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Greece denies report of secret 'detention center' for migrants near Turkish border
rt.com | 2020-03-11
The Greek government has dismissed a report in the New York Times newspaper that it was holding illegal migrants who cross the border from Turkey at a secret 'black site' where they are denied access to lawyers and cannot file asylum claims. | Tens of thousands of migrants have been trying to get into Greece, an EU member state, since Turkey said on February 28 it would no longer keep them on its territory as part of a 2016 deal with Brussels in return for EU aid for the refugees. | "There is no secret detention center in Greece," government spokesman Stelios Petsas told reporters on Wednesday, adding that if…
rt.com/newsline/482844-greece-secret-center-migrants/

Erdogan slams Greece's 'Nazi' treatment of refugees, vows to keep borders open until EU fulfills migrant deal
rt.com | 2020-03-11
Athens' treatment of thousands of refugees who have massed on the Turkey-Greece border is comparable to atrocities carried out by Nazi Germany, Turkey's president has claimed amid the latest migrant row with the EU. | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at Greece in an address on Wednesday, claiming that Ankara's Mediterranean neighbor has mistreated a flood of refugees that are trying to enter the EU through Turkey. | "There's no difference between those images from Greece's border and what the Nazis did," Erdogan said, apparently referring to photographs of clashes between migrants and Greek bo…
rt.com/news/482823-erdogan-nazis-greece-migrants-eu/

Julian Assange's mother, doctors warn he is at heightened risk due to coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-03-11
In comments to the WSWS, Dr Stephen Frost warned that "the UK government is effectively playing Russian roulette with Julian Assange's life" and demanded that he be released from Belmarsh Prison immediately.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/11/asvi-m11.html

Saudi's Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS
Medea Benjamin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), Saudi Arabia's 34-year-old de facto ruler, was on a tear. He arrested members of his own royal family and initiated an oil price war with Russia that has sent the price …
globalresearch.ca/saudi-brave-women-pull-back-curtain-crown-prince-mbs/5706082

Moscow calls on Afghan political forces not to obstruct reconciliation process
rt.com | 2020-03-11
Moscow has called on the opposing political forces of Afghanistan to focus on reaching national reconciliation, instead of taking steps that exacerbate disagreements, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. | Commenting on the two parallel presidential inauguration ceremonies that took place in Afghanistan, it urged all responsible political actors in the country "to adhere solely to common national interests." | The national reconciliation process "should lead to end of the civil war and to the rebuilding of a peaceful, united and independent state, free of terrorism and drug-related crime," the ministry s…
rt.com/newsline/482857-russia-afghan-reconciliation-ghani/

Russia passes bill allowing Putin to stay in power past 2024
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-11
The Russian parliament has approved a sweeping constitutional reform that will allow president Vladimir Putin to stay in power for another 12 years after his current term ends in 2024.The Kremlin-controlled lower house, the State Duma, endorsed a set of amendments to the constitution and a provision resetting the term count for Putin. A nationwide vote on the proposed amendments is set for 22 April.Kremlin critics condemned the move as a cynical manipulation and called for protests.The Russian Duma passed amendments to the constitution (AP/Pavel Golovkin)Putin, a 67-year-old former KGB officer, has ruled Russia f…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/03/11/russia-passes-bill-allowing-putin-to-stay-in-power-past-2024/

Greece's Migrant Crisis Has Further Exposed Turkish Fake News
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's attempt to intimidate the Syrian Army and force them to withdraw to the Sochi Agreement lines in Idlib utterly failed, resulting in the Turkish leader having to embarrassingly accept large swathes of liberated territory …
globalresearch.ca/greece-migrant-crisis-exposed-turkish-fake-news/5706050

How Black Swans Are Shaping Planet Panic
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Is the planet under the spell of a pair of black swans

Tanker rates soar as Saudi Arabia & UAE get ready to open oil taps
rt.com | 2020-03-11
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have unveiled plans to ramp up both crude supplies and production capacity as soon as the oil deal with Russia expires. The move has sank oil prices and sent freight rates higher. | After Russia did not agree to new production cuts with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the oil cartel's leader Saudi Arabia set the course for flooding the already oversupplied oil market. On Wednesday, state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco revealed that it would boost production capacity for the first time in more than a decade to 13 million barrels per day (bpd)…
rt.com/business/482848-saudi-arabia-uae-oil-output/

How Turkey Lost a Battle of Wills, and Force, to Russia
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
When the history of the Syrian conflict is written, the fighting that took place between the Syrian Army and its allies on the one side, and the Turkish military and Turkish-backed Syrian rebels on the other, from early February through …
globalresearch.ca/how-turkey-lost-battle-wills-force-russia/5706103

Only C MINUS grade: Putin rates Russia-US relations as more bad than good
rt.com | 2020-03-11
Since first reaching the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin has dealt with four different US presidents, and is well placed to judge the status of Russo-American relations. It's hardly surprising that his evaluation is rather negative. | "[On a scale from one to five] I would give it a three," Putin said, in an interview with Russian news agency TASS, "Between a two and a three. More like a three, though." In the Russian school system, where students are graded out of five, three is roughly equivalent to a C-grade, and 2 to…
rt.com/russia/482820-tass-putin-interview-us-russia-relations/

Nukes: The Unmentionable Election Issue
Mel Gurtov | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-11
One of these days, national security policy will get a few minutes of campaign debate time. And when that day occurs, perhaps–just perhaps–attention will turn to a matter of some urgency: the continuing threat posed by nuclear weapons. As both the US and Russia pursue MADness (mutually assured destruction) with steep investments in nuclear weapons,…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/11/nukes-the-unmentionable-election-issue/

Zoya Romanenko, survivor of the siege of Leningrad, will be glad to receive your letters
RT | https: | 2020-03-11
Zoya Romanenko was 16 when Russia entered World War II. She lived near Leningrad, where she survived the deadliest winter of the siege. She held her father in her hands when he died of starvation. Then her mother and grandmother passed away, too. Zoya Romanenko enrolled in the Red Cross program and later worked as a nurse in a field hospital. She was with the Red Army throughout the war and when Victory Day came, she was in Germany. | If you are moved by her story, you can write her a letter for May 9. | Please, send it to RT, 3/1 Borovaya street, Moscow 111020, Russian Federation, marked 'To Zoya Pavlovna Rom…
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Turkey's Migrant Weapon Against Greece
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-11
It comes as no surprise that Greeks and Turks don't like each other. They have been enemies for more than a thousand years. The Turks are Mongols who appeared for the first time in Asia Minor in the eleventh century when Asia Minor or Anatolia was the home of the Greeks. The Anatolian cataclysm of…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/11/turkeys-migrant-weapon-against-greece/

WATCH Italians line up in extended supermarket queues amid coronavirus lockdown (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-03-11
With Italy racked by a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak, residents are piling up in elongated queues outside of storefronts, hoping to stock up on diminishing supplies while nationwide travel restrictions remain in place. | The illness claimed another 168 lives on Tuesday, Italy's deadliest day yet, raising the death toll to 631, as the government takes dramatic steps to contain the outbreak that has sickened more than 10,000 people across the country. However, residents still need to eat, prompting many Italians to endure long, snaking lines running for hundreds of meters in order to purchase necessities b…
rt.com/news/482801-italy-coronavirus-supermarket-lines/

Italy emerging as the new epicenter for the Covid-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-03-11
Italy's health care system is being overwhelmed by the growing number of serious respiratory illnesses that are filling the emergency rooms and hospitals throughout the Lombardy region.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/11/covi-m11.html

Switzerland keeps border to Italy open, directs traffic over main crossings
rt.com | 2020-03-11
Switzerland is closing nine secondary border crossings to Italy and directing traffic over main routes to help slow the spread of the new coronavirus, the government said on Wednesday. | However, the country will still let the region's workers get to their jobs, Reuters reported. "The border to Italy remains open for cross-border commuters" with work permits, according to the statement. | Italy has been an epicenter of European coronavirus infections and has imposed severe travel restrictions in an attempt to curb its spread.
rt.com/newsline/482827-switzerland-border-italy-open/

Negligent Australian government response threatens widespread Covid-19 infection
wsws.org | 2020-03-11
The great risk is that the virus is spreading, largely unknown and unchecked, via transmission within Australia–as took place in Italy and elsewhere.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/11/auvi-m11.html

Turkey to Keep Its Border Open for Refugees to Go to the EU
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-11
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday stated that his country will maintain its borders open with the European Union (EU) so that refugees can cross into community territory. | RELATED: | Merkel, Macron, Erdogan to Analyze Migration Crisis on March 17 | "We decided not to stop those people who want to go to Europe. We fed and dressed the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Turkey-to-Keep-Its-Border-Open-for-Refugees-to-Go-to-the-EU-20200311-0004.html

US-Israel Predictably Behind Turkish Aggression in Syria
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Turkey's ongoing fighting in northern Syria's Idlib governorate was

'I'll listen to the experts': LeBron James does coronavirus U-turn after vowing NOT to play in empty arenas (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-03-11
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James says that he will follow the advice of coronavirus experts after previously vowing he wouldn't be agreeable to the idea of playing NBA games inside empty arenas. | This comes amid fears that sports fixtures in the US could follow suit from some European countries by banning fans from attending live events, or any large-scale public gatherings, as attempts to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 continue. | James stated several days ago that he "ain't playing" in empty arenas and that the reason he plays the sport is for the fans. | But as authorities grapple with the ever-worsen…
rt.com/sport/482819-lebron-james-coronavirus-games-u-turn/

Coronavirus pandemic surges across Europe
wsws.org | 2020-03-11
Thousands fell ill with coronavirus and hundreds died yesterday in Europe as the pandemic kept surging across the continent.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/11/euro-m11.html

India temporarily suspends visas for citizens of Germany, France, Spain
rt.com | 2020-03-11
India has temporarily suspended all visas and e-visas granted on or before March 11 to nationals of three more coronavirus-affected countries

'Embarrassing': Jose Mourinho told 'to cheer up' by 'reporter' in cringeworthy scenes after Champions League exit (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-03-11
A man has been branded "embarrassing" for telling a glum Jose Mourinho to "cheer up" in awkward scenes following Tottenham's Champions League exit in Germany. | A depleted Spurs were dumped out 4-0 on aggregate by RB Leipzig in their last-16 tie, after the Bundesliga outfit won 3-0 on the night on Tuesday thanks to a double from captain Marcel Sabitzer and a late strike from substitute Emil Forsberg. | The result means Mourinho has now gone six games without a win for the first time in his career as he is left to contemplate a maiden season at Spurs that will definitely end without silverware. | | Mourinho c…
rt.com/sport/482825-mourinho-cheer-up-press-conference/

Germany's Left Party joins hands with far-right Alternative for Germany
wsws.org | 2020-03-11
Just two days after he was elected minister president of Thuringia, the Left Party's Bodo Ramelow ensured that the AfD obtained one of the vice president positions in the state parliament.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/11/thur-m11.html

Fighting the disease… literally: Asian man punched in face in Belgium for 'spreading coronavirus'
rt.com | 2020-03-11
A Belgian man has taken the fight with coronavirus too literally, punching an Asian person

Spain puts Madrid, Basque country on lockdown as coronavirus cases multiply
wsws.org | 2020-03-11
The decision came after Spain's Ministry of Health said there were 1,622 registered cases, compared to 1,200 the day before.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/11/spai-m11.html

Erdogan: 150K Refugees Have Entered Greece, Turkey Won't Shut Border Until EU 'Fulfils Promises'
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-11
Ankara opened its borders with Europe to would-be migrants late last month amid an escalation of fighting between Turkish and Syrian troops in Syria's Idlib province. Since then, Turkish authorities have threatened to send "millions" of refugees to Europe, and suggested that the 2016 migrant agreement needs to be renegotiated.
sputniknews.com/world/202003111078537584-erdogan-150k-refugees-have-entered-greece-turkey-wont-shut-border-until-eu-fulfills-promises/

Russian Energy Minister Believes Saudi Arabia's Oil Production Increase 'Not Best Option'
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-11
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday he believes that Saudi Arabia's plans to boost the national oil production were not "the best option" in the existing market conditions.
sputniknews.com/business/202003111078537008-russian-energy-minister-believes-saudi-arabias-oil-production-increase-not-best-option/

Upper House of Russian Parliament Approves Bill on Constitutional Amendments
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-11
Earlier in the day, the lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, approved the presidential bill on the amendment to the national constitution.
sputniknews.com/russia/202003111078537926-upper-house-of-russian-parliament-approves-bill-on-constitutional-amendments/

Russia Registers 2 Ceasefire Violations in Syria Over Past 24 Hours – Military
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-11
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the Syrian truce has registered two ceasefire violations in Syria over the past 24 hours, while the Turkish side has recorded three breaches, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202003111078537909-russia-registers-2-ceasefire-violations-in-syria-over-past-24-hours—military/

Italy to Allocate Additional 25 Billion Euros to Fight Coronavirus – Conte
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-11
GENOA (Sputnik) – Italy is set to allocate an additional 25 billion euros ($ 28 billion) to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced on Wednesday.
sputniknews.com/europe/202003111078537322-italy-to-allocate-additional-25-billion-euros-to-fight-coronavirus—conte/

Damascus Expects NATO, EU Nations to Condemn Turkey's Actions in Syria – Assad Adviser
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-11
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Damascus expects NATO and the European Union to at least condemn Turkey's actions in Syria, which "go against all international legitimacy," but has not yet seen a proper reaction, said Bouthaina Shaaban, a political and media adviser to the Syrian president.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202003111078536198-damascus-expects-nato-eu-nations-to-condemn-turkeys-actions-in-syria—assad-adviser/

Number of COVID-19 Cases in Denmark Rises to 340 – Health Ministry
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-11
STOCKHOLM (Sputnik) – The number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Denmark on Wednesday reached 340, with over 1,200 people being quarantined, according to the country's Health Ministry.
sputniknews.com/europe/202003111078536709-number-of-covid-19-cases-in-denmark-rises-to-340—health-ministry/

NATO to break off Arctic drill as coronavirus spreads
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-11
Norway has decided to halt a NATO military exercise in its Arctic region in response to the coronavirus outbreak, public broadcaster NRK reported on Wednesday.Some 14,000 troops from 10 countries were gathered for NATO's Cold Response drill near the Atlantic alliance's northernmost border with Russia.
yenisafak.com/en/news/nato-to-break-off-arctic-drill-as-coronavirus-spreads-3513757

Turkey working to broker permanent cease-fire in Idlib
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-11
Turkey is working to extend the temporary cease-fire in Syria's opposition-held province of Idlib to a permanent one, the country's foreign minister said Wednesday."Currently, efforts are being made to make this temporary cease-fire permanent," Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in the capital Ankara.He said that Turkey is discussing with the visiting Russian military delegation ways to ensure safe movement of traffic on the strategic M4 highway in Idlib, where the two countries are set to start joint patrols.To a question on how the cease-fire is holding up, Cavusoglu said there was harassing fire two days ago but…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-working-to-broker-permanent-cease-fire-in-idlib-3513744

European Weightlifting Championship postponed to June
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-11
The European Weightlifting Championships scheduled for April 13-21 was postponed to June as concerns grow about the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to an official statement on Wednesday."The European Weightlifting Federation through the full support of the Executive Board, due to the spread of the Coronavirus on the continent, has decided to postpone the European Senior Championships scheduled in Moscow, Russia 13-21 April," the International Weightlifting Federation said in a statement on Wednesday.The competition will be held in Moscow in June 13-21.As the world struggles to contain the rapidly sprea…
yenisafak.com/en/sports/european-weightlifting-championship-postponed-to-june-3513749

Death toll in Iran from coronavirus reaches 354
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-11
The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Iran rose to 354, state television reported on Wednesday.Authorities said 63 people died in the last 24 hours, while 958 new cases were found, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 9,000, Iran's semi-official TV news quoted Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour as saying.A total of 2,959 people have been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the virus, it added.Turkey, which has just a single confirmed case of coronavirus, closed its land borders and suspended air travel to Iran last month.Besides China, Italy, and South Korea, Iran is the…
yenisafak.com/en/world/death-toll-in-iran-from-coronavirus-reaches-354-3513756

30,000 U.S. Soldiers Sent into Europe Without Masks
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
The United States has raised the coronavirus (COVID-19) alert for Italy to level 3 ("avoid nonessential travel"), bringing it to 4 ("do not travel") for [the northern regions of] Lombardy and Veneto

How Black Swans Are Shaping Planet Panic
Pepe Escobar | iranian.com | 2020-03-11
Is the planet under the spell of a range of Black Swans

Prison riots erupt as Rome extends coronavirus lockdown to all of Italy
wsws.org | 2020-03-10
Inmates' families protested outside prisons against the authorities' refusal to release prisoners or provide them with protection from contagion inside overcrowded prisons.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/10/ital-m10.html

SYRIZA's Betrayal of Greece is a Spectre haunting the Left
Max Parry | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-10
'Super Tuesday' in the 2020 presidential election season is over and Senator Bernie Sanders's time as the unlikely frontrunner for the Democratic nomination may have stopped just as quick as it began. Despite an unprecedented smear campaign coordinated by the party leadership and corporate media against him, the self-described "democratic socialist" not only managed to …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/syrizas-betrayal-of-greece-is-a-spectre-haunting-the-left/

Italy Is Now a Red Zone: Student at Bocconi U. Describes Strict Measures Taken to Contain COVID-19
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-10
The entire country of Italy has been placed on lockdown in an attempt to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, impacting 60 million people. People in the nationwide Red Zone will only be allowed to travel for work, medical reasons or emergencies until early next month. All schools and universities will also remain closed, major sporting events are suspended, and airline passengers now have to justify their reasons for traveling. We go to Italy to speak with Romy Kool, an international student at Bocconi University in Milan, where courses are now being taught online amid the coronavirus outbreak. We are als…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/10/italy_red_zone

Prisons Worldwide Face Coronavirus Crisis: Overcrowding, Lack of Sanitation & Labor at Slave Wages
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-10
As Italy went on lockdown, nearly 30 prisons across the country broke into riots Sunday and Monday after visitation rights were suspended in response to the outbreak. In a prison in southern Italy, a riot left at least six incarcerated people dead and caused 50 people to escape. Prisoners have reportedly lit fires, charged guards and even escaped at multiple facilities. This comes as the United Nations confirmed that coronavirus had reached Iran's prisons, as the number of cases there continues to soar. Iran has temporarily freed some 70,000 prisoners in response to the coronavirus. And concerns are growing about…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/10/coronavirus_in_prisons_jails

Saudi Arabia's Oil Price War Could Very Easily Backfire
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
Russia's rejection of its OPEC+ partners' request to further reduce oil production in response to slumping demand prompted Saudi Arabia to unwisely initiate an oil price war over the weekend as revenge, one which the Gulf country is ill-equipped to …
globalresearch.ca/saudi-arabia-oil-price-war/5705941

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