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Op-ed

US veterans survive foreign battlefields only to die back at home from invisible enemies like Covid-19 & suicide

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020By Editor

This Memorial Day, America is confronted with the task of honoring members of its armed forces who died while serving a globe-spanning killing machine, while those veterans who made it home are dying from a host of afflictions. … Read More >US veterans survive foreign battlefields only to die back at home from invisible enemies like Covid-19 & suicide

Russia

Russian prosecutors seek 18-year sentence for ex-US marine accused of espionage

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020By Editor

Russian prosecutors demanded an 18-year prison term for former US marine Paul Whelan, on charges of spying for Western intelligence, on the last day of his trial in Moscow. … Read More >Russian prosecutors seek 18-year sentence for ex-US marine accused of espionage

UK

Dithering while Britain burned: Lockdown delay led to UK Covid-19 death toll soaring to worst in Europe, says report

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020By Editor

As the UK government dithered and delayed over whether to introduce lockdown measures, the number of coronavirus infections skyrocketed and set the scene for Britain to suffer Europe’s worst Covid-19 death toll. … Read More >Dithering while Britain burned: Lockdown delay led to UK Covid-19 death toll soaring to worst in Europe, says report

Health

Hotly-touted Oxford coronavirus VACCINE trial has only 50 percent chance of success, project leader warns

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020By Editor

The professor leading Oxford University’s highly-anticipated coronavirus vaccine trial has poured cold water on much of the hype surrounding the project by warning that it has only a 50 percent chance of being successful. … Read More >Hotly-touted Oxford coronavirus VACCINE trial has only 50 percent chance of success, project leader warns

Health

WHO SUSPENDS trials of Trump-chosen hydroxychloroquine drug over SAFETY RISKS for Covid-19 patients

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020By Editor

The World Health Organization has paused the clinical trials of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine in coronavirus patients. It says the drug, notably taken and endorsed by US President Donald Trump, has raised safety concerns. … Read More >WHO SUSPENDS trials of Trump-chosen hydroxychloroquine drug over SAFETY RISKS for Covid-19 patients

EU

BIG PHARMA steered public money away from pandemic research and into PROFIT-MAKING projects for years – watchdog

Posted on May 25, 2020May 25, 2020By Editor

EU money intended for underfunded public-benefit research such as preparing for a pandemic has been diverted by the pharmaceutical industry into areas where it can make more money, according to a scathing new report. … Read More >BIG PHARMA steered public money away from pandemic research and into PROFIT-MAKING projects for years – watchdog

New year-round port to link Russian Arctic sea route with Asia in 2025

Posted on May 25, 2020May 25, 2020By Editor

About $5 million has been invested in the construction of a deepwater year-round port near Indiga, a settlement on Russia’s Barents Sea coast, according to the Arkhangelsk Region’s Acting Governor Alexander Tsybulsky. … Read More >New year-round port to link Russian Arctic sea route with Asia in 2025

Russia

Fake ‘bomber’ detained after triggering HOSTAGE situation at bank in central Moscow (VIDEO)

Posted on May 25, 2020May 25, 2020By Editor

A standoff with a hostage-taker unfolded in central Moscow on Saturday afternoon, after an assailant holed up at a downtown bank branch. Reports said he was threatening to blow up the building. … Read More >Fake ‘bomber’ detained after triggering HOSTAGE situation at bank in central Moscow (VIDEO)

WATCH pro- and anti-Netanyahu protesters engage in tense face-off in Jerusalem as PM corruption trial opens

Posted on May 25, 2020May 25, 2020By Editor

Flanked by police and reporters and separated by barriers, Israelis backing Benjamin Netanyahu and those who want him jailed took to the Israeli PM’s residence to protest, as a Jerusalem court began its first corruption hearing. … Read More >WATCH pro- and anti-Netanyahu protesters engage in tense face-off in Jerusalem as PM corruption trial opens

‘Pure fabrication’: Head of Wuhan lab DENIES claims virus leaked from there, says ‘we didn’t even know it existed’

Posted on May 25, 2020May 25, 2020By Editor

The head of Wuhan’s virology institute has debunked the evolving US ‘Wuhan virus’ theory, saying SARS-CoV-2 couldn’t have artificially leaked. She said her lab didn’t have the first virus samples until as late as the end of 2019. … Read More >‘Pure fabrication’: Head of Wuhan lab DENIES claims virus leaked from there, says ‘we didn’t even know it existed’