Turkey Plans To Send Fresh Wave Of COVID-Infected Migrants To Europe, Report
ZeroHedge - Apr 15th 2020 5:00am EDTTurkey Plans To Send Fresh Wave Of COVID-Infected Migrants To Europe, Report Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Voice of America reports that Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan is planning to send a fresh wave of migrants to Europe, with officials fearing many of them will be infected with coronavirus. “Greek forces are on […]
“Wasted” – 50 Million Pints Down The Drain Unless UK Pubs Reopen By Summer
ZeroHedge - Apr 15th 2020 4:15am EDT“Wasted” – 50 Million Pints Down The Drain Unless UK Pubs Reopen By Summer Britain remained in a nationwide lockdown in mid-April as virus-related deaths and confirmed cases climb. A crashed economy and high unemployment risk sending the country into depression. Non-essential businesses, like pubs, have been shuttered for nearly a month. BBC News is […]
Flattening The Curve Or Flattening Bellies? Africa’s COVID-19 Dilemma
ZeroHedge - Apr 15th 2020 3:30am EDTFlattening The Curve Or Flattening Bellies? Africa’s COVID-19 Dilemma Authored by Michael Gyekye via The Mises Institute, African governments have joined the global lockdown bandwagon as they press for an urgent halt to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. With more than ten thousand cases and hundreds of deaths to date, many on the continent believe that […]
65% Of Greek Hotels Face Bankruptcy As Lockdowns Continue
ZeroHedge - Apr 15th 2020 2:45am EDT65% Of Greek Hotels Face Bankruptcy As Lockdowns Continue The Greek tourism industry has collapsed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and on track to lose at least 50% of its revenues in 2020, said Grigoris Tasios, President of the Greek Hoteliers Association, who spoke with the Greek Reporter last week. The Hellenic Chamber […]
Will Quiet Middle East Last? Or Is It Lull Before Next Storm?
ZeroHedge - Apr 15th 2020 2:00am EDTWill Quiet Middle East Last? Or Is It Lull Before Next Storm? Authored by Martin Sieff via The Strategic Culture Foundation, Across the Middle East, the coronavirus is stirring up both upheavals and more subtle changes from Tel Aviv to Riyadh, little reported and when covered little understood in the Western media. In Israel, the […]
US Flexes Military Might Near Russian Forces In Provocative F-35 Flight Over Syria
ZeroHedge - Apr 15th 2020 1:00am EDTUS Flexes Military Might Near Russian Forces In Provocative F-35 Flight Over Syria Via AlMasdarNews.com, The U.S. military flew their new F-35 stealth jet over Syria’s skies this past week, as they display their strength in front of the Russian Armed Forces who are only a few kilometers away from the American troops in the eastern Euphrates […]
A Brave New Normal, CJ Hopkins Has A Theory
ZeroHedge - Apr 15th 2020 12:05am EDTA Brave New Normal, CJ Hopkins Has A Theory Authored (satirically) by CJ Hopkins via ConsentFactory.org, So the War on Populism is finally over. Go ahead, take a wild guess who won. I’ll give you a hint. It wasn’t the Russians, or the white supremacists, or the gilets jaunes, or Jeremy Corbyn’s Nazi Death Cult, […]
‘Rice ATM’ Feeds Vietnam’s Working Poor In Covid Lockdown
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 11:45pm EDT‘Rice ATM’ Feeds Vietnam’s Working Poor In Covid Lockdown Vietnam’s working-class poor are being fed by a 24/7 automatic dispensing machine providing free rice following a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, reported Vietnam+. Hoang Tuan Anh, the Vietnamese entrepreneur behind the idea, designed the “rice ATM” to help “underprivileged people that have been […]
An Alchemist Explains To Joe Sixpack: “COVID-19 Alters America’s Hidden ‘War’ Forever”
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 11:25pm EDTAn Alchemist Explains To Joe Sixpack: “COVID-19 Alters America’s Hidden ‘War’ Forever” Authored by Alastair Crooke via The Strategic Culture Foundation, A perception ‘gap’, so wide, you could sail a Cruise Liner through it. On the one hand, we have the looming spectre of recession; a major loss of jobs, and of earnings cratered (some […]
China Will Be Hit With Second Coronavirus Wave In November, Top Shanghai Clinical Expert Warns
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 11:12pm EDTChina Will Be Hit With Second Coronavirus Wave In November, Top Shanghai Clinical Expert Warns Over the past two weeks we have reported on several occasions that hidden behind Beijing’s endless barrage of lies that “all is well”, China – which rushed to reopen the country in March long before the epidemic was eradicated from […]
Mapping The Wealthiest Person In Every US State In 2020
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 11:05pm EDTMapping The Wealthiest Person In Every US State In 2020 There are different degrees of wealth that exist, even among the richest in America. For example, a heavy-hitting millionaire might have the most impressive fortune in his or her home state – but, as Visual Capitalist’s Jeff Desjardins shows below, venture a few miles across […]
Social Distancing Efforts Are Now Cemented Into American Life
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 10:45pm EDTSocial Distancing Efforts Are Now Cemented Into American Life Authored by Justin McCarthy via Gallup.com, Avoiding public transportation such as planes, buses, subways or trains (89%) and small gatherings (84%) has become the norm for more than eight in 10 Americans. Nearly as many Americans are avoiding public places such as stores and restaurants (78%) […]
“Black People Not Allowed” – China Denies Reports It Banned African Residents From Guangzhou
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 10:25pm EDT“Black People Not Allowed” – China Denies Reports It Banned African Residents From Guangzhou Africans living in the Southern Chinese city of Guangzhou say they have been victims of racism, forced into quarantine, banned from shops, and evicted from rentals, following five Nigerians testing positive for COVID-19, in a district of the city known as […]
JPM Sees Global Profits “Cratering” 70% In Q2, No Recovery Until 2023
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 10:01pm EDTJPM Sees Global Profits “Cratering” 70% In Q2, No Recovery Until 2023 Late last week, we showed a chart from Credit Suisse which we described simply as “insanity” because it demonstrated that as the US careened into a depression, with GDP crashing and the unemployment rate soaring, between the latest Fed-driven surge in stocks and […]
Navy’s Mercy Hospital Ship Off L.A. Now Battling Serious COVID-19 Outbreak Among Crew
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 9:45pm EDTNavy’s Mercy Hospital Ship Off L.A. Now Battling Serious COVID-19 Outbreak Among Crew It was supposed to help relieve local California hospitals in the fight against coronavirus, but now it may have become a dangerous source of spreading the disease. The emergency response ship USNS Mercy, docked since last month in the Port of Los Angeles, […]
COVID-19 & The War On Cash: What Is Behind The Push For A Cashless Society?
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 9:25pm EDTCOVID-19 & The War On Cash: What Is Behind The Push For A Cashless Society? Authored by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, Cash may well become a casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic… As these COVID-19 lockdowns drag out, more and more individuals and businesses are going cashless (for convenience and in a so-called effort to avoid […]
Vince McMahon’s XFL Has Shuttered And Filed For Bankruptcy…Again
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 9:05pm EDTVince McMahon’s XFL Has Shuttered And Filed For Bankruptcy…Again This time it was supposed to be different. But it ended the same: with Vince McMahon signing his name on a bankruptcy declaration for the XFL. The league’s “comeback” season has ended in unceremonious fashion as the coronavirus pandemic has forced the league to once again […]
Aussie Cops Use Surveillance Helicopter To Track Down Remote Campers
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 8:45pm EDTAussie Cops Use Surveillance Helicopter To Track Down Remote Campers Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Police in Tasmania are using a surveillance helicopter to track down people camping in remote locations in violation of coronavirus lockdown laws. “Tasmania Police officers conducting aerial surveillance around the state, including on the North-West Coast located […]
Second Wave Of Coronavirus Layoffs Claiming Workers Who Thought They Were Safe
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 8:25pm EDTSecond Wave Of Coronavirus Layoffs Claiming Workers Who Thought They Were Safe When the United States went into a virtual lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the effects were devastating. Within a three week period, nearly 17 million people have filed for unemployment, while modern day ‘bread lines’ are getting longer each […]
NY Fed Head Trader: “The Scale Of Our Asset Purchases Has Been Unparalleled”
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 8:05pm EDTNY Fed Head Trader: “The Scale Of Our Asset Purchases Has Been Unparalleled” In remarks delivered before the Foreign Exchange Committee of the NY Fed, Lorie Logan, who is the head of the Fed’s open markets, i.e., the head trader of the world’s biggest hedge fund, commented on the Fed’s unprecedented intervention, and takeover, of […]
New Study Exposes More Evidence That Summer Won’t Stop The Coronavirus
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 7:45pm EDTNew Study Exposes More Evidence That Summer Won’t Stop The Coronavirus One of the public’s last great hopes as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases nears the 2 million mark is that the onset of summer in the northern hemisphere will help defeat the virus as warmer temperatures make life for the virus more hostile, […]
Gold Miners Now Deemed “Essential” In Canada
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 7:25pm EDTGold Miners Now Deemed “Essential” In Canada Authored by Neils Christensen via Kitco.com, Mining companies with operations in Quebec are wasting no time jumping back into action after the provincial government announced Monday night that mining is now considered an essential service and operations can restart Wednesday. While miners in Quebec will be heading back […]
White House Leaks Draft Plan To Reopen American Economy
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 7:12pm EDTWhite House Leaks Draft Plan To Reopen American Economy As President Trump declared that he would leave the process of reopening the economy up to the states (with input from federal officials, of course), the Washington Post was releasing a ‘leaked’ report outlining a plan drafted by CDC and FDA that’s essentially a guide for […]
“I Am Essential… I Talk To God!”: Virginia Pastor Who Defied Lockdown Order Has Died From COVID-19
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 6:45pm EDT“I Am Essential… I Talk To God!”: Virginia Pastor Who Defied Lockdown Order Has Died From COVID-19 Authored by Isabel van Brugen via The Epoch Times, A Virginia evangelical pastor has died after contracting the CCP virus, weeks after holding a packed service in his Richmond church. Bishop Gerald O. Glenn, 66, founder and pastor of the […]
President Trump Halts US Funding Of World Health Organization
ZeroHedge - Apr 14th 2020 6:29pm EDTPresident Trump Halts US Funding Of World Health Organization Just as he threatened last week, and was threatened back with “body bags,” President Trump tonight confirmed he will halt US funding for The World Health Organization, while US reviews virus warnings regarding China. “The WHO failed in its basic duty and must be held accountable,” […]