RT (2020-03-10). Van Damme eat your heart out: Russian gymnast Anastasia Nazarenko amazes New Yorkers with stretching skills (PHOTOS). rt.com Russian rhythmic gymnast Anastasia Nazarenko may have retired but she remains in incredible shape — as she proudly demonstrated to the people of New York with some of her insane stretching. | The 27-year-old, who owns a stretching studio in Manhattan, promotes a healthy lifestyle which encourages her clients to get rid of harmful addictions. | Nazarenko shot to fame in 2012 after winning the…

Staff (2020-03-10). Immigrants in WA Detention Center Demand Protection from Coronavirus, Not Posters in English. democracynow.org 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…

RT (2020-03-10). Personal physician of embattled ex-PM Nawaz Sharif attacked in London. rt.com Masked assailants attacked Dr. Adnan Khan with a metal rod in central London just days after Islamabad ramped up effort to extradite the former PM who flew to the UK for medical treatment. | Khan, who serves as a personal physician of ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was assaulted as he was going for a walk in Park Lane, local media He received multiple threats by phone prior to the a…

John Feffer (2020-03-10). Will COVID-19 Kill Globalization? counterpunch.org At a dinner party in mid-February, an architect told me that he was having a problem finishing his building projects. It was the carpets. Most wall-to-wall carpeting for big construction projects in the United States, he explained, comes from China. The coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan — and the subsequent shutdown of many Chinese factories —

Vijay Prashad (2020-03-10). Elon Musk is acting like a neo-Conquistador for South America's lithium. mronline.org 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. |

RT (2020-03-10). GOLD may be the BIG WINNER in oil price war. rt.com Gold — regarded as the traditional safe haven — could be "one of the beneficiaries" of the global stock market panic caused by the Russian-Saudi standoff over oil and the coronavirus outbreak. | That's according to Research Director at NXTanalytic Alessandro Bruno, who told RT that "Russia could probably sustain the crisis for longer than Saudi Arabia." | He explained that this is due to Moscow's financial policies of the past few years and, in particular, Russia's accumulation of gold. | "Let's not forget, Russia and China have been accumulating a lot of gold," Bruno said, adding that "One of the…

The Canary (2020-03-10). Trump's personal interests called into question as coronavirus crisis escalates. thecanary.co Donald Trump's responses to the coronavirus crisis have raised questions about the overlap of his public and personal concerns, with White House watchers asking whether the US president has a conflict of interests.One of Trump's first impulses after the outbreak of the coronavirus in China was to suggest it was a buying opportunity in the US stock market.And even as the global peril of the virus has escalated, Trump has leaned hard on his decades of experience as a businessman, keeping his focus on the economy and financial markets and urging people to continue travelling and patronising US businesses."You know,…

RT (2020-03-10). US offered Ankara intelligence on Idlib, FM Cavusoglu claims, says S-400 won't stop Turkey from getting Patriot missiles. rt.com The US was willing to give Turkey intelligence regarding Syria's Idlib, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has claimed, adding that the purchase of Russian anti-air systems won't prevent Ankara from acquiring Patriot missiles. | The senior Turkish diplomat told state-owned Anadolu Agency on Tuesday that Washington had offered land, sea and air intelligence regarding the northwestern region, considered by Damascus and Moscow as the last terrorist stronghold in Syria. | According to Cavusoglu, Turkey and Russia will begin patrols around a critical highway in Idlib, as part of a recent ceasefire agreement brokered…

RT (2020-03-10). Ankara to host migration summit, defies EU pressure to shut border. rt.com 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 (2020-03-10). All-star warmonger Lindsey Graham urges NATO to 'get more involved' in Idlib, Syria to stop 'Syrian aggression'. rt.com Veteran chickenhawk Lindsey Graham once again beat his over-used war drum, this time because he wants NATO to get involved in Idlib, Syria to stop "Syrian aggression." Yes, when will Syria stop intervening in its own country? | The South Carolina senator said that he fully supports US President Donald Trump's efforts to "get NATO more involved in Syria," arguing that the defensive alliance should aid Turkey as it "defends Idlib against Russian/Syrian aggression." He further argued that the "fall" of Idlib would result in a humanitarian crisis felt around the world, which is why NATO should be more "supportive"

RT (2020-03-10). US exploring NATO aid for Turkey in Idlib, says sanctions could be applied if Russia or Syria violate ceasefire — reports. rt.com Washington's special envoy for Syria has signaled that the US is exploring NATO involvement in Idlib, and said that any violations of the truce in the Syrian province could be punished with sanctions, according to reports. | James Jeffrey arrived in Brussels on Tuesday to meet with NATO allies and discuss "ways to support Turkey's security concerns," the State Department said in a statement. | In a conference call with reporters, Jeffrey said that Washington is "looking" at what NATO can do for Turkey in Idlib, and that "everything is on the table." | He reportedly warned that the United States could respond w…

Conn Hallinan (2020-03-10). Turkey's Erdogan faces growing resistance over involvement in Syria's civil war. peoplesworld.org Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's latest gamble in Syria's civil war appears to have come up snake eyes. Instead of halting the Damascus government's siege of the last rebel held province, Idlib, Turkey has backed off, and Ankara's Syrian adventure is fueling growing domestic resistance to the powerful autocrat. The crisis began Feb. 25, when …

RT (2020-03-10). Erdogan says US softening stance on Turkey's purchase of Patriot systems. rt.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Washington was softening its stance on a potential sale of US Patriot defense systems. He added that the United States had asked Ankara to guarantee it will not activate Russian S-400 defense systems, Reuters reported on Tuesday. | "We made this offer to the US on the Patriot: If you are going to give us Patriots, then do it. We can also buy Patriots from you," Erdogan told reporters on a return flight from Brussels. "They also softened significantly on this S-400 issue. They are now at the point of 'promise us you won't make the S-400s operational,'" he not…

Phil Barbelé (2020-03-10). The Battle for Idlib: Did Erdogan Capitulate to Putin in Moscow? mintpressnews.com There was a celebration in Syria when Russia announced a ceasefire agreement with Turkey on March 3 following a six-hour meeting between Presidents Erdogan and Putin in Moscow. Under the agreement, Erdogan agreed to pull back Turkish forces and not to contest territory that Syria had recently reclaimed from terrorist groups in eastern Aleppo and southern Idlib provinces. In fact, Turkey agreed not to intervene against Syrian troops in any of the areas from which it pulled back, in effect allowing Syrian forces to reclaim even more of its territory from terrorists in southern Idlib. | The agreement appeared to be…

RT (2020-03-10). Iran Air resumes flights to Europe after temporary suspension over coronavirus. rt.com Iran's flag carrier Iran Air said on Tuesday it will resume flights to Europe following a temporary suspension over the outbreak of the coronavirus. | The move comes two days after the airline announced it will indefinitely halt all flights to European countries. Flights will now resume to all destinations, excluding Vienna, Stockholm and Goteborg. | Iran Air said on March 8 that it suspended flights to European states over restrictions imposed "for unknown reasons." | Iran's death toll from the coronavirus jumped on Tuesday to 291, and the total number of infections rose to more than 8,000, Reuters reported.

RT (2020-03-10). US bringing missile defense systems to Iraq in bid to protect troops against 'potential Iranian attack' — CENTCOM. rt.com Pulling out the 'Iran threat' card, the head of the US Central Command has announced that Washington is in the process of installing "air defense systems" and "ballistic missile defense systems" in Iraq. | US Marine Corps General Kenneth McKenzie revealed his country's latest military maneuver in the Middle East during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday. | We are also in the process of bringing air defense systems, ballistic missile defense systems, into Iraq in particular, to protect ourselves against another potential Iranian attack. | It's unclear whether Baghdad has granted the US permissi…

Staff (2020-03-10). Prisons Worldwide Face Coronavirus Crisis: Overcrowding, Lack of Sanitation & Labor at Slave Wages. democracynow.org 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…

RT (2020-03-10). Russian stock markets catch up to global equity losses after oil price crash. rt.com Russia's main index on the Moscow Exchange opened almost 10 percent lower after the long weekend holiday on Tuesday, before recovering most of its losses during the afternoon trade with losses of about four percent. | Russian stock exchanges were closed Monday for a public holiday and are now catching up with global markets, which posted their steepest falls since the 2008 financial crisis to start the week after oil prices crashed over the weekend. | The main MOEX Index was down around four percent by 2: 00pm local time, according to data of the Moscow Exchange. The RTS dollar index was down about eight percen…

RT (2020-03-10). Global crude claws back losses after major price collapse. rt.com 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 (2020-03-10). 'Western ideologists will go crazy': Putin leaves door open to run for president again. rt.com Putin's speech to the Russian parliament Tuesday seemed to be one of his most sincere: he argued that stable leadership is good for a country in turbulent times but does it mean we'll really see him in power beyond 2024. | Putin said Tuesday that he will seek a new term when his current one is up "only if it's approved by the Constitutional Court and if citizens support such a proposal" when they vote for constitutional amendments on April 22. | He addressed the issue during a speech in parliament after MP and the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, called for his tenure to be reset so that he would be…

RT (2020-03-10). Putin has no objection to possibility of running for president in 2024. rt.com The Russian president says a suggestion by MPs that would see presidential terms reset, thus allowing him to run again in 2024, would be acceptable should it be supported by citizens and approved by the Constitutional Court. | "I believe and am deeply convinced that a strong presidential power is absolutely necessary for our country," Putin stated in his address to the State Duma. However, the public should have guarantees that elections — including presidential elections — are competitive and there is also "an alternative." | Putin was referring to a suggestion by Valentina Tereshkova, a United Russ…

RT (2020-03-10). 75 years after Russia & America worked TOGETHER to defeat Hitler, Trump SNUBS Putin's Moscow celebrations invite. rt.com While the 'Russiagate' hoax kept millions entertained in the fantasy world of US cable news, it also had plenty of real-world consequences. Now another can be added to the list: the White House's absence from Moscow on May 9. | US President Donald Trump has rejected Vladimir Putin's invitation to the Russian capital to mark the 75th anniversary of the World War II victory over Nazi Germany, according to Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov. | Trump's non-attendance, which could be seen by many in Russia as an extraordinary affront to Soviet Russia's disproportionate sacrifice in annihilating fascism, marks an incre…

RT (2020-03-10). Putin rejects MPs' initiative to hold early parliamentary elections. rt.com Vladimir Putin said he saw no need to hold snap parliamentary elections after the adoption of proposed amendments to Russia's Constitution. The idea had been floated on Tuesday in the lower house of the Russian parliament. | If there's a lack of consensus on the issue among MPs and "there's no such unity as the chairman [of the Parliament Vyacheslav Volodin] told me than I don't see any need for an early election to the State Duma," Putin said in an address parliament on Tuesday. | The proposed amendments to the Constitution will transfer some of the presidential powers to the parliament, thus raising the ques…

RT (2020-03-10). Who will blink first? Russia in better position to win crude price standoff with Saudi Arabia. rt.com 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 (2020-03-10). Russian parliament adjourns after proposal to allow Putin run again in 2024 Presidential elections. rt.com On day of high drama in Moscow, proceedings in Russia's State Duma have been temporarily suspended to allow consultations with President Vladimir Putin. It comes after a suggestion that Presidential term limits could be re-set. | The idea was floated by Valentina Tereshkova, an MP from the ruling 'United Russia' party, who is also famous for being the first woman in space. She wants to give the incumbent head of state a chance to compete in the 2024 Presidential election. | Under existing rules, Putin must stand aside after the current mandate, his fourth, ends. However, putative constitutional changes current…

RT (2020-03-10). Parliament GREENLIGHTS Putin's proposed amendments to Russia's Constitution. rt.com Russian MPs have voted in favor of a bill to amend the country's Constitution. The changes include broadening the powers of parliament as well as limiting the number of lifetime presidential terms for one person. | The bill was supported by 382 deputies during the second and main reading on Tuesday. 44 MPs abstained from the vote, mostly members of the opposition Communist party. | Russians will head to the polls to vote on the proposed constitutional changes on April 22. Amendments to the country's' principal law, among other things, include redistributing some powers away from the president to the Duma, rest…

RT (2020-03-10). Oil prices will rebound in several months — Russian energy minister. rt.com It will take the oil market several months to recover from the current turbulence, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday, adding that plummeting oil prices were not a surprise for Russia. | "This scenario was expected and calculated," he told Rossiya-24 channel the day after a 30 percent drop in crude prices. On Tuesday, oil gained around 8 percent — a good signal that some panic sentiments have already vanished, the minister believes. | The recovery of oil prices will depend on a wide range of factors, primarily on how the governments will contain the coronavirus outbreak as the epidemi…

RT (2020-03-10). Idea that Hitler & Stalin share equal responsibility for WW2 'garbage' promoted by 'ignorant people' in EU Parliament — Putin. rt.com Vladimir Putin has lashed out at the European Union, which now holds Nazi Germany and the USSR equally responsible for starting World War Two. The Russian President is concerned at ongoing historical revisionism. | Putin also pointed out that, unlike the European Union, Russia has condemned the secret articles in the controversial Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, signed in 1939 by Moscow and Berlin. | He recalled the tumultuous end of the 1930s in the latest

The Canary (2020-03-10). Contaminated water at nuclear plant still an issue ahead of Tokyo Olympics. thecanary.co Work to deal with contaminated water at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant continues as the Olympic Games approach.Inside a giant decontamination facility at the destroyed plant, workers in hazmat suits monitor radioactive water pumped from three damaged reactors.The decontamination process is a key element of a contentious debate over what should be done with the nearly 1.2 million tons of still-radioactive water being closely watched by governments and organisations around the world ahead of this summer's Tokyo Olympics.The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, or Tepco, says it needs to free up sp…

Ben Cowles (2020-03-10). Interview: Somali captive exposes conditions in bogus "refugee camp" peoplesworld.org 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 …

RT (2020-03-10). Merkel, Haftar discuss Libya conflict at Berlin meeting. rt.com 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 (2020-03-10). Libya's eastern commander Haftar committed to signing ceasefire — France. rt.com Libya's eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar has told France's president he will sign a ceasefire and stick to it if militias backed by the internationally recognized government respect it, Reuters reported, citing a French presidency official. | "Marshal Haftar assured [us] that he was committed to signing the ceasefire but this commitment would cease if the militias do not respect it," the official said late on Monday after Haftar met President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. | Despite a peace conference held in Berlin in January, violence has increased in Libya. The Libyan National Army led by Haftar and for…

Ilana Cohen (2020-03-10). What Does Work Look Like on a Dying Planet? thenation.com Students, promised a bright and successful future after college, are being fast-tracked into corporate careers, usually without a second thought about the value of their work in a climate emergency.

The Canary (2020-03-10). Seabird numbers decline as climate breakdown bites, experts warn. thecanary.co Many seabirds are struggling in the face of food shortages and storms brought on by

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (2020-03-10). Farmers say fight climate change by investing in sustainable family agriculture. peoplesworld.org The following op-ed is based on an open letter from National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), whose vision of agriculture is one where a safe, nutritious, ample, and affordable food supply is produced by a legion of family farmers who make a decent living pursuing their trade, while protecting the environment, and contributing to the strength …

RT (2020-03-10). Money for wars but not vaccines? Bernie panel ladles harsh truths as Americans face paying out-of-pocket for coronavirus treatment. rt.com 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.

The Canary (2020-03-10). Flood alerts issued as more heavy rain predicted. thecanary.co The Environment Agency has issued more than 30 flood warnings and 150 flood alerts with heavy rain predicted to affect areas of the country badly hit by last month's storms.Flood barriers are being deployed to protect Hereford, three weeks after a record high on the River Wye of 6.11 metres — more than two metres above the level which leads to minor flooding in the city.The Environment Agency said the River Wye was expected to peak in Hereford on Tuesday night at around five metres, while the Met Office has warned of heavy rain in parts of Wales and northern England. | There are currently 31 flood warnings.

RT (2020-03-10). Leading by example: Indian deities don masks to 'spread awareness' about coronavirus (PHOTO). rt.com Deities at a Varanasi temple in Uttar Pradesh, India have been sporting an unusual look lately — donning face masks to encourage worshippers to do the same and help stop the coronavirus outbreak, a priest says. | Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has credited the efforts of the health authorities to contain the outbreak for the lack of deaths and low number of cases, noting in an interview with the Indian Express on Monday that part of the campaign was to spread awareness among the general public about the disease, which, at first glance, can be mistaken for the flu. | Now, Indian deities have joined…

RT (2020-03-10). Polish govt cancels all mass events due to coronavirus. rt.com 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…

Staff (2020-03-10). Would Reinstating the Draft End Our Forever Wars? truthdig.com What to make of the often-repeated claim that if only we did have a draft, this country might be far less eager to march into war?

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2020-03-10). Working Families Party picks Bernie over Biden after Warren exits race. peoplesworld.org 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 …

RT (2020-03-10). 'Double standards!' Trump team rips Twitter after it flags Biden 'endorsement' clip but OKs THREE doctored Trump vids. rt.com The Trump campaign fired off a withering reply to Twitter after the company said the president had shared a "manipulated" video clip, accusing the platform of unfairly enforcing its rules to help Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden. | Twitter appended its first ever "manipulated media" disclaimer to a video on Sunday, warning users that a clip re-tweeted by Trump — showing a stammering Biden as he apparently endorses the president's re-election — was "edited in a misleading way." But the Trump campaign insists Twitter has simply invented a new rule to "protect" the former VP. | "The Biden campaign has a…

RT (2020-03-10). Oil prices rebound after biggest one-day drop in 30 years amid oil price war & virus panic. rt.com Oil prices climbed by seven percent on Tuesday, following the largest single-day plunge seen in the last three decades, as investors search for signs of economic stimulus amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak exacerbated by the oil price war. | Brent crude futures jumped 7.3 percent early on Tuesday, by $2.51, landing at $36.87 per barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude gained by 6.9 percent, bringing it to $33.28 a barrel. | Both benchmarks took a major hit on Monday, plunging by 25 percent and tanking to their lowest point since February 2016, the single largest one-day decline seen since 1991.

Laura Carlsen (2020-03-10). The Organization of American States Is Eroding Faith in Democracy. counterpunch.org 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.

RT (2020-03-10). Global stocks rally after biggest rout since 2008. rt.com 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 (2020-03-10). Scientists may have discovered lost chunk of mystery planetoid Theia buried inside the Moon. rt.com According to one theory of how our moon formed, roughly 4.5 billion years ago a Mars-sized object collided with a newly-formed Earth. However, we could never confirm its existence. Until now… | In what is known as the giant-impact hypothesis, a planetoid of some description from elsewhere in the solar system is believed to have fused with the Earth, potentially helping to create the conditions to support life. | However, during this massive collision, so the theory goes, a large chunk known as Theia is believed to have broken off and formed the Moon. Now for the first time, scientists think they have found t…

RT (2020-03-10). Mike Tyson's TOP KNOCKOUTS… as a cameo star – From Eminem & The Hangover to Wrestlemania & referees. rt.com Mike Tyson became the youngest ever world heavyweight champion over three decades ago, but 'Iron Mike' has proven he still has that knockout power when he was filmed flooring rap god Eminem in his video for new track 'Godzilla'. | The former 'baddest man on the planet' made a knockout comeback by sucker punching 'Slim Shady' in the new video, released in full on Monday. | Tyson became a global superstar on account of his bludgeoning rise up the heavyweight ranks as a teenage terror before winning the WBC World Heavyweight title aged 20, the youngest man ever to get his hands on boxing's biggest crown. | In…

Ellen Brown (2020-03-10). The Fed's Baffling Response to the Coronavirus Explained. truthdig.com When the World Health Organization announced on Feb. 24 that it was time to prepare for a global pandemic, the stock market plummeted. Over the following week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by more than 3,500 points, or 10%. Exasperated com…

RT (2020-03-10). National Guard to lock down New Rochelle, NY in coronavirus quarantine. rt.com New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered the state National Guard to New Rochelle, a town in the affluent Westchester County, to enforce a two-week COVID-19 coronavirus quarantine. | The troops will help clean and deliver food in the designated "containment area" in a one-mile (1.6 km) radius around the area where the contagion appears to have originated, until the lockdown is lifted on March 25. | "It is a dramatic action, but it is the largest cluster of cases in the country," Cuomo said at a news conference on Tuesday. "The numbers are going up unabated, and we do need a special public health strategy for…

RT (2020-03-10). Is it really caring? Pope Francis tells clergy to go to sick people, defying Italy's coronavirus lockdown. rt.com As Italy scrambles to enact strict quarantine measures to stem the rampant spread of the coronavirus, Pope Francis is issuing a very different directive to the priests under his command: get out and be with those who are sick. | At a personal mass on Tuesday morning, and as Italy enters a complete lockdown, the Holy See implored clergymen to "have the courage to go out and go to the sick people." The Pope's remarks starkly contradict all the core advice administered by the Italian government — namely to stay home and not to travel unless it's a medical emergency. With the highest death toll outside of mai…