(2020-03-12). Turkish FM hits back at Greek counterpart as Ankara & Athens clash over Erdogan's 'Nazi' comments. rt.com 
Turkey's foreign minister has doubled down on Ankara's claim that Greece is using Nazi-like tactics against migrants, tweeting a widely-cited NY Times article at his Greek counterpart. Athens insists the article is untrue. | Mevlut Cavusoglu appeared to be unmoved by Athens' condemnation of remarks made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who compared Greece's treatment of migrants to atrocities carried out by Nazi Germany. | The senior Turkish diplomat tweeted at Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in which he included a New York Times article alleging that Greece abuses migrants. "Have you seen this?
(2020-03-12). 'A Jackie Chan challenge': Emmanuel Adebayor red-carded for brutal kung-fu kick to opponent's head (VIDEO). rt.com 
Veteran striker Emmanuel Adebayor has never been a stranger to controversy throughout his rollercoaster career – and he's at it again. | From banging in spectacular goals for Arsenal, completing a bitter transfer to Manchester City, a topsy-turvy spell at Real Madrid, refusals to play, public family disputes and everything else – he's never been dull. | And after seemingly fading away following a couple of years in Turkey, he's now back in the spotlight with his new team in Paraguay, Club Olimpia. | The Togolese star has only been there since February and South American fans were probably wondering why the big…
(2020-03-12). Turkey, Russia 'largely reach' consensus on Syria's Idlib — Ankara. rt.com 
Turkish and Russian experts engaged in talks in Ankara have largely reached a consensus on the Idlib issue, Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Thursday. | "Talks with a Russian military delegation continue. A consensus has largely been reached," Anadolu news agency quoted him as saying. | On March 10, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Turkey would patrol areas north of Syria's M4 highway and Russia would carry out patrol missions south of it, TASS reported. | Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed at talks in Moscow on March 5 that a ceasefire would be declared i…
(2020-03-12). 'Tsunami has arrived': Coronavirus likened to natural disaster and even METEORITE HIT in Spain. rt.com 
Spanish hotels are battling to survive, with occupancy rates falling drastically and having received "no new bookings" due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a top official at Spain's hotels federation. | CEHAT Secretary General Ramon Estalella told Reuters on Thursday that the impact of coronavirus on his industry was so bad that the crisis had reached existential levels for Spanish hotels and tourist accommodation. | A tsunami has arrived. A meteorite has fallen on us and we have to see how we survive. | Estalella called on the Spanish government to take bold measures to avoid highly damaging bankruptcie…
(2020-03-12). Religious procession in Russia against Coronavirus is CANCELED due to Coronavirus. rt.com 
In times of great worry, many people turn to God. But some faithful who'd been hoping for divine intervention to sort out the Covid-19 crisis might be out of luck. | In Lipetsk, about 400km from Moscow, a religious procession to ward off Covid-19 was canceled for the exact reason it was planned — because of the virus. Christian devotees from the city were disappointed to discover that their planned ceremony was dropped due to Lipetsk's strict quarantine regime. On March 11, rules were introduced to combat the spread of coronavirus. Like in some other Russian cities, such as Moscow, mass gatherings of over…
(2020-03-12). Canada's Trudeau SELF-ISOLATES after wife displays 'flu-like symptoms' & gets tested for COVID-19. rt.com 
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is self-isolating out of an "abundance of caution" after his wife began exhibiting flu-like symptoms upon returning from a recent trip to the UK, and will get tested for Covid-19. | In a statement released Thursday, Trudeau's office said his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau began showing mild symptoms, including a low fever, on Wednesday night. | Trudeau's wife "immediately sought medical advice," her symptoms have since "subsided" and she is currently awaiting her test results, the statement said. | BREAKING: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau self-isolating while wife Sophie Gre…
(2020-03-12). 'How can we trust these people?' Anger as UK minister supposed to self-isolate is seen coughing in parliament. rt.com 
Footage of a UK health minister coughing and wiping his nose in the House of Commons has provoked anger online after it emerged he'd been placed into self-isolation after dining with MP Nadine Dorries — diagnosed with coronavirus. | Six MPs have now self-isolated as fears grow that Covid-19 is spreading throughout the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. Mental Health Minister Nadine Dorries revealed on Tuesday evening that she had contracted the deadly virus and now a second health minister, Edward Argar, was placed into self-isolation on Wednesday. | It comes just 24 hours after Argar was seen coughing…
(2020-03-12). Global markets crash as US bans European flights over CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. rt.com 
Covid-19 has wreaked havoc on the world's financial markets after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a pandemic, and the US banned all European flights. | European stocks opened sharply lower on Thursday with the London FTSE down over five percent. Jet engine maker Rolls-Royce led the losses, as the company's shares were down 13 percent, and airline stocks were also hit hard. | German shares were also down, with the DAX dropping five percent to hit its lowest level since 2016. Meanwhile, the French CAC 40 lost over seven percent. Stocks in Italy, the worst-affected country by coronavirus…
(2020-03-12). 'Worst public health crisis in a generation': Boris Johnson warns UK worst is yet to come in COVID-19 crisis (WATCH LIVE). rt.com 
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the COVID-19 pandemic is "the worse public health crisis for a generation" and warned Britain that the worst of the crisis is still weeks away. | Johnson was speaking after an emergency COBRA meeting on the crisis. | "I have to level with you, more families, many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time," the UK PM said, adding that the "most dangerous period is still some weeks away." | Johnson also said the UK would move from the "containment" phase into the "delay" phase of the crisis. | He said the UK has done "what can be done" to contain the…
(2020-03-12). 'Immoral and irresponsible': Beijing blasts US over allegation China had covered up spread of Covid-19 in Wuhan. rt.com 
US officials should focus on its own response to the pandemic rather than denigrating China's efforts, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday, rejecting US accusations of a cover-up of the outbreak in Wuhan in December. | "This irresponsible and immoral behavior will not help to alleviate the situation with Covid-19 in the United States," the diplomat emphasized. | His comments responded to US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, who'd claimed on Wednesday that China had "cost the world community two months" and that it had exacerbated the global outbreak, allegedly by covering up the epidemic in…
(2020-03-12). Trump Calls COVID-19 "Foreign Virus" as Lack of Universal Healthcare Makes the Pandemic Worse. democracynow.org 
After downplaying the threat of coronavirus for days, President Donald Trump addressed the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office, calling COVID-19 a "foreign virus" and announcing an unprecedented travel ban from most of Europe to the U.S. He also said he will expand sick leave. This comes as Senate Republicans blocked paid sick leave legislation. Robert Pollin, distinguished university professor of economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, says the lack of universal healthcare in the U.S. is exacerbating the coronavirus crisis due to "the ab…
(2020-03-12). Coronavirus will fade away by June if countries take urgent action, China Covid-19 adviser predicts. rt.com 
The deadly outbreak may be over by the start of summer, provided that all countries mobilize themselves against the pandemic, said Chinese government adviser in charge of tackling the coronavirus. | Zhong Nanshan, Chinese coronavirus adviser and the epidemiologist who discovered Severe Acute respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003, made the prediction while speaking to journalists on Thursday. He noted, however, that the breakthrough is heavily dependent on how World Health Organization's (WHO) members are dealing with the crisis. | Some countries still don't take the situation very seriously and fail to aggressiv…
(2020-03-12). Italy's "Darkest Hour": Life Grinds to a Halt Amid COVID-19 Lockdown, as Death Toll Spikes. democracynow.org 
We get an update from Italy, where 60 million people are under an unprecedented nationwide lockdown and the death toll has increased to at least 827, rising by 31% in just 24 hours. Authorities ordered all shops closed except food markets and pharmacies. Italy's economy has all but ground to a halt, with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte describing the outbreak as the country's "darkest hour." Italian journalist Antonella Serrecchia joins us from Milan, where she is a reporter for the online magazine The Vision.
(2020-03-12). Good news: Russia develops 15-minute Covid-19 test, Bad news: won't be available until fall. rt.com 
Rapid control of coronavirus depends on discovering a cheap and practical testing method, and Russian scientists may have found a solution; an especially useful tool, when efforts are focused on detection, delay, and containment. | While the medical community continues its work on a Covid-19 vaccine, researchers have developed a way to trace the infection that can provide an express result in just 15 minutes. What's more, the device could be available to the public as early as autumn, according to news agency TASS. | The new test uses an isothermal polymerase chain reaction and needs a smear from the nose or t…
(2020-03-12). China past peak of coronavirus outbreak, health authorities say. rt.com 
Some promising news is coming from China, where the National Health Commission has reported that the turning point of the Covid-19 outbreak has already passed. | China has passed the pinnacle of the coronavirus epidemic and the number of new cases is now in decline, National Health Commission (NHC) spokesperson Mi Feng told journalists on Thursday. He said that the epidemic remains in check. | Read more | | As of Wednesday night, the NHC recorded…
(2020-03-12). The Nature of the Military That Fights America's Forever Wars. counterpunch.org 
Bizarrely enough, the spate of phone calls from recruiters began a couple of years ago. The first ones came from the Army, next the Marines, and then other branches of the military. I'm decades past enlistment age. I've been publicly antiwar for most of that time and come from a family that was last involved
(2020-03-12). Saudi Arabia halts all travel, grounds flights to EU & other virus-stricken countries — state media. rt.com 
Saudi Arabia has suspended all travel for residents and grounded flights to a number of coronavirus hotspots across Europe and Asia, Saudi state media reported on Thursday. | One the kingdom's most significant steps yet to stem the lethal outbreak, the move will cut off travel to the whole of the European Union, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Sudan and South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti, Somalia and the Philippines, according to an Interior Ministry source cited by the Saudi Press Agency. | All passenger traffic through border crossings with Jordan was also halted, with the exception of…
(2020-03-12). Trump suspends ALL travel from Europe for 30 days starting Friday as he addresses nation on coronavirus. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump has announced that all travel from Europe to the United States will be temporarily halted for a period of 30 days, in the most significant measure yet taken to stem the spread of the lethal coronavirus. | In an address to the nation on Wednesday night, the president said the 30-day travel ban will take effect on Friday at midnight, noting that the United Kingdom would be exempt from the new restrictions. | "After consulting with our top government health professionals, I have decided to take several strong but necessary actions to protect the health and wellbeing of all Americans," Tr…
(2020-03-12). Ignorance? UK think tank chair 'thanks God' that coronavirus didn't start in India… where the illness has killed zero people. rt.com 
The chair of a prestigious UK think tank has caught flak on social media after suggesting that the coronavirus epidemic would be noticeably worse if it had started in India. The numbers seem to work against him, though. | hatam House chair Jim O'Neill told CNBC that he was impressed by Beijing's swift response to the coronavirus outbreak, which began in Wuhan, China more than two months ago. The British Lord and former Commercial Secretary to the Treasury claimed that the situation would be much more dire if the virus had originated in India. | "Thank God this didn't start in somewhere like India, because ther…
(2020-03-12). Brussels 'assessing' US restrictions on travel from Europe — official. rt.com 
The European Union says it will assess President Donald Trump's decision to restrict travel from Europe to the United States amid deep concern over the move's economic impact. | "We will assess the situation today. Economic disruption must be avoided," European Council President Charles Michel, who chairs summits of EU presidents and prime ministers, tweeted on Thursday. | Michel stressed that "Europe is taking all necessary measures to contain the spread" of coronavirus. | Trump said all European travel would be cut off. However, Homeland Security officials later clarified that the new restrictions apply only…
(2020-03-12). US Capitol closed to public as coronavirus hits Congress. rt.com 
Officials ordered the US Capitol closed to much of the public on Thursday. The move comes one day after a staffer for a US senator from Washington state tested positive for the coronavirus. | Limited access to the Capitol would begin at 5pm ET (2100 GMT), the House and Senate Sergeant at Arms said in a statement. The Capitol Visitor Center will be closed and all public tours suspended. | Lawmakers, staff and visitors with official business would still be allowed entry, Capitol officials said. | Democratic US Senator Maria Cantwell on Wednesday said she would shutter her Washington, DC office after one of her s…
(2020-03-12). Duterte puts Philippines capital on lockdown 'to stop spread of coronavirus'. rt.com 
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday announced strict immigration curbs and a halt on domestic land, sea and air travel to and from Metro Manila, in a "lockdown" of the capital to stop the spread of coronavirus. | The president approved a resolution allowing a raft of measures including bans on mass gatherings, a month of school closures and community quarantining, and threatened to jail local officials who defied government orders, Reuters reports. | Duterte, who underwent a test himself on Thursday due to possible exposure, said the measures would include banning foreigners traveling from countri…
(2020-03-12). 'Leave me be': Did the Simpsons REALLY predict Tom Hanks would get CORONAVIRUS? rt.com 
The news that Tom Hanks has been struck down with coronavirus has shocked fans around the world. The outpouring has even sparked a viral meme claiming that The Simpsons predicted the beloved actor's illness. But is it true? | The iconic cartoon is famous for its uncanny ability to foresee major world events — from the election of US President Donald Trump, a voting machine controversy in the US, and the 2014-2016 Ebola crisis. | The current, breathless claim is that Hanks' cameo in the 2007 feature film 'The Simpsons' during which he appears to self-isolate and asks "if you see me in person, leave me b…
(2020-03-12). UEFA set to suspend Champions League and Europa League amid coronavirus pandemic — reports. rt.com 
The current Champions League and Europa League campaigns are set to be suspended amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic, according to reports emerging from Spanish media. | Marca has reported that UEFA will take the measure to suspend all European tournament fixtures in efforts to protect the health of players, staff and fans alike, after the coronavirus outbreak has played havoc with the 2020 sporting calendar. | UEFA has yet to formalize the move but is expected to do so after a teleconference with various bodies next week. | JUST IN: UEFA set to suspend the Champions League and Europa League— The Spe…
(2020-03-12). Missionary impossible: Pornhub offers free premium access to Italians struggling to get through coronavirus lockdown. rt.com 
In these dark times, as the coronavirus spreads across the globe, the beacon of all that is good (and bad) in the world, Pornhub, has offered Italians stuck in lockdown free access to its premium service. | The undisputed dominatrix of online porn has graciously offered people with Italian IP addresses a peak at its premium service until April 3 to lend a helping hand to those on nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak. | Also on rt.com | | "Fo…
(2020-03-12). Italians won't eat 'smooth' pasta. Westerners won't eat Chinese food. Coronavirus panic spreads to culinary preferences. rt.com 
With global panic buying in full swing, Italians have set up a fanpage to defend the one item still not flying off shelves: 'Smooth' pasta. Meanwhile, panicked Westerners are snubbing Chinese food — but pizza is still on the menu. | Desperate times call for desperate measures, but in Italy the coronavirus pandemic has seemingly not been enough to force people to eat 'penne lisce' — a smooth variety of pasta without ridges which does not hold onto the sauce as well. | Photos quickly appeared on social media showing empty shelves — except for stacked boxes of the much-hated penne lisce. Even th…
(2020-03-12). 'Ability to help may reach limit': Italian doctor says medics 'exhausted' helping isolated patients amid coronavirus pandemic. rt.com 
If the number of the infected keeps rising, patients with better chances of survival will have to be prioritized, an ER doctor at the epicenter of the Italian outbreak told RT's Ruptly video agency. | In the city of Piacenza, in the heart of northern Italy's coronavirus outbreak, overworked medical personnel are reaching their breaking point — and there seems to be no sign that the epidemic is letting up. With a population of just over 100,000, the city was placed on lockdown on Sunday, after suffering 50 deaths and more than 630 coronavirus diagnoses. | Visibly tired and with bags under his eyes, Davide…
(2020-03-12). 'I'm not concerned': Trump brushes off fears he got CORONAVIRUS after Bolsonaro's comms sec he met in Mar-a-Lago tests POSITIVE. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump is "not concerned" he might have contracted coronavirus from the communications secretary of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was diagnosed with the virus on Thursday. | The president brushed off concerns after Bolsonaro aide Fabio Wajngarten tested positive for the virus on Thursday, a week after he was photographed with Trump at the president's Mar-a-Lago resort. | "Let's put it this way, I'm not concerned," he told reporters on Thursday when he was asked about his contact with the infected Brazilian. | t.co/epiRGdacwP pic.twitter…
(2020-03-12). Dow Sinks 8% as Sell-Off Slamming Global Markets Deepens. truthdig.com 
NEW YORK — The sell-off bludgeoning financial markets around the world got even worse Thursday as the economic pain caused by the coronavirus became more painfully clear. Worries are rising that the White House and other authorities around the world can't or won't help the weakening economy soon. | After the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed in a bear market for the first time in more than a decade, President Donald Trump said late Wednesday he would restrict travel to Europe in hopes of containing the virus. It's the latest hit for an airline industry already battered by frightened travelers cancelling p…
(2020-03-12). Czech govt shuts borders to travelers from Germany & Austria. rt.com 
The Czech Republic will close its borders to travelers coming from Germany and Austria to contain the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Thursday. | The country will ban the entry of foreigners coming from other affected nations. | Citizens will also be barred from traveling to those areas. Among other measures, the government has banned public events attended by more than 30 people, and has closed places such as sport centers and spas. | Restaurants must close by 8pm, Reuters reported, citing the announced measures.
(2020-03-12). Trump says $200bn in tax relief, low-interest loans among new financial stimulus measures to soften coronavirus impact. rt.com 
The Trump administration will take "unprecedented" action to give financial relief to Americans affected by the coronavirus, ordering tax exemptions for those infected or under quarantine, as well as low-interest loans for firms. | The measures include instructing the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide capital and liquidity to any firms impacted by the outbreak, as well as tax relief he said would inject some $200 billion of liquidity into the US economy. | "Effectively immediately, the SBA will begin providing economic loans in affected states and territories," Trump said in a national address on…
(2020-03-12). A Survival Guide for the Coronavirus Economy. thenation.com 
ublic health concerns are economic ones, too.
(2020-03-12). Coronavirus response: Lawmakers prefer helping workers but Trump pushes tax cuts. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—With the coronavirus threat to the U.S., including the U.S. economy, spreading, lawmakers and GOP President Donald Trump went in two very different directions about how to help people nationwide. For lawmakers, especially the House's ruling Democrats, the chief object was to make sure there are ways to both minimize the circumstances that could put …
(2020-03-12). Italy to close terminal of Rome's main airport, Fiumicino, as well as ENTIRE Ciampino air hub hosting low-costers. rt.com 
Rome's Ciampino airport, which hosts popular budget airlines, is set to close, as well as the main terminal in the city's central airport, Italian authorities have announced. The move comes as coronavirus devastates air traffic. | Ciampino, known for hosting discount airlines such as Ryanair, will close its doors on March 14. A terminal at Fiumicino airport will also stop operations started from March 17. | The decision comes as Italy has closed schools and businesses in hopes of containing the spread of coronavirus. However, it appears the move was also motivated by financial realities: a wave of flight cance…
(2020-03-12). Mexico has no plans to close borders after US travel restrictions. rt.com 
Mexico's government is not planning to restrict international travel to the country or to close its borders due to the coronavirus outbreak, in spite of major curbs announced a day earlier by the US. | Standing alongside President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Thursday there was no scientific evidence that restricting access to ports of entry would play a significant role in protecting public health, Reuters reports. | "Restricting international travel to Mexico is not planned, nor is it being considered. Nor is closing borders or maritime ports," Lopez-Gatell sa…
(2020-03-12). Trump says trade will 'in no way' be affected by Europe travel ban in apparent about-face after markets crash. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump said that trade in "no way" will be impacted by the 30-day Europe travel ban, despite saying less than an hour earlier the restrictive measures would apply to a "tremendous amount of trade and cargo." | Trump has baffled traders and ordinary netizens after he took to Twitter in the wake of his national address earlier on Wednesday to assure the public that his order to suspend all travel from Europe pertains only to the movement of people, but not goods. | Hoping to get the payroll tax cut approved by both Republicans and Democrats, and please remember, very important for all countrie…
(2020-03-12). European Union disapproves of 'unilateral US travel ban' — statement. rt.com 
The EU said on Thursday it disapproved of the US decision to impose a travel ban on European countries, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Council president Charles Michel said. | "The EU disapproves of the fact that the US decision to improve a travel ban was taken unilaterally and without consultation," the statement said, adding that the EU is taking "strong" measures to limit the spread of the virus, Reuters reports. | The statement follows US President Donald Trump's announcement to impose a 30-day ban on travel from mainland Europe, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
(2020-03-12). Lack of Paid Sick Leave Makes It Difficult for Many Workers to Comply with CDC Advice to Stay Home. democracynow.org 
As the number of coronavirus cases in the United States passes 1,300 cases with 38 deaths, more than 30 million workers lack access to paid sick leave. President Trump addressed the nation Wednesday night, saying he will expand sick leave as part of emergency response to the virus. But the same day, Republican senators blocked an attempt by Senate Democrats to quickly pass legislation requiring employers to grant paid sick leave. Meanwhile, Democrats in the House of Representatives will debate a package of bills Thursday to give workers 14 days of paid sick leave and up to three months of paid family and medical…
(2020-03-12). UK confirms Royal Army Medical Corps member among 3 killed in rocket attack on Taji coalition base in Iraq. rt.com 
The UK Ministry of Defense has confirmed that a British serviceman — a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps — was killed in a barrage of rockets fired at a joint base in Iraq. Two American soldiers also perished in the attack.
(2020-03-12). Trump authorizes Pentagon 'to do what we need to do' after deadly attack on US & UK troops in Iraq — Defense Secretary Esper. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump has given the military permission to avenge the deaths of two US troops and a British serviceman in a rocket attack on Camp Taji outside the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Defense Secretary Mark Esper confirmed. | "I have spoken with the president. He's given me the authority to do what we need to do, consistent with his guidance. And, you know — if that becomes the case," Esper told journalists. | He refused to disclose any details of a possible military response, only saying that he was "not going to take any option off the table right now," and that the Pentagon was "focused" on the…
(2020-03-12). Russia-Saudi revenge against shale oil threatens to crush entire US financial system, Professor Wolff tells Boom Bust. rt.com 
Global stock markets hit bear territory this week, with oil prices experiencing their biggest plunge since the 1991 Gulf War. | Boom Bust is joined by Professor Richard Wolff of the Economic Update to discuss the ongoing oil crisis. He explains that the US, which wanted "energy independence," decided 10-20 years ago to go into the fracking business simply because it was profitable. | "Fracking is very expensive… but everything was premised on the notion that the price of oil would stay very high," Wolff says. "The Saudis and the Russians were hurt by the emergence of the American fracking industry; they've h…
(2020-03-12). When the war on science really began. peoplesworld.org 
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(2020-03-12). Remembering McCoy Tyner, iconic and influential jazz pianist. peoplesworld.org 
McCoy Tyner, the groundbreaking and influential jazz pianist and the last surviving member of the John Coltrane Quartet, has died. He was 81. Tyner's family confirmed the death in a statement released on social media on March 6. "It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of jazz legend, Alfred McCoy Tyner. McCoy …
(2020-03-12). Freedom Rider: Corona Virus and the failed American State. mronline.org 
The United States has none of the systems or infrastructure that would allow it to accomplish what China has done to fight mass infection. |
(2020-03-12). Bernie Sanders: We Are Winning "Ideological" & "Generational" Debate, Now Need to Win "Electability" democracynow.org 
After a disappointing showing in Tuesday night's Democratic presidential primaries, Senator Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he will stay in the race. In his address from Burlington, Vermont, Sanders challenged his rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, to address key issues like economic inequality, healthcare access and the climate crisis. Sanders is set to debate Biden this Sunday in Arizona. "It is not just the ideological debate that our progressive movement is winning. We are winning the generational debate," Sanders said. "While Joe Biden continues to do very well with older Americans, especially those peopl…
(2020-03-12). Julian Assange must be supported. mronline.org 
If the U.S. government succeeds in extraditing Julian Assange, it will be a major victory for U.S. imperialism—a promise that anyone getting in its way will ultimately pay the price. |
(2020-03-12). Anti-Vaxxing hysteria comes to Russia — WHOOPING COUGH rates up 40%. rt.com 
You may have thought anti-vax panic was mainly an American thing, but there are growing signs that rejecting science has now gone worldwide — and Russia is not immune. | In 2019, the number of whooping cough cases in the world's largest country increased by almost 40% — with the majority being in Moscow. The chief epidemiologist of the Ministry of Health, Nikolai Briko, believes one of the main reasons is the refusal of parents to vaccinate their children. | "When analyzing the statistics, it was found that, in the first year of life, less than 50% of children were vaccinated on time between 2014 a…
(2020-03-12). Soft as women's skin: Russian furniture maker grilled for comparing its leather with different human races. rt.com 
"Are they using human skin for their sofas?" online commentators wondered after seeing an ad, in which models of different races were compared to various colors of leather upholstery. | The bizarre collage was posted by Home Collection furniture maker on its Russian VKontakte social network page in January, but only made headlines this week after being discovered by one of the popular Telegram channels. | It featured a group portrait of six models of different skin color paired with samples of leather hide coverings, used by the company for its sofas and armchairs. | Such a questionable creative solution was b…
(2020-03-12). A lot more than baby on board: Woman caught trying to sneak insane amount of contraband into prison (VIDEO). rt.com 
Guards at a Brazilian prison were truly baffled when a 'pregnant' woman attempted to visit her husband but when asked several routine questions, revealed she was in fact attempting to smuggle in everything but the kitchen sink. | The 22-year-old woman was visiting her hubby who was banged up in the Nelson Hungria Penitentiary Complex near Belo Horizonte. Guards noticed she was wearing a rather fetching, if oddly-shaped, jumpsuit. | | © Twitter/ Coronel Tadeu | Pregnant women are not normally subjected to body scans when visiting inmates in Brazilian prison but, when officers attempted a pat down, the yo…
(2020-03-12). A lot more than baby on board: Woman caught trying to sneak insane amount of contraband into Brazilian prison (VIDEO). rt.com Guards at a Brazilian prison were truly baffled when a 'pregnant' woman attempted to visit her husband but when asked several routine questions, revealed she was in fact attempting to smuggle in everything but the kitchen sink. | The 22-year-old woman was visiting her hubby who was banged up in the Nelson Hungria Penitentiary Complex near Belo Horizonte. Guards noticed she was wearing a rather fetching, if oddly-shaped, jumpsuit. | | © Twitter/ Coronel Tadeu | Pregnant women are not normally subjected to body scans when visiting inmates in Brazilian prison but, when officers attempted a pat down, the yo…