Pregnant Indian elephant dies after eating fruit packed with firecracker
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-03
The incident drew outrage on social media after a forestry officer, Mohan Krishnan, posted an emotional apology to the elephant on May 30 in which he said the animal died from eating a pineapple or another fruit stuffed with a firecracker.Forestry officials said the incident happened on May 23 in the Palakkad district of Kerala state in southern India, near farmland where locals sometimes scatter fruit spiked with firecrackers to discourage animals from damaging crops."We only know that the injury (to the elephant) was caused by some explosive substance," forestry official Sunil Kumar said. The perpetrators, he s…
yenisafak.com/en/world/pregnant-indian-elephant-dies-after-eating-fruit-packed-with-firecracker-3531120

'Choose the better way': Ex-president George W. Bush offers WOKE letter in response to George Floyd's death and riots
rt.com | 2020-06-03
Former President George W Bush earned establishment praise by addressing the current turmoil with platitudes about institutional racism, oppression and empathy, but some weren't quite willing to absolve the invader of Iraq. | Saying he and his wife were "anguished" over the "suffocation" of African-American George Floyd in Minnesota last week, and the "injustice and fear that suffocate our country," Bush talked about "systemic racism" and "doctrine and habits of racial superiority." | "We can only see the reality of America's need by seeing it through the eyes of the threatened, oppressed, and disenfranchised,…
rt.com/usa/490583-president-bush-letter-protests/

Woman pinned down by police officers in London: "I can't breathe"
wsws.org | 2020-06-03
Police violence is directed against the working class, particularly its poorest sections, and falls disproportionately on black communities.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/03/lewi-j03.html

Unorthodox: Netflix series tells story of young woman's flight from Hasidic community in New York
wsws.org | 2020-06-03
Esty Shapiro, a 19-year-old unhappily married woman in Brooklyn, leaves her Jewish ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community, traveling to Berlin to find her mother and begin a new life.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/03/unor-j03.html

Sweeping attacks on migrant workers in Russia amid COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-06-03
The Russian government is considering the creation of a vast database that contains foreign workers' biometric information, health histories, legal and "social" status, and criminal records.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/03/rumi-j03.html

Hong Kong extends coronavirus curbs after new cluster
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-02
Hong Kong has decided to extend coronavirus restrictions after a new cluster of infections was detected, local media reported on Tuesday.According to Hong Kong Free Press, the government has prolonged the ban on public gatherings of more than eight people and the restrictions on customers at bars and restaurants.The decision was taken after nine new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Hong Kong, raising its total to 1,093, including four deaths.The curbs, which were due to end on Thursday, will remain in force until June 18, according to Food and Health Secretary Sophia Chan.Entry restrictions and mandatory quaranti…
yenisafak.com/en/world/hong-kong-extends-coronavirus-curbs-after-new-cluster-3531014

UK calls on China to 'step back from brink'
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-02
The UK on Thursday called on China to "re-consider" and "step back from the brink" over the crisis in Hong Kong.In a statement to parliament, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Hong Kong's success was built on its autonomy and freedoms, and that China itself has long affirmed the One Country, Two Systems approach."The UK, through successive governments, has consistently respected and supported that model, as reflected both in China's Basic Law and also the Joint Declaration," Raab said.The Joint Declaration is a UK-China treaty registered with the UN, which was part of the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1984.
yenisafak.com/en/news/uk-calls-on-china-to-step-back-from-brink-3531013

Hong Kong's Lam Blasts US for 'Double Standard' Security Law Criticism Amid Protest Repressions
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam sharply criticized the US on Tuesday for applying a "double standard" to the city's new national security law being drafted by Beijing, as the US has seen widespread police repression and violence against Black Lives Matter protesters.
sputniknews.com/world/202006021079502425-hong-kongs-lam-blasts-us-for-double-standard-security-law-criticism-amid-protest-repressions/

'The U.S. vs China: Asia's New Cold War?' by Jude Woodward reviewed by Sean Ledwith
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-02
The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has slammed into the global system with almost the same impact we might expect from an asteroid strike. All aspects of economic, cultural and political activity on the planet have been devastated and disrupted in ways that seemed unimaginable just a few months ago.
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'Questions to Heaven': China to Carry Out Its First Mission to Mars This Summer
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
China has set a goal to become a major space power as a means of catching up with Russia and the United States, pursuing ambitions to launch missions to the red planet and the Moon.
sputniknews.com/asia/202006021079503047-questions-to-heaven-china-to-carry-out-its-first-unmanned-mission-to-mars-this-summer/

Top US lawmaker slams 'bully' Beijing amid tensions along India-Chinese border
rt.com | 2020-06-02
US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel has accused China of "aggression" in relation to tensions along its border with India. Beijing and New Delhi said they would prefer to defuse the situation through talks. | Engel expressed concern over "the ongoing Chinese aggression" along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), which de facto separates Indian-controlled and Chinese-controlled parts of disputed Kashmir. | "China is demonstrating once again that it is willing to bully its neighbors rather than resolve conflicts according to international law," he said, urging Beijing to "respect norms and use d…
rt.com/news/490473-us-india-china-dispute/

G7 is indeed outdated and out of touch, Moscow agrees with Trump, but without China it will stay that way
rt.com | 2020-06-02
Moscow agrees with Donald Trump's criticism of G7 as a "very outdated" institution that does not represent "what's going on in the world," but cannot see how it can be improved without China's participation. | The US president lashed out at the group of seven major industrialized nations last week as he canceled a planned G7 summit in the US. The event was scheduled for June, but Trump said he wanted an extended meeting in September, and wanted Russia to attend. | "I'm postponing [the summit] because I don't feel, as a G7, it probably represents what's going on in the world. It's a very outdated group of count…
rt.com/news/490501-g7-outdated-moscow-agrees/

US Military Reportedly Mulls Pouring Money Into Unmanned Submarines Instead of Conventional Warships
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
Unmanned technologies are slowly making their way into militaries around the world with at least Russia and China, alongside the US, already working on fielding unmanned submarines and even warships.
sputniknews.com/military/202006021079496577-us-military-reportedly-mulls-pouring-money-into-unmanned-submarines-instead-of-conventional/

300 asymptomatic Covid-19 cases found in Wuhan, after it screens entire population
rt.com | 2020-06-02
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus originated, has tested almost 10 million people for Covid-19. No active cases of the disease were recorded, but 300 people were identified as asymptomatic infection carriers. | Since the launch of centralized nucleic acid testing on May 14, over 90 percent of Wuhan's population has been tested. According to the city authorities, 300 symptomless carriers were discovered and ordered to self-quarantine. | Read more | | China to test ENTIRE POPULATION of Wuhan for Covid-19 after disease reemerges | While asympt…
rt.com/news/490540-wuhan-covid-19-tests/

Belt and Road: Can China's Silk Road Survive Coronavirus?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
China's priority infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), faces enormous problems just seven years after it was proclaimed in 2013. Serious problems and charges of China luring poorer nations into what a leading Indian analyst termed a "debt …
globalresearch.ca/belt-and-road-can-chinas-silk-road-survive-coronavirus/5714768

Australian PM Morrison accepts Trump's G7 invitation
rt.com | 2020-06-02
Australia will accept an invitation to attend a Group of Seven (G7) nations meeting, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison told US President Donald Trump on Tuesday. | Last week, Trump said he will be postponing the G7 summit he had hoped to hold next month until September or later. He also wants to expand the list of invitees to include Australia, Russia, South Korea and India. Trump called Morrison on Tuesday to extend the invitation and it was accepted, Reuters reported, citing a spokesman for the Australian prime minister. | Morrison has teamed up with the US in its tougher stance against China, Austral…
rt.com/newsline/490468-australia-pm-trump-g7/

The Bronx is burning again: COVID-19's impact on New York's most underserved district
Lucy Cruz | workers.org | 2020-06-02
COVID-19 continues to rage on as an international pandemic months after the initial outbreak in Wuhan, China. Never to be outdone, the U.S. now has the most virus cases worldwide, with a staggering death toll of over 100,000 people. This is despite the U.S. hoarding the lion's share of the . . . | Continue reading The Bronx is burning again: COVID-19's impact on New York's most underserved district at Workers.org…
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Trump Opens the Door for a Deadlier Arms Race, and the Danger of 'Limited' Nuclear War
Prof. Inderjeet Parmar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
His decision to walk away from the Open Skies Treaty is part of a pattern aimed at converting the bipolar era arms control regime into one which could unrestrain the US and hold China down. | *** | US President Donald Trump…
globalresearch.ca/trump-arms-race-limited-nuclear-war/5714779

Rivalry With China May Boil Over Into 'Eventual Conflict', UK Defence Committee Chief Warns
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
MP for Bournemouth East, Chair of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee Tobias Ellwood has called for the UK to collaborate with its top western partner, the US, to work out an effective roadmap for global unity amid China's "different course".
sputniknews.com/world/202006021079496842-rivalry-with-china-may-boil-over-into-eventual-conflict-uk-defence-committee-chief-warns/

China's digital yuan could replace bitcoin & end US dollar hegemony
rt.com | 2020-06-02
The Chinese sovereign digital currency, which may be offered to the public next year, is projected to replace paper money. Analysts say it may even shift the global balance of economic power. | The People's Bank of China last week revealed plans to have its sovereign digital currency ready in time for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Limited trials are already underway in four cities across the country. | "Looking back years later, the two defining historic events of 2020 would be the coronavirus pandemic, and the other would be [China's] digital currency," a senior researcher with Peking University's Digital Finance…
rt.com/business/490489-digital-yuan-challenges-dollar-bitcon/

Sports world unites to condemn Floyd killing
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-02
Renowned athletes have raised their voices in a worldwide chorus denouncing racism in the wake of last week's death in police custody of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man."I felt anger, pity, hatred, indignation, pain, sadness… Sadness for George and for all black people who suffer from racism EVERY DAY!" Manchester United French star Paul Pogba said on Instagram."Racism is ignorance… STOP the silence… STOP racism. #NoToRacismWeAllOne #JusticeForFloyd #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter," the 2018 FIFA World Cup winner added.Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka also slammed the Floyd killing on social me…
yenisafak.com/en/world/sports-world-unites-to-condemn-floyd-killing-3531017

India's credit rating cut to lowest investment grade
rt.com | 2020-06-02
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded India's credit rating to Baa3 from Baa2 with negative outlook, citing growing risks that Asia's third-largest economy will face a prolonged period of slower growth amid rising debt. | "The decision to downgrade India's ratings reflects Moody's view that the country's policymaking institutions will be challenged in enacting and implementing policies which effectively mitigate the risks of a sustained period of relatively low growth, significant further deterioration in the general government fiscal position and stress in the financial sector," the ratings agency said.
rt.com/business/490469-moodys-cuts-india-rating/

Vitamin C, Hydrocortisone, and Thiamine for Septic Shock–In Reply
Fujii T, Udy AA, Bellomo R. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-06-02
In Reply We agree with Dr Long and colleagues that the timing of interventions is important in the management of sepsis. They suggest that early administration of vitamin C is essential for the intervention to have beneficial effects, even though no data on the timing of intervention were reported in the study by Marik et al. In the VITAMINS trial, an elevated lactate level was required to meet the consensus definition of septic shock. During the study period, sepsis resuscitation in Australasian emergency departments for patients with suspected septic shock was administration of 27 mL/kg of intravenous fluids be…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766629

Philippines President Duterte suspends his move to scrap US troop deal
rt.com | 2020-06-02
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has suspended his decision to scrap a two-decades-old troop deployment agreement with the United States. His foreign minister on Tuesday explained the U-turn citing political and other developments in the region. | The termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), which is central to one of Washington's most important alliances in Asia, was due to take effect in August. It was also Duterte's biggest move yet towards delivering on longstanding threats to downgrade ties with the Philippines' former colonial ruler, Reuters said. | Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin said t…
rt.com/newsline/490543-philippines-duterte-us-deal/

Taliban and Al-Qaeda retain ties despite US' Afghanistan deal, UN monitors warn
rt.com | 2020-06-02
Ties between the Taliban, especially its Haqqani Network branch, and Al-Qaeda remain close, despite a US-Taliban pact that Washington hoped would sever them, the independent UN sanctions monitors said. | "The Taliban regularly consulted with Al-Qaeda during negotiations with the US and offered guarantees that it would honor their historical ties," the monitors said in a report to the UN Security Council, which was made public on Monday. | Under the February 29 US-Taliban deal that could pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan, the Taliban promised to prevent Al-Qaeda from usi…
rt.com/newsline/490474-taliban-qaeda-ties-afghanistan/

Suicide blast in mosque near Afghanistan's Green Zone leaves 1 dead, 3 injured
rt.com | 2020-06-02
A suicide bomber has struck a mosque at the entrance to the international zone in the Afghan capital Kabul during evening prayers, killing one person and injuring at least three others. | Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian confirmed that the attacker blew himself up inside a washroom at the Wazir Akbar Khan mosque in the central district, next to the Green Zone

An Unavoidable Recognition of Failure: Trump's Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-02
In October 2001 I was standing on a hilltop 40 miles north of Kabul watching US aircraft bomb the Taliban front line. The night sky was lit up with the flash of explosions and the sparkle of ineffectual anti-aircraft fire. It was fairly obvious who was going to come out the winner. A few weeks…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/02/an-unavoidable-recognition-of-failure-trumps-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/

Deploying Federal Troops in a War at Home Would Make a Bad Situation Worse
Zoltan Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-02
Although the National Guard has often been used against civil rebellion, deploying federal military forces within the U.S. is a drastic and historically rare move. I've studied the history and geography of U.S. military interventions from the "Indian Wars" to the Middle East, and have documented only a handful of times that Army, Marines, or federalized National Guard forces have been used against U.S. citizens over the past century. For Trump to take such a profound leap would be an admission, as Gov. Walz stated, that a conflict at home is being equated to an "overseas war." Sending in soldiers trained for comb…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/02/deploying-federal-troops-in-a-war-at-home-would-make-a-bad-situation-worse/

Crisis Mentality of US Police Led to Brutal Killing of George Floyd, Indian Analysts Say
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
New Delhi (Sputnik): The killing of an African American, George Floyd, by a white policeman in Minneapolis has roiled the United States, with nationwide protests and violence over the past week. Some governors have refused to use the National Guard to shut the protests down, so President Trump has promised to deploy the military to end the unrest.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202006021079494515-crisis-mentality-of-us-police-led-to-brutal-killing-of-george-floyd-indian-analysts-say/

Peaceful protests in Indiana met with police violence
Jason Jones | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-02
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Watch Man Save Deer From Fatal Clutches of Snake in Indian Park
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
New Delhi (Sputnik): While the game of hunt and prey is inevitable in the wild, it can look brutal to humans. In one such scenario, a man almost picked a fight with a fully grown snake to rescue a deer from its clutches.
sputniknews.com/viral/202006021079495560-man-saves-deer-from-fatal-clutches-of-snake-in-indian-park–video/

Save the Life of Imprisoned Indian Public Intellectuals and Social Justice Activists
Dr. Ashok Kumbamu | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
Chief Justice of India | 5, Krishna Menon Marg | New Delhi, 110011 | India | .. | We, the undersigned, demand the release of public intellectuals and social justice activists, Prof. G.N. Saibaba and Varavara Rao, who are imprisoned in fabricated cases and …
globalresearch.ca/save-life-imprisoned-indian-public-intellectuals-social-justice-activists/5714824

As Halal industry grows in India, many are concerned about its 'discriminatory' effect
rt.com | 2020-06-02
Halal goods are gaining an increased market share in India, which has one of the world's largest Muslim populations. However, over the last year or so, many in India have started speaking out against the 'Halal industry.' | The latter refers to the set of business processes revolving around Halal certifications. Halal certificates are issued by various Muslim organizations across the world where products are marked 'Halal' and are fit and permissible to be used or consumed by a Muslim. | The certificates are provided to not only food products but also to many lifestyle products too, such as beauty products and…
rt.com/news/490549-india-halal-industry-muslims/

Indian Schoolgirl Reportedly Commits Suicide Over Alleged Lack of Access to Online Classes
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-02
New Delhi (Spuntik): On Monday, the Indian state of Kerala began its 2020-21 academic year via online classes. The state government has opted for various virtual platforms like the KITE Victers television channel and online mode, so that the education of children is not harmed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
sputniknews.com/india/202006021079495097-indian-schoolgirl-reportedly-commits-suicide-over-alleged-lack-of-access-to-online-classes/

Indian government abandons lockdown measures as coronavirus infections soar
wsws.org | 2020-06-02
An epidemiologist who is advising the government on its plan to "reopen" the economy blithely acknowledged that it will result in a catastrophic loss of life, declaring that "India may see at least two million deaths."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/02/indi-j02.html

Solidarity with U.S. protests in India
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-02
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist). | Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) organizes demonstrations expressing solidarity with the American people fighting against racist oppression and anti-people, pro-capitalist policy of the Trump administration | Undaunted by the Corona pandemic Cadres and leaders of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) marched om the streets and organized demonstrations in the metropolises and numerous small towns throughout India voicing solidarity with struggling people of USA who have come o…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/2/solidarity-us-protests-india

'Weak and meaningless': Tiger Woods criticized for aiming message at protesters rather than police amid George Floyd protests
rt.com | 2020-06-02
Golfer Tiger Woods and NBA icon Michael Jordan have both broken their silences on the police violence that led to George Floyd's death in the US, earning a mixed response after calling for political pressure and an end to looting. | Woods watched the Los Angeles riots near his home in Southern California as a promising teenage golfer in 1992, witnessing looting, violence and protests following a brutal police attack on construction worker and activist Rodney King. | He went on to become the first black man to win the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club, where blacks were once excluded, and has said that his…
rt.com/sport/490507-tiger-woods-criticized-response-george-floyd-protests/

Turkey's national palaces reopen as 'new normal' begins
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-02
National museums in Istanbul, including the iconic Dolmabahce Palace and Beylerbeyi Palace that were temporarily closed on March 18 to slow the spread of coronavirus, reopened to the public on Tuesday.Istanbul's Topkapi Palace, which served as the main residence and administrative headquarters of Ottoman sultans, also began receiving visitors on Monday just as other museums and archeological sites across Turkey reopened.Several protective measures have been taken by the National Palaces Administration as part of the normalization process.Social distancing has been made compulsory with "social distance control lab…
yenisafak.com/en/economy/turkeys-national-palaces-reopen-as-new-normal-begins-3530991

The Treason Of The Ruling Class
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-02
The ruling elites no longer have legitimacy. They have destroyed our capitalist democracy and replaced it with a mafia state. What the Roman philosopher Cicero called a commonwealth, a res publica, a "public thing" or the "property of a people," has been transformed into an instrument of naked pillage and repression on behalf of a global corporate oligarchy. We are serfs ruled by obscenely rich, omnipotent masters who loot the U.S. Treasury, pay little or no taxes and have perverted the judiciary, the media and the legislative branches of government to strip us of civil liberties and give them the freedom to comm…
popularresistance.org/the-treason-of-the-ruling-class/

Predator or prank? 'Black Lives Matter' podcaster orders woman to get on her knees & APOLOGIZE for white privilege
rt.com | 2020-06-02
A man claiming to work for Black Lives Matter filmed himself accosting a woman on the street in New York City, ordering her to kneel and apologize for her white privilege. Her compliance has the internet speculating feverishly. | While it was pretty clear the cameraman didn't actually "work for Black Lives Matter" – he claimed to have been sent by its "CEO," and BLM doesn't have a CEO – the rest of the clip – seen over 1.4 million times – was open to interpretation. Was the woman just playing along? Unbelievably gullible? Genuinely frightened? | pic.twitter.com/Ct8Ab3aeS8…
rt.com/usa/490572-black-lives-prankster-intimidating-women/

White Women Caught Tagging BLM on Starbucks
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-02
Two white protesters got called out by a black protester for tagging a Starbucks with graffiti repping the Black Lives Matter movement … and the bizarre encounter was caught on video. | Check it out … you see two white women decked out in all black and wearing face masks/coverings spraying 'BLM' along the side of a Starbucks in L.A., as well as other messaging. One African-American woman who's also protesting gets in their faces and questions what they're doing … and why. Watch what happens when she confronts them. | The white gals were NOT down to stick around for answers, as they mumbled incoherent respon…
popularresistance.org/white-women-caught-tagging-blm-on-starbucks/

Philippines Backtracks on Ending US Military Pact
telesurenglish.net | 2020-06-02
The Philippines government announced Tuesday that will extend the military pact with the United States and suspend the termination it had stated back in February 2020 and had a 180-day legal effect. | RELATED: | Trump 'Doesn't Mind' If Philippines Cuts Military Pact With US | "The suspension shall start on even date and shall continue for six months, which period is extendible by the Philippines for another six months," after which the countdown to termination "shall resume," a Ju…
telesurenglish.net/news/Philippines-Backtracks-on-Ending-US-Military-Pact-20200602-0017.html

Communist Party of the Philippines oppose repression of U.S. protests
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-02
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following June 2 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | Denounce brutal suppression of U.S. protests against racism and fascism! Support and draw inspiration from the American people's mass protest actions! | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) joins the American people in condemning U.S. President Donald Trump for ordering the mobilization of police and national guard forces to "dominate and crush" mass protest actions currently sweeping across the United States. He has denounced the mass actions and organizations and threatened to "desi…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/2/communist-party-philippines-oppose-repression-us-protests

Russia's PM says 2-year economic stimulus plan to cost 5 trln roubles
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-02
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Tuesday that Russia's economic stimulus plan to help the economy recover after the coronavirus outbreak and lockdown would cost Russia around 5 trillion roubles ($72.75 billion) over the next two years.Speaking to President Vladimir Putin at a televised government meeting, Mishustin also said the plan would require changes to be made to a spending plan that was announced by Putin before the crisis. ($1 = 68.7251 roubles)…
yenisafak.com/en/world/russias-pm-says-2-year-economic-stimulus-plan-to-cost-5-trln-roubles-3530995

NATO returns to Libya to challenge Russia
M.K. Bhadrakumar | mronline.org | 2020-06-02
The great game in Libya has begun surging with the United States shedding its strategic ambivalence and resorting to a proactive role. At the end of May, the Pentagon marked a dramatic escalation by accusing Moscow of bolstering "Kremlin-linked mercenaries" who are allegedly helping Khalifa Haftar, the eastern warlord in Libya.
mronline.org/2020/06/02/nato-returns-to-libya-to-challenge-russia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nato-returns-to-libya-to-challenge-russia

Be our guest! Russia invites Pentagon chief to take part in Victory Day parade
rt.com | 2020-06-02
Russia's Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu invited US Defense Secretary Mark Esper to visit the upcoming Victory Day parade in Moscow. The 75th-anniversary event has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. | The rare invitation was made on Tuesday, when the two officials held phone talks, Russia's Defense Ministry revealed in a statement. | While the Red Square parade marking the victory over Nazi Germany is traditionally held on May 9, it has been postponed this year, owing to the coronavirus situation. Instead, the parade will be held on June 24

Susan Rice Goes Full Conspiracy Rant on CNN: 'Russians Behind Race Protest Mayhem!'
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
"This is fuxxing lunacy

Russia reduces oil production in May close to OPEC+ target
rt.com | 2020-06-02
Oil and gas condensate production in Russia declined by 15 percent year-on-year in May to 39.7 million tons or 9.39 million barrels per day (bpd), according to Energy Ministry data. | The figure is down from 11.35 million barrels per day in April and near Moscow's target under a deal within the OPEC+ group. Data showed Russia's natural-gas production decreased by 9.2 percent, year-on-year, in January to May, to 293.26 billion cubic meters. The country usually produces 700,000–800,000 bpd of gas condensate. That means that, excluding gas condensate, Russia produced 8.59–8.69 million bpd of crude oil i…
rt.com/business/490545-russia-oil-production-opec/

'Respect and love each other': Hockey superstar Alex Ovechkin calls for calm and unity as police brutality protests rage on
rt.com | 2020-06-02
Russian hockey superstar Alex Ovechkin has spoken out over the violent scenes that have occurred following the death of George Floyd in the United States, and has called for calm following ugly scenes across the nation. | Ovechkin, who plays for the NHL's Washington Capitals, took to social media to share his condolences to the family of Floyd, whose death in police restraint has sparked nationwide protests against police brutality across America. | "Rest in peace, George Floyd," he tweeted. | "It's sad to watch what is happening around." | Ovechkin, whose home city of Washington saw the city's metropolitan po…
rt.com/sport/490487-nhl-alex-ovechkin-george-floyd-message-twitter/

The Pandemic Revives Fears the U.S. Is Developing 'Ethnic Bioweapons' Against Russia
Max Parry | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-02
It has been 75 years since the surrender of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe. Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Russia postponed its annual Victory Day celebrations last month due to the health crisis as …
globalresearch.ca/pandemic-revives-fears-us-developing-ethnic-bioweapons-against-russia/5714743