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‘Covidiot’: New catch-all term created for people who ignore pandemic health warnings, hoard toilet paper

Posted on March 23, 2020March 23, 2020By Editor

As the Covid-19 crisis continues around the globe, more and more evidence of human selfishness appears every day on social media. So much so that users have coined the new term “covidiot” to describe the… ahem, ‘viral’ phenomenon. … Read More >‘Covidiot’: New catch-all term created for people who ignore pandemic health warnings, hoard toilet paper

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Here are the six countries that will be most affected by coronavirus-induced economic chaos

Posted on March 23, 2020March 23, 2020By Editor

Time to buckle up: economists believe the looming Covid-19 crash will throw millions out of work and bankrupt thousands of businesses across the globe in a downturn that might even surpass the Great Depression of the 1930s. … Read More >Here are the six countries that will be most affected by coronavirus-induced economic chaos

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German public broadcaster ARD sends birthday greetings to Russian FM Lavrov – for tetchy tabloid Bild, this was too much to bear

Posted on March 23, 2020March 23, 2020By Editor

Congratulating someone on their birthday is the polite thing to do, but apparently not when anti-Russian hysteria comes into play. The German public broadcaster ARD has just learned this the hard way. … Read More >German public broadcaster ARD sends birthday greetings to Russian FM Lavrov – for tetchy tabloid Bild, this was too much to bear

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Team Canada Not Going to Tokyo Olympics Amid Coronavirus Fears

Posted on March 23, 2020March 23, 2020By Editor

Canada will not be sending its athletes to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics over coronavirus fears and is calling for a one-year postponement of the Games, Team Canada said in a statement. … Read More >Team Canada Not Going to Tokyo Olympics Amid Coronavirus Fears

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An Analysis of the Covid-19 Response: Weighing up the Threat From the Virus, and the Threat From the Reaction

Posted on March 22, 2020March 22, 2020By Editor

Would you consider the shutting down of an entire national economy for a disease such as the Black Death, which between 1347-1351 killed an estimated 60 percent of the population in the areas where it spread, to be a proportionate response? What about for a virus which carries — at the very most (see below) — a mortality rate of 1.4 percent for those who contract it? … Read More >An Analysis of the Covid-19 Response: Weighing up the Threat From the Virus, and the Threat From the Reaction

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Russian military planes carrying medics and equipment fly to devastated Italy to help combat Covid-19 pandemic (VIDEO)

Posted on March 22, 2020March 22, 2020By Editor

Four of the nine military transport planes prepared by Russia to deliver help to Italy in its desperate fight against the Covid-19 infection have departed an air base near Moscow. … Read More >Russian military planes carrying medics and equipment fly to devastated Italy to help combat Covid-19 pandemic (VIDEO)

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‘US wasted precious time China has bought!’ Beijing shreds Washington over ‘racist’ coronavirus rhetoric

Posted on March 22, 2020March 22, 2020By Editor

Washington has passed off blame to Beijing for its own failures in addressing the Covid-19 outbreak, China’s Foreign Ministry said, hitting back at the ‘Chinese virus’ rhetoric with the ironic term ‘Trumpandemic.’ … Read More >‘US wasted precious time China has bought!’ Beijing shreds Washington over ‘racist’ coronavirus rhetoric

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Italy and UK Rely on Help From Cuba, China, Venezuela to Fight Coronavirus – as US Steps up Brutal Sanctions

Posted on March 22, 2020March 22, 2020By Editor

Italy requested doctors from China, Cuba, and Venezuela to contain the coronavirus, while Cuba rescued a ship of British citizens. Meanwhile, US sanctions worsen the toll of the Covid-19 crisis in Iran and Venezuela. … Read More >Italy and UK Rely on Help From Cuba, China, Venezuela to Fight Coronavirus – as US Steps up Brutal Sanctions

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Assange’s Extradition: An Escalation of the US War on Terror

Posted on March 21, 2020March 21, 2020By Editor

Last week the U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga released Chelsea Manning from detainment after concluding that the grand jury that she had been subpoenaed to testify before no longer needed her, since it was being disbanded. … Read More >Assange’s Extradition: An Escalation of the US War on Terror

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US government threatens families of Int’l Criminal Court staff if they try Americans for war crimes

Posted on March 21, 2020March 21, 2020By Editor

The International Criminal Court approved an investigation into US war crimes in Afghanistan. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded by threatening to punish family members of ICC staff. … Read More >US government threatens families of Int’l Criminal Court staff if they try Americans for war crimes

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