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‘Are those who bomb towns going to accuse us of terrorism?’ Maduro rips US over ‘narco-terrorism’ charge

‘Are those who bomb towns going to accuse us of terrorism?’ Maduro rips US over ‘narco-terrorism’ charge Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro fired back at the US, which is offering a $15 million bounty for information leading to his arrest, dismissing the narco-terrorism charge as a smear to deflect attention from its coronavirus woes. Maduro came out swinging after the US Justice Department, in an almost unprecedented move, indicted the president of the Latin American nation on “narco-terrorism” charges, claiming that Maduro and over a dozen Venezuelan political and military leaders plotted to “flood the United States with cocaine.” A generous reward of up to $15 million is promised to anyone who provides a tip to the US government leading to the Venezu...

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Russia records third coronavirus patient death as number of those infected surpasses 1,000

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Russia records third coronavirus patient death as number of those infected surpasses 1,000 Another person with Covid-19 has died in Moscow, with the overall death toll in Russia reaching three people, the medics said. The number of infected in the country has now climbed to 1,036. Forty-five coronavirus patients have recovered, the operational HQ to combat the spread of the infection announced on Friday. There were 196 Covid-19 cases registered in 16 Russian regions in the last 24 hours, according to the medics. Russia is taking a massive effort to stem the spread of the highly contagious disease, announcing next week as a holiday, banning international flights and closing restaurants, parks, cinemas and all other establishments where large groups of ...

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‘Enjoy cherry blossoms next year,’ Tokyo governor says as 40 new coronavirus cases reported

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‘Enjoy cherry blossoms next year,’ Tokyo governor says as 40 new coronavirus cases reported Japan’s Tokyo prefecture reported 40 more coronavirus infections on Friday. Its governor appealed to people to wait until next year for traditional spring parties to view the flowering of cherry blossoms. Preventing a regional outbreak is a prerequisite for holding a successful Olympic Games, after the event was delayed until next year, Yuriko Koike told reporters. Should the Games be held next spring, she expressed hope of bringing back the Olympics marathon race to host city Tokyo. The marathon had to be relocated this year to Sapporo due to the hot weather. A surge in virus infections this week took Tokyo’s tally to 259 on Thursday, Reuters said. ‘Enjoy cherry blossoms next ...

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European stocks crash as spread of coronavirus explodes across continent

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European stocks crash as spread of coronavirus explodes across continent European markets opened significantly lower on Friday, ignoring all the stimulus pledges by governments this week, as the deadly Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread. Europe now accounts for more than half of global infections. Britain’s FTSE 100 is plummeting more than three percent during early trading in London. Stock markets in Germany and France are down over two percent. The market fall comes as EU leaders fail to come to an agreement over the economic response to the coronavirus pandemic. During a video conference summit on Thursday, the leaders of the 27-member bloc argued over how to pull their economies through the crisis, with Italy accusing other member states of hav...

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France trying to repatriate 30,000 of its nationals – FM

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France trying to repatriate 30,000 of its nationals – FM France is still trying to repatriate 30,000 of its citizens from overseas due to the coronavirus, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday. Over the last week, France has brought home around 100,000 people, the minister told Europe 1 radio. Malaysia and France have organized chartered flights to fly out hundreds of their citizens stranded in Cambodia after the Southeast Asian nation sealed its borders and cancelled flights, Reuters reported. A special charter flight departed on Thursday with 413 French people on board. Another 100 French nationals will be leaving Cambodia on Saturday and many more will be leaving in the next two days aboard regular commercial flights. Malaysia also sent a special plane to take ho...

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Great Depression 2.0? US may be headed for HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT EVER

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Great Depression 2.0? US may be headed for HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT EVER The coronavirus pandemic will push the US jobless rate even higher than it was during the Great Depression if all the gloomy forecasts are true, Roger Farmer, an economist at the University of Warwick, believes. Earlier this week, a US Federal Reserve official predicted that the outbreak will leave 30 percent of Americans jobless while the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) will fall by 50 percent. According to James Bullard, president of the St. Louis branch of the US Federal Reserve Bank, that could happen quite soon – in the second quarter of this year. Also on rt.com Covid-19 lockdown threatens to destroy 37 MILLION jobs in US “If th...

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China registers first local Covid-19 infection in 3 days as Beijing curbs international travel in hopes of halting imported cases

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China registers first local Covid-19 infection in 3 days as Beijing curbs international travel in hopes of halting imported cases China reported its first locally transmitted coronavirus infection in half a week as officials continue to struggle with cases coming from abroad. Beijing has cut the number of flights allowed in and out of the country. Fifty-five new Covid-19 cases were reported across mainland China on Thursday, according to the latest figures from the country’s National Health Commission. All but one of the infections involved imported cases. While China has been largely successful in stopping the spread of the virus, the country has wrestled with cases arriving from abroad. Beijing announced on Thursday that Chinese airlines will be all...

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Germany’s Covid-19 cases jump by 5,700+ in a single day with death toll up by 55

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Germany’s Covid-19 cases jump by 5,700+ in a single day with death toll up by 55 5,720 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded across Germany, along with 55 new deaths, the federal Robert Koch Institute (RKI), which releases daily monitoring of the disease, announced on Thursday. The total amount of confirmed cases of coronavirus grew from 36,508 to 42,288 over a single day, according to the RKI. With 55 new deaths, the nation’s death toll is now at 253. Despite being one of the worst-hit countries in terms of infection levels, Germany has been an outlier when it comes to its fatality rate, which is around half a percent. Also on rt.com European solidarity? Germany offers to take in a few dozen of Italy’s 80,000+ C...

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Trump signs TAIPEI Act, threatening ‘consequences’ for nations that fail to toe US line on Taiwan

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Trump signs TAIPEI Act, threatening ‘consequences’ for nations that fail to toe US line on Taiwan US President Donald Trump has signed the TAIPEI Act, a bill expressing American support for Taiwan and vowing to punish countries that side with Beijing on the issue, a move which is bound to further strain US-China relations. Signed into law late on Thursday night, the bill requires the US State Department to help Taiwan strengthen diplomatic ties in the Indo-Pacific region, threatening to penalize nations that “undermine the security or prosperity” of the Chinese territory. Trump Signs TAIPEI ActOn March 26, 2020, @POTUS DONALD. J. Trump signed the Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative "TAIPEI" Act of 2019, refer...

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‘I read same reports as you’: US State Dept accuses China of putting conditions on Covid-19 aid, cites media when pressed on proof

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‘I read same reports as you’: US State Dept accuses China of putting conditions on Covid-19 aid, cites media when pressed on proof The US State Department has accused Beijing of attaching ‘“strings” to aid given to countries battling Covid-19, but was unable to name specifics, only citing press reports, while also invoking a Chinese “coverup.” Senior State Department official James Richardson – who runs the Office of Foreign Assistance Resources – levied the charges to reporters during a briefing on Thursday night. Calling on China to provide “no-strings-attached” assistance, Richardson suggested Beijing had placed conditions on its coronavirus aid. When asked to elaborate, however, the official punted, confessing he had no specific evidence and was m...

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