‘Biggest worry now is people dying of hunger’: Pakistani PM calls for coronavirus relief package for developing world

Noting that Islamabad, as much of the developing world, is facing the dilemma of either losing people to hunger from lockdowns or letting the virus ravage the population, Pakistan’s Imran Khan has called for global relief fund. … Read More >‘Biggest worry now is people dying of hunger’: Pakistani PM calls for coronavirus relief package for developing world

Spain lifts lockdown for non-essential workers amid harsh debate & fears of new wave of Covid-19 cases

Staff in food distribution, communications, sanitation and other non-essential sectors are now allowed to go to work in Spain, despite the country’s status as the world’s second-largest Covid-19 hotspot with over 17,000 deaths. … Read More >Spain lifts lockdown for non-essential workers amid harsh debate & fears of new wave of Covid-19 cases

On Contact: CIA’s intelligence coup with William Binney

On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to intelligence analyst and NSA whistleblower William Binney about the Washington Post’s revelations over the CIA and West German intelligence (BND) setting up a Swiss company, Crypto AG, to sell encrypted machines to more than 120 governments worldwide. … Read More >On Contact: CIA’s intelligence coup with William Binney

British PM Johnson says he ‘owes his life’ to NHS staff as UK coronavirus death toll closes in on 10,000

UK PM Boris Johnson says the doctors who have been treating him for coronavirus saved his life, in his first statement after being released from intensive care, as Britain’s death toll continues to soar. … Read More >British PM Johnson says he ‘owes his life’ to NHS staff as UK coronavirus death toll closes in on 10,000