Britain leaves blood of innocent Yemenis on its hands: spox. Mousavi
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-01
TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA)

Iran arm's embargo can't be prolonged despite US efforts: Ryabkov
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-01
TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA)

Trump threatens Saudis with withdrawal of US troops if OPEC does not begin to cut oil production
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-01
TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA)

Take Action: Keep COVID Stimulus $$ Away From the Pentagon
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-04-30
Congress is putting together additional and much needed stimulus packages in response to COVID-19. That's the good news. The bad news is that the Pentagon is trying to weasel billions of dollars out of these stimulus bills! All just to keep the mega-profits rolling for weapons dealers and the military-industrial complex. As people here at …
peaceaction.org/2020/04/30/take-action-keep-covid-stimulus-away-from-the-pentagon/

Democrats fume as armed protesters descend on Michigan Capitol to protest lockdown
rt.com | 2020-04-30
Crowds of protesters, some carrying weapons, descended on the state capitol in Lansing, Michigan, as legislators considered extending Covid-19 lockdown measures. Democrats blamed President Donald Trump. | Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued a stay-at-home order late last month, as the coronavirus epidemic took hold in her state. When the governor

WHO Adviser on Meat Plants: If We're at War, the Weapons We Need Are Tests and PPE, Not Pork
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-30
As President Trump invokes the Defense Production Act to bar local governments from closing meatpacking plants around the United States, we get response from a longtime adviser to the World Health Organization. "When Congress passed that act, it certainly did not have in mind that the president has the power or the right to put workers' lives and health at risk," says Lawrence Gostin, professor of global health law at Georgetown University and director of the World Health Organization Center on National and Global Health Law. Gostin also discusses why he joined 40 leading center directors in a declaration this we…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/30/lawrence_gostin_covid_19

Collapse of Air Travel: Boeing Burns Through a Record $4.7 Billion in Cash as Revenue Crashes 26%, Will Fire 10% of Workers
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-30
The hits just keep on coming for Boeing which last quarter was slammed with the continued grounding of the 737 MAX and now had to contend with the collapse in airline travel due to the coronavirus. As a result, moments …
globalresearch.ca/boeing-burns-through-record-cash-revenue-crashes-will-fire-workers/5711388

As Global Military Spending Hits Nearly $2 Trillion, These Weapons Are Useless Against Biggest Threats We Face
Tori Bateman | commondreams.org | 2020-04-30
The U.S. military cannot fight a pandemic. It is not a war, it's a public health crisis. And this isn't the only threat that has a global scope. Our federal budget priorities need to reflect that reality by investing in the agencies and programs that can actually help keep us healthy and safe. (Photo: ACLU) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/no_aumf_1.jpeg …
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If We're at War, the Weapons We Need Are Tests and PPE, Not Pork
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-30
As President Trump invokes the Defense Production Act to bar local governments from closing meatpacking plants around the United States, we get response from a longtime adviser to the World Health Organization. "When Congress passed that act, it certainly did not have in mind that the president has the power or the right to put workers' lives and health at risk," says Lawrence Gostin, professor of global health law at Georgetown University and director of the World Health Organization Center on National and Gl…
truthout.org/video/if-were-at-war-the-weapons-we-need-are-tests-and-ppe-not-pork/

Neurotechnology Overview: Wiring Human Brains Directly to Computers
Filippa Lentzos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-30
Elon Musk's newest venture, Neuralink, is attempting to wire brains directly to computers. The start-up's vision is to insert thousands of tiny threads into the neurons of your brain. The other ends of the threads are attached to chips, embedded …
globalresearch.ca/neurotechnology-overview-why-we-need-treaty-regulate-weapons-controlled-thinking/5711370

Pentagon Would be Producing Biological Weapons in the Amazon Rainforest?
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-30
The theme of biological warfare has gained increasing prominence in recent times. The global pandemic of the new coronavirus has aroused interest in this matter in particular, and several speculations have arisen by experts from many countries about the possibility …
globalresearch.ca/pentagon-producing-biological-weapons-amazon-rainforest/5711326

Snooping on Citizen Behavior: Community Anger Shuts Down Connecticut City's Plan to Use Drones for Coronavirus Monitoring
Scott Shackford | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-30
It took all of two days for a Connecticut city's plan to use drone tech to snoop on citizen behavior to make sure they're complying with coronavirus rules for an angry public to shut it down. | On Tuesday, the Westport …
globalresearch.ca/community-anger-shuts-down-connecticut-city-plan-use-drones-coronavirus-monitoring/5711344

With apparently fabricated nuclear documents, Netanyahu pushed the US towards war with Iran
Gareth Porter | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-29
An investigation of supposed Iranian nuclear documents presented in a dramatically staged Netanyahu press conference indicates they were an Israeli fabrication designed to trigger US military conflict with Iran. | President Donald Trump scrapped the nuclear deal with Iran and continued to risk war with Iran based on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claim to have proven definitively that Iran was determined to manufacture nuclear weapons. Netanyahu not only spun Trump but much of the corporate media as well, duping them with the public unveiling of what he claimed was the entire secret Iranian "nuclear…
thealtworld.com/gareth_porter/with-apparently-fabricated-nuclear-documents-netanyahu-pushed-the-us-towards-war-with-iran

Bad news for Teamsters, UPS begins drone deliveries
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-29
Tampa, FL – UPS announced April 27 that the company would begin drone deliveries in early May. The drones would deliver medications from a local CVS pharmacy to the largest retirement community in the U.S. Experimenting with drone delivery is only the latest development in automation at UPS. While good for shareholders, automating deliveries through drones will be disastrous for UPS workers. | Drone deliveries will be limited to The Villages, a retirement community in central Florida. At first, the drones will be shuttling prescription medications from a local CVS pharmacy to a meet point where a package car dri…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/4/29/bad-news-teamsters-ups-begins-drone-deliveries

Exclusive: OPCW insiders slam 'compromised' new Syria chemical weapons probe
The Grayzone | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-28
Current and former staff members of the OPCW have denounced the organization's IIT report alleging Syrian government sarin use at…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/28/opcw-insiders-ltamenah-chemical-weapons-report/

Saudi's Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2020-04-04
The bogus trial against Loujain al-Hathloul should compel governments around the world to put more pressure on the Saudis and demand al-Hathloul's immediate and unconditional release…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/saudis-brave-women-pull-back-the-curtain-on-crown-prince-mbs/

Boeing snubbed as NASA picks 3 lunar lander designs to compete for 2024 manned Moon mission
rt.com | 2020-04-30
Handing out its first Moon-bound contracts in half a century, NASA has contracted three companies to build lunar landers as it settles down to beat the president's 2024 deadline for Project Artemis. But Boeing is not one of them. | Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, and defense contractor SAIC's subsidiary Dynetics received the coveted three contracts to compete to build the lunar lander NASA hopes will deliver American astronauts to the Moon within four years, the agency announced on Thursday. | The mission, dubbed Project Artemis, seeks to study the region near the Moon's south pole in the hope of…
rt.com/usa/487471-nasa-contracts-moon-bezos-spacex-boeing/