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How a Trump media dump mainstreamed Chinese lab coronavirus conspiracy theory

Posted on April 22, 2020By Editor

A conspiracy theory about Covid-19 escaping from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology is the Trump administration’s Iraqi WMD. And the Washington Post’s Josh Rogin is playing the role of Judith Miller. … Read More >How a Trump media dump mainstreamed Chinese lab coronavirus conspiracy theory

‘Nothing short of absurdity’: Beijing brushes off Missouri’s lawsuit accusing China of wilful spread of Covid-19

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020By Editor

Beijing hit back at a lawsuit by Missouri, in which the US state accuses China of causing a “preventable” pandemic, and has pointed out that the claims around which the suit revolves are nothing but unfounded. … Read More >‘Nothing short of absurdity’: Beijing brushes off Missouri’s lawsuit accusing China of wilful spread of Covid-19

EU

Germany approves first clinical trial for potential Covid-19 vaccine

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020By Editor

Germany has sanctioned its first clinical trial of a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus, the country’s Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI) regulatory body has said. … Read More >Germany approves first clinical trial for potential Covid-19 vaccine

Russia

Kremlin says ‘not enough info’ to support claim Covid-19 began in a lab

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020By Editor

Speculations that the coronavirus leaked from a lab are as groundless as those saying it definitely couldn’t have, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, adding that it’s “unacceptable” to accuse anyone without proof. … Read More >Kremlin says ‘not enough info’ to support claim Covid-19 began in a lab

World

Not now, Greta: Child climate activist calls on world to fight climate change AND coronavirus at the same time

Posted on April 22, 2020By Editor

Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg has reemerged once again to lecture the world’s governments about how to do their jobs, arguing that they must continue to fight climate change while facing down a global pandemic. … Read More >Not now, Greta: Child climate activist calls on world to fight climate change AND coronavirus at the same time

EU

One of Europe’s most wanted ISIS terrorists busted in Spain wearing Covid-19 mask as DISGUISE

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020By Editor

Spanish security services have arrested a top-tier Islamic State militant, who’d sneaked into the country after waging jihad in Syria and Iraq. The fugitive and his accomplices tried to blend in by wearing compulsory face masks. … Read More >One of Europe’s most wanted ISIS terrorists busted in Spain wearing Covid-19 mask as DISGUISE

Brazilian Covid-19 victims buried in MASS GRAVES as fatalities mount (VIDEOS)

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020By Editor

Authorities in the Brazilian city of Manaus have begun burying people who died from Covid-19 in mass graves after the number of people falling victim to the virus dramatically increased. … Read More >Brazilian Covid-19 victims buried in MASS GRAVES as fatalities mount (VIDEOS)

Russia

‘No guns in this war, but it’s SCARIER:’ Medics show RT real coronavirus FRONTLINE in Moscow hospitals (PHOTO, VIDEO)

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020By Editor

With the Russian capital gripped by Covid-19, RT has visited Moscow’s top hospitals to look into the struggles of the medics during the pandemic and learn why they now compare their job to being on the front lines of a war. … Read More >‘No guns in this war, but it’s SCARIER:’ Medics show RT real coronavirus FRONTLINE in Moscow hospitals (PHOTO, VIDEO)

Russia

Moscow opens new coronavirus hospital built in just a month, as Russia braces for Covid-19 PEAK

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020By Editor

Moscow’s brand-new infectious diseases hospital has admitted its first patients, despite construction having begun in mid-March. It comes as Russia recorded over 5,600 Covid-19 cases in a day, with the peak still approaching. … Read More >Moscow opens new coronavirus hospital built in just a month, as Russia braces for Covid-19 PEAK

PA says it will receive coronavirus tests kits, ventilators from China

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020By Editor

The Palestinian Authority is expected to receive coronavirus test kits and ventilators from China in the next few days, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said on Sunday. … Read More >PA says it will receive coronavirus tests kits, ventilators from China