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‘Lot of fear’: Coronavirus pandemic compounds dire situation for poor Americans Homeless

‘Lot of fear’: Coronavirus pandemic compounds dire situation for poor Americans

By 8 a.m. on Wednesday, the line outside St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church in New York City stretched around the block. But this wasn't any ordinary morning. Fixed-income residents like 66-year-old Patricia Sylvester faced an agonizing choice -- weighing the risk of catching the coronavirus or going…
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March 27, 2020
EU farm chief: Post-coronavirus recovery should be green and sustainable Green Deal

EU farm chief: Post-coronavirus recovery should be green and sustainable

The Green Deal remains a flagship policy of the von der Leyen Commission and the EU should aim for a post-COVID-19 recovery that is green and sustainable, Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski told EURACTIV.com in an exclusive interview. Wojciechowski warned that “it is too early to indicate precisely how Green Deal policy…
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March 27, 2020
Exclusive: Brazil scales back environmental enforcement amid coronavirus Bolsonaro

Exclusive: Brazil scales back environmental enforcement amid coronavirus

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil will cut back on efforts to fight environmental crimes during the coronavirus outbreak, an official at environmental agency Ibama told Reuters, despite concerns that reduced protection could lead to a spike in deforestation. FILE PHOTO: A deforested and burnt plot is seen in Jamanxim National Forest…
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March 27, 2020
My family answered Justin Trudeau’s call to come home amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what we saw on the way UK Border

My family answered Justin Trudeau’s call to come home amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what we saw on the way

By Allan WoodsQuebec BureauFri., March 27, 2020timer4 min. readMONTREAL—The woman in mask and medical gloves was happily slinging beers and Sauvignon Blancs to the trickle of travellers awaiting flights home to Canada from London’s Heathrow Airport. The mask hid a brave face as the coronavirus contagion sends her industry into…
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March 27, 2020
The End of the Parasite Paradigm Feudalism

The End of the Parasite Paradigm

Photo by Nathaniel St. Clair Politicians like Lindsey Graham have been worried that some individuals might get a few cents extra during this crisis if the relief bills are too “generous”. The concern does not extend to corporations that bloat and have essentially no stipulations put upon them from the…
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March 27, 2020
In the Grip of Disease Monsanto

In the Grip of Disease

Even more than war, the corona virus pandemic is causing chaos. It is threatening the people of the United Kingdom as well as human beings all over the world. The virus is invisible. It can be everywhere and nowhere. Virus of confusion You turn on the radio or television and the only…
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March 27, 2020
Coronavirus live updates: Trump says he discussed crisis with Chinese president Xi Jinping

Coronavirus live updates: Trump says he discussed crisis with Chinese president

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed over 27,300 people around the world. Globally there are more than 595,000 diagnosed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The…
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March 27, 2020