As scientists around the world battle for a cure or vaccine to Covid-19, a new case of human-to-animal transmission has arisen in Belgium, where health experts say a cat contracted the disease from its coronavirus-stricken owner. Just one week after the pet owner in Liege, Belgium was diagnosed with Covid-19, their cat also started showing symptoms of the disease, including respiratory problems and diarrhea. As panic […]
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Russia 10:32 GMT 27.03.2020(updated 10:43 GMT 27.03.2020) Get short URL Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202003271078727186-one-coronavirus-case-detected-in-russian-presidential-administration/ There have been four coronavirus-related deaths in Russia as of Friday, with the total number of cases suprassing 1,000. Most cases have been registered in the capital, Moscow. A case of coronavirus infection has been identified in the Russian presidential administration, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. According to […]
Even as the US overtook China in the official number of Covid-19 cases, the top physician leading the White House effort urged Americans not to panic, as models predicting the death of millions keep being proven wrong everywhere. “The predictions of the models don’t match the reality on the ground in neither China, South Korea nor Italy,” Dr. Deborah Birx told reporters on Thursday. She noted […]
Craig Wright has objected to a court order dismissing his attorney-client privilege in an ongoing legal battle over a fortune in bitcoin (BTC). On March 23, Wright filed his objection with the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida in an ongoing case brought by Ira Kleiman, brother of the late David Kleiman who was a former business partner of Craig Wright. Wright said the order “erroneously […]
A US Marine has become the first confirmed carrier of the coronavirus within the Pentagon’s walls, with the US military announcing that a serviceman has gone into self-isolation after testing positive this week. The officer’s test for Covid-19 came back positive earlier this week, Captain Monica Witt, a spokesman for the US Marine Corps, confirmed Wednesday, according to Defense One. The Marine is believed to have […]
After a two-year criminal investigation into Walmart allegedly revealed a widespread practice of dispensing opioids without a legitimate medical purpose, federal prosecutors in Texas were preparing to take the unprecedented step of leveling criminal charges against the world’s largest company. But after a 2018 meeting with top Trump appointees at the Department of Justice, led by then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the prosecutors were first prevented […]
Three US Navy sailors aboard aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt tested positive for coronavirus, the acting Naval Secretary has revealed. They will be airlifted off the ship, which hosts 5,000 troops in the Philippine Sea. The three servicemembers are the first coronavirus cases discovered on board a deployed Navy ship, Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly told reporters at a Pentagon briefing on Tuesday. Currently in quarantine, […]
The White House Correspondents Association says it has been informed of a suspected case of coronavirus among the White House press corps, according to Reuters. “We have been informed that one of our colleagues has a suspected case of COVID-19. The individual was at the White House on March 9, 11, 16 and 18,” wrote White House Correspondents Association president Jon Karl in an email to […]
Syria confirmed its first coronavirus case yesterday, after a long period of denial that it had any such cases. Health Minister Nizar Al-Yaziji identified the patient as a 20-year-old woman who had recently returned from abroad. All “necessary measures” are being taken, including medical checks and quarantine for 14 days. The official confirmation of this case comes after weeks of various reports – including some from […]
Syria’s health minister has confirmed that the first case of coronavirus, which has already reached pandemic levels, has been reported in the country. The person person in question came from abroad, it was announced. Meanwhile, Health Minister Nizar al-Yaziji told SANA state news agency that the “necessary measures” have been taken to deal with the case. Earlier on Sunday, the official said that the nation – […]
Despite the coronavirus outbreak, the Moscow government will not shut its most used public transit system, the metro, said the mayor while dismissing the rumors to the contrary as “nonsense and stupidity.” “The metro will work in any situation,” Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin told the news channel Rossiya 1. He was responding to online rumors that a total shutdown of the system was imminent to curb […]
Sudan confirmed its second case of coronavirus on Friday in the capital Khartoum, as Khartoum state announced a range of measures to prevent the spread of the disease. The case was a foreign man in his 40s working for an international organisation, and he and his family were receiving the required health care, state news agency SUNA reported. Khartoum state has decided to ban all mass […]
India 09:08 GMT 20.03.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107864/07/1078640784_0:55:2048:1207_1200x675_80_0_0_c7caf66ff6ce5f6c1787ad49cb65b8a1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202003201078640701-baby-doll-singer-kanika-kapoor-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-in-first-case-in-bollywood/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has infected over 209,000 globally, including Hollywood stars Tom Hanks, his wife Rita Wilson, and actor Idris Elba. The pandemic has also taken the lives of over 8,500 people. In a first, a Bollywood singer, Kanika Kapoor, has been tested positive for the COVID-19. She reportedly […]
The four men convicted for the grisly 2012 gang rape and murder of a young student in India have been executed by hanging, finally bringing the seven-year ‘Nirbhaya’ case to an end after a lengthy ordeal of appeals and delays. The assailants were hanged at New Delhi’s Tihar Jail 5:30am local time Friday, following a marathon legal proceeding the night prior which saw last-ditch attempts to […]
The legal team representing the brother of Craig Wright’s deceased business partner greatly overclaimed on legal fees, according to the judge overseeing the case. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart of the federal court of the Southern District of Florida criticized the fees claimed by the attorneys representing Ira Kleiman – who is suing Wright for 50 percent of the bitcoin (BTC) and intellectual property he owned before […]
India blocked roads in Kashmir on Thursday after the insurgency-torn region reported its first case of coronavirus. The development comes as several other parts of the country imposed restrictions on public gatherings in attempts to prevent the spread of epidemic. Dozens of people in Kashmir told Reuters they had been prevented from leaving their neighborhoods on Thursday because roads were blocked by police and paramilitary units. […]
The USS Boxer is now the first ship in the US Navy with more than one sailor infected with Covid-19. A new case was confirmed on Wednesday. The first positive test for the disease was recorded among the amphibious assault ship’s crew on Friday. The second infected seaman wasn’t in contact with the first one, the Navy said, adding that “the Sailors work in two different […]
No Need To Wait For Pandemics: The Public Health Case For Criminal Justice Reform By Peter Wagner and Emily Widra, Prisonpolicy.org March 18, 2020 No Need To Wait For Pandemics: The Public Health Case For Criminal Justice Reform2020-03-182020-03-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/49628225456_8e8df6b28b_c.jpg200px200px Above Photo: From Prisonpolicy.org Critical Resistance shared the article below in an email. In the email they make they refer to the Health Affairs journal which notes, “Prisons push people into the path […]
Only one state in the nation—West Virginia—has not reported any COVID-19 cases. But that doesn’t mean the new coronavirus isn’t there. It turns out the state has done very little testing—even compared to states of a similar size. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reports that a bare 84 West Virginians have received a test as of Tuesday afternoon. Of those 80 came […]
Cathy Barrera, a CoinDesk columnist, is a Founding Economist at Prysm Group, an economic advisory group, and was Chief Economist at ZipRecruiter. She has a PhD in Business Economics from Harvard. The MakerDAO network is currently in a state of peril. The rapid drop in the price of ETH – which fell from roughly $200 on Wednesday, March 11 to a low of roughly $95 on […]
And after all of that, the Russian troll farm’s American lawyers have the last laugh? The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia led by former William Barr aide Timothy Shea has filed a motion to dismiss the case against Concord Management and Consulting LLC, which has often been referred to as the Russian troll farm defendant. Concord Management was one of many people or […]
The U.S. Supreme Court continues to adjust its schedule as it sees fit in response to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, the High Court announced that it was postponing oral arguments that were supposed to occur between March 23-25 and March 30-April 1. The postponement affects oral arguments in a case of great interest to President Donald Trump: the ongoing battle for his tax […]
In the midst of a national public health crisis over a novel coronavirus that has claimed thousands of lives worldwide, the stakes of the debate over access to healthcare have rarely been clearer. But as schools, businesses and presidential campaign events themselves have shuttered across the country, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders remained at odds over whether the novel coronavirus pandemic makes […]
A Case Study Of Corporate Media Disinformation By Stansfield Smith, Dissident Voice. March 15, 2020 A Case Study Of Corporate Media Disinformation2020-03-152020-03-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/havana-e1584282451865.jpg200px200px Above photo: From Jazziz.com. Some alternative media have exposed the US government and its corporate media fake news reporting on Russian “election interference,” on Venezuela, the war on Syria, China’s Xinjiang and Hong Kong, Nicaragua, Palestine, among others. One of the longest running media […]