2020-02-06: News Headlines

Fred_F (2020-02-06). NSW-federal energy deal a con job. greenleft.org.au

RT (2020-02-06). 'Must have studied theology at Trump University': Donald Jr. schooled after trying for Pelosi diss with Bible reference. rt.com Donald Trump Jr. got an unexpected Bible lesson when going after Nancy Pelosi with a Satan reference and learned that he didn't know the holy text well enough. | Don Jr. has plenty of reasons to insult Pelosi, but his latest diss didn't really hit the mark. | "Likelihood of Nancy Pelosi praying for Trump is about the same as the likelihood of Satan running around quoting the Scriptures," Trump Jr. tweeted in response to a video of his father at the National Prayer Breakfast criticizing people who "use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong." | Likelihood of Nancy Pelosi praying for Trum…

RT (2020-02-06). Canada train derails and crude oil catches fire only months after similar crash 11 km away (VIDEO). rt.com Residents of the Canadian village of Guernsey have been evacuated after a train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire a few kilometers away from the settlement that was affected by a similar disaster last year. | Videos from the site show plumes of black smoke rising from a pile of cars crammed into each other. Thirty one cars derailed and a dozen of them caught fire, while the train was 104 cars long. | #sask #saskatchewan #trains RT (2020-02-06). Trump slams Romney & Pelosi for faith-based hypocrisy during impeachment. rt.com US President Donald Trump took a veiled swipe at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the sole Republican senator to vote for his removal, Mitt Romney, slamming those who use their faith to justify "doing what they know is wrong." | Trump avoided calling the sanctimonious pair out by name during the annual National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, but everyone listening seemed to know which "very dishonest and corrupt people" he was referring to with his accusations of rank religious hypocrisy. | #NationalPrayerBreakfast pic.twitter.com/79XCLpD7GP— CSPAN (@cspan)

RT (2020-02-06). BBC struggles to pronounce Irish politician's name, makes him 'Russian' as on-air gaffes continue. rt.com BBC's Newsnight has been ridiculed this week after an online clip of the program was shared on social media, showing the presenter struggling to say a politician's real (and rather simple) name. | With its non-phonetic pronunciation, the English language can be an impenetrable tongue-twisting maze. But as tourists struggle to say the places Leicester Square and Edinburgh correctly, it seems the BBC has problems with simple names. According to BBC Newsnight's policy editor, Lewis Goodall, the next taoiseach (prime minister of Ireland) could be a man called 'Mikhail' Martin. It's obviously not an easy denominati…

RT (2020-02-06). 3 foreigners stabbed in tourist hotspot Maldives, police investigating links to EXTREMISM. rt.com Maldives police are investigating three "suspected extremists" in a stabbing of three men, an Australian and two Chinese nationals. The attackers may be sympathizers of Islamic State terrorist group. | The incident occurred on Tuesday evening at Hulhumale, the fourth-largest island of the archipelago, according to a police report. The three victims are in stable condition. | The investigation of the incident of stabbing that occurred at Hulhumale' last night is ongoing. We are also checking the validity of a video that is being circulated on the social media claiming to be related to it.— Maldives Police…

Staff (2020-02-06). Corporate Media Is Trying to Manufacture a Pete Buttigieg Win. truthdig.com The way media outlets are reporting the still incomplete Iowa caucus results to put the former South Bend mayor on top is confounding.

Prabir Purkayastha (2020-02-06). Can the U.S. and Iran Avoid a Disastrous Collision? counterpunch.org With the United States walking out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—more commonly known as the Iran accord—we all enter into a heightened zone of danger. Trump is threatening a war on Iran through his statements and tweets, and now by his actions, assassinating serving Iranian and Iraqi generals on Iraqi soil. Assassinations are illegal in international law, but then Trump's understanding of domestic and international law is limited by what he thinks he can get away with. A war in the region now threatens its entire oil and shipping infrastructure, and can also take down the entire gl…

Staff (2020-02-06). DNC Calls for a 'Recanvass' of Iowa Results After Delays. truthdig.com "Enough is enough," party leader Tom Perez writes on Twitter, after days of chaos; Buttigieg and Sanders are nearly tied for first.

The Canary (2020-02-06). British Asians have faced increased racism and alienation since coronavirus outbreak. thecanary.co British Asian people have experienced a rise in racism in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in China, ranging from verbal abuse to physical attacks. | Despite only two cases of the virus being reported in the UK, several people living in London described people moving away from them on public transport. | MiMi Aye, a Burmese food writer from London, posted photos from a journey on the Victoria line on 4 February which showed people opting to stand rather than take the seats next to her. | pic.twitter.com/hZwAalbE7u | — MiMi Aye (@meemalee) teleSUR (2020-02-06). Chinese Doctors Are Using Cuban Antivirals Against Coronavirus. telesurenglish.net The Recombinant Interferon Alpha 2B (IFNrec), an antiviral produced by the Cuban biotech industry, is being used by Chinese doctors to treat patients infected by the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, which has affected more than 28,000 people and has killed 564 patients worldwide. | RELATED: | Since Jan. 25, the ChangHeber Company located in Changchun city has been producing the famous Cuban antiviral, which is one of 30 medicines chosen by…

sputniknews (2020-02-06). Watch Snake Attack Reporter's Microphone. sputniknews.com A reporter was left shocked after a snake wrapped around her shoulders and attacked her microphone.

yenisafak (2020-02-06). Chinese city accused of stealing virus masks from hard-hit neighbour. yenisafak.com A Chinese city with only eight confirmed cases of a new coronavirus has been accused of intercepting a shipment of surgical masks bound for a municipality with 400 cases, prompting outrage on social media.Hospitals, towns and cities across China are scrambling for supplies of equipment, in particular protective masks, as the number of cases of the coronavirus, which emerged in the central city of Wuhan in December, approaches 30,000.Nearly 600 people have died.The government of Dali city, in the southwestern province of Yunnan, was accused this week of making an "emergency requisition" of a shipment of masks boun…

RT (2020-02-05). Sea of salty memes from Troll-in-Chief Trump & his Twitter army adds insult to #Resistance post-impeachment injury. rt.com With the Senate voting down both articles of impeachment against US President Donald Trump, he and his supporters had a lot to celebrate on Wednesday and they did so in expected fashion — with trolling memes. | Trump himself led the charge in celebrating on social media his acquittal in the Senate by a 52-48 and 53-47 margin. With Democrats freshly reeling from loss, Trump reached into his bag of meme goodies and pulled out a classic. | pic.twitter.com/JDS4zUXXJG— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Febr…

RT (2020-02-05). Pelosi the paper (ripping) tiger: Pro-wrestling theatrics at SOTU fail to pull the wool in latest divide & conquer move. rt.com House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's speech-ripping performance at President Donald Trump's SOTU isn't fooling disaffected Democrats, who want a leader who actually stands up to the president, rather than #Resistance theatrics. | Pelosi's if-looks-could-kill glare and paper-tearing finale at the president's yearly address to Congress on Tuesday may have dominated the discussion on social media through the night, but for every blue-check cheering for "Nancy the Ripper," there was a jaded progressive wondering what happened to genuine opposition. | Democrats handed Trump a blank check to make war, a massive military bud…

teleSUR (2020-02-05). Iran's Supreme Leader Says Trump's Peace Plan Will 'Die Soon'. telesurenglish.net Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan for Middle East will "die soon." | RELATED: | Using his official Twitter account, the Iranian Supreme Leader tweeted on Tuesday, "Trump's 'Deal of the Century' will die earlier than Trump himself." | Trump recently unveiled his plan promising to keep Jerusalem as Israel's undivided capital, and proposes an indepen…

news.un (2020-02-04). Coronavirus: UN health agency moves fast to tackle 'infodemic'; Guterres warns against stigmatization. news.un.org The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken steps to ensure that the coronavirus epidemic that has claimed hundreds of lives in central China does not spark a dangerous social media "infodemic" fuelled by false information.

Global Research News (2020-02-04). Selected Articles: The Future of Palestine. globalresearch.ca Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under

RT (2020-02-03). YouTube bans misleading election videos, 'birther'-esque theories, and deepfakes… just in time for Iowa primary. rt.com YouTube has banned "manipulated or doctored" videos relating to the US election, as well as deepfakes and "birther"-type conspiracy theories which question candidates' eligibility for office, with the primaries already under way. | Google's video-sharing platform has stepped up to protect the damsel in distress that is the American electoral process,

Anya Parampil (2020-01-30). US government censorship? Social media giants disappear accounts of Iranian and Venezuelan academics, journalists. thegrayzone.com Red Lines host Anya Parampil talks with Professor Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran. Professor Marandi's Facebook and Instagram…

Staff (2020-01-29). Headlines for January 29, 2020. democracynow.org McConnell Tries to Secure Votes to Block Impeachment Witnesses, "Our Rights Are Not for Sale": Palestinians Reject Trump's Middle East Plan, Trump Praises Pompeo for Shouting and Cursing at NPR Reporter, WaPo Reinstates Reporter Suspended for Tweeting About Kobe Rape Case, Death Toll from Coronavirus Virus Hits 132, with 6,000 Infected, Over 100,000 Syrian Civilians Flee Regime Offensive in Idlib, Floods Kill 30, Displace 16,000 in Madagascar, Mississippi to Shut Down Unit of Parchman Prison After Deaths of 9 Prisoners, Maryland Cop Charged with Murder for Killing Handcuffed Man in Police Car…