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China reduces number of people crossing its borders by 90%
rt.com | 2020-04-13
The number of people crossing Chinese borders has been cut by 90 percent as part of Beijing's efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus, an official said on Monday. Liu Haitao of the National Immigration Administration said the number of cases was still on the rise in the countries along China's borders. | China was working to limit all non-essential crossings, but it remained a huge challenge to control the large number of mountain passes, ferries and roads along the country's long border, the official said. | A total of 108 new coronavirus cases were reported in mainland China on Sunday, up from 99 a…
rt.com/newsline/485642-china-control-crossing-borders/

Greece 'to guard border' as it voices concern over asylum-seekers 'gathering on Turkey coast'
rt.com | 2020-04-13
Officials in Greece expressed concern on Monday that migrants and refugees are gathering on Turkey's coast with plans to cross the Aegean Sea to Greek islands, despite movement restrictions in both countries to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. | Daily clashes between border police and asylum-seekers broke out at the land border between Turkey and Greece in March, after Ankara said it would no longer stop people from trying to enter Europe. | Authorities "have seen signs of activity" on the shores of Turkey, Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas stated. "We will… continue to do whatever it takes to…
rt.com/newsline/485687-greece-border-turkey-migrants/

'Use your own fortune': Church of Sweden grilled after seeking coronavirus aid packages for migrants
rt.com | 2020-04-13
Senior religious leaders in Sweden have urged the government to provide relief for asylum seekers, sparking anger from native Swedes who claim the calls for Christian charity don't seem to extend to the country's own citizens. | As the Covid-19 pandemic sends shockwaves through the global economy, the Swedish government should extend special support for the homeless, asylum seekers, temporary labor migrants and those awaiting deportation, the Christian Council of Sweden argued in an open letter. The group includes Antje Jackelen, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden, as well as the leaders of several other Chris…
rt.com/news/485634-sweden-coronavirus-muslims-church/

Millions of immigrants pay taxes but won't get coronavirus stimulus checks
Astrid Galván, Philip Marcelo, Claudia Torrens | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-13
PHOENIX (AP)–The $2.2 trillion package that Congress approved to offer financial help during the coronavirus pandemic has one major exclusion: millions of immigrants who do not have legal status in the U.S. but work here and pay taxes. That includes Carmen Contreras Lopez, a 48-year-old housekeeper who, though she earns low wages, files a tax …
peoplesworld.org/article/millions-of-immigrants-pay-taxes-but-wont-get-coronavirus-stimulus-checks/

Immigrants Are Bearing the Brunt of the Coronavirus Crisis
Cinthya Santos Briones, The Nation, Magnum Foundation | thenation.com | 2020-04-13
Cinthya Santos Briones, The Nation, Magnum Foundation Immigrants Are Bearing the Brunt of the Coronavirus Crisis…
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Singapore prepares 'floating hotels' for migrant workers as alternative to dormitories
rt.com | 2020-04-13
Authorities in Singapore are preparing to house hundreds of foreign workers in accommodation vessels typically used for offshore and marine industry staff. Tens of thousands of migrant workers, many from South Asia, live in cramped dormitories across Singapore, which have become the biggest source of coronavirus infections in recent days. | Some of the healthy residents of those facilities are being moved to other sites including military camps, an exhibition center, vacant public housing blocks and the accommodation vessels, dubbed "floating hotels." | "Each facility can hold a few hundred occupants and can b…
rt.com/newsline/485674-singapore-floating-hotels-migrant/

A Year Since the Arrest of WikiLeaks Publisher Julian Assange
Oscar Grenfell | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
Today marks 12 months since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police and security officers after being illegally expelled from Ecuador's London embassy, where he had lived and worked as a political refugee for seven years. | The sight …
globalresearch.ca/year-since-arrest-wikileaks-publisher-julian-assange/5709458

Julian Assange: One Year in Belmarsh
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-13
It should not be a matter of distinction, but Julian Assange is a figure who is becoming the apotheosis of political imprisonment. This seems laughable to those convinced he is an agent without scruple, a compromiser of the Fourth Estate, a figure best packed off to a prison system that will, in all assuredness, kill…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/13/julian-assange-one-year-in-belmarsh/

Julian Assange's partner Stella Morris speaks out: "His life is on the brink"
wsws.org | 2020-04-13
Morris's comments are a moving refutation of the media smears directed against Assange and underscore the urgency of the fight for his immediate freedom.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/13/assa-a13.html

As Nicaragua confronts Covid, its US-backed opposition exploits the pandemic to create chaos
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-13
Nicaragua's right-wing opposition is waging an information warfare campaign to undermine the elected Sandinista government, spreading fake news on coronavirus,…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/13/regime-change-coronavirus-nicaragua/

As Nicaragua confronts Covid, its US-backed opposition exploits the pandemic to create chaos
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-13
Nicaragua's right-wing opposition is waging an information warfare campaign to undermine Nicaragua's elected Sandinista government, spreading disinformation about its response….
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/13/regime-change-coronavirus-nicaragua/

UN Ceasefire Defines War As a Non-Essential Activity
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-13
At least 70 countries have signed on to the March 23 call by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a worldwide ceasefire during the Covid-19 pandemic. Like non-essential business and spectator sports, war is a luxury that the Secretary General says we must manage without for a while. After U.S. leaders have told Americans for…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/13/un-ceasefire-defines-war-as-a-non-essential-activity/

Bernie's Decision: Retreat Should Not Be Confused with Surrender
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-04-13
Class war continues without a letup…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/10/18832268.php

COVID-19: Reducing the risk of infection might increase the risk of intimate partner violence
N. van Gelder, A Peterman, A. Potts, M. O'Donnell, K. Thompson, N. Shah, S. Oertelt-Prigione, Gender and COVID-19 working group | thelancet.com | 2020-04-13
The ongoing pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, the causal agent of the acute respiratory distress syndrome COVID-19, is placing unprecedented stress on healthcare systems and societies as a whole. The rapid spread of the virus in the absence of targeted therapies or a vaccine, is forcing countries to respond with strong preventative measures ranging from mitigation to containment. In extreme cases, quarantines are being imposed, limiting mobility to varying degrees.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30092-4/fulltext?rss=yes

[Research Paper] Evaluating the evidence behind the surrogate measures included in the FDA's table of surrogate endpoints as supporting approval of cancer drugs
Bishal Gyawali, Spencer P. Hey, Aaron S. Kesselheim | thelancet.com | 2020-04-13
Using breast cancer as an example, we evaluated the underlying evidence for the surrogate endpoints for solid tumors listed in the FDA's Table of Surrogate Endpoints and found weak or missing correlations of treatment effects on these surrogates with treatment effects on OS . Surrogate measures should be predictive of clinical benefit to be useful in supporting regular FDA approval.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30076-6/fulltext?rss=yes

Wash Your Hands? Despite Pandemic, Thousands Still Have No Water in Detroit, a Coronavirus Hot Spot
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-13
Water shutoffs continue amid the coronavirus pandemic in Detroit, despite a moratorium and a program to help thousands of residents restore service last month. The lack of water access comes as nearly 1,500 people in Michigan have died from COVID-19, and 40% of those who have died are African-American, despite making up just 14% of the state's population. We speak with community pastor and activist Rev. Roslyn Bouier, who has been working with residents to restore their water.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/13/detroit_michigan_water_shut_offs

Thousands Still Have No Water in Detroit, a COVID-19 Hot Spot
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-13
Water shutoffs continue amid the coronavirus pandemic in Detroit, despite a moratorium and a program to help thousands of residents restore service last month. The lack of water access comes as nearly 1,500 people in Michigan have died from COVID-19, and 40% of those who have died are African-American, despite making up just 14% of the state's population. We speak with community pastor and activist Rev. Roslyn Bouier, who has been working with residents to restore their water. | TRANSCRIPT: | AMY GOODMA…
truthout.org/video/thousands-still-have-no-water-in-detroit-a-covid-19-hot-spot/

Thousands Still Have No Water in Detroit, a COVID-19 Hot Spot
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-13
Water shutoffs continue amid the coronavirus pandemic in Detroit, despite a moratorium and a program to help thousands of residents restore service last month. The lack of water access comes as nearly 1,500 people in Michigan have died from COVID-19, and 40% of those who have died are African-American, despite making up just 14% of the state's population. We speak with community pastor and activist Rev. Roslyn Bouier, who has been working with residents to restore their water. | Please check back later for full…
truthout.org/video/thousands-still-have-no-water-in-detroit-a-covid-19-hot-spot/

FM Zarif discusses Afghan political situation with Turkish, Qatari counterparts
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-13
TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA)

US envoy urges Afghanistan & Taliban to accelerate prisoner releases
rt.com | 2020-04-13
The US special envoy who negotiated a deal with the Taliban has said that an initial prisoner exchange between the insurgents and the Afghan government was an "important step" toward peace. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Taliban on Sunday released 20 Afghan security-force prisoners. The move came after the government last week released hundreds of insurgent captives. | "The release of prisoners is an important step in the peace process and the reduction of violence," US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad tweeted on Monday. "Both sides should a…
rt.com/newsline/485646-us-afghan-taliban-releases/

Colombia: Police Abuse Becomes Common During COVID-19 Outbreak
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-13
Colombian citizens denounced the police brutality and misuse of power during quarantine enforcement due COVID-19 outbreak inside the South American nation, a new report revealed. | RELATED: | Colombia's Gustavo Petro Diagnosed with Cancer | Social media users shared videos showing police imposing arbitrary and random fines during the quarantine period in Colombia this past week. Colombian officers are also intimidating citizens who are seen outside of their homes. | Esteban Velazquez, a psych…
telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-police-abuse-during-exceptional-situation-by-covid19-20200413-0007.html

Bodies in the Streets: IMF Imposed Measures Have Left Ecuador Unable to Cope with Coronavirus
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-13
Ecuador is near collapse under the strain of the coronavirus after the government of Lenin Moreno stripped state services nearly bare at the behest of the IMF.
mintpressnews.com/ecuador-unable-to-cope-with-coronavirus-imf-measures/266570/

Exactly 18 Years After US Coup Against Venezuela, Pompeo and Abrams Warn Another is Coming
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-13
US regime change cheerleaders Mike Pompeo and Elliot Abrams warned Venezuala's government not to resist the upcoming implementation of a "transitional government."
mintpressnews.com/18-years-after-us-coup-against-venezuela-us-warns-another-attempt/266598/

Wisconsin: Electoral Politics Gone Lethal
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-13
I'm not sure I've ever seen anything more depressing in United States political history than last Tuesday's election in Wisconsin. Following days of legal wrangling and in cold-blooded defiance of the grim warnings of public health experts, Wisconsin held an in-person vote in the middle of a deadly pandemic.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/13/wisconsin-electoral-politics-gone-lethal/

Joe Biden is Your Enemy
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-13
There's a video of Lawrence O'Donnell, spokesperson for MSNBC, saying in 2020 what he's paid to say, namely that electing a candidate with a platform you approve of is somehow in conflict with electing a candidate who can win. The logic of this is that most people are expected to vote for a candidate with a less…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/13/joe-biden-is-your-enemy/

Don't Threaten Afghans…It Will Be Counterproductive
M. K. Bhadrakumar | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-13
The principal deputy assistant secretary at the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) in the U.S. State Department, Alice Wells, dropped a bombshell on the Afghan government and the country's political elites on April 4–and caught the international donors by surprise, too–by linking all aid to Afghanistan to the formation of an inclusive…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/13/dont-threaten-afghans-it-will-be-counterproductive/

Wisconsin's Unconscionable Sham
Jill Richardson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-13
Wisconsin might have just decided the November election for Trump at the expense of its own citizens' lives. As of April 7, the state's primary election day, there were 2,511 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the state, with the disease continuing to spread. Thanks to Wisconsin Republicans and the U.S. Supreme Court, the people of…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/13/wisconsins-unconscionable-sham/

Ukraine Eyes America for Gas but Still Relies on Russia
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
Despite strong attempts by Ukraine not to buy Russian pipeline gas, they will not be able to receive U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) for at least another five years according to Polish experts from the consulting company ESPERIS. According …
globalresearch.ca/ukraine-eyes-america-gas-still-relies-russia/5709505

Moscow COVID-19 Lockdown: Administrative Self-isolation, QR Codes and No More Than 2 Personal Trips Per Week
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
On April 11, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a decree on the procedure of processing and using special digital passes in the city. The decision to introduce a special digital pass system to enforce coronavirus lockdown rules in the Russian …
globalresearch.ca/moscow-covid-19-lockdown-administrative-self-isolation-qr-codes-no-more-than-2-personal-trips-per-week/5709452

The COVID-19 Lockdown: Devastating Economic and Social Consequences. Trump Wants the Economy Reopened by May 1st
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
The way to defeat a highly infectious disease like COVID-19 is by instituting policies to prevent it from spreading. | Social distancing, sheltering in place, and lockdowns are emotionally draining and anxiety provoking. | According to psychologist Shauna Springer, | "we're missing the | …
globalresearch.ca/trump-intends-reopen-us-economy-too-soon/5709450

Interview with a retired Detroit school bus driver about the impact of COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-04-13
The World Socialist Web Site spoke with Mary Coleman, a retired Detroit school bus driver, who spoke about the unfolding crisis and the deaths of five of her former coworkers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/13/mary-a13.html

Sri Lankan SEP holds online meeting on COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-13
SEP General Secretary Wije Dias exposed the Rajapakse government's reactionary response to the disaster and outlined a revolutionary socialist program for the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/13/slec-a13.html

Three years since Indian court ordered 13 framed-up Maruti Suzuki workers jailed for life
wsws.org | 2020-04-13
The World Socialist Web Site urges workers around the world to redouble their efforts to free these class war prisoners, whose only "crime" was to challenge a brutal work-regimen, cheap-labour and precarious contract jobs.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/13/mswu-a13.html

Infected with Passivity: Letter from Catalonia
Chris Gilbert | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-13
"Perseus wore a magic cap so that the monsters he hunted down might not see him. We draw the magic cap down over our eyes and ears so as to deny that there are any monsters."

A Palestinian Guide to Surviving a Quarantine
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-13
Call it a 'quarantine', a 'shelter-in-place', a 'lockdown' or a 'curfew', we Palestinians have experienced them all, though not at all voluntarily. Personally, the first 23 years of my life were lived in virtual 'lockdown'. My father's 'quarantine' was experienced much earlier, as did his father's 'shelter-in-place' before him. They both died and were buried…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/13/a-palestinian-guide-to-surviving-a-quarantine/

"Reckless and Irresponsible": Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Trump's Promotion of Hydroxychloroquine
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-13
The coronavirus hot spot Detroit is the site of the first major U.S. study into whether or not the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine could help prevent the spread of COVID-19. This comes after weeks of President Trump promoting the drug despite warnings from medical experts. "There's been a lot of hype from the president, and that is so problematic, because we know that hydroxychloroquine … has some potential side effects that can be really dangerous," responds Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a physician and epidemiologist who is the former head of Detroit's Health Department.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/13/detroit_hydroxychloroquine_study_coronavirus

What Trump Knew & When He Knew It: NYT on How Trump Ignored COVID-19 Warnings Until It Was Too Late
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-13
As the United States surpasses the coronavirus death toll of any country in the world with more than 22,000 dead, we look how President Trump led the country to this point with Eric Lipton, lead author of The New York Times's explosive new exposé, "He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump's Failure on the Virus."
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/13/trump_coronavirus_response_eric_lipton_nyt

Sanders Says Congress Must Stop Trump From Privatizing the Postal Service
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-13
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday urged Congress to act immediately to stop President Donald Trump from using the novel coronavirus outbreak "as an opportunity to bankrupt and privatize…
truthout.org/articles/sanders-says-congress-must-stop-trump-from-privatizing-the-postal-service/

Biden Must Become the Climate-Commander-in-Chief
Karyn Strickler | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-13
Now that Bernie Sanders has suspended his run for President Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee. But not so fast. Sanders' voters are going to support Biden when he earns it. Sanders blazed new trails of climate leadership, making it compulsory to have multi-billion dollar plans to decarbonize. He defined the terms of the…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/13/biden-must-become-the-climate-commander-in-chief/

Thank You, Bernie; Screw You, New York Times
Laura Flanders | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-13
It is the essence of American liberalism to trash radical dreams and then dance on them. And that's just what the New York Times did the day after Bernie Sanders bowed out of the Democratic race for the nomination. On that day, in a special editorial, the editors of the very same paper that disparaged…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/13/thank-you-bernie-screw-you-new-york-times/

Moratoriums Won't Save Us from the COVID-19 Depression
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-13
At least 16 million Americans have lost their jobs to the shutdown ordered to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. That staggering number does not include those who were unable to file due to crashing state websites overwhelmed by new claims, or by freelancers whom the government doesn't count as unemployed when they lose…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/13/moratoriums-wont-save-us-from-the-covid-19-depression/

Erdogan rejects Turkish Interior Minister's resignation
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-13
TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA)

Tehran, Moscow confer on regional issues, coronavirus pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-13
TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA)

Press Release: California Courts Suspend Most Evictions During Shelter-in-Place
Posted by Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-04-13
On April 6, 2020, the Judicial Council, the head of California Courts, issued new rules for court cases in California during COVID-19.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/09/18832220.php

Mayo Clinic Q&A: Plan for healthy meals, fewer trips to the grocery store during pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-13
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: During the COVID-19 outbreak, I'm trying to limit trips to the grocery store. But I want to continue to eat healthy meals. What foods should I consider stocking up on, knowing that I probably won't be buying anything fresh for a couple of weeks? ANSWER: Most people are in the habit of …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-plan-for-healthy-meals-fewer-trips-to-the-grocery-store-during-pandemic/

Oakland Black Housing Union Organizes Mobile March to Demand Housing for Homeless
Sarah Belle Lin | indybay.org | 2020-04-13
Oakland Black Housing Union mobilized a caravan of 100 cars for a mobile march demanding housing for unsheltered individuals during the COVID-19 emergency. The action also highlighted the disproportionate amount of COVID-19 cases in Black communities.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/12/18832315.php

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