Trump announces plan to halt all immigration to US
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
Trump's "pause" on immigration is a desperate attempt by the crisis-riddled administration to distract from the criminality of the ruling class's own response to the coronavirus pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/pers-a22.html
FROM THE FIELD: Migrants use digital 'fab labs' to address Djibouti health protection shortages
news.un.org | 2020-04-22
With Djibouti's health system under enormous strain from the COVID-19 pandemic, young migrants in the country are using 3D-printers to make face shields, and ease the shortfall inside medical facilities.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062312
Free julian assange Nation wide Webinar event Panel
ORION | indybay.org | 2020-04-22
zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Xh2EsZbrTtOq1FZifgfIlw…
William Shakespeare and the New World Order: "Hell is Empty and all the Devils are Here"
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-22
William Shakespeare's birthday: he taught us never to despair in our resolve to confront the Lie. "to unmask falsehood and bring truth to light". War criminals in high office are celebrated as messengers of peace: "And thus I clothe my naked villany. And seem a saint, when most I play the devil." (Shakespeare, the words of King Richard III)…
globalresearch.ca/william-shakespeare-and-the-new-world-order-hell-is-empty-and-all-the-devils-are-here/30493
Who is Behind "Fake News"? Mainstream Media Use Fake Videos and Images
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-22
The mainstream corporate media is desperate. They want to suppress independent and alternative online media, which they categorize as "fake news". Readers on social media are warned not to go onto certain sites. Our analysis confirms that the mainstream media are routinely involved in distorting the facts and turning realities upside down.
globalresearch.ca/who-is-behind-fake-news-mainstream-media-use-fake-videos-and-images/5557580
We Won't Stop COVID-19 with "Chickenpox Parties"
Charles Pierson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-22
Thumbing their noses at both government directives and the coronavirus, right-wing protestors have been massing at state capitols in Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia, and Texas to demand the lifting of stay-at-home orders issued by Democratic governors. President Donald Trump has responded in a way that looks a whole lot like a call to insurrection. On April 17, Trump tweeted "LIBERATE MICHIGAN," "LIBERATE MINNESOTA," and 'LIBERATE VIRGINIA," apparently mistaking those states for Paris in 1944.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/22/we-wont-stop-covid-19-with-chickenpox-parties/
Demonstrators Demand Santa Cruz Provide Hotel Vouchers for the Homeless
Alex Darocy | indybay.org | 2020-04-22
Community members in Santa Cruz organized a "physical distancing" protest today to demand the City and County of Santa Cruz provide hotel vouchers for the homeless during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The demonstration was organized following California Governor Gavin Newsom's statements made during a press conference on April 18 that cities and municipalities that are blocking the State's effort to provide hotels for the homeless will be "judged" by history.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/20/18832521.php
Don't Worry, Everything Will Get Back to "Normal"
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-22
When will things get back to normal? Everyone is asking. The economic lockdown prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a mass unemployment shock, forced countless businesses into bankruptcy and is driving many Americans crazy. But this shall pass. The good old days will be back. The coronavirus worried city officials. Tens of thousands of New Yorkers were sleeping…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/22/dont-worry-everything-will-get-back-to-normal/
Israel: Gantz agrees to national emergency government with Netanyahu
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
The new government's real purpose is to protect the wealth of Israel's corporate and financial elite and to suppress social unrest in Israel and Palestine.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/isra-a22.html
'We did not get a cent': Palestinian diplomat says US 'lying' about promised $5mn aid package to hospitals facing Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-04-22
The Palestinian envoy to France said Washington lied about sending millions in aid to beleaguered hospitals in Gaza and the West Bank, insisting the funds were earmarked for favored NGOs unlikely to spend a dime on healthcare. | In a tweet last week, Washington's ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, claimed the US would provide $5 million to "Palestinian hospitals and households to meet immediate, life-saving needs in combating Covid-19," while congratulating the US for being the "world's top humanitarian donor." | I'm very pleased the USA is providing $5M for Palestinian hospitals and households to meet imme…
rt.com/news/486516-us-lied-palestine-aid-ambassador/
BJP capitalizes on Coronavirus fears to take India's fascist creep to the next level
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-04-22
India is accelerating down the track of religious strife, and the government itself is driving the vehicle.
mronline.org/2020/04/22/bjp-capitalizes-on-coronavirus-fears-to-take-indias-fascist-creep-to-the-next-level/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bjp-capitalizes-on-coronavirus-fears-to-take-indias-fascist-creep-to-the-next-level
Russia is About to Face its Biggest Test Yet in Syria
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-22
An American reader tired of corona journalism sent me a plea this week: "There must be plenty of cruelty being unleashed by the gangsters-in-chief across the 'Mideast' that simply isn't making it into the headlines," she wrote. "Trump et al are either ignoring it or silently condoning it." I doubt if Donald Trump is ignoring…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/22/russia-is-about-to-face-its-biggest-test-yet-in-syria/
United States: An 'all hands on deck' moment–Sixty six old new leftists urge support for Joe Biden
Paul Le Blanc | mronline.org | 2020-04-22
SDS, along with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), had been in the vanguard of the new left in the 1960s, and some of these oldsters now want to challenge a position taken by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), currently the foremost organization on the left today. They tell us "this is an all hands …
mronline.org/2020/04/22/united-states-an-all-hands-on-deck-moment-sixty-six-old-new-leftists-urge-support-for-joe-biden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=united-states-an-all-hands-on-deck-moment-sixty-six-old-new-leftists-urge-support-for-joe-biden
"Mask Diplomacy" Might Not be Enough to Save Turkey from Financial Crisis
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-22
Turkey seems to be getting inspiration from China by engaging in "mask diplomacy" and is helping many coronavirus affected countries. Even though Turkey is being devastated by the pandemic with over 100,000 cases and 2,200 succumbing to the infection, it …
globalresearch.ca/mask-diplomacy-not-enough-save-turkey-financial-crisis/5710438
Thousands view online meeting of UK SEP outlining a socialist perspective on the pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
Around 500 viewers took part in the event with participants from Britain joined by others from Australia, Sri Lanka, Germany, France, Canada and the US–underscoring the international interest in the meeting.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/onuk-a22.html
Cancellation Wave Continues, China Leasing Firm Scraps Boeing 737 MAX Order
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-22
As thousands of Boeing employees head back to work in the Puget Sound region over the last week, the Washington-based aircraft manufacturer has noticed a string of recent cancellations of the grounded 737 MAX jet. | Last Tuesday (April 14), Boeing …
globalresearch.ca/china-leasing-firm-scraps-boeing-737-max-order/5710447
Coronavirus & oil price ally against Trump!
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-22
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA)
Fighting COVID (and Repression) in Kashmir
Bilal Hussain | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-22
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads to India, Indian-administered Kashmir
University Jihad studies on COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-22
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA)
Imperial COVID-19 vaccine team secures £22.5 million support
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-22
The UK government will provide £22.5 million to fast-track Imperial's development of a coronavirus vaccine.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197017/imperial-covid-19-vaccine-team-secures-225
Brazil's Bolsonaro Is Bonkers–but There's a Method to His Madness
Andy Robinson | thenation.com | 2020-04-22
Brazil's Bolsonaro Is Bonkers–but There's a Method to His Madness…
thenation.com/article/world/coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro-coup/
Thousands of UK healthcare workers given inaccurate Covid-19 tests, minister admits
rt.com | 2020-04-22
UK healthcare workers were given flawed Covid-19 tests, a government minister has admitted, meaning frontline staff may have returned to work carrying the deadly virus. | Junior health minister Helen Whately told Sky News on Wednesday that NHS staff have been informed that their coronavirus tests were "not up to scratch" and results may not be accurate. They have now been offered a new test. | At least 100 frontline health workers have died from Covid-19, according to the most recent figures. Defending the serious error, Whately claimed it was all part of a "normal process when you are using a test for an illn…
rt.com/uk/486532-healthcare-inaccurate-coronavirus-tests/
Netherlands extends ban on major public events until September 1, some schools to re-open in May
rt.com | 2020-04-22
The Netherlands is extending by three months its ban on major public events, including professional sports and music festivals, until September 1, to prevent a resurgence of coronavirus infections. However, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Tuesday an "encouraging" slowdown in the spread of the virus would enable elementary schools and daycare centers to partly re-open on May 11. | Limitations on the easing of restrictive measures are necessary to prevent a new wave of Covid-19 cases, according to Rutte. "It's better to be cautious now than to have regrets later," he told a televised press conference. | "I wou…
rt.com/newsline/486539-netherlands-extends-ban-events/
Science minister visits Natl. Institute of Genetic Eng., Biotechnology on COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-22
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA)
Number of Covid-19 cases exceeds 10,000 in Poland, which plans to re-open hotels in May
rt.com | 2020-04-22
The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Poland rose to 10,034 on Wednesday. The death toll among the country's population of 38 million had reached 404, the health ministry tweeted. | On Monday, the government started to relax some of the restrictions that have been imposed during the outbreak. Hotels may be allowed to re-open in May as part of a second phase, Reuters quoted government spokesman Piotr Muller as saying on Wednesday. | "The opening of hotels should be decided in May, including hotels at the seaside," Muller told state broadcaster TVP Info.
rt.com/newsline/486531-poland-open-hotels-cases/
Vietnam to ease coronavirus lockdown in most areas, PM says
rt.com | 2020-04-22
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc agreed on Wednesday to ease the nationwide coronavirus lockdown in most parts of the country, according to state media. | No provinces in the Southeast Asian country are seen as "highly prone" to the new coronavirus, Phuc was quoted as saying on Voice of Vietnam national radio. | Vietnam has recorded 268 cases of the novel coronavirus so far, and no deaths, according to Reuters. | On Wednesday, the government in Hanoi has decided to raise its white rice exports quota for April to 500,000 tons from 400,000 tons.
rt.com/newsline/486543-vietnam-ease-most-lockdown/
Senate passes another bipartisan bailout for business
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
The Democrats settled for a mere $75 billion for hospitals and a derisory $25 billion for coronavirus testing. They dropped their demand for relief to state and local governments and funding for food stamps.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/bail-a22.html
First Covid-19 deaths in US occurred WEEKS EARLIER than previously thought
rt.com | 2020-04-22
People in the US were dying of the novel coronavirus weeks before authorities officially reported the first death linked to the disease, new data published in Santa Clara County, California reveals. | Autopsies performed on two people who died at home on February 6 and February 17 show that their tissues were infected with Covid-19, Santa Clara health authorities said in a statement, adding that another previously unreported death associated with the coronavirus had occurred on March 6. | The fi…
rt.com/usa/486522-first-us-covid-death-earlier/
Trump to sign suspension of legal immigration to US
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-22
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will sign the executive order halting all legal permanent immigration to the U.S. for at least 60."I will be signing my Executive Order prohibiting immigration into our Country today," Trump said on Twitter. "In the meantime, even without this order, our Southern Border, aided substantially by the 170 miles of new Border Wall 27,000 Mexican soldiers, is very tight
Indian IT Firms at Risk of Losing Around 3% of Revenue After Trump Halts Immigration to US – Analyst
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-22
New Delhi (Sputnik): With the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the US hard, President Donald Trump has decided to suspend immigration to the country for the next two months, which may lead to difficulties for Indian IT specialists.
sputniknews.com/india/202004221079052871-indian-it-firms-at-risk-of-losing-around-3-of-revenue-after-trump-halts-immigration-to-us—analyst/
Universal basic income plan for post-lockdown UK endorsed by over 100 opposition MPs
rt.com | 2020-04-22
A group of over 100 MPs and Peers have called on the UK government to prepare some form of recovery Universal Basic Income (UBI) to protect citizens from the impending financial crisis resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. | "As the scale and duration of the crisis becomes clear, it is essential that we take steps now to ensure that when we eventually emerge from lockdown, we do so with a fairer and more resilient society and economy," the cross-party Basic Income Conversation group wrote in a blog post and letter publis…
rt.com/uk/486533-universal-basic-income-post-lockdown/
Lockdown reveals fresh air and cleaner rivers in India
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-22
India's extended lockdown to curb the coronavirus outbreak has shut down schools, workplaces, industries, transport, and forced people to stay home.It also led to an unexpected bonus in the country with six out of 10 of the world's most polluted cities: cleaner air.India accounts for the highest pollution-related deaths in the world with more than two million people every year, according to a December 2019 report by the Global Alliance of Health and Pollution.On 25 March, the first day of the lockdown, the average PM 2.5 levels decreased by 22% and nitrogen dioxide
Iran's trade events, fairs not to be canceled this year due to pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-22
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA)
Hosing down corona: WATCH Russian troops disinfect military training center in Serbia
rt.com | 2020-04-22
Russian troops who arrived in Serbia to help the country fight its coronavirus epidemic have already disinfected some 80 sites in the Balkan nation. A fresh video has caught them in action. | Footage released by the Russian Ministry of Defense showed a string of khaki-colored Kamaz trucks veering into the training compound in the city of Pozarevac. After disembarking, the servicemen in full protective gear sprayed the buildings' interiors with a disinfectant. | The soldiers worked hand-in-hand with Serbian chemical defense troops, who took it upon themselves to decontaminate an area adjacent to the training…
rt.com/news/486510-serbia-russia-military-disinfection/
New coronavirus test kit cargo arrives in Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-22
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA)
Amazon shuts down French distribution centers after court requires protection of employees from coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
The closure is a naked act of economic blackmail, using Amazon's control over logistics infrastructure to sabotage the distribution of essential goods.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/amaz-a22.html
UK coronavirus policy could put 7.3 million over-60s at increased risk
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-22
The UK's policy for shielding older adults from COVID-19 overlooks 7.3 million adults aged 60-69, placing them at increased risk and death.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197013/uk-coronavirus-policy-could-73-million
Video: Trump Vows to End Obama Admin's Funding to Wuhan Coronavirus Lab
Steve Watson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-22
President Trump vowed over the weekend to end US funding to the tune of $3.7 million that had been approved to the Wuhan Institute of Virology by the Obama administration. | With questions swirling over the lab being the possible source …
globalresearch.ca/video-trump-vows-end-obama-funding-wuhan-coronavirus-lab/5710322
Mexican Workers Strike For Paid Home Leave
Kent Paterson | zcomm.org | 2020-04-22
The COVID-19 coronavirus-related work stoppages mark the third big wildcat strike wave in the northern Mexican maquiladora industry during the last four-and-a half years…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/mexican-workers-strike-for-paid-home-leave/
Germany's Left Party backs multibillion-euro bailout of banks and big business
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
The coronavirus pandemic has thoroughly exposed the class character and political orientation of the Left Party and its pseudo-left satellites.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/left-a22.html
Mexican Workers Strike For Paid Home Leave
Kent Paterson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-22
Wildcat strikes involving hundreds if not thousands of workers erupted in the mainly foreign owned factories (maquiladoras) of northern Mexico in recent days. Alarmed by sick co-workers, including some of whom had reportedly succumbed to the health effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus, workers demanded that, in accordance with a federal decree ordering the closure of…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/22/mexican-workers-strike-for-paid-home-leave/
UC Berkeley wants tenants to relocate during coronavirus pandemic
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-04-22
Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/20/18832520.php
UK coronavirus deaths may have reached 41,000, study finds
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-22
Deaths linked to coronavirus (Covid-19) in the UK may have already reached 41,000, according to new analysis.The Financial Times estimate is more than double the latest total announced by the Department of Health, which stood at 17,337 at 5pm on 20 April.The government's figure is based almost entirely on the deaths of hospital patients who tested positive for Covid-19.Differences in reporting mean this total can include a small number of deaths outside hospital that occurred in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.The Financial Times has used separate figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/04/22/uk-coronavirus-deaths-may-have-reached-41000-study-finds/
Australia's national cabinet continues back-to-work push
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
State governments are moving ahead with an easing of restrictions, including through the reopening of schools, creating the conditions for major coronavirus outbreaks.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/aust-a22.html
As COVID-19 deaths pass 17,000, UK corporations scramble for bailout funds
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
In what it described as a "conservative estimate", the Financial Times concluded that its analysis of official data reveals "The coronavirus pandemic has already caused as many as 41,000 deaths in the UK".
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/furl-a22.html
Iran Is Suffering Under the Coronavirus, and the US Is Imposing Fresh Sanctions
James Carden | thenation.com | 2020-04-22
Iran Is Suffering Under the Coronavirus, and the US Is Imposing Fresh Sanctions…
thenation.com/article/politics/coronavirus-iran-sanctions-trump/
France and COVID-19: Incompetence and Conceit
Patrick Howlett-Martin | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-22
On December 31, 2019, the Chinese government informed the World Health Organization of an epidemic of animal origin in Wuhan, reporting similarities to SARS-CoV (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, originally appearing in 2002 in the province of Guangdong) and to MERS-CoV (Middle East Repiratory Syndrome, originally appearing in Saudi Arabia in 2012). On January 12, Chinese scientists shared the completely sequenced genome of this new coronavirus with the entire international scientific community.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/22/france-and-covid-19-incompetence-and-conceit/
Iran resumes consular services in Afghanistan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-22
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA)
Stephen Hawking's ventilator donated to NHS to help coronavirus patients
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-22
Stephen Hawking's ventilator has been donated to the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge to help treat patients with coronavirus. | The physicist, who had motor neurone disease, died in 2018, aged 76. | His daughter, Lucy Hawking, said: "Our father received brilliant, dedicated and compassionate medical care from both Royal Papworth and Addenbrooke's Hospitals in Cambridge. | "As a ventilated patient, Royal Papworth was incredibly important to my father and helped him through some very difficult times. | "We realised that it would be at the forefront of the Covid-19 epidemic and got in touch with some of our old…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/04/22/stephen-hawkings-ventilator-donated-to-nhs-to-help-coronavirus-patients/
Opposition calls for official inquiry into Johnson govt's coronavirus response
rt.com | 2020-04-22
The leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey, a long-time detractor of Boris Johnson, has called for an official inquiry to be launched into the prime minister's handling of the coronavirus response. | "Once we are through this crisis, there will of course need to be an independent inquiry to officially review the government's response to the pandemic, so we can learn the lessons," Liberal Democrats acting leader Ed Davey said. | In Davey's estimation, the inquiry must be granted "the strongest possible powers" given the Tory government's "shocking failures on protective equipment for staff and the slow respon…
rt.com/uk/486523-official-coronavirus-inquiry-liberal-democrats/