mouth.— How long…

RT (2020-03-14). Coronavirus pandemic could cost millions of jobs in travel industry. rt.com The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) said this week that up to 50 million tourism jobs could be lost because of the Covid-19 pandemic as it \"presents a significant threat to the industry.\" | According to WTTC figures, the travel sector could shrink by up to 25 percent this year. | On a positive note, the council\'s Chief Executive Gloria Guevara said that \"Travel and tourism has the strength to overcome this challenge and will emerge stronger.\" | The tourism industry has been massively affected by the spread of the novel coronavirus, as many countries have introduced travel restrictions to contain its sp…

RT (2020-03-14). Defeated by coronavirus? NATO\'s biggest drill Defender 2020 under risk of being sneezed off. rt.com The Alliance has been preparing to stage its biggest military exercise in decades when it encountered a foe it was not apparently ready to face — the coronavirus. Now, the drill is at risk, while its true aim comes to the fore.

RT (2020-03-14). European airlines facing BLOODBATH as coronavirus crisis rocks industry. rt.com Major European airlines are set to axe thousands of jobs and, without bailouts, some are facing collapse as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on the industry. | After weeks of uncertainty in the sector, Saturday brought a raft of bad news for European carriers. The French government said it is not considering a bailout of Air France-KLM at this stage, as the airline struggles for survival amidst the public health crisis. | Scandanavian Airlines is reportedly laying off 100 pilots and 100 cabin crew on a temporary basis while Swiss International is taking half its fleet out of service and reducing working h…

RT (2020-03-14). Several UK planes turn MID-FLIGHT as Spain declares state of emergency. rt.com British low cost airline Jet2 announced it has cancelled flight to coronavirus-stricken mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands. | At least five Jet2 aircraft have turned mid-flight and returned to the UK on Saturday, according to air tracking service FlightRadar24. The company said it was \"contacting our customers,\" who expected to return home \"to advise them of their options.\" TUI took a similar decision, cancelling all flights to Spain over the weekend. | Both airlines cited the measures announced by the Spanish government on Friday to curb the spread of the infection. Prime Minister Ped…

RT (2020-03-14). \'Write books or shut up\': Stephen King takes heat after criticizing Trump\'s Covid-19 response team for being \'male, old & white\'. rt.com Horror novelist Stephen King\'s latest hot take on the Covid-19 outbreak has not gone down well online, slamming President Trump\'s response team for having the wrong race, age and gender — but netizens advised he stick to fiction. | Weighing in during the president\'s

RT (2020-03-14). Spanish PM\'s wife tests positive for Covid-19 after Madrid imposes national lockdown to tackle the disease. rt.com Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez\'s wife, Begona Gomez, has tested positive for the deadly coronavirus, the government has confirmed. It comes after the Iberian country entered into lockdown, with ban on all non-essential movement. | Both Gomez and her husband, the Prime Minister, are feeling well, Sanchez\'s office reported Sunday night. | The new comes shortly after Sanchez unveiled what he described as \"drastic\" and \"extraordinary\" measures as part of the state of emergency to fend off the spread of the disease that has so far claimed at least 193 lives across the country, and infected over 6,250. | The restrictive m…

RT (2020-03-14). Berlin shuts museums, bars & even BROTHELS, in tough crackdown on virus spread. rt.com No action will be available in Germany\'s capital from now on, after Berlin shut down all public venues in an attempt to halt the spread of the deadly coronavirus in central Europe\'s most populated city. | The decision was announced by Berlin\'s authorities on Saturday. All venues such as bars, clubs, cinemas, theaters and even brothels have been closed, while citizens are effectively prohibited from forming any groups of 50 or more. | \"The Berlin Senate decided today that from now on all public and non-public events in Berlin with 50 or more participants are forbidden,\" the city\'s authorities said in a statemen…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-03-14). Coronavirus COVID-19: \"Made in China\" or \"Made in America\"? globalresearch.ca Trump contends that the coronavirus was \"Made in China\". And that China threatens America. The president of the US wants Americans to believe that the coronavirus pandemic carries the \"Made in China\" label.

Staff (2020-03-14). Delegates Process May Shift Because of COVID-14. truthdig.com The next stage in the 2020 process is county-level conventions where hundreds of activists, organizers and officials are expected to attend starting this month.

San José Peace and Justice Center (2020-03-14). Community Care in Light of COVID-19. indybay.org The San José Peace and Justice Center would like to emphasize the importance of community care during this distressing time.

Phyllis Bennis (2020-03-14). The U.S.-Taliban Deal Won\'t Bring Real Peace, But It Could Reduce the Bloodshed. zcomm.org Withdrawing even some of the U.S. troops, planes, drones and bombers from Afghanistan will reduce the killing…

Juan Cole (2020-03-14). Why Burning Fossil Fuels is to Today\'s Pandemics as Fleas were to the Black Death. zcomm.org There is an exact analogy between Trump\'s treatment of Covid-19 and his treatment of the climate emergency. In both cases, he and his surrogates attacked the science and took pride in giving the finger to reality…

Orion the Elder (2020-03-14). Gracias Chelsea & Julian for publishing Bush\'s War Crimes. indybay.org Fruitvale & Mac Arthur Oakland 94602…

Team Warren To Sanders (2020-03-14). Team Warren for Bernie Sanders. zcomm.org We, the undersigned former employees and fellows of Warren for President, are ready to get back in the fight for a just and progressive future…

Radical Women (2020-03-14). Coronavirus, Epidemics and Capitalism: The Bugs Are in the System. indybay.org Radical Women supports and recommends this thoughtful analysis of the novel coronavirus by our sister organization, the Freedom Socialist Party. The statement raises excellent demands to protect workers, women, the poor, and people of color being scapegoated for the crisis.

teleSUR (2020-03-14). Colombia: Duque Closes Border With Venezuela, Thousands at Risk. telesurenglish.net Without having sent any previous signal, RELATED: | \"Starting at five in the morning tomorro…

Telesur (2020-03-14). Venezuela Takes Action Against COVID-19 Amid the US Blockade. globalresearch.ca Venezuela\'s

WSWS (2020-03-14). Iraq condemns US-UK strikes that killed soldiers, police and civilian. wsws.org The top US commander in the Middle East made it clear that Thursday night\'s airstrikes were part of a broader military escalation in the region.

Staff (2020-03-14). Would Joe Biden, Like Hillary Clinton, Lose to Donald Trump Over the Iraq War? truthout.org Joe Biden\'s support for the Iraq War and

teleSUR (2020-03-14). Russia: President Putin Signs Law Amending the Constitution. telesurenglish.net Russia\'s RELATED: | This legal instrument specifies the requirements to be met by the President, members of the Government and Parliament, and other positions related t…

WSWS (2020-03-14). Russia\'s coronavirus cases double in two days, as Ukraine reports first death. wsws.org COVID-19 is spreading in Russia and Ukraine, as the governments impose bans on travel and public gatherings.

WSWS (2020-03-14). One year after the New Zealand fascist terrorist attack. wsws.org While many questions remain unanswered about the fascist massacre of 51 people in Christchurch, the Labour-led government has continued to foster xenophobia and embolden extreme right-wing groups.

teleSUR (2020-03-14). Covid-19 Updates: Pentagon restricts access to building over virus. telesurenglish.net Update 17: 35 | Georgia 2nd state to postpone pres. primaries over virus | Georgia\'s March 24 presidential primaries will be postponed until May because of fears over the new coronavirus, state election officials announced Saturday, a day after Louisiana also pushed back its primaries. | In-person early voting, which began statewide March 2, will be halted and the election will be moved to May 19, when Georgia\'s other 2020 primary elections are being held, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a statement Saturday. | Update 17: 30 | Florida\'s famed South Beach closed to stop virus | Florida\'s fam…

teleSUR (2020-03-14). Covid-19 Updates: Chinese Delegation Approves Italy\'s Measures. telesurenglish.net Update: 9: 30 | MOROCCO: meetings with more than 50 people are prohibited. | The Interior Ministry announced that all public agglomerations with more than 50 people are prohibited to prevent the Covid-19 spread. | Air and sea traffic with Spain, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, China, and Algeria was also suspended. | So far, Morocco has 17 Covid-19 confirmed cases, including five Moroccans who entered the country from Spain. | As of March 16, face-to-face classes will be suspended at all educational levels. | Update: 8: 30 | SPAIN: The government restricts the movement of people.

teleSUR (2020-03-14). World Closes Borders, Restricts Travel to Contain COVID-19 Spread. telesurenglish.net Countries around the world on Saturday continued to close borders, impose strict entry and quarantine requirements and restrict large gatherings in efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã | RELATED: | Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said it will close all its retail stores worldwide…

teleSUR (2020-03-14). President Trump Took the Test for the COVID-19 on Friday Night. telesurenglish.net The United States RELATED: | \"I took the test last night,\" Trump said at a press conference, explaining that the test was sent to \"a…

teleSUR (2020-03-14). Canada Ratifies New Trade Agreement with United States, Mexico. telesurenglish.net The Canadian House of Commons and Senate Friday approved the ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), shortly before Parliament adjourned until April 20, a decision that was made as a result of the COVID-19 spread. | RELATED: | The last step will be likely completed on Saturday when Canada\'s Governor-General Julie Payette, who exercises the functions of Head of State, signs the text ratified…

Staff (2020-03-14). To Help Stem Coronavirus, Lift Sanctions on Iran. truthout.org The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is far from the first proof of how intertwined we are as a global community. The climate crisis and the refugee crisis have long been glaring examples that the wars or CO2 emissions on one continent risk the lives and well-being of people on another continent. What coronavirus is providing, however, is a unique opportunity to look specifically at how the intentional damage caused to one country\'s healthcare system can make it harder for the entire world to address a pandemic. | The cor…

Staff (2020-03-14). Racist Attacks and Border Militarization Intensify as Coronavirus Spreads. truthout.org Three weeks ago — which, in coronavirus time seems an eternity — when many still thought the virus was mainly a problem in China, a group of

Staff (2020-03-14). Medicare for All Would Transform the Labor Market for the Better. truthout.org A

Staff (2020-03-14). Higher Education Is Woefully Unprepared to Help Poor Students Amid Coronavirus. truthout.org New York — The minute colleges began shutting down amidst coronavirus concerns this week, researcher and author Anthony Abraham Jack worried about the many low-income students he mentors. | Where would they go? (Some don\'t have homes that easily welcome them back.) | How would they get there? (Scholarships don\'t always come with extra travel money for emergencies.) | Where would they eat, once their cafeterias closed down? Would there be refunds? What about lost wages from jobs many u…

Staff (2020-03-14). As COVID-19 Fears Mount, a Face Mask Shortage Imperils Research. truthout.org For

Kathleen Wallace (2020-03-13). COVID-19 Side Effects: Reality and Clarity. counterpunch.org The fragility of our American system is about to be laid bare. A foundation built on corporate welfare without any notion of a common welfare for the citizens can\'t withstand an onslaught of reality. The corona virus has no interest in false economies or nonsensical patriotism. It can\'t tell if it\'s chomping into a billionaire

RT (2020-03-13). A tale of two headlines: Daily Mail front pages show drastic escalation in UK coronavirus stance. rt.com Life comes at you fast, especially in the midst of a global pandemic, and nowhere was this more evident than the front pages of the Daily Mail newspaper, which displayed a neck-breaking 180 in mood in less than 24 hours. | Thursday\'s front page was devoted to extolling the virtues of \"New Tory star\" Chancellor Rishi Sunak aka \"Dr Feelgood\" and his £30 billion cash economic stimulus package, dubbed a \'vaccination,\' which would stave off the worst economic effects of the coronavirus. | \"Cash for sick workers\" and \"Shops\' taxes slashed\" were the breathless (pardon the pun) yet genius solutions to the corona…

RT (2020-03-13). Trump declares national emergency over coronavirus pandemic, unlocking $50bn in funding. rt.com US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency over the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, unlocking additional powers and funding for disaster response and getting FEMA involved in the efforts to curb the disease. | \"To unleash the full power of the federal government,\" Trump said in an address from the White House Rose Garden on Friday, \"I am officially declaring a national emergency.\" Trump said that the declaration will free up $50 billion in funding to tackle the spread of the illness. | Trump added that he is \"asking every hospital in the country\" to activate their emergency preparation plans, a…

RT (2020-03-13). Turkey, Russia agree on details of Idlib ceasefire, joint patrols to begin on Sunday — Ankara. rt.com Turkey and Russia have agreed on the details of a ceasefire in Syria\'s Idlib region after four days of talks in Ankara, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Friday. Joint patrols along a key highway will begin on Sunday as planned, Reuters quoted Akar as saying. | Ankara and Moscow, which back opposing sides in Syria\'s war, agreed on March 5 to halt hostilities in the country\'s northwest. | Under the agreement, Turkish and Russian forces will carry out joint patrols along the M4 highway linking Syria\'s east and west, and establish a security corridor on either side of it. A Russian delegation arrived in Ankara…

RT (2020-03-13). Denmark & Poland close borders to combat coronavirus. rt.com Denmark and Poland said they will close their borders to all non-citizens in a bid to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. | The move comes as Denmark recorded its 800th case of the deadly illness on Friday, and Poland its 68th. Elsewhere in Europe, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Ukraine have closed their borders to foreigners, while a number of other countries – the latest among them Albania – have restricted travel to and from virus hotspots like Italy and Spain. Cyprus joined the list on Friday, denying entry to non-Europeans. | Germany and France, however, have stuck by their commitment to keep…

RT (2020-03-13). Romania's interim PM Orban to enter quarantine after coronavirus contact. rt.com Romania\'s Interim Prime Minister Ludovic Orban will place himself in quarantine, after coming into contact with one of his party\'s senators who was later confirmed Covid-19-positive. | Orban, the leader of the Liberal Party, was supposed to attend consultations with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis later on Friday in a new attempt to form a government and get parliament\'s approval next week, Reuters reported. | Orban, his cabinet and Liberal Party leaders were entering self-quarantine and testing was underway, he said. | Earlier this month, Romania shut down all schools and suspended flights to and from Italy…

RT (2020-03-13). \'No tests\': AP reporter trying to get Covid-19 test sent from pillar to post by health authorities, told to \'stay home\' on Twitter. rt.com AP reporter Steve Peoples had no luck trying to get tested for the Covid-19 virus after he presented to a primary care center and was subsequently bounced around to various other health facilities with no tests available anywhere. | Peoples tweeted on Friday that he had been experiencing \"mild symptoms\" — a headache, mild fever and cough — but that when he arrived at his primary care center in north Jersey, they told him to go to the emergency room instead. | I\'m presenting mild symptoms (headache, mild fever, mild cough) and want to get tested in north Jersey. Primary care tells me to go to ER. ER…

RT (2020-03-13). Russia restricts air travel to EU over coronavirus, leaving only select few flights open. rt.com Russia is limiting flights to and from EU member countries, Norway and Switzerland over the COVID-19 pandemic now raging in Europe, exempting only regular flights from Moscow to their capital cities and charter evacuation trips. | Temporary flight restrictions will go into effect starting March 16, said the government\'s center for combating the spread of the infection. | However, regular flights to capitals of EU member nations, as well as Oslo and Geneva, will continue through Terminal F of Moscow\'s Sheremetyevo international airport. Charter flights bringing Russians back to the homeland and repatriating the…

RT (2020-03-13). Australia\'s home affairs minister tests positive for coronavirus. rt.com Australia\'s minister for home affairs, Peter Dutton, has announced that he has contracted coronavirus. The senior Australian official said that he has been hospitalized. | In a statement posted to his official Twitter page, Dutton explained that he was tested for COVID-19 after waking up with a \"temperature and sore throat.\" | Dutton was hospitalized after the test returned positive. The minister said that he \"feels fine\" and will provide updates as they become available. | Australia will ban all public gatherings of more than 500 people starting on Monday, as the government attempts to stop toe spread of the…

H. Bruce Franklin (2020-03-13). What Is Covid-19 Trying to Teach Us? counterpunch.org Some people see the world as an infinite number of prize fights, each with one winner and one loser. For them life is an unending series of these zero-sum games. Unfortunately, one of these people is the President of the United States. One example of something that is not a zero-sum game is a global

RT (2020-03-13). Bio-war-of-words: US summons Chinese ambassador over \'disinformation campaign\' about coronavirus origin. rt.com China\'s ambassador to Washington Cui Tiankai was summoned to the State Department after a spokesman for the foreign ministry in Beijing tweeted that the deadly coronavirus could have been seeded in Wuhan by the US military. | Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell summoned Cui on Friday over what he called a \"blatant, global\" disinformation campaign about the Covid-19 coronavirus. The ambassador was filmed leaving Foggy Bottom after the meeting, without answering questions shouted by US reporters. | Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai leaving State. He was summoned earlier this mornin…

RT (2020-03-13). Israeli PM Netanyahu calls for unity govt with rival \'for limited period\'. rt.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the formation of an emergency government to confront a growing crisis over Covid-19, offering a potential way out of political deadlock. | Netanyahu made the offer in a nationally televised address on Thursday. \"It will be an emergency government for a limited period,\" he said, adding that politics should be put aside. | His chief rival, former military chief Benny Gantz, said he was willing to discuss the possibility of a national unity government and that his party will do \"everything in our power to see it move forward,\" AP reports. | The conciliatory…

RT (2020-03-13). \'Lies in the media\': Bolsonaro\'s son lashes out at reports, says Brazil president\'s coronavirus test NOT yet complete. rt.com Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, has accused the media of peddling \"too much lies and little information,\" after a report claimed the Brazilian leader tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus. | UPDATE: After Bolsonaro\'s press secretary Fabio Wajngarten tested positive for the virus on Thursday, the Brazilian president entered self-isolation and was tested for the deadly illness himself. With the…

RT (2020-03-13). Forget handshakes, time to Namaste: Trump & Prince Charles latest to embrace Indian greeting in #Covid era (VIDEOS). rt.com As the world races to cope with Covid-19, many have ditched the typical germ-ridden handshake for India\'s ancient \"Namaste\" greeting, which may soon catch on after President Trump and the UK\'s Prince Charles embraced the gesture. | The US president could be seen taking up the no-contact greeting — which involves a small bow with hands clasped together at the chest — when he met with Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar on Thursday, noting the Indian custom has put the country \"ahead of the curve\" when it comes to the fast-traveling pandemic. | \"Well, we didn\'t shake hands today. We looked at…

RT (2020-03-13). No word on test: Trudeau tells Canadians he has \'no symptoms & feeling good\' after wife tests positive for Covid-19. rt.com Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has not confirmed whether he had been tested for Covid-19, but said he has no symptoms of the virus and is \"feeling good\" as he spoke from self-quarantine after his wife tested positive for the virus. | Trudeau addressed the nation from self-isolation at Rideau Cottage on Friday, where he had quarantined himself with his sick wife. Sophia Gregoire Trudeau reportedly began displaying symptoms on Wednesday night after returning from a trip to the UK and promptly sought testing. | Pressed by a reporter as to why he had not been tested for coronavirus, Trudeau said he was told that as lo…

RT (2020-03-13). PM Johnson postpones May's elections in England including London mayor till 2021 to avoid clash with coronavirus peak. rt.com The UK government has announced that local and mayoral elections scheduled for May are to be postponed for one year due to the Covid-19 epidemic to avoid the expected peak of the virus in late spring. | Voters in England were scheduled to go to the polls on May 7 — including for the London Mayoral contest — but just hours after the PM\'s spokesperson said they were \"working to facilitate\" the elections, they have now been taken off the 2020 political calendar. | Responding to the move, London Mayor Sadiq Khan —who was up for re-election— has taken to Twitter to insist that he \"will continu…

RT (2020-03-13). Italy sees a one-day record of 250 Covid-19 DEATHS, officials say. rt.com Italy has reported 250 new deaths due to the Covid-19 virus — a one-day record since the country experienced the biggest outbreak of positive cases across Europe. | The latest spate of deaths has brought the Italian death toll to 1,266, up from 1,016 on Thursday, officials said. | The total number of confirmed cases of the Covid-19 virus in Italy also rose from 15,113 on Thursday to 17,660 on Friday. The outbreak was first identified in Italy\'s northern regions in late February and has spread rapidly since. | The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that Europe was now the center of the global…

RT (2020-03-13). Iranian security forces to clear streets & impose nationwide lockdown within 24 HOURS as Tehran struggles to contain Covid-19. rt.com A senior Iranian general has announced that security forces are deploying across the country to close down shops and roads, in what essentially amounts to a nationwide lockdown as the Islamic Republic reels from coronavirus. | Security personnel will be charged with emptying all \"shops, streets and roads\" in Iran with the next 24 hours, Major General Mohammad Bagheri said in televised remarks reported by state media. | Iranians have been ordered to stay at home and comply with all directives issued by health authorities. | According to Tasnim News, Iran also plans to add some 1,000 stationary and mobile clinic…

RT (2020-03-13). \'We'll come through this\': Homebound residents across Italy sing together to stave off virus lockdown blues (VIDEO). rt.com The prospect of a coronavirus-induced lockdown is a truly daunting one but, through the magic of the internet, we have seen some truly inspirational moments, including beautiful, communal singalongs from across an Italy in crisis. | With more than 1,000 killed and 12,400 infected, Italy has been the country hardest hit by Covid-19 outside China. The country has been on lockdown since March 10, with police patrolling the streets to ensure the rate of infection slows as people self-isolate. | To stave off boredom and cabin fever, Italians across the country have taken to their balconies and begun singing to and…

RT (2020-03-13). Sports stars vs coronavirus: What are famous athletes doing amid the pandemic? (PHOTOS, VIDEO). rt.com After swathes of international sports events were canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, sport stars have taken to social media to share videos to battle the doom and gloom caused by the pandemic. | Many athletes whose competitive schedule has been seriously affected by the spread of the deadly Covid-19 disease continue to train in the hopes that the pandemic will be over soon. |

RT (2020-03-13). Europe is now the center of coronavirus pandemic, death toll has passed 5,000 — WHO chief. rt.com The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has now surpassed 5,000 and Europe has become the center of the outbreak, the head of the World Health Organization has said. | WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the death toll passed the \"tragic milestone\" at Friday\'s daily briefing. | Tedros noted that Europe has become the center of outbreak and warned world governments that a raft of measures are needed to tackle the disease. He said that any country that thinks it could not fall victim to a large outbreak of the Covid-19 illness is making a \"deadly mistake\". | DETAILS TO FOLLOW…

RT (2020-03-13). Brazil\'s Bolsonaro, who met Trump last week, tests \'POSITIVE\' for Covid-19, local report claims. rt.com Brazil\'s President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for Covid-19, a Brazilian paper is claiming citing sources in the presidential palace. All eyes are now on US President Donald Trump, who met Bolsonaro on Saturday. | UPDATE: Bolsonaro and his delegation met with Trump at the president\'s Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida. On Thursday, Bolsonaro\'s press secretary, Fabio Wajngarten, was diagnosed with the coronavirus. | According to…

RT (2020-03-13). Ankara switches migration summit to teleconference, Erdogan to hold talks with French & German leaders. rt.com Turkey\'s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold talks about solving a brewing migration crisis, with French and German leaders next week, by teleconference rather than at a summit as originally planned, according to a Turkish official. | The decision comes as countries grapple with the spread of Covid-19. Erdogan has postponed his own foreign visits for an unspecified period of time, Reuters reported, citing his spokesman. | Earlier this week, Erdogan said he would convene a summit on the migrant issue, to be held in Istanbul on March 17 with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron…

Rob Wallace (2020-03-13). \"Capitalism is a disease hotspot\" mronline.org The real danger of each new outbreak is the failure or—better put—the expedient refusal to grasp that each new Covid-19 is no isolated incident. The increased occurrence of viruses is closely linked to the proliferation of capitalist food production and distribution. |

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RT (2020-03-13). France bans gatherings of over 100 people as government battles to stem coronavirus outbreak. rt.com French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has announced that all gatherings of more than 100 people are now prohibited in France in an attempt to delay a spike in the Covid-19 pandemic. | PM Phillipe said on Friday that the latest government measure was being implemented to try to slow down the spread of the deadly virus. He warned that more measures could follow. | It\'s because we are at the beginning of the acceleration that we take measures to slow it down. Our aim is to postpone as long as possible the spike and we have hope. | The move comes a day after President Emmanuel Macron announced that all schools wo…

RT (2020-03-13). Beijing won't disown spokesman\'s theory of US hand in coronavirus outbreak. rt.com China has declined to distance itself from the accusations made by a foreign ministry spokesman alleging US involvement in the coronavirus epidemic, arguing that opinions vary on how the health crisis started. | Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang wouldn\'t comment on Friday about remarks made by colleague Zhao Lijian. Instead, the ministry official stated that the international community had differing opinions about the origin of the Covid-19, Reuters reported. Geng also chose not to discuss whether Zhao\'s theory — that it may have been the US military that brought the deadly disease to Wuhan…

RT (2020-03-13). Coronavirus fears '50% panic,' could be over by summer — top Russian scientist. rt.com While some countries are experiencing a scramble for toilet paper and certain prominent politicians are calling the pandemic a hoax, the real experts are a bit more rational about Covid-19. | In Russia, one senior scientist believes the crisis could have stabilized by the middle of summer. | \"It can be predicted that the spread in the world will subside by June-July. In China, the peak incidence rate passed on February 2,\" says Alexander Shestopalov, head of the experimental modeling and pathogenesis department of infectious diseases at the Federal Research Center for Fundamental and Translational Medicine.

RT (2020-03-13). \'Where was your patient zero?\' Chinese official speculates AMERICANS may have infected Wuhan at army games & calls to \'come clean\'. rt.com Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lijian Zhao has demanded US authorities reveal what they\'re hiding about the origins of Covid-19, going as far as to suggest the coronavirus may have been brought to China by the US military. | Pointing to a video of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Robert Redfield apparently admitting the US had several deaths from Covid-19 before they were able to test for it, Zhao called on the American watchdog to come clean in a tweet posted on Thursday. | 2/2 CDC was caught on the spot. When did patient zero begin in US? How many people are infected? What are…

RT (2020-03-13). Trudeau\'s wife tests POSITIVE for coronavirus, Canada's PM has \"no symptoms\" but remains in self-isolation. rt.com Canadian PM Justin Trudeau\'s wife, Sophia Gregoire Trudeau, has tested positive for Covid-19 after she showed flu-like symptoms upon return from the UK. The PM, who has been in self-quarantine, is said to be \"in good health.\" | The PM\'s other half began displaying symptoms consistent with those reported by patients who developed pneumonia due to the novel coronavirus on Wednesday night, which prompted her to seek the help of a doctor and she was tested for the virus. | The tests came back positive, the PM\'s office reported on Thursday night. | Following medical recommendations, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau was test…

RT (2020-03-13). Solar system mystery finally solved, thanks to salty space rock. rt.com A space puzzle that has long left scientists scratching their heads has finally been solved thanks to the salty surface of a comet and to some diligent researchers. | Investigations have long shown that comets appear to have 10 times less nitrogen than they ought to, based on scientific understanding of how they form. This has confounded boffins and sparked a search for the missing element. | The secret was given up by a comet named 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko which was orbited by the European Space Agency\'s Rosetta spacecraft. The probe captured a trove of pictures from the comet and an analysis found that some…

Staff (2020-03-13). \"We Are Way, Way Behind\": U.S. Lags on Coronavirus Testing & Medical Experts Warn \"No One Is Immune\" democracynow.org It has been seven weeks since the first case of the new coronavirus was reported in the United States. President Trump is claiming, \"Anybody that needs a test gets a test,\" but this is simply untrue. There have been just 11,000 tests so far throughout the United States since the coronavirus outbreak began, compared to nearly 20,000 tests for coronavirus every day in South Korea alone. We spend the hour looking at how the Trump administration has failed to account for what may be thousands of infections because of ongoing problems with access to testing, and how other countries have responded. We also discuss meas…

RT (2020-03-13). Pentagon hands out contracts for PORTABLE nuclear reactors… yet another gold vein for cash-savvy military? rt.com There\'s no shortage of hefty defense deals awarded by the US Department of Defense, but the $40 million contract for micro-reactors definitely stands out, as it hides safety risks and raises doubts over its economic efficiency. | The nuclear device that the DoD strategists want must have the capability to be safely and rapidly transported by road, rail, sea or air (sic!) as well as swiftly set up and shut down. The

RT (2020-03-13). Iran tells US to stop pointing fingers & accept 'consequences of its illegal presence in Iraq'. rt.com Tehran has called on Washington to rethink its response to an attack on an Iraqi base that killed two American troops, arguing that the US should take responsibility for its military occupation, instead of blaming Iran. | \"The US cannot place the consequences of its illegal presence in Iraq and the reaction of Iraqi people to the assassination and killing of their commanders on others,\" Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said on Friday, as quoted by state media. | The Foreign Ministry official suggested that instead of engaging in \"risky actions and baseless accusations,\" US President Donald Trump…

RT (2020-03-13). North Korea's Kim shows no panic appearing WITHOUT protective gear, surrounded by ALL-MASKED officers during military drills. rt.com North Korean leader Kim Jong-un apparently found it unnecessary to take anti-coronavirus precautions while supervising recent military drills, setting himself apart from his face-mask-clad senior officers. | In a photograph released by the country\'s Korean Central News Agency, Kim is seen in a camouflaged trench as he observes artillery exercises. Wearing a black leather coat and a hat, the North Korean leader is conspicuously without any protective gear — in sharp contrast to his aides, who are all sporting black medical masks. | There are no confirmed reports of coronavirus in the hermit state, but its…

RT (2020-03-13). Czech govt bans most travel in & out of country to fight coronavirus outbreak. rt.com The Czech government has imposed a ban on foreigners entering the country and Czechs traveling abroad starting Monday, as it tries to curb the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Friday. | \"We issue a ban on entry for all foreigners as of midnight from Sunday to Monday, except those with residency or short-term permits of over 90 days,\" Babis told a televised news conference. The statement came after an extraordinary government session, Reuters said. | On Thursday, the government in Prague declared a 30-day state of emergency. It banned public events of more than 30 people and ordered the…

RT (2020-03-13). Japan\'s Olympics chief \'not considering\' canceling Games after Trump calls for 1-year delay. rt.com The Japanese Olympics minister shot down suggestions that the international sporting event would be shuttered over fears of the coronavirus on Friday, stating that the move was not under consideration despite US President Donald Trump\'s call to postpone the games for one year. | \"I\'m aware of President Trump\'s remarks,\" the minister, Seiko Hashimoto, told reporters, adding: \"The IOC [International Olympic Committee] and 2020 organizers are not at all considering canceling or postponing the Games,\" and that planners were \"proceeding with preparations\" for the event, which opens on July 24. | Trump, who spoke wi…

RT (2020-03-13). Moscow BATTERED by strong winds — one dead. rt.com Russia\'s capital has so far avoided a coronavirus death, but its more traditional foe, the weather, caused havoc on Friday with strong winds up to 25m/s, killing at least one man and hospitalizing others. | Speaking to news agency RIA Novosti, a spokesman for the emergency services said that a driver died in the east of Moscow after wind caused a tree to fall on the car. Other reports suggest that the vehicle, a Mazda, continued a few meters before colliding with two other automobiles. | \"Near number 20, on 1st Myasnikovskaya Street, a tree fell on a passing passenger car. The driver died,\" he said. | Another…

Ian Goodrum (2020-03-13). Coronavirus epidemic responses reveal differences in capitalist and socialist values. peoplesworld.org BEIJING—The world has a Public Enemy No. 1, and it\'s the novel coronavirus. Capable of causing severe pneumonia among those it infects, the virus first wreaked havoc on the city of Wuhan in China\'s Hubei province and has since spread at an alarming rate. At present, thousands have died and over 100,000 have been infected …

RT (2020-03-13). Global stock markets' wild ride continues after historic collapse. rt.com Equities around the world traded wildly on Friday after suffering one of the worst crashes of all time as global panic over the coronavirus outbreak spread to investors. | Asian stock markets were mixed with Indian and Australian stocks showing the biggest rebound with gains of over four percent. China\'s Shanghai Composite Index and Hong Kong\'s Hang Seng were down over one percent, while Japan\'s Nikkei was closed after dropping over six percent on Thursday. | After suffering the worst crash in history, with losses of 10 to 12 percent, European markets opened mixed on Friday with the London FTSE up over two per…

RT (2020-03-13). NBA will not penalize coronavirus-hit player Gobert after video of him DELIBERATELY wiping hands on mics sparks outrage — report. rt.com Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert will reportedly face no disciplinary action over antics at a recent press conference, where he mocked coronavirus fears by touching reporters\' microphones — immediately before testing positive himself. | Gobert — who has incurred the wrath of NBA fans and media professionals for making light of the virus and potentially exposing many others to the disease with his stunt — will likely be spared any punishment, Yahoo Sports\'s Chris Haynes reported, citing league sources. | This is the video of Rudy Gobert touching all the microphones and potentially infecting innocent…

RT (2020-03-13). Europe now center of coronavirus pandemic, death toll has passed 5,000 — WHO chief. rt.com The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has surpassed 5,000 worldwide and Europe has become the epicenter of the outbreak, the head of the World Health Organization has said. | WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said at Friday\'s daily briefing that the death toll has passed the \"tragic milestone\". He told the virtual press conference that Europe has become the epicenter of the outbreak and the continent has more cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined, apart from China. | \"More cases are now being reported every day than were reported in China at the height of its epidemic,\" he…

RT (2020-03-13). PM Abe gets emergency powers from Japan parliament to tackle coronavirus outbreak. rt.com Japan\'s parliament on Friday approved a bill giving PM Shinzo Abe emergency powers that will let him close schools, halt large gatherings and requisition medical supplies, as Japan tries to slow the coronavirus outbreak. | The bill amends a 2012 law drawn up following a flu epidemic in 2009. It was approved by upper house lawmakers after the lower house passed the legislation on Thursday. The PM would have to declare a state of emergency in order to use the new powers. | Abe has requested schools to close and organizers of events to cancel large gatherings, but so far has not had the power to make them comply.

John Bachtell (2020-03-13). People\'s World can\'t exist without you. peoplesworld.org Dear People\'s World readers, We live in uncertain and frightening times. In addition to the global peril posed by the climate crisis, humanity faces an immediate coronavirus pandemic and what looks like a global economic crisis. As a People\'s World reader, you value the truth and a radical, working-class perspective to get you through the …

RT (2020-03-13). Louisiana becomes 1st state to postpone Democratic primary, delaying for 2 months due to coronavirus outbreak. rt.com Louisiana has postponed its 2020 presidential primaries, initially scheduled for next month, until June 20 a spokesman for the secretary of state told CNBC, citing concerns over the coronavirus epidemic. | The state becomes the first to postpone its primaries amid worries over the virus, which has caused schools and businesses to shut down across the nation. The presidential primary was originally scheduled for April 4. | Municipal elections, scheduled for May 9, will also be postponed until July 25. | \"We want to protect the health and safety of all Louisianans by doing our part to prevent the spread of this…

The Canary (2020-03-13). Even Jeremy Hunt is \'concerned\' by the UK\'s coronavirus strategy. thecanary.co The Government\'s approach to tackling coronavirus is \"concerning\", former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said as new measures to delay the spread of the virus come into effect.Hunt, chair of the House of Commons Health select committee, questioned the Government\'s decision not to cancel large gatherings after Boris Johnson warned many more families would \"lose loved ones before their time\".Asked on BBC Newsnight what he thought about the decision not to cancel large gatherings, Hunt said: \"I think it is surprising and concerning that we\'re not doing any of it at all when we have just four weeks before we get to…

Marshall Auerback (2020-03-13). Coronavirus Reveals the Cracks in Globalization. counterpunch.org The coronavirus will eventually pass, but the same cannot be said for the Panglossian phenomenon known as \"globalization.\" Stripped of the romantic notion of a global village, the ugly process we\'ve experienced over the past 40 years has been a case of governmental institutions being eclipsed by multinational corporations, acting to maximize profit in support

Judith Deutsch (2020-03-13). Climate Victims Violent? Klare\'s Paean to the American Military. counterpunch.org Michael Klare\'s new book, All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon\'s Perspective on Climate Change, is an uncritical paean to the American military. He credits the Pentagon with taking climate science seriously. But he does not question, bring contradictory evidence, or analyze the military\'s self-appointed role as global manager of climate-related human disorder. Klare\'s work is

RT (2020-03-13). Frontex agency sends more guards to Greece to help protect EU\'s border. rt.com The European border protection agency, Frontex, says it has deployed another 100 guards to Greece to help protect the EU\'s frontier there from the pressure of migrants. | Warsaw-based Frontex said on Friday the deployment of guards from 22 member states is part of a rapid border intervention requested by Athens. The assistance will also include vessels, maritime surveillance aircraft and thermal-vision Vehicles, for the Frontex maritime Rapid Border Intervention task, Aegean 2020, AP reports. | Greece has been trying to stop a massive wave of migrants pushing in from Turkey, in a crisis that erupted last month…

Nomi Prins (2020-03-13). The Fed, the Virus, and Inequality. counterpunch.org Whether you\'re invested in the stock market or not, you\'ve likely noticed that it\'s been on a roller coaster lately. The White House and most of the D.C. Beltway crowd tend to equate the performance of the stock market with that of the broader economy. To President Trump\'s extreme chagrin, $3.18 trillion in stock market