2020-05-01: Social Media Postees

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UK: Indian Students Starving and Unable to Return Home
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-01
The closure of borders in India left thousands of students stranded in the United Kingdom. Now they depend on food donations from charity institutions to survive. | RELATED: | Thousands of Migrants Workers Demand Indian Govt Trains to Go Back Home | According to local media, most Indian college students work part-time in low-paying jobs to support their studies in this European country. | "The confinement forced by COVID-19 has caused many of them to lose their jobs,"
telesurenglish.net/news/uk-indian-students-starving-and-unable-to-return-home-20200501-0004.html

WATCH protesters light flares, gather for Walpurgis Night in Berlin despite ban on mass rallies during Covid-19 lockdown
rt.com | 2020-05-01
Police have broken up a Walpurgis Night demonstration in Berlin, where protesters had gathered in violation of the quarantine measures imposed amid the Covid-19 pandemic. More unauthorized rallies are expected on May Day. | A few dozen black-clad masked left-wing activists had gathered in the German capital's Friedrichshain District on Thursday evening, despite the ban on large public assemblies. They waved burning flares while standing on two balconies of a house, set up loudspeakers and hung banners from windows. | Police arrived at the scene and ordered the protesters to clear the area. No major clashes wer…
rt.com/news/487489-germany-walpurgis-night-protest/

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
wsws.org | 2020-05-01
Protests are continuing against attempts to restart operations in the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic without proper safeguards, including French teachers, German doctors and nurses in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/01/wor2-m01.html

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
wsws.org | 2020-05-01
Protests are continuing against attempts to restart operations in the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic without proper safeguards, including French teachers, German doctors and nurses in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/01/wor2-m01.html

A Protest From France. The Great Danger of Ill-Conceived Lockdowns
Jà∂rg Guido Hàºlsmann | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-01
After WWI, the distinguished British economist Edwin Cannan was asked, somewhat reproachfully, what he did during the terrible war years. He replied: "I protested." The present article is a similar protest against the current lockdown policies put into place in | …
globalresearch.ca/protest-france/5711469

Macron warns life 'won't be back to normal' as Covid-19 forces French to find new way of 'social distance' protest
rt.com | 2020-05-01
France's president has said that the national recovery would need to be 'organized,' in a speech at the Elysee Palace as the country celebrated a subdued Labor Day, while movement in the country remains tightly restricted. | Emmanuel Macron said that the end of the nationwide lockdown in 10 days would just be a tentative first step on the road to recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. | The president said life "wouldn't be back to normal" and there will be "several phases" in lifting the restrictions, with May 11 just being "one of them." He added that a "recovery [period] has to be organized"; his comments follow…
rt.com/news/487565-macron-coronavirus-may-day/

Africa: Comoros Registers its First COVID-19 Case
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-01
Comoros' President Azali Assoumani Thursday announced the first COVID-19 case in this South-Eastern African nation. | RELATED: | Germany: Working Class Protests Against Unemployment in May Day | "While other countries who were hit earlier are preparing to go back to normality, our country is entering a critical phase," Assoumani warned.‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã | The COVID-19 patient is a Comoran citizen who was in contact with a 50-year-o…
telesurenglish.net/news/africa-comoro-registers-first-covid19-case-20200501-0005.html

Germany: Working Class Protests Against Unemployment in May Day
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-01
On International Workers' Day, Germany's trade unions protested over the collapse of labor rights and the significant increase of unemployment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Germany Bans All Hezbollah Activities | According to forecasts by Angela Merkel's administration, Germany will experience the worst recession since World War II this year. | Recent unemployment figures have soared despite the economic aid that Germany's authorities have set up to prevent mass layoffs. | In Apr…
telesurenglish.net/news/germany-working-class-protests-against-unemployment-in-may-day-20200501-0002.html

Greek workers protest government's anti-labor policies on pretext of fighting COVID-19
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-01
Workers under the leadership of the All Workers Militant Front (PAME) in Greece observed the National Day of Action on April 28. PAME has demanded the abolition of the anti-worker measures introduced through bills citing the COVID-19 crisis…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/01/greek-workers-protest-governments-anti-labor-policies-on-pretext-of-fighting-covid-19/

Russian workers protest animal-like conditions at oil field as prime minister hospitalized with COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-05-01
Hundreds demonstrated against Gazprom at a Siberian oil field, demanding safe working conditions and proper care for sick workers…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/01/ruga-m01.html

Russian workers protest animal-like conditions at oil field as prime minister hospitalized with COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-05-01
Hundreds demonstrated against Gazprom at a Siberian oil field, demanding safe working conditions and proper care for sick workers…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/01/ruga-m01.html

Experts Warn of New Nuclear Arms Race After Trump Signals US Withdrawal from START Treaty
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-01
While much of the corporate press has blamed Russia and China for the sudden failure of multiple longstanding nuclear treaties, experts put the blame on squarely on the Trump administration.
mintpressnews.com/experts-warn-of-new-nuclear-arms-race-after-trump-signals-us-withdrawal-from-start-treaty/267181/

Trump threatened to pull US Security Umbrella from Saudi
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-05-01
Trump insisted with OPEC+ (including Vladimir Putin's Russia) that they do their effing job and put prices back up to forestall a collapse of the US petroleum industry…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trump-threatened-to-pull-us-security-umbrella-from-saudi/

Video: Prospects of Turkish-Russian Military Conflict in Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-01
The region of Greater Idlib remains the main source of tensions in Syria. | The March 5th ceasefire deal reached by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow allowed an end to be made to the …
globalresearch.ca/video-prospects-turkish-russian-military-conflict-syria/5711491

The Defeat of Bernie Sanders and the Perfidy of the Democrats
Donald Monaco | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-01
The sudden collapse of Bernie Sanders' campaign for the presidency comes amidst what official sources are calling the worst influenza pandemic to hit the United States and much of the world since the misnamed 'Spanish Flu' in 1918. Sensational …
globalresearch.ca/defeat-bernie-sanders-perfidy-democrats/5711493

Wall Street tumbles as US threatens China with tariffs
rt.com | 2020-05-01
US stocks are facing a second straight day of losses, after President Donald Trump threatened to unleash a new barrage of retaliatory tariffs on China over the coronavirus crisis. | The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell over 400 points while both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite lost around two percent.Thus all three indexes extended Thursday losses that came on gloomy jobless data. | Most European and Asian markets were closed for holidays on Friday. The London Stock Exchange was one of the few working, wi…
rt.com/business/487552-us-stocks-china-tariffs/

Coronavirus: How Are European Countries Treating Refugees Amid the Pandemic?
Romana Rubeo | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-01
Neglecting the refugees while fighting coronavirus is as foolish as it is inhumane. The last few months have taught us that self-centered strategies do not apply in the cases of global healthcare crises.
mintpressnews.com/europe-treatment-refugees-coroanvirus/267151/

Coronavirus: How European Countries Are Treating Refugees Amid the Pandemic?
Romana Rubeo | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-01
Neglecting the refugees while fighting coronavirus is as foolish as it is inhumane. The last few months have taught us that self-centered strategies do not apply in the cases of global healthcare crises.
mintpressnews.com/europe-treatment-refugees-coroanvirus/267151/

'Yalda, A Night for Forgiveness' to go on screen in US, Europe
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-01
TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA)

7-ton cargo of medicinal items arrives Iran from Spain
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-01
TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA)

Teacher, symbol of kindness, love
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-01
SHABESTAR, May 01 (MNA)

France Says COVID Was Already 'Silently Circulating' & DARPA's "Implantable Nanoplatform" Vaccines
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-01
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/30/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/france-says-covid-was-already-silently-circulating-darpas-implantable-nanoplatform-vaccines/

Our health over their profits: France's CGT in the thick of struggle
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-01
Patrick Correa of the CGT Metalworkers' union of France talks to Peoples Dispatch on the impact of COVID-19 on the workers of the country.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/01/our-health-over-their-profits-frances-cgt-in-the-thick-of-struggle/

Mayor of Nice calls for Covid-19 'health passports' to enter or leave France
rt.com | 2020-05-01
The mayor of Nice has urged French PM Edouard Philippe to introduce new travel controls during the Covid-19 pandemic through "health passports" in the parts of France which border other countries. | Christian Estrosi posted the details of his letter on Facebook a day after PM Philippe unveiled plans to ease France's lockdown in May, including finally increasing the strict one-kilometer movement limit to 100km of a person's home. Philippe warned that people would need t…
rt.com/news/487573-france-health-passport-coronavirus-travel/

4/30/20: 45th Anniversary of Victory in Vietnam
repost | indybay.org | 2020-05-01
On April 30, 1975, the "little people in black pajamas" of Vietnam defeated the mightiest, most despicable war machine the world had seen since Nazi Germany, namely the US military, as they chased the US military and their local lackeys onto helicopters, boats and planes, causing celebrations around the world, including here in the Bay Area where we, who opposed the war machine and resisted the draft, danced in streets. Today, Vietnam has ZERO deaths from the coronavirus because it has SOCIALIZED medicine. For more, see www.counterpunch.org/2020/04/30/a-letter-from-viet-nam-on-the-occasion-of-the-45th-ann
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/30/18832708.php

Sixty-eight Amazon workers fall ill with COVID-19 at Winsen, Germany warehouse
wsws.org | 2020-05-01
While Amazon has profited massively from the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of its workers throughout the world have become infected with COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/01/wins-m01.html

Amir-Abdollahian reacts to German ban on Lebanon's Hezbollah
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-01
TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA)

Ireland extends coronavirus lockdown to May 18 as PM gives first details for easing restrictions
rt.com | 2020-05-01
The Irish government on Friday announced a further extension to the country's lockdown measures, with Prime Minister Leo Varadkar saying they would remain in place until May 18; then first steps to ease restrictions will be made. | Varadkar said the Irish economy would reopen in five stages, with each successive easing dependent on the level of coronavirus infections being kept under control. The current travel limit for personal exercise will be extended from two to five kilometers from Tuesday, while people aged over 70

Protesters Stage Public Action Against COVID-19 Measures in Berlin – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-01
Germany was forced to introduce lockdown measures on 17 March to battle the spread of the coronavirus in the country. However, in recent days the nation moved to relax certain restrictions reopening playgrounds, churches, and cultural institutions.
sputniknews.com/europe/202005011079158244-protesters-stage-public-action-against-covid-19-measures-in-berlin—video/

Turkey Delays S-400 Deployment Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-01
The country was planning to make the newly acquired air defence systems operational in April despite numerous protests from the US, which had been pressuring Ankara to ditch the systems for good.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202005011079158623-turkey-delays-s-400-deployment-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic/

Virtual Liberation in Italy
Robert L. Kendrick | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-01
For most years in Italy, April 25th would be a day of commemoration and sociability. It marks the 1945 call from the anti-Nazi Committee of National Liberation (CLN) for the final uprising against the German occupiers and Mussolini's puppet regime, and is thus Liberation Day, with special emphasis on the Italian Resistance of 1943-45. It…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/01/virtual-liberation-in-italy/

Mayo Clinic expert talks social distancing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-01
The need for social distancing will continue into the summer as an important public health tool to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases specialist at Mayo Clinic acknowledges the hardships of public safety measures and says they important. "The nature of social distancing, isolating ourselves, and shelter-in-place has been tremendous hardships from an …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-expert-talks-social-distancing/

Will OPEC+ production cuts agreement save the troubled oil market?
rt.com | 2020-05-01
The historic oil deal meant to help crude prices rebound amid the coronavirus crisis has come into force. Starting today, global oil production is set to be slashed by nearly 10 million barrels per day. | On April 12, the group known as OPEC+, which includes 13 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and 10 other major oil-producing states led by Russia, finalized the deal to cut crude output. Effective for two years, the accord includes several stages. The initial 9.7 million…
rt.com/business/487185-opec-russia-oil-production-cuts/

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)

Oil prices grow as historic OPEC+ production cut deal comes into effect
rt.com | 2020-05-01
The prices for Brent crude and WTI have increased after the hard-fought OPEC+ deal took effect on Friday. The oil market had seen a dramatic crash last month due to global glut and fears of a lack of storage capacity. | The price for Brent crude oil (ICE) has grown by 1.77 percent, reaching nearly $27 per barrel. The price for WTI (Nymex), meanwhile, currently stands at $19.35 per barrel, which is a 2.7 percent increase. | On April 12, the members of OPEC and other oil-producing countries, including Russia and Mexico, agreed to cut production by 9.7 million barrels per day for May and June, marking the biggest…
rt.com/business/487486-oil-prices-opec-deal/

ANOTHER Russian minister diagnosed with Covid-19, after PM ends up in hospital
rt.com | 2020-05-01
Russia's Minister of Construction and Housing, as well as his deputy, have been hospitalized with coronavirus. This comes a day after PM Mikhail Mishustin informed the president he was being admitted to hospital due to Covid-19. | The ministry's press service broke the news on Vladimir Yakushev's test late on Friday. While he and his deputy, Dmitry Volkov, have been hospitalized, another of Yakushev's deputies, Nikita Stasishin, has stepped up as acting minister. | "I'll be treated at one of the city's clinics, in the care of medics. I'll be keeping in close touch," the minister said. | Yakushev is the second…
rt.com/russia/487591-russian-construction-minister-coronavirus/

Russia reports almost 8,000 new Covid-19 cases in a record daily rise
rt.com | 2020-05-01
Russian health officials have recorded 7,933 new Covid-19 cases since Thursday, according to the daily update. It brings the total number of coronavirus infections in the country to 114,431. | Moscow remains the biggest hotbed for the outbreak, with roughly half of the identified cases localized in the capital. The death toll in Russia stands at 13,220, after 96 more people succumbed to the disease. | On Thursday, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin tested positive for coronavirus. He revealed his diagnosis du…
rt.com/newsline/487504-russia-coronavirus-rise-record/

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

24 hour May Day programing on mayday.pacifica.org
Pacifica COVID-19 Taskforce | indybay.org | 2020-05-01
Pacifica COVID-19 Taskforce is hosting May Day with programing from throughout the world. Live streaming from South Africa, Korea, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and other countries.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/30/18832716.php

Police Asks Brits to Call Them If 'Friends or Family' Repeat Conspiracy Theories
Cindy Harper | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-01
Asking people to call the police on family engaging in "conspiracy theories" is an idea that sounds like it comes out of China's social credit system. | But it's not. It's happening in the United Kingdom. | Police in Manchester, England, are engaging in a social media campaign, requesting local residents to call police if any of their friends and family are engaging in "conspiracy theories." | "Online platforms can be a fun world. Unfortunately, they can also be used to exploit vulnerable people. If you are worried that one of your friends or family is showing signs of radicalisation seek advice or call police…
anti-empire.com/police-asks-brits-to-call-them-if-friends-or-family-repeat-conspiracy-theories/

France's Macron says May 11 will not signal return to normal life
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-01
President Emmanuel Macron warned on Friday that the end of the national lockdown on May 11 would only be a first step as France looks to move out of the crisis created by the outbreak of the coronavirus."May 11 will not be the passage to normal life," Macron said during a speech to mark May 1. "There will be several phases and May 11 will be one of them."
yenisafak.com/en/world/frances-macron-says-may-11-will-not-signal-return-to-normal-life-3518390

France allows 'exceptional' use of plasma therapy
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-01
France will allow "exceptional and temporary" use of plasma treatment for COVID-19 patients, the country's health safety agency announced on Thursday.In a statement, the National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety (ANSM) said immune plasma therapy can be used to treat critically-ill patients.Clinical trials of the treatment commenced in France in early April and the agency said there was data suggesting that plasma of people who recovered from COVID-19 "could improve the survival rate of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)."The ANSM said the "effectiveness of these plasmas has no…
yenisafak.com/en/world/france-allows-exceptional-use-of-plasma-therapy-3518393

Mosques in Germany preparing to reopen next weekend
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-01
Mosques in Germany will reopen their doors to worshippers next weekend, following a government decision to ease coronavirus restrictions in the country.Germany's Muslim Coordination Council (KRM) has announced on Friday that most of the mosques will reopen on or after May 9, but prayer services will be held with fewer attendees and under certain conditions.Muslims will be able to perform their dawn, midday and late afternoon prayers in most of the mosques, but communal gatherings for Friday prayers, or special night prayers (Tarawih) performed during the holy month of Ramadan, will continue to remain suspended.W…
yenisafak.com/en/world/mosques-in-germany-preparing-to-reopen-next-weekend-3518396

Dutch coronavirus cases rise to 39,791 with 98 new deaths
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-01
The Netherlands' number of confirmed coronavirus cases has risen by 475 to 39,791 health authorities said on Friday, with 98 new deaths.The country's death toll stands at 4,893, the Netherlands' Institute for Public Health (RIVM) said in its daily update.The RIVM cautioned it only reports confirmed cases, and actual numbers are higher.
yenisafak.com/en/world/dutch-coronavirus-cases-rise-to-39791-with-98-new-deaths-3518395

Turkey brings Ramadan cheers in Ethiopia
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-01
Turkey's Diyanet Foundation on Friday handed out thousands of food packets to needy people in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa as part of charity activities during the holy month of Ramadan."Today, we are distributing 1,500 packs of food aid and yesterday, we distributed 30 tons of food aid as well," Turkish Ambassador to Ethiopia Yaprak Alp told Anadolu Agency."Turkey has always been a very good friend of Ethiopia; and both countries stood by each other in difficult times and again today the world is facing difficult times with the COVID-19 crisis especially. Ethiopia also has the locust problem on top of that," A…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-brings-ramadan-cheers-in-ethiopia-3518397

Turkey | develops video conferencing app 'Dialogue' amid worldwide | security concerns
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-01
Turkish defense technologies company HAVELSAN announced on Friday that it has begun to develop a new domestic video conferencing service, in a bid to offer alternatives to leading platforms such as "Zoom" amid rising concerns about privacy and security issues.Ahmet Hamdi Atalay, the general manager of Havelsan, said on his official Twitter account that the company is working on a project called "Dialogue," which is expected to be launched in the near feature.He also criticized recent security breaches and data protection problems of popular video conferencing services.The video conferencing app, Zoom, has soared…
yenisafak.com/en/technology/turkeydevelops-video-conferencing-app-dialogue-amid-worldwidesecurity-concerns-3518402

COVID-19: Turkey to send medical supplies to Somalia
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-01
Turkey will send medical supplies to Somalia to help the country combat the novel coronavirus outbreak, the presidential spokesman said on Friday."Today, by instructions of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a cargo load of medical supplies, masks, overalls, test kits and other equipment is going to Somalia to help them against COVID-19," Ibrahim Kalin said on Twitter."Turkey stands together with Somalia and Africa against all calamities," Kalin added.Recalling Erdogan's first visit to Somalia in 2011 when "tens of thousands of people had died because of the famine," Kalin said: "The visit drew the world's attentio…
yenisafak.com/en/world/covid-19-turkey-to-send-medical-supplies-to-somalia-3518394

The world becomes cleaner, as emissions fall in April
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-01
The global lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus or COVID-19 led to a massive drop in carbon emissions in April. Besides the fall in industrial production and closure of transportation, new commitments by some countries like Japan and Chile also contributed to reduce carbon imprints.Although the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) originally scheduled in Glasgow in the UK in November has been postponed due to the pandemic, many environmentalists have cautioned that the fight against climate change should not be interrupted.Turkey's Environment Ministry in a circular has enumerated steps…
yenisafak.com/en/news/the-world-becomes-cleaner-as-emissions-fall-in-april-3518392

Turkey quarantines 127 expats evacuated from Iraq
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-01
Over 120 Turkish nationals who were evacuated from Iraq were placed under a 14-day quarantine on Friday to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.As many as 127 expats, who returned to Turkey via the Habur border gate in the southeastern Sirnak province, were sent to the southeastern Mardin province for a 14-day quarantine in dormitories after health checks.The Turkish government has repatriated around 60,000 of its nationals from various countries since the start of the pandemic.As of Thursday, Turkey registered a total of 3,174 deaths due to coronavirus whereas nearly 49,000 people have recovered from the…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-quarantines-127-expats-evacuated-from-iraq-3518398

German Regulator Plans to Deny Nord Stream 2 Waiver from New Gas Directive – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-01
Nord Stream 2 is a joint venture between the Russian energy giant Gazprom and five European companies. | The gas pipeline will carry up to 55 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea, passing through the territorial waters or exclusive economic zones of Denmark, Finland, Germany, Russia, and Sweden.
sputniknews.com/europe/202005011079159594-german-regulator-plans-to-deny-nord-stream-2-waiver-from-new-gas-directive—reports/