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Grim record: US overtakes Italy in Covid-19 death toll as fatalities go past 20,000

Posted on April 12, 2020April 12, 2020By Editor

The US has become the country with most coronavirus fatalities in the world after the death toll exceeded 20,280 people and surpassed Italy’s numbers, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. … Read More >Grim record: US overtakes Italy in Covid-19 death toll as fatalities go past 20,000

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New York City Burying COVID-19 Victims, Unclaimed Bodies on Hart Island – Mayor

Posted on April 12, 2020April 12, 2020By Editor

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed on Friday that residents who did not have someone to make burial arrangements or claim their body, including deceased persons infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), are being buried in mass graves on Hart Island in the Bronx borough. … Read More >New York City Burying COVID-19 Victims, Unclaimed Bodies on Hart Island – Mayor

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‘Madness that will start riots’: Philadelphia police drag man off public transit for not wearing mask (VIDEOS)

Posted on April 11, 2020April 11, 2020By Editor

Viral videos are showing police in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania telling people to wear masks on public transportation to help stop the spread of Covid-19, and harshly enforcing this rule with non-complying passengers. … Read More >‘Madness that will start riots’: Philadelphia police drag man off public transit for not wearing mask (VIDEOS)

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Covid-19 ‘mass graves’ on New York’s Hart Island spark frenzy of fake news amid grim reality

Posted on April 11, 2020April 11, 2020By Editor

Photos of a ‘mass grave’ for coronavirus casualties on New York City’s Hart Island sent the media into overdrive overnight, even launching calls to dig up President Trump’s properties instead. The truth, while grim, was different … Read More >Covid-19 ‘mass graves’ on New York’s Hart Island spark frenzy of fake news amid grim reality

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Papers, please! Covid-19 ‘immunity cards’ may be required of Americans, Fauci says

Posted on April 11, 2020April 11, 2020By Editor

Dr Anthony Fauci says US citizens may have to carry ‘cards’ proving they are immune from coronavirus – which raises serious questions, including whether doctors really know you’re immune and if Americans would ever easily comply. … Read More >Papers, please! Covid-19 ‘immunity cards’ may be required of Americans, Fauci says

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US boasts of intercepting 2 Russian military planes on routine training flight far off Alaska

Posted on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020By Editor

The US Air Force has reported intercepting two Russian scout planes that entered its “defense identification zone” off Alaska. Moscow says it was a training flight and the planes came nowhere near US airspace. … Read More >US boasts of intercepting 2 Russian military planes on routine training flight far off Alaska

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New York Has More Coronavirus Cases Than Any Country in the World

Posted on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020By Editor

The number of people who have died of the coronavirus in the United States, has risen by 1,904 to 16,672 within the past 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University. … Read More >New York Has More Coronavirus Cases Than Any Country in the World

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‘It’s Bull****’: Trump Aide Reveals Extent of ‘Russian Meddling’ in 2016 Race to Secret FBI Source

Posted on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020By Editor

Instead of challenging him on policy, Donald Trump’s opponents spent nearly three years accusing the president of being a Russian agent, and claiming that the Kremlin meddled in the US in 2016. Trump was exonerated in April 2019 with the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, which found no evidence of collusion whatsoever. … Read More >‘It’s Bull****’: Trump Aide Reveals Extent of ‘Russian Meddling’ in 2016 Race to Secret FBI Source

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Colonialism & coronavirus: 800,000 Haitians may die of COVID-19

Posted on April 9, 2020April 9, 2020By Editor

Gutted by US-allied, neoliberal governments which have controlled the country since 2004, Haiti’s healthcare sector braces for a potential catastrophe. … Read More >Colonialism & coronavirus: 800,000 Haitians may die of COVID-19

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Oil prices surge amid report Russia, OPEC & allied producers agree historic output cuts

Posted on April 9, 2020April 9, 2020By Editor

Crude prices jumped 12 percent on Thursday after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and major producers led by Russia agreed to cut output by 20 million barrels a day, according to Reuters sources. … Read More >Oil prices surge amid report Russia, OPEC & allied producers agree historic output cuts

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