Saturday, May 2, 2020

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Putin’s long war against American Science

Under Trump, Undocumented Immigrants With COVID-19 Are Being Denied Care: For immigrants, the coronavirus crisis is becoming a nightmare.

U.S. Sanctions on Iran Are Increasing Coronavirus Deaths. They Need to Be Stopped Now.
The measures—imposed by Trump with bipartisan complicity—curtail desperately needed medical supplies.

As Sanctions Kill Iranians Stricken With COVID-19, Democratic Leaders Are Silent: Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are calling on Trump to curb the suffering. Where is Democratic leadership?

Joe Biden’s Cowardly Position on Iran Sanctions: The presumptive Democratic nominee is failing to call for sanctions to be lifted, even if just for the duration of the pandemic.

Trump’s Second Term Immigration Agenda: Will anyone be allowed into America?

US and Russia blocking UN plans for a global ceasefire amid crisis
Resolution strongly supported by dozens of countries, human rights groups and charities

Maeve in America: About Those 'Illegal Aliens'.  The words we choose to use about other people tell a bigger story than their meaning, and that story is ultimately about us.

German court case is first to try Syrian regime for war crimes: The German town of Koblenz, which straddles a confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers, lies some 2,000 miles from Syria. But on Thursday, its regional court began to hear a landmark case against two alleged former Syrian regime officials.
Yemen’s Houthis Reject Peace Talks as Saudi-Led Truce Ends: Riyadh is attempting to extricate itself from a five-year military intervention against the Iran-backed rebels

Time to Renounce the Church’s Dark Ages Thinking

Iran Covid-19 Deaths Rival US as Trump Blockade blocks Medical Supplies; and Europe Defies Washington

Top Democrats call on Pentagon to review border wall contract

The Coronavirus Could Imperil Putin’s Presidency: Russia entered the crisis with a stagnant economy, and its oil-price war with the Saudis isn’t helping.

Iran-Backed Groups in Lebanon and Iraq Seek Public Support Through Coronavirus Fight: Hezbollah and Iraqi groups have gone into overdrive, setting up field hospitals and launching Covid-19-awareness drives

The Taliban is allowed to read classified documents related to the Afghan peace deal, but you can’t

Taliban attacks on Afghan forces have surged since signing of US peace deal

Afghanistan in 2019: This is what losing looks like

Thousands of US troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan despite ongoing violence

What peace deal? US launches airstrike on Taliban fighters attacking Afghan security forces

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