VENICE, Italy—The British-American author Henry James once wrote that there was nothing more disagreeable about Venice than the visitors. But clearly, he had never seen the northern Italian city without them. While it may seem enviable to wander aimlessly along the canals of Venice during the last days of the […]
Daily Archives: May 17, 2020
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Staying home and sheltering in place can be stressful for everyone. But for some college students who identify as LGBTQ, returning to family environments can be very difficult and even psychologically damaging, psychologists say. “A lot of young people when they make it to college are able, for the first […]
Mask-police CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins was caught removing her mask at a White House press briefing on Friday as soon as she thought the cameras were off. Earlier this week Kaitlan Collins posted a picture of Vice President Mike Pence arriving to the White House in a face mask. Vice […]
The first temporary sanctioned tent encampment opened this week in San Francisco, California, to give the homeless somewhere to go during the health crisis. “The move comes as outrage mounts over sidewalks clogged with tents and dire conditions in the Tenderloin amid the coronavirus pandemic,” the San Francisco Examiner reported. […]
Two Democrat-led committees on Capitol Hill have launched a fresh investigation into President Trump. This probe focuses on allegations that Trump fired a State Department employee for political reasons. Trump informed Congress on Friday that he intends to fire State Department Inspector General Steve Linick, claiming he “no longer” had […]
Since the coronavirus outbreak, the profile of the World Health Organization has skyrocketed, and so have suspicions about its motives and alliances. Which is why this year’s annual meeting of the organization’s members – which is slated to begin on Monday – should get interesting. As the US, Australia and […]
A CT-114 Tutor training jet of the Canadian Air Force ‘Snowbirds’ aerobatic team has crashed into a building in the city of Kamloops. The fate of the pilots is currently unknown. A routine Snowbirds flight in Kamloops on Sunday suddenly went wrong when one of the aircraft veered out of […]
We Don’t Have To Choose Between Our Health And The Economy By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. May 17, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Newsletter We Don’t Have To Choose Between Our Health And The Economy2020-05-172020-05-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/maxresdefault-1-1-e1589752552174.jpg200px200px The United States is at a critical moment in the COVID-crisis. This week, […]
President Trump called into an NBC Sports golf broadcast on Sunday, to talk about how important it is to get the country’s sports leagues back on the playing field. The call took place during the TaylorMade Driving Relief event in Florida, the first televised golf event held in about two […]
Submitted by Nicholas Colas of DataTrek Research How will the S&P 500 change as a result of the economic impacts of COVID-19? Scores of companies in the index now merit removal because of diminished market caps. But… S&P also requires a company to post a 4-quarter profit to be included. […]
(Natural News) As the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) wreaks havoc upon the globe, the world’s wealthiest are heading underground and buying luxurious bunkers – some of which even have shooting ranges – to prepare for the possibility of a crime wave due to the social and economic instability caused by the […]
Tech 21:49 GMT 17.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107886/42/1078864280_0:-1:1281:720_1200x675_80_0_0_a5fca16d17d2b4e1f9750c2d658a75d1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202005171079334808-nasa-reveals-principles-for-safe-and-peaceful-moon-exploration-/ Together with the European Space Agency and other partners, NASA plans to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024 as part of the Artemis program. Although the US space agency plays […]
When we think of the ‘apostles’ we usually think of the main twelve followers of Jesus who accompanied him during his ministry in the Holy Land. You might also mention St. Paul, who became a follower of Jesus after a vision on the road to Damascus and is known as […]
The 73rd annual World Health Assembly, which begins Monday, will be held virtually for the first-time ever. It will also be focused on the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Image credit: Fabrice Coffrini /AFP via Getty Images) Source link
D. A. Henderson was an American medical doctor, educator, and epidemiologist who directed a 10-year international effort (1967–1977) that eradicated smallpox throughout the world. Dr. Henderson was later the Dean of John Hopkins School of Public Health. Before his death in 2016 Dr. Henderson authored a report on pandemics and […]
One of the dirtiest little secrets about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its success in amassing immense power to oppress its own people and increasingly to threaten ours has just been exposed by President Donald Trump: We have been underwriting and, thereby, enabling it. In a decision last week, […]
Many people in President Trump’s base are concerned about mandatory vaccines. Liberals tend to lean more towards advocating government mandated vaccinations whereas conservatives tend to lean more towards advocating freedom of choice. From the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, both sides have weighed in on their concerns of a COVID-19 […]
Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The crisis caused by the forced shutdown of the economy has given us some important lessons. Number one, shutting down the economy entirely is a dangerous experiment with important long-term implications. Number two, there is no such thing as “lives or the economy”. Many countries have […]
Belgium’s PM Sophie Wilmes has visited one of the nation’s hospitals battling the pandemic – but the medical staff literally turned their backs on her to show that her “display of support” for frontline workers was not enough. Prime Minister Wilmes faced a cold welcome at the Saint-Pierre hospital in […]
Racial Health And Economic Disparities Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin By Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Sally Sim, Inequality. May 17, 2020 Racial Health And Economic Disparities Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin2020-05-172020-05-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/food-e1589728661339.jpg200px200px Above photo: Paul W. Gillespie/Capital Gazette. Covid-19 continues to aggravate deeply embedded inequalities. We need bold policy solutions aimed […]
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. That’s how it felt at the anti-lockdown rally in Hyde Park, London, yesterday, where I was threatened with a fine and arrest for the crime of doing my job. It’s also where I got to see Britain at its best – […]
Less than a week after Powell tried (and apparently failed) to convince the market negative rates aren’t coming to the US (right as the BOE’s Andy Haldane admits the UK is considering joining the rest of Europe into the monetary twilight zone of NIRP), and just days after the Fed’s […]
(Natural News) For the inexplicably high number of people who still somehow believe that we shouldn’t be staying home to try to stem the spread of a disease that has taken hundreds of thousands – if not millions – of lives around the world, Sweden is an example to follow. […]
World 21:30 GMT 17.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107933/47/1079334713_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_4a62d3ded11065d3b726635f4f840579.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202005171079334706-canadian-air-force-jet-crashes-in-british-columbia/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A jet belonging to the Canadian air force’s Snowbirds aerobatics team crashed on Sunday near Kamloops airport in British Columbia province, the military said. “The RCAF has been made aware that a Canadian Forces […]