Activists Call for Health Measures to Prevent Coronavirus at Immigrant Jails
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-10
As the world responds to the COVID-19 outbreak, we look at how the Trump administration's immigration policies may put everyone at risk. We go to Seattle, Washington, not far from the Life Care Center in the suburb of Kirkland, which was the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. In nearby Tacoma, Washington, our guest says she saw posters in English only when she went to visit immigrants held in the Northwest Detention Center, which is run by private prison company GEO Group. We speak with…
truthout.org/video/activists-call-for-health-measures-to-prevent-coronavirus-at-immigrant-jails/
Family Separation Is Torture, According to Physicians for Human Rights
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-03-10
Family Separation Is Torture, According to Physicians for Human Rights…
thenation.com/article/society/trump-immigration-torture-coronavirus/
Immigrants in WA Detention Center Demand Protection from Coronavirus, Not Posters in English
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-10
As the world responds to the COVID-19 outbreak, we look at how the Trump administration's immigration policies may put everyone at risk. We go to Seattle, Washington, not far from the Life Care Center in the suburb of Kirkland, which was the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. In nearby Tacoma, Washington, our guest says she saw posters in English only when she went to visit immigrants held in the Northwest Detention Center, which is run by private prison company GEO Group. We speak with Maru Mora Villalpando, an activist and undocumented immigrant with the groups La Resistencia and Mijente, who issued a…
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The Immigration Churn
Doug Noble | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-10
Rochester NY pastor Katie Jo Suddaby was recently on the Southern border and witnessed first-hand the horrors the US is perpetrating on Central American migrants there. She reported about this at The Historic Calvary at Andrews Church; what follows is my writeup of her talk. Rev Suddaby started with the central, chilling point she wanted us,…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/10/the-immigration-churn/
New Caravan of Honduran Migrants Advances to the United States
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Honduras' social movements and civil organizations called for a new caravan of migrants that will leave this Tuesday from San Pedro Sula province, in the north of the country, towards the U.S.-Mexico border. | RELATED: | Migrant Caravan Gathers on Guatemala Border To Enter Mexico | For the third time this year, hundreds of migrants will try to reach the United States by land, after trespassing Guatemala and Mexico. | In this country, the National Guard could block their way, once…
telesurenglish.net/news/new-caravan-of-honduran-migrants-advances-to-the-united-states-20200310-0011.html
Ankara to host migration summit, defies EU pressure to shut border
rt.com | 2020-03-10
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he would not stop migrants trying to cross Turkey's border into Greece despite EU pressure to do so. He also announced a summit next week in Istanbul with European leaders to seek a solution to the crisis. | "Our proposal to Greece is to open the gates," he told reporters on his plane back to Turkey after discussing the migrant crisis on Monday in Brussels with top EU officials. "These people won't stay in Greece. Let them cross from Greece into other European countries," he said. | Erdogan said he would convene a summit in Istanbul on March 17 on the migrant issu…
rt.com/newsline/482747-turkey-migration-summit-eu/
Elon Musk is acting like a neo-Conquistador for South America's lithium
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-03-10
Elon Musk, the head of Tesla, wants to build an electric car factory in Brazil. He was supposed to meet Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, in Miami in early March, but he was too busy; instead, Musk will go to Brazil sometime this year. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/09/elon-musk-is-acting-like-a-neo-conquistador-for-south-americas-lithium/
Afghanistan "peace" deal stalls as Kabul rivals are both sworn in as president
wsws.org | 2020-03-10
The swearing in of two rival presidents of the US-backed puppet regime has upended so-called intra-Afghan talks set to begin today.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/10/afgh-m10.html
Chile Denounces Government Repression During Feminist Strike
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
The feminist general strike called in Chile on Monday as part of the celebrations of International Women's Day was repressed by the police of President Sebastian Piñera's government, according to the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH). | RELATED: | Chile: General Strike on Second Day of Feminist Protests | "Even though this was a peaceful day, which called to defend gender equality, the carabineros (Chilean police) attacked the demonstrators," the INDH president Sergio Micco to…
telesurenglish.net/news/chile-denounce-government-repression-during-feminist-strike-20200310-0006.html
PSL Public Forum: A Women's Place is in the Struggle: Honoring IWD
Jon Britton | indybay.org | 2020-03-10
San Jose Peace & Justice Center, 48 S Seventh Street, San Jose, CA 95112…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/09/18831402.php
The Organization of American States Is Eroding Faith in Democracy
Laura Carlsen | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-10
The actions of the OAS Electoral Mission in Bolivia, headed by the Costa Rican Manuel González Sanz, triggered a break with the democratic order, leading not only to the coup but the subsequent killings of pro-Morales protesters by security forces, who specifically targeted indigenous supporters of the nation's first indigenous president.
counterpunch.org/2020/03/10/the-organization-of-american-states-is-eroding-faith-in-democracy/
Prison riots erupt as Rome extends coronavirus lockdown to all of Italy
wsws.org | 2020-03-10
Inmates' families protested outside prisons against the authorities' refusal to release prisoners or provide them with protection from contagion inside overcrowded prisons.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/10/ital-m10.html
Prison riots erupt as Rome extends coronavirus lockdown to all of Italy
wsws.org | 2020-03-10
Inmates' families protested outside prisons against the authorities' refusal to release prisoners or provide them with protection from contagion inside overcrowded prisons.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/10/ital-m10.html
Israeli IDF Snipers Boast of Shooting 'Ducks' in Gaza'. Boasting About Their Hits. Unspoken Crimes against Humanity
Jonathan Ofir | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
Two days ago (Friday) a piece came out in Haaretz by Ido Glazer, featuring stories from five anonymous snipers who told how they gunned down unarmed protesters at the March of Return near the Gaza perimeter fence. | These accounts are …
globalresearch.ca/remember-knee-crosshairs-bursting-open-israeli-snipers-boast-shooting-ducks-gaza/5705911
Video: New Idlib Ceasefire Is Already Crumbling and Nobody Is Surprised
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
On March 6, the Syrian region of Greater Idlib entered another ceasefire phase with al-Qaeda-linked groups breathing a sigh of relief thanks to Turkish sacrifices in the battle against the Syrian Army. However, the pause in the Turkish-Syrian military confrontation …
globalresearch.ca/video-new-idlib-ceasefire-already-crumbling-nobody-surprised/5705950
Money for wars but not vaccines? Bernie panel ladles harsh truths as Americans face paying out-of-pocket for coronavirus treatment
rt.com | 2020-03-10
A panelist who took part in a coronavirus roundtable hosted by presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders scoffed at the idea that free vaccines to combat the illness would be untenable, noting that there's always cash to fund US wars. | The Vermont senator assembled a group of medical professionals in Detroit on Tuesday to discuss how the United States could best deal with the ongoing health crisis. | During the question and answer session, one audience member highlighted how Sanders has promised to provide free vaccines against the illness, and asked how the self-described democratic-socialist plans to pay for it.
rt.com/usa/482719-war-coronavirus-vaccine-sanders-money/
Money for wars but not vaccines? Bernie panel ladles harsh truths as Americans face paying out-of-pocket for coronavirus treatment
rt.com | 2020-03-10
A panelist who took part in a coronavirus roundtable hosted by presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders scoffed at the idea that free vaccines to combat the illness would be untenable, noting that there's always cash to fund US wars. | The Vermont senator assembled a group of medical professionals in Detroit on Tuesday to discuss how the United States could best deal with the ongoing health crisis. | During the question and answer session, one audience member highlighted how Sanders has promised to provide free vaccines against the illness, and asked how the self-described democratic-socialist plans to pay for it.
rt.com/usa/482719-war-coronavirus-vaccine-sanders-money/
Sanders and Biden Battle to Win New Democratic Primary in US
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
The United States celebrates another day of Democratic primaries this Tuesday, with former Vice President Joe Biden at the top of all polls, ahead of leftist Senator Bernie Sanders. | RELATED: | Super Tuesday: 'At Stake Is the Soul of the Democratic Party' | Millions of people in six states will vote this Tuesday for their favorite candidate in the race for the Democratic nomination, which will challenge Republican President Donald Tr…
telesurenglish.net/news/sanders-and-biden-battle-to-win-new-democratic-primary-in-us-20200310-0013.html
"Even a Fox News Audience Agrees": Sanders Rebuts Claims His Views Are "Extreme"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-10
During a Fox News town hall Monday night in Dearborn, Michigan on the eve of the state's crucial Democratic presidential primary, Sen. Bernie Sanders made the case that
SYRIZA's Betrayal of Greece is a Spectre haunting the Left
Max Parry | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-10
'Super Tuesday' in the 2020 presidential election season is over and Senator Bernie Sanders's time as the unlikely frontrunner for the Democratic nomination may have stopped just as quick as it began. Despite an unprecedented smear campaign coordinated by the party leadership and corporate media against him, the self-described "democratic socialist" not only managed to …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/syrizas-betrayal-of-greece-is-a-spectre-haunting-the-left/
Working Families Party picks Bernie over Biden after Warren exits race
Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-10
With the candidate it backed, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, now out of the Democratic presidential race, the Working Families Party, a political force in Northeastern states and growing elsewhere, chose on March 9 to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., over former Vice President Joseph Biden. The WFP's nod was the second big-ticket endorsement the democratic socialist …
peoplesworld.org/article/working-families-party-picks-bernie-over-biden-after-warren-exits-race/
Does the Scandinavian Model Support Bernie's Socialist Message?
Nick Licata | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-10
Washington Post Columnist Fareed Zakaria in an op-ed accused Bernie Sanders's repeated exultation of the Northern Europe countries of Denmark, Sweden and Norway as examples of the kind of economic system he wants to bring to the United States as being an unrealistic fantasy; Sanders either ignores or misunderstands their policies. When it comes to supporting working…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/10/does-the-scandinavian-model-support-bernies-socialist-message/
Financial Meltdown: The Impending Credit Crunch; The Next Shoe to Drop?
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
Last week's violent gyrations in the stock market are the result of a tug-of-war between two well-represented groups of investors. One group thinks the Coronavirus will severely impact the global economy pushing stocks further into the red, while the other …
globalresearch.ca/impending-credit-crunch-next-shoe-drop/5705945
Team Trump Tried to Bully the ICC Into Dropping War Crimes Probe But Failed
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-10
After the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) found a reasonable basis to believe that U.S. military and CIA leaders committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, Team Trump threatened to ban ICC judges and prosecutors from the U.S. and warned it would impose economic sanctions on the Court if it launched an investigation. | Apparently succumbing to th…
truthout.org/articles/team-trump-tried-to-bully-the-icc-into-dropping-war-crimes-probe-but-failed/
Bachelet Condemns US Coercive Actions Against Venezuelan People
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Tuesday reiterated her concern about the new unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States against the Venezuelan people. | RELATED: | US, Colombia, Brazil Hold Alliance to Attack Venezuela | In the oral update on the human rights situation in Venezuela, which took place at the UN H…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bachelet-Condemns-US-Coercive-Actions-Against-Venezuelan-People-20200310-0010.html
Syrian Christian Village Awaits the End of Al Qaeda's Occupation of Idlib
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
The western media has focused on Idlib as the last 'rebel' held area in Syria; however, it is held by Al Qaeda, not Syrian rebels. The Syrian rebels, aka " Free Syrian Army" , ceased to exist years …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-christian-village-awaits-end-al-qaeda-occupation-idlib/5705996
IDF Knee-Capping Besieged Gazans. Hundreds of Palestinians Killed
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
Live fire by Israeli soldiers, police, and other security forces against defenseless Palestinians threatening no one is official Jewish state policy. | What was instituted on the pretext of preventing harm to Israelis is systematically and repeatedly breached by IDF and …
globalresearch.ca/idf-knee-capping-besieged-gazans-hundreds-of-palestinians-killed/5705989
Dems Rigging Things for Establishment Figure "Moderate Jo" Biden?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
The myth of moderate Joe belies his hardline agenda throughout a near-half century of public life as US senator and vice president. | Along with most others on both sides of the aisle, his political record shows full support for endless …
globalresearch.ca/dems-rigging-things-establishment-figure-biden/5705968
Russia's Rejection of OPEC+ Was the Result of Cold Geostrategic Calculations
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
Russia rejected its OPEC+ partners' request late last week to further curtail its oil production next month because it understood that doing so would make its American shale rivals more competitive, which would in turn empower the US to continue …
globalresearch.ca/russia-rejection-opec-result-cold-geostrategic-calculations/5705978
Saudi Arabia's Oil Price War Could Very Easily Backfire
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
Russia's rejection of its OPEC+ partners' request to further reduce oil production in response to slumping demand prompted Saudi Arabia to unwisely initiate an oil price war over the weekend as revenge, one which the Gulf country is ill-equipped to …
globalresearch.ca/saudi-arabia-oil-price-war/5705941
Coronavirus Pandemic in U.S. Fueled by Stunted CDC Budget & Lack of Access to Healthcare, Insurance
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-10
The coronavirus pandemic has now infected more than 113,000 people worldwide, and killed more than 4,000. We are joined by two epidemiologists to examine the response so far around the world and in the United States. Thomas Bollyky is director of the global health program, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of the book "Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World Is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways." We're also joined by Alfredo Morabia, professor of epidemiology at the Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment at Queens College, City University of New York, and edit…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/10/coronavirus_policy
Italy Is Now a Red Zone: Student at Bocconi U. Describes Strict Measures Taken to Contain COVID-19
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-10
The entire country of Italy has been placed on lockdown in an attempt to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, impacting 60 million people. People in the nationwide Red Zone will only be allowed to travel for work, medical reasons or emergencies until early next month. All schools and universities will also remain closed, major sporting events are suspended, and airline passengers now have to justify their reasons for traveling. We go to Italy to speak with Romy Kool, an international student at Bocconi University in Milan, where courses are now being taught online amid the coronavirus outbreak. We are als…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/10/italy_red_zone
Prisons Worldwide Face Coronavirus Crisis: Overcrowding, Lack of Sanitation & Labor at Slave Wages
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-10
As Italy went on lockdown, nearly 30 prisons across the country broke into riots Sunday and Monday after visitation rights were suspended in response to the outbreak. In a prison in southern Italy, a riot left at least six incarcerated people dead and caused 50 people to escape. Prisoners have reportedly lit fires, charged guards and even escaped at multiple facilities. This comes as the United Nations confirmed that coronavirus had reached Iran's prisons, as the number of cases there continues to soar. Iran has temporarily freed some 70,000 prisoners in response to the coronavirus. And concerns are growing about…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/10/coronavirus_in_prisons_jails
Lock Step, This Is No Futuristic Scenario: Panic and the Post-Pandemic Future?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
Every day world mainstream news reports more people in more countries diagnosed "positive" for the coronavirus illness, now called COVID-19. As the reported numbers grow, so does widespread nervousness, often in the form of panic shopping for masks, disinfections, toilet …
globalresearch.ca/lock-step-no-futuristic-scenario/5705972
Abuse, Oppression and Murder: The PA Does Israel's Dirty Work in the West Bank
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-10
Arbitrary arrests, torture, and violence are regular occurrences in occupied Palestine. While Israel is responsible for the greater share of the violation of Palestinian human rights, the PA is part and parcel of that same Israeli strategy.
mintpressnews.com/abuse-oppression-and-murder-the-pa-does-israels-dirty-work-in-the-west-bank/265612/
Global Research: Pull-No-Punches Reporting on Global Power Relations
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
"Global Research provides penetrating analysis of world events. The articles published by this invaluable website pull no punches in reporting on global power relations." |
Big banks call for Wall Street deregulation to "fight Coronavirus"
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-03-10
As Naomi Klein laid out in her bestseller "Shock Doctrine," the wealthy elite use the confusion caused by economic and other disasters to quickly force through pro-free-market legislation. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/10/big-banks-call-for-wall-street-deregulation-to-fight-coronavirus/
Time to Stop Pretending People With Serious Psychosis Can be "Independent"
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-10
On 30 March last year, a man suffering from severe mental illness walked out of his flat in north London and stabbed a woman in the back with a knife, inflicting injuries that left her paralysed for life. She was a complete stranger to him, as were the four other people whom he met by…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/10/time-to-stop-pretending-people-with-serious-psychosis-can-be-independent/
Interview: Somali captive exposes conditions in bogus "refugee camp"
Ben Cowles | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-10
I spoke with an enslaved person last week. An African man from Somalia trapped in a detention center in Libya. He told me his name, but I promised not to mention it. He fears the guards will kill him if they know he has spoken out. So let's call him Hufan. Several months ago, Hufan …
peoplesworld.org/article/interview-with-a-slave-somali-captive-exposes-conditions-in-bogus-refugee-camp/
Global stocks rally after biggest rout since 2008
rt.com | 2020-03-10
Most of the world's stock markets rebounded on Tuesday following the worst crash since the 2008 financial crisis. | US stocks are leading the recovery, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 gaining around three percent during early trading on Wall Street. | European stocks are mixed, with London's FTSE up over two percent and Germany's DAX about one and a half percent higher. France's CAC bucked the trend, trading over 10 percent lower as of 2: 00pm GMT. | Asian stocks finished strong, with the Shanghai Composite closing 1.82 percent higher, Hong Kong's Hang Seng gaining 1.41 percent and Japan's…
rt.com/business/482751-global-stocks-rally-after-crash/
Crimes in Afghanistan: Fatou Bensouda's Investigative Mission
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-10
It seemed an unlikely prospect. The International Criminal Court has tended to find itself accused of chasing up the inhumane rogues of Africa rather than those from any other continent. It has also been accused of having an overly burdensome machinery and lethargy more caught up with procedure than substance. Critics fearing a behemoth snatching …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/crimes-in-afghanistan-fatou-bensoudas-investigative-mission/
Brazil Only Buying Scrap Metal From US, Says Celso Amorim
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Brazilian ex-chancellor Celso Amorim said that the South American nation would only buy scrap metal from the U.S. after the military agreement. | RELATED: | Brazil: Feminist Farmers Start 'Seeds of Resistance' Campaign | According to the former diplomatic, Trump pursues to align Brazil to his politics as an ally in the region. Amorim added: "If to do so, it is needed to do small buys or sell second hand, they will do it. We cannot be naàØve about that." | The ex-Foreign Minister pointed ou…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazil-will-only-get-scrap-metal-from-united-states-says-celso-amorim-20200310-0014.html
Brazil: Feminist Farmers Start 'Seeds of Resistance' Campaign
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Brazil's Movement of Female Farmers (MMC) Monday started the "Seeds of Resistance" national campaign as a way to highlighting social fights for gender equity, respect for Indigenous cultures, and defense of local producers. | RELATED: | US, Colombia, Brazil Hold Alliance to Attack Venezuela | This campaign also pursues to make visible the experience and wisdom of the Brazilian small farmers, who are permanently under attack from large companies, which are backed up by the far-right Pres…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazilian-women-in-defense-of-native-seeds-20200310-0012.html
US, Colombia, Brazil Hold Alliance to Attack Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced that the United States, Colombia, and Brazil have established an alliance to increase the aggression against the Bolivarian people through a naval blockade. | RELATED: | Venezuela's Multiparty Committee Tasked to Appoint New Electoral Officials In Session | "The White House is developing a chain of command t…
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US, Colombia, Brazil Hold Alliance to Attack Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced that the United States, Colombia, and Brazil have established an alliance to increase the aggression against the Bolivarian people through a naval blockade. | RELATED: | Venezuela's Multiparty Committee Tasked to Appoint New Electoral Officials In Session | "The White House is developing a chain of command t…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Colombia-Brazil-Hold-Alliance-to-Attack-Venezuela-20200310-0007.html
Merkel, Haftar discuss Libya conflict at Berlin meeting
rt.com | 2020-03-10
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar in Berlin on Tuesday in a bid to advance efforts to secure a lasting ceasefire in Libya. | Merkel stressed that there can be no military solution to the conflict, and so "a ceasefire and progress in the political process, in line with the decisions of the Berlin conference, are necessary," her spokesman Steffen Seibert said. He didn't detail Haftar's response, AP reported. | Haftar's visit to Berlin was his second in recent months. The Libyan commander visited Paris and met French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday.
rt.com/newsline/482757-merkel-haftar-libya-conflict/
Bolivia: Congress Summons 3 Ministers to Explain Their Actions
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Bolivia's Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ALP) invited three ministers of the coup-born regime lead by Jeanine Añez to attend a hearing session on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Parliament Censors Jeanine àÅñez's Allies Minister | This meeting should be attended by Communication Minister Maria Fernandez, Environment Minister Maria Pinckert, and Ru…
telesurenglish.net/news/bolivia-alp-to-question-three-other-ministers-20200310-0008.html
Who will blink first? Russia in better position to win crude price standoff with Saudi Arabia
rt.com | 2020-03-10
Riyadh's actions in the oil market could be a grave miscalculation and will definitely backfire, but they will not make Moscow dance to its tune, analysts have told RT. | Crude oil prices suffered the biggest one-day fall since 1991 on Monday after top oil producers failed to agree on new output cuts and Saudi Arabia decided to boost production and offer discounts. Such an upheaval inflicts pain not only on Russia and Saudi Arabia, but also on all the members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). However, Riyadh is clearly going to lose this price war, says Eike Hamer, political comm…
rt.com/business/482712-saudi-arabia-russia-oil-conflict/
Global crude claws back losses after major price collapse
rt.com | 2020-03-10
Oil prices have gained around nine percent on Tuesday following the biggest one-day rout in nearly three decades, after Saudi Arabia threatened to boost production and offer discounts. | Benchmark Brent rose nearly $3 to over $37 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was trading at around $34 a barrel. | Crude prices collapsed over the weekend after the disagreement between Russia and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) over deeper production cuts aimed at supporting global crude prices amid falling demand due to the coronavirus outbreak. | For more stories on economy…
rt.com/business/482732-oil-prices-bounce-back/
Polish govt cancels all mass events due to coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-03-10
The government in Warsaw has decided to cancel all mass events due to the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Tuesday. "At this morning's meeting we took a decision to call off all mass events," Morawiecki told reporters. | The central European country, home to 38 million people, has reported 17 cases of the coronavirus. | Polish President Andrzej Duda has said he will not organize large campaign meetings in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus, raising questions over how the outbreak will affect the election due in May, Reuters reports. | The presidential election will decide wh…
rt.com/newsline/482720-poland-cancels-mass-events/